Somewhere In Brooklyn (Bruno Mars Cover)

Descriptions are important. Are you reading this? Hi.

More on my SoundCloud (AKA A POST THAT VERY WELL EXPLAINS MY SOUNDCLOUD ACTIVITY): https://nothideyarguelles.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/3-years-of-recording/

So I've been covering songs for 3 years now.... I thought I'd celebrate with this. It's a remake, but hear me out. The original was... generally bad. This version has better acoustics, better vocals, better everything, more time put into it, and an extended outro. If you can hear Kodaline's "Talk" cameo in the outro... Congratulations. It's pretty soft, but good ears you have.

I remade it because it's by far my /favorite arrangement/, not that I arrange anyway. I leave the track playing and improvise to hear what sounds good. And obviously I wanted to make the outro have some kind of "thanks" feel to it.

This mash-up started out as a cover of just Cough Syrup (Young The Giant), but as I added tracks to it (to add a twist, which is what I usually try to do), I started singing Sweet Disposition (The Temper Trap) to it. And I'm like, "Hey that sounds cool". The riffs being inspired by The Temper Trap's Glastonbury rendition of the song, which was a video Nikki told me to watch and the intro build up was /amazing/.

Again, thank you for listening, even just once. I sing for the hell of it.

Cough Syrup X Sweet Disposition (3rd Anniversary Cover)

happy valentine's day. 

this was intended for uploading last valentine's day:  a scrapped cover of bon iver's cover of bonnie raitt's "i can't make you love me", which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3VjaCy5gck

i intentionally made this as raw as possible; i didn't want to go overboard with good recording and editing this time, which i hardly have time and skill to do now anyway. soz for not uploading for two years.

i can't make you love me - draft.aif

An old cover I found that used a lot of copy paste as a loop pedal. It also had me paos whilst recording because of how low the notes were and how hard acing each layer was.

This is NOT completely acapella. That hi-hat had to be used as a metronome like in the video.

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buAzVkcH4YI

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Who the hell is Caroline??? Also, sorry for the sound quality and loudness. I'll get rid of GarageBand eventually.

Caroline (I'll Wait) [Demo]

It was through the sunflower fields
I thought of you
And Yesterday played
The melody faded overhead
I wish I could stay
But nothing stays for good

And it's through the sunflower fields
I followed you
The pollen had stained
A colour explained my overjoy
Until you said goodbye

Life would be lovely
And we wouldn't cry
If we could have stayed a while

If you only knew what I'd do
To see you again
I would travel all the miles for you
For you

And it's through the sunflower fields
I lost you
The sky had turned grey
As you turned away to run ahead
I wish we could stay
But no one stays for good

Life would be lovely
And we wouldn't cry
If we could have stayed our lives

And it's through the sunflower fields
I'll say goodbye


Lyrical and Instrumental Influences:
Yesterday (The Beatles)
And I Love You So (Don McLean)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)

Sunflower Fields (Demo)

ARTWORK BY NIKKA CARDINAL

Love of mine
Sat on my front seat
Travelling down the avenue
And staring out to sea

I still remember the time
That we sat by the river
You fell fast asleep on my shoulder
And whispered my name

Oh my love
Has waken from your eyes
And oh my love
Was taken by surprise
I've waited for someone like you to come into my life

Love of mine
You're all that I desire
Your name is that of royalty
I'd sing for you my dear

Her (Love Of Mine)

Keith challenged me to write songs.
This one has a time signature of 7/4 and a bpm of 150.
He also told me to use the G and D chords.
This is what I came up with.

*****

Left my heart with some subtle little buzzes
I’ve waken up
Waken up

One of us is overdone
Can you see the loaded gun?
I’m on the run
On the run

And I don’t think I’ll make the jump
The walls are closing in for fun
But I’ll still see you there
And all I know is all my own
I can’t see where we’re coming from
But I’ll still see you there
Lead me back to your home

Carrying my weight in some
Bottled champagne
I can walk it out
Dipping in the fragrance of
All that you have done it’s called
Awakened love
Awakened love

I still don’t think I’ll make the jump
The walls are closing in for fun
But I’ll still see you there
I can’t explain, I’ve turned in all
The photograph is on the wall
But I’ll still see you there

Oh god, it’s
Been so long since I’ve met you
Hasn’t it?
Don’t go
Back to your secret stairwell
Just a thought of my own

Everybody’s asking if I’m okay
How would I notice another way?
Everybody’s asking if I would stay
How would I notice?
How would I notice?

Oh god, it’s
Been so long since I’ve met you
Hasn’t it?
Don’t go
Back to your secret stairwell
Just a thought of my own

On The Run (Demo)

This is the first time I used that L and R audio thing. I figured the voicing out. :)

Guitar tab:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/bruno_mars/if_i_knew_crd_1204740id_04012013date.htm

Enjoy. :)

Hidey Arguelles

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