Magical...Love the twists and turns of your version...

Great version of one of my two favorite Elton songs. (The other is "Burn Down The Mission"). Thanks, Rachel!

You just keep getting better.  The sky's the limit for you.

One of your best covers, Rachel, and by that I mean *excellent*!  True to Elton but with some *very* creative alternative "touches" in your arrangement/rendition.

Check out 'El Diablo' from the up-coming self titled EP by 'Elephants with Shotguns'

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Aymo Classic - Lonely

Tune on In to the intro to my new 5 track EP "Space Sounds"
Futuristic vibes and hope this motivates the producers out there!

Space Sounds

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LILAC (acoustic cover)

Celestial Soulmate

I go new run run run run 매일 밤 fuck fuck fuck fuck
With girl girl girl girl 한국말론 떡 떡 떡 떡
내 고추 번쩍번쩍 그년 부르르 떨어버려
그녀 허리 bow bow bow bow 산톤아 더 더 더 더

빠르게 빠르게 재빠르게 나 run it up
빨개 빨개 새빨개 설렉토커피녀
마음엔 마음엔 내 마음엔 토끼녀
할래 말래 아님 개맞을래 내 좆대가리로

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Continuing my Elton John repertoire, I decided to cover “Madman Across The Water.” I was inspired by not only the album version, but also the piano demos, the live Australia performance with the orchestra, and Bruce Hornsby’s jazzy version. I ended up with kind of a quartet version with a guitar part during the chorus, but for most of the song, I chose to have only piano, bass and drums. For the piano, I used Nord’s “extra large” version of their Grand Imperial, than turned the bright filter on my Nord Grand to get more of that Elton-type sound. I played my five string bass, and keyboard drums using one of Sonar’s non-accessible libraries. This ended up being a lot of fun to cover!!! Hope you enjoy it! (Smile)

Madman Across The Water - Elton John cover

I thought it would be fun for you to hear me cover a little future soul repertoire by Hiatus Kaiyote. They’re an Australian band combining elements of jazz, soul, hip hop, and electronic sounds. This song is originally off of their first album. The song also has a wild remix featuring the rapper Q-Tip from the hip hop group, A Tribe Called Quest. I chose to do the band only arrangement. Their music also got noticed by several people from the soul, and hip hop community including Questlove, Erykah Badu, and especially Prince. I really like Hiatus’ second album, because there’s more of a jazz meets hip hop sound. Next time, I’ll share you my cover of one of those songs. Hope you enjoy it.

Nakamarra - Hiatus Kaiyote cover

I thought it would be exciting for you to check out a Phish cover I did around 2016 or so. This is before I began mixing final versions at a good volume, which started around 2020. Anyway…

When I was in my Frank Zappa phase, I would check out plenty of guitar driven bands, from The Grateful Dead, to Phish. I was fascinated by the improvisations that took place in their live performances. I was inspired to cover “Divided Sky” after listening to their Halloween concert in 1994, where they performed the entire Quadrophenia album by The Who. The album is called, Live Phish Volume 14. What I love about the live renditions are the expansion of the song. A personal favorite part about studying the live jams are the interaction between all four members. I would often memorize some of my favorite solos from their guitarist Trey Anastasio, learning about vibrato, when not to use vibrato, etc. Just a lot of fun stuff!!!! Having listened to a bunch of other live versions, I thought about covering it in the spirit of the band on stage. I began with the drums, played live on the keyboard using my Yamaha for midi, and the drum samples from Sonar’s Session Drummer Andy Johns kit. I think I did the piano and organ next, then the bass, and guitar. I played on my short Ibanez with a sustain switch, so I can extend notes without having to crank up the amp, plus, I love feeling the vibration of the string while the note keeps playing! I wish I knew the name of the sustain pick up… Anyway, it was an exciting piece to cover!

Hope all of you enjoy it! (Smile)

Divided Sky - Phish cover

I was fascinated by the music of Amy Winehouse. Once I started diving into her influences which include jazz vocalists Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, and especially Dinah Washington, I wanted to challenge myself and write songs, imagining what would happen if those singers made a hip hop soul record.

One difficulty I had while listening to Amy, is that she mumbled her words, and forced the jazz vibrato. While listening to Frank and Dinah, I learned a lot about vibrato control (for that style of singing), as well as enunciating the words! So when I covered this song from Winehouse’ first album, I wanted to channel a hint of Frank and Dinah, while taking an Ella (Fitzgerald)/ Sarah approach in the scat singing.

The fake sample of the Nas song “Made You Look” wasn’t looped, and was played live from start to finish. Every instrument except the guitar or flute were played on the Korg Grandstage 88. The drums and congas are from Sonar’s Session Drummer’s library, and the fake trumpet and saxophone solos were from Garritan’s Jazz and Big Band library.

Recreating Amy’s approach to playing jazz guitar was kind of a challenge: less harmonious like Joe Pass, and more like written chord charts. I wanted to make my flute solo more expressive than the original, and it was just fun!!!

Hope you like this cover.

In My Bed - Amy Winehouse Cover

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You can now purchase Rachel's solo albums "Bigger on the Inside" (2021), "Going Somewhere" (2018), and "Listen" (2016) along with "3x2," Rachel's collaboration EP with Michael Sadler of Saga!

From the first moment she touched the piano, Rachel Flowers has been consumed by music. Like a sponge she has spent her life absorbing every kind of music she encounters. This channel is her outlet where she gets to play, creating covers of the music she loves, and sharing that music with the world.

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Madman Across The Water - Elton John cover

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