Original by The 1975. A lovely friend of mine has asked me to play this song every time I have a guitar in my hands since the song came out. So I figured I owed her a recording. I like the surf rock vibes and old-school mixing, not sure I love the vocal sound but eh.

If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) (Cover)

Viva La Vida Teaser

Originally by the Beatles. I have performed this song dozens of times, and played it hundreds. It's interesting how it felt so appropriate even as a kid, but over time has become an anthem. I've been very discouraged from making music lately, so I hope that this simple version of a favorite song gets me back into it.

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Yesterday (Nylon Cover)

Sometimes the best comfort is someone else in the same situation.

Abyss

Original by Foo Fighters. The message and tone of this song have resonated with me for many long years. I have wanted to cover this song for an absurdly long time, and have a tragic number of unfinished versions. I kept trying more elaborate arrangements with genre swaps and weird instrumentation and hated everything, but I wanted to make it "mine" so badly I refused to play it normally like a dork. It also has taken me years to be able to sing this in the original key without resorting to shaky falsetto, and this song is not easily transposed. 

It is unusual to cover this song with a solo electric guitar, and I tried this on at least 4 acoustic guitars first without liking the result. But Sam (this guitar) wanted to play it, and I think she did a very good job. The implied percussion in the strums gives a soft comforting rhythm, and the mellow neck pickup pairs with my pained tenor pretty well.

Sorry I haven't posted often, music is not kind to me these days. Nor is the world.

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Everlong (Cover)

One of my earliest forays into FL Studio, so I clearly decided that Guile's Theme goes with everything. This one has no outside samples, just whatever was included with the install.

Guile's Theme

Original by Wham! it's played to death yearly but it's enough of a bop to be allowable. I was originally going to cover this as a swing tune, but for some reason my brain decided alt rock was correct and not weird at all. Anyway, happy holidays you savages.

Last Christmas (Rock Cover)

Original by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin. First heard this song about 2 years ago, and it never left my head. Mostly influenced by Bon Iver's cover, I kept changing arrangements until deciding on a single guitar track. It's the sound that stuck for me.

I Can't Make You Love Me (Electric Cover)

In a lo-fi mood lately. I've spent dramatically too long on this project so I'm just publishing it.

Since Time Immemorial

A little story about the endless cycle. Woe recognizes Woe.

The Way We Are

Original by Tōru "TK" Kitajima, best known as the theme for Tokyo Ghoul. I did not care for this song at first; I found it too simple and did not like the tambre of most of it. But a dear friend of mine plays it 12 times a day, and the Stockholm syndrome has inured my ear. It took a hot minute to learn the lyrics in emotional Japanese, but hopefully it's intelligible.

Unravel (Acoustic Guitar Cover)

I wrote at least 4 songs worth of lyrics for this 20 second guitar riff then threw out like 10 verses. I might as well just write a book at this rate. Anyway it came out alright.

Batsi

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