Name: How To Save A Life cover by RUFFNUS
Duration: 4 min 12 s
Description: How To Save A Life covered by Her Last Name

How To Save A Life covered by Her Last Name

How To Save A Life cover

This song was covered with the help of Rebecca Hufnus who lives about 5000 miles away from me. We managed to create this cover despite the distance :). (Me: Guitar, vocals, violins. Rebecca: Piano, Vocals) 

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Since she was born, RUFFNUS has been captivated by the entrancing power of music. Developmental milestones such as walking and talking were met to tunes such as Meatloaf’s “I Won’t Do That,” They Might Be Giants’s “Istanbul,” and really everything by Raffi. At the age of 3, she took violin and piano lessons. Inspired by Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) and Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong 64), RUFFNUS chose to learn the alto saxophone at the age of 10 and then primarily played tenor saxophone throughout her lifetime. After hearing “Helena” by My Chemical Romance and after mistakenly receiving Good Charlotte’s album “Chronicles of Life and Death” at the age of 12, RUFFNUS began her songwriting career by filling up notebooks with lyrics and taking up guitar and drumset lessons. 

During high school, RUFFNUS continued to pursue her passion in music. Along with playing saxophone in marching band, concert band, and jazz band, she learned trumpet and percussion. One of her favorite musical accomplishments included arranging a medley for her high school band to play for a concert, which was an immense honor. During 2011, she formed a band with her best friends called “Her Last Name,” which played for talent exhibitions and quinceañeras. 

Playing live in a band filled RUFFNUS with the energy that motivated her to work towards improving her vocals. Without any prior experience singing, she auditioned for a chorus group at her college and began taking voice lessons. She formed the band “Parallel Motion” with a friend from a music class and began experimenting with different sounds and techniques. 

RUFFNUS went on a 2-year hiatus from creating original music while pursuing her master’s degree. After establishing her career, she has been able to dedicate more time to writing and creating new music. From 2017-2018, she has worked tirelessly on her debut single “BREAK,” a song describing a flawed relationship without reciprocity, where one partner continues to bend and break in order to appease the other. Being a victim of manipulation, the individual finds it difficult to discern truth from falsehoods and delusions, and thus, she pleads for clarity and relief. 

The success of “BREAK” would not be possible without RUFFNUS’s brother, who produced the song, as well as her videographer who was able to capture the intense emotions in this song and create a music video encompassing the song’s message.

How To Save A Life cover

RUFFNUS

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