straight up repro cover of the weepies' ' can't go back now', as much as my ear could pick up what was going on...

can't go back now - the weepies cover

Alternate Happy Birthday song (Waldorf-version)

Cover of Thomas Mapfumo song from Chimurenga '98. Ensemble workshop with Zimbabwean musician extraordinaire Zivanai Masango (zivimusic.com), 15 or so musicians with mbira, guitar, bass, hosho, percussions, marimba, keys, singing. most of us had never heard the song an hour before this recording. try not to mind the recording quality...

Usatambe nenyoka - ensemble workshop with Zivanai Masango in Boulder, May 8th 2014

Como No Voy A Cantar

acoustic cover bit of 
time after time by Cyndi Lauper, recorded sometime mid 2022 but only getting around to uploading now.

time after time (cover)

learnt from Allison Davies on gathering of voices call

back story of ukelele accompaniment:
when I got to Boulder, my host/friends tasked me to fix a ukelele gifted to their daughter. I figured out the strings were strung in the wrong order, but in the process of messing around with that wrong-ordered uke I found some crazy tuning that plays spectacularly sad minor chords.

TASCAM DR-05

the river is flowing (cover)

acoustic cover - 1901

putting music to my friend julian's poem

"warm nights. city lights."
by Julian JP Lee
8 February 2024

•

—dedicated to my friends

warm nights. city lights.
star bright. i’m alright.

sweet food. chill mood.
tree’s wood. neighbourhood.

dear friend. i bend.
in your hand. a lamb.

warm nights. city lights.
star bright. i’m alright.

-----------------------------

find him at https://www.instagram.com/juli.po.etry/

warm nights city lights v2 - julian's poem

bloom Lofi eugene .m4a

Tennessee Waltz cover. Apologies for all the hum, clearly I need to fix/rework my recording setup...

Tennessee Waltz (cover)

a lovely melody shared by 'A Gathering of Voices's Zoe Cutts. 
You can find all her song shares at @my_magic_is_in_me on IG.

I picked some chords to accompany the melody and put in a smattering of vocal harmony and this collaborative piece of music was the result! I imagine many of us can relate to finding ourselves with protective mechanisms left over from childhood experiences that don't serve us so well as adults, Zoe's song speaks to this so sweetly.

May your walls fall down (melody by Zoe Cutts)

straight up cover of iron and wine's "such great heights". 
Hannah (Hannah Backward on soundcloud) was visiting and we recorded a bunch of songs we used to play together.

such great heights (cover)

a song from the movie 'the jerk', covered by josh ritter/blake hazard then my friend hannah and I.

Recorded when hannah came to visit.
epic solo messup = extremely high entertainment value (at least for us)

tonight you belong to me (cover)

'we are wandering', traditional shona mbira song.

practicing my trapezoid shapes.

Todzungaira

My concoction of Taireva on Katsanzira dongonda tuning. This inspiration came in the midst of the COVID pandemic July 2020 shortly before and after Sekuru Cosmas Magaya passed away. Rest in peace Sekuru. The part is similar in structure to a Bangidza part I learnt from him.
And singing lines from Ambuya Beauler Dyoko and Chartwell Dutiro.

Taireva (on Katsanzira dongonda tuning)

random sketches of music, usually acoustic covers.

Eugene Seah

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