© 2015 Johannes R. Volden, All Rights Reserved

This is probably the most 'hipster' song I've recorded to date - it was recorded with my very first guitar; one that I got for Christmas from my parents back in 2010, and it has 4 year old strings, with a partially broken high e-string. Also, it's tuned to E-G#-B-F#-B-C#, something that I've never seen before. I started playing some William Fitzsimmons songs that used a strange alternate tuning, and ended up re-tuning a couple of more strings and ended up with this. After playing around with it I made a few songs with the tuning. This song is inspired by the sound of e.g. Nick Drake, Sufjan Stevens and Ben Howard. The thmbnail photo is my own (from instagram: @johvolden), as always. 

I'm Not The One Who [ORIGINAL] (demo)

My Instrumental/Acoustic channel:
https://soundcloud.com/yoav_eleni_instrumental_acoustic

ACOUSTIC GROWL is the solo troubadour, Richard Barry. Backing vocals on selected tracks courtesy of Marie Wallace and Marianne Henio.

I love writing songs and putting chords together. I really hope you enjoy my stuff. If so, I would be honoured if you were to follow me. 
Cheers! x
I listen to: 
NeverShoutNever || Twenty-one Pilots || The Beatles || The Monkeys || Bastille || CHVRCHES || Manu Chao || Jake Bugg || Red Hot Chilly Peppers || Kodaline || Ed Sheeran || David Bowie || The 1975 || John Newman || Passenger || Amy Winehouse || Of Monsters Of Men || Foster the People || Post Malone || The Rolling Stones || Tom Odell || Alt-J || Lana del Rey

Welcome to the crux of this matter. Inspired by Eva Cassidy, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Monica Heldal and more, I enjoy the effort of making it all ones' own: lyrics and chords, playing the piano whilst singing myself. Songs are recorded straight on my very first digital piano (*proudgoose*); Yamaha DGX660. Aspire to be a dusty old road you're happy to find, from my little student studio in Oslo.
Ever since I first heard  Janis Joplin's 'Mercedes Benz', my guilty pleasure music fetish has been to record my songs in one-takes, as a romanticized echo of the old days. If they made do, I should too. This means I'd rather post flawed, full takes than the best chopped-up pieces from different ones for now. There's a beauty in that too. PS: All comments always appreciated!

singer/songwriter
alternative folk
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I'm Not The One Who [ORIGINAL] (demo)

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