Jacob Anderson / Raleigh Ritchie in Do Your Other Thing 2019 (1080p)

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00:00Do Your Other Thing

00:02Hi, I'm Jacob Anderson.

00:04You may know me as an actor on HBO's Game of Thrones,

00:07but on this episode of Do Your Other Thing,

00:09Mountain Dew is going to show you what I like to do

00:11when I'm not being a cool warrior.

00:17I grew up in Bristol in the southwest of England.

00:20Acting is something that I do to, like,

00:23get completely away from myself,

00:25whereas music is something that I do

00:27to try and understand myself.

00:30I've got it, wanna be ten against me and Sonic

00:33and nobody telling me I could be more than I am.

00:36Raleigh Ritchie is my band name, pseudonym.

00:39I'm passionate about expressing myself, full stop.

00:42Writing songs has always been a part of my life,

00:45and I feel very lucky that people listen to me.

00:51I'm in the studio today working with Rosie Danvers,

00:53and I'm excited to collaborate with her

00:55and take my single to a whole new level.

00:57I'm a cellist, arranger, orchestrator,

01:00and primarily a collaborator.

01:02I've been a fan of Rosie's

01:04and not really known it for a really long time,

01:06so I asked Rosie to do strings for one of my songs.

01:10I think it would be really great to hear the band

01:13just play it through as you're gonna do it for life,

01:15because it's completely new to us.

01:16Are you good to do that and we're just gonna sit here and listen?

01:19Yeah.

01:20And listen.

01:21Time in a tree is all about connecting with yourself

01:37at a different time in your life.

01:38I think it's definitely playing with the idea of visual storytelling,

01:42and that's what I've always wanted to do since the beginning.

01:44I love what he's saying, I love what he's singing about,

01:46and also I was just really excited because I was like,

01:48this is gonna work really well with strings,

01:50and you know what, it's lovely when I get a song

01:52where I think the strings will really have a voice.

01:55We can work out how we fit into that dynamically,

01:57and, you know, we may have to play a bit more in certain sections

02:01or back off.

02:02That's the thing, isn't it? It's like balance.

02:04When I was a kid, I was like terrified of classical music.

02:07It would bring images into my head that I felt like I couldn't control it.

02:11Like the music was like the same as watching a film or a TV,

02:16and it used to really freak me out.

02:18I adore film music.

02:19Well, I want to bring that out in Jacob's music.

02:21His lyrics are just giving you images.

02:23Do you want to have a listen?

02:24Yeah, I'd love to.

02:33Just seeing the look on people's faces when they hear an orchestra,

02:36play back something that they have written.

02:39It's absolutely bloody amazing.

02:46Woo!

02:47I love that.

02:48That sounds so good.

02:49I would never get bored of that in my life.

02:52Are you gonna sing along?

02:53Yes?

02:54Yeah.

02:55When we play it this time,

02:56I want you to really listen to him singing while you're playing,

02:59and you'll play with even more emotion.

03:01So listen to how kind of vulnerable he sounds.

03:04I want them to feel what Jacob's feeling.

03:07Because I think if you feel something,

03:08then when you play it,

03:10you play it differently.

03:11If you don't play it just be,

03:14I guess Rose are there to break.

03:18I make mistakes like they were...

03:20That sounds beautiful.

03:21That sounds so good.

03:22Rosie adds something to my music that I find hard to describe.

03:26It takes it to another level.

03:28I guess Rose are there to break.

03:31But I make mistakes like they were handed on a plate.

03:36When I try to leave,

03:38sometimes I'm standing in the way.

03:40I'm on the edge of crying all the time,

03:44cause I can't human right.

03:46What a stain.

03:48I think there's something really special about having a full orchestra in the room with you.

03:54The thing I love about collaborating is,

03:57I think it's where the magic happens.

03:59I'm really passionate about creating things that have not been created before.

04:03Maybe Vienna wouldn't wait for me.

04:06I just want time in the tree.

04:11I need a place just for me.

04:15I want what I bring to help and support him and make him,

04:19you know, feel that feeling.

04:21Keep the faith that will just be what you mean.

04:28I've seen things that I never should have seen.

04:33Said too many things I didn't mean.

04:37I hurt myself too many times to count.

04:41I need to let it out.

04:43Then just release.

04:45Been lying to myself too long.

04:49Been trying by myself too long.

04:55Trust is a really difficult thing to give,

04:58but like it's a really rewarding thing.

05:00When you give it to the right people,

05:02I was nervous and I was low confidence.

05:04And then hearing Rosie and her players gave me some of that quality

05:08where these small human things can seem epic.

05:12It gave me some drive to be like,

05:14no, I wrote this song and I want to share it with people.

05:18I need a place just for me.

05:22Somewhere that I could be.

05:25It's not a skill I have, it's a passion that I have.

05:27When you push yourself to the next level,

05:29you can create something new.

05:30If you're passionate about something, go for it.

05:34Try it.

05:35Do what you love and fill your life

05:37with as much of what you love as you possibly can.

05:42Because there are those who don't and those who do.

05:45Let's do.

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