One of the best songs to come out of the '80s in my opinion, and I've always wanted to record it.  However, the track was slightly lackluster and I had the idea this past week to add in a supplemented piano/bass line to mimic the original riff, and to add a little enhanced drum.  I also got super creative with the intro in terms of a vocal change.  This has turned out pretty nice and I just love the vibe of this song - makes you want to roll the windows down on a summer day.  Will be updating the backing vocals later as well as a little video project in the next week.

I Can Dream About You (a Dan Hartman cover)

In the mid-80s Sheena Easton, while riding a huge wave of commercial success, took time out of her busy schedule to learn Spanish - phonetically - and re-record several of her biggest English-language hits for the Latin America market on EMI.  As most were only familiar with hearing her awesome Scottish accent speaking English, this was a surprising move but also a very successful one as the album produced a Grammy winning song in a duet with a then-very-young (15) year old teen singer named Luis Miguel with their hit  "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres".  (a song which did not have an English counterpart, incidentally).  I received a copy of the album for my birthday that year from Sheena's then-management-secretary Andi Stevens, who knew how big a fan I was of Sheena's.

Also not speaking Spanish in any sort of understandable way, I was immediately struck how the beauty of the language enhanced the songs I already knew; notably on the tile track which was the Spanish version of Sheena's previous hit "Almost Over You".  There is a recording on my SoundCloud of the single one time I did this resulting duet live, at a karaoke show in the early 90s, which alternates between English & Spanish phrases & verses.

Now, all these years later, I decided to do a proper studio based recording of the vocal, and this is the 2022 version, with a small alteration at the end which fans of the original song by Sheena will recognize immediately as a change.  I was pleased with the way this turned out and after all these years, actually know what some of the phrases mean ;-)

Here is "Todo Me Recuerda a Ti" ("Everything Reminds Me of You", aka "Almost Over You" with Sheena's lead vocal and my dubbed duet voice.  I hope you will enjoy this.

Todo Me Recuerda a Ti - duet with Sheena Easton (2022 re-recording)

ABBA was one of the most successful pop groups fro the 70s and 80's before they disbanded for a 10 year period.  This has always been one of my favorite songs of theirs, and after finding a piano-only track, decided to make a full blown cover of it with my own choice of instrumentation.  Everything you hear in this recording except the piano is by yours truly ;-)

The Winner Takes It All - an ABBA cover

This is such a timeless and classic song originally written and performed by the legendary Roy Orbison.  Don McLean covered it several years later, taking the song out to a lushly orchestrated ballad arrangement, which happened to be the first version of the song I heard and became familiar with.  I've always loved it, and many years later, kd Lang recorded it both solo and as a duet with Roy Orbison himself.  If you get the chance, you should check out a live recording she did several years ago that you can find on YouTube, and hear what she does with her amazing voice with this song.

CRYING (an Orbison/McLean cover)

The Austin-based acoustic duo Sailing Ships is making waves! Hop aboard before the ship is full. 

Maybe

THIS SONG IS ABOUT A CRAZY EX THAT WANTED TO CHANGE YOU SO YOU DUMPED THEM.

ONE STEP CLOSER

TAKE YOUR BROKE ASS HOME

F9mily (You & Me)

THIS IS MY FIRST EVER ATTEMPT AT A COUNTRY SONG. ITS ABOUT A WOMAN WHO DREAMS ABOUT LIVING IN HER VERSION OF A PERFECT WORLD.

THE FAST LANE

IN A PERFECT WORLD

93.3 The Choice in DFW from 1997.
Triple A

Pathetick- “Madly”

Music has always been at the very core of 'who' I am....and I like that in the fact that it's always changing.  I'm still working on "Worth The Wait", and it WILL be out this year come hell or high water.  You can actually catch an updated version of the instrumental tracks for both 'Nightwind' and "The Color of Light" as recent uploads here.  

Because work has been so very sparse and sporadic for the last year, I've definitely taken SoundCloud up on the "Artist Support" button.  If you have enjoyed my songs, both original and cover music, and are so inclined I'd be honored and humbled and very appreciative.  

The album itself has a playlist here of the mostly-most current versions of the tunes, with a few taken down for a variety of personal reasons.  But it is coming along nicely, with some songs finally being able to BE finished... they still had some growing, and I'm not ashamed of that.  And, as I'm doing all the recording, writing, arranging, and re-writing myself with no input or assistance, this is a painstakingly long process for 13 songs, and trying to keep life in order at the same time.  I thank you all for those who have had and expressed patience at the final project - I really think you're going to like it.  It is as unique and personal as I myself am, and I'm sure you are too.  I have not really heard anything like it out there and I am super happy about that - as well as the fact that with each song that I've played for friends/family/school friends, the one thing that is most often said is that they found themselves humming the tune sometimes even days later, and then realizing it was my song.  If that's not the sign of a good hook, I don't know what is.

I get asked / chided about the bulk of cover material that is here and on my YouTube channel.  It is just as a matter of rehearsing and keeping my voice in some kind of shape.  I post the items here for no other reason than to share the power of music.  These songs have all touched me in some way, and I hope you enjoy them too.

As always, thanks for the notes of encouragement, understanding where a song is coming from, and the wonderful support,  Never give up on a dream.
Kenny

CRYING (an Orbison/McLean cover)

Kenny Peters

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