Chase Holfelder

Career

Holfelder first began his YouTube channel along with his popular "Major to Minor" series in April 2014 when he uploaded an A cappella minor-key rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Holfelder has since created 40 videos for the series.[1]

On August 5, 2014, Holfelder's minor-key version of "Amazing Grace" was featured during the intro to the season 10 finale of the popular The Discovery Channel show, Deadliest Catch.[2]

On October 19, 2014, Taylor Swift praised Holfelder's cover of her song, "Out of the Woods," in a tweet.[3]

On May 2, 2015, Richard Marx tweeted his approval of Holfelder's cover of his hit song, "Right Here Waiting".[4]

During the 2015 NFL season, several of Holfelder's minor key covers were featured on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown.[5]

In December 2015, popular YouTuber Kurt Hugo Schneider directed a music video for Holfelder's minor-key version of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You". Within a week of being uploaded, the video received over 3.5 million views and social media shares from various celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher,[6] George Takei,[7] and Lil Wayne.[8]

On October 30, 2017, Holfelder's minor-key arrangement of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police was performed by the Dancing With The Stars band during Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson's contemporary routine.[9]

On November 1, 2017, Sara Bareilles shared Holfelder's cover of her song "She Used To Be Mine" from the musical Waitress.[10]

Albums

Major to Minor (Vol 1.)

On September 8, 2015, Chase compiled all of his major-to-minor renditions up to that point in an album called Major to Minor (Vol. 1).

No.TitleLength
1."Best Day Of My Life"3:26
2."Girls Just Want To Have Fun"3:23
3."Animal"3:43
4."Blackbird"2:51
5."Every Breath You Take"2:46
6."Fortunate Son"3:29
7."I Dreamed A Dream"3:43
8."Runaround Sue"3:36
9."Right Here Waiting"3:57
10."I Want You To Want Me"4:33
11."Amazing Grace"1:32
12."The Star-Spangled Banner"1:44
13."My Country, 'Tis Of Thee"2:41

During the week of January 2, 2016, Major to Minor (Vol. 1) reached #13 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[11]

Past projects

From 2005 to 2008, Holfelder toured in the pop-rock band The Mile After (of which he was a founding member). Holfelder was the lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter. The Mile After was briefly signed to Rushmore Records, a subsidiary of the now defunct Drive-Thru Records, although the band never released an album on the label. In a statement on AbsolutePunk.net, the band cites its departure from the label was "due to disagreements in the direction of the band."[12] The band broke up in 2008.

References
  1. "Chase Holfelder". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  2. "Deadliest Catch, SE10EP16". IMDB.
  3. "Taylor Swift on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  4. "Richard Marx on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  5. "Major to Minor YouTube Sensation Takes On Countdown". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  6. "Ashton Kutcher - What do you think of his rendition? | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  7. "George Takei - More like a Tim Burton Christmas nightmare.... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  8. "Lil Wayne - That's definitely different. | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  9. "Dancing with the Stars Shocks with a Double Elimination". TVGuide.com. October 30, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  10. Bareilles, Sara (November 1, 2017). "woohoooooo! xoxo". @SaraBareilles. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  11. "Heatseekers Albums: Up and Coming Musicians Chart | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  12. "The Mile After Splits From Rushmore / DTR". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
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