Search options (Page 10 of 11)

A Collaboration where I take lyrics from my friend HC Holbert (BMI Songwriter) and make up music for them.
HC sent me these lyrics a long time ago and I could never figure out how to approach them. Finally I sat down yesterday and focused. I came up with a style of music I have never even attempted to play before. The lyrics seemed to call for a soul vibe.

So before I lost my idea I turned the camera and mic on and played it through all in one take.
When I was done I realized it was way too long with too many guitar breaks. So instead of a do-over I instead opted to edit down my one take recording to make a more economical song of it.
Editing the audio was the easy part. Editing the video was not so easy but I did my best.
I had lots of fun with this one and decided to overdub background vocals in.
What I did was listen to the track with headphones on and sing into my mic where I wanted background. I did this three times. Then I added the vocals to the audio.
So here it is, a very rough demo (first and only time ever played):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMwu3rCWszM&fmt=18

Wanted to share my latest with you. Here's the description
which explains the inspiration:

The concept of writing a song about childhood and the
freedom I had in mine has been on my mind. I see so many
children now so constantly watched and monitored and
scheduled that I grow concerend about my own.

This song idea came to me when I went to my son's
pre-school and watched the kids play in a fenced and
secure yard. Even then there were some parents following
their kids telling them what and what not to do.
I just stood back and watched my boy have fun.

I talked to another parent about how when I was a child
I had no fences and used to take off and ride my bike or
go fishing or hiking with friends. My parents always
trusted that I would come home OK. Looking back on it
I realize how lucky I was to have that freedom.

My son is learning about the solar system right now so
that's where I got the idea for "Light Years Away"
referencing time travel and speed of light.

Stereo Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-f7GChXvo&fmt=18

If you have a slower connection you can hear Mono version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-f7GChXvo

I posted this as a response to a song request however want to also give evryone here a heads up:

I just posted the chord corrections and completed the song with all the background vocal parts included.
I also posted a video of me playing the song (audio only with a slide show) using the chords I posted.
Hopefully hearing me play it will at least give you a sense of the chord change timing with vocals (I overdubbed harmony and background vocals).

http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.x … rm_gun.txt

BTW, The audio sounds horrible because it was a stereo mix and YouTube converts to Mono.
To hear the video in true Stereo (huge improvement) you have to listen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpncH5jxTs&fmt=18

I tried but can't post in stereo to Chordie.
I have no idea how to correct the chord symbol blocks so use the Corrected Chords I list as text instead of the block symbols.

This is one that I recorded on 5/16/08 and then the next day took the kids to an Aquarium where I bumped into Neil Young enjoying a day off with his son.  I got to chat with him for a bit and told him about my YouTube covers. He actually acted flattered and told me how very cool that was and encouraged me to keep it up!

But it was when I told him about my original music that he got real friendly.  He stepped up and gave me a hearty and friendly handshake when we were finished.  For me it felt as comfortable as talking to an old friend for some reason.  Very relaxed an casual.  Meeting him randomly like that out of his usual context I think helped.
Nobody was bothering him and we were able to talk one on one.

I recruited my friend Jane recently to add vocal harmony to the chorus and the video fades to her at those parts. So here is the new version with jane added! (I'll post this to the chord page as well)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL5tHZ7GY-w

This cover is dedicated to braddah IZ. We all miss you.
The late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was an incredibly gifted Hawaiin musician affectionately know as braddah IZ on the islands. His music inspired me to get a ukulele and learn how to play. This is my first attempt at playing and singing this song all the way through and I messed up in the middle so I kept on taping and continued the song from the middle. I then edited out the messed up part in video production. You can see the part where I fade out and in to where I pick up again. It was all played in one same session though. Hope you enjoy my cover and check out more of IZ's wonderful music!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nI702lWjfgA

Dedicated to all you parents out there and of course My Little Girl.
A song I wrote for my Daughter who was 19 months old at the time and turned 2 recently.

This song fell out of the sky and hit me suddenly so I wrote down a bunch of verses in no particular order then came up with the chorus and made the music very quickly and recorded it all within about an hour.

This was after rolling the song around in my head all that day because I was actually out enjoying the day with my family and the inspiration for the song was very much within those moments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84rEsQsA21E

Note: If you have a high speed connection then the audio sounds better in stereo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84rEsQsA21E&fmt=18

.