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0:00 Haha, check one-two. all right hopefully that's that's a good sign hello so I have a collection of new songs that I've been adding to my list to go through today. All right, you can hear me etc hopefully... all right... ...
2:56 (unidentified song) unidentified
6:16 All right. I'm not hearing anything. I can see your lips moving. So it's Wet My Fire Fire with your love.
6:50 Matches and knives, leaning over ledges only two flights high, cutting my heart, burning my soul with nothing left to hold.
6:57 Nothing left but blood and fire. Yeah um, let me try it again with a little more enunciation.
7:14 Well, I have spent nights with matches and knives. Leaning over ledges, only two flights. I cut in my heart, burn in my soul With nothing left to hold. Nothing left but blood and fire.
7:42 better? cats? you have- you Have Spen-
7:55 Nights, thinking of me missing my arms but she needed to leave Leaving my cuts, leaving my burns hoping I'd land
8:08 yes all right so I'm just gonna stick a general note on this just annunciate because it's a lot of the words in this are not what not what you expect to be be coming which... But anyway...um... So there's that.
8:42 It's a it's an interesting one because of it being down way low in my range which is not when I usually do but Yeah, I thought I was doing a relatively good job of
8:52 the notes, like... So that's something. And then this will be a different... Here's some journey.
9:01 (unidentified song) unidentified
11:54 Yeah, go ahead. Okay. Yeah, where are you? there in the beginning in the midnight sun your bowels were a little weird on midnight and there were just a few places where it was like you were singing in process, the did St...
13:17 Yeah, and some of that will — I mean, it's the second time I've played it, so it'll get better. Like, there's a certain amount still juggling to figure out what the instrumental part is supposed to be doing, and once t...
13:43 hitting all the right notes so that's that a good place to start
13:47 And I will pay attention as I work on it
13:50 And I'll go back and listen to the original too because I haven't heard it in a while. And pay attention to where the emphasis is although again
13:58 A lot of the stuff, once I really get it down, I will probably start just doing everything that is right for me to make it my own, because it's you know, if we needed—if we wanted an exact copy of Steve Perry, we can j...
14:19 so that I can play with a band in Southern California. Yeah, okay, let's see what the next page brings us. We have, okay, the gambler already have been through with you. What's the next page after that? Oh, yes. This one...
15:11 (unidentified song) unidentified
18:33 Hello Yeah It's
18:56 It's interesting to me because I've never in the Tom Cochran one, even live, been able to understand the phrase, there's a world outside every darkened door where blues won't haunt you any more, where the brave are free ...
19:29 But, is that the phrase you were thinking of? And that's what it is. Yeah
20:14 Yeah, I think there might have been a turnaround of some sort on
20:17 guitar and drums, but I'll have to go back and listen to it to determine exactly what that sounds like, and see whether I can fake it...
20:33 Actually, at the end with the bridge, it did feel kind of like we slammed right from the bridge.
20:38 to the course again without taking even enough time for what would have been wherever the downbeat would've gone. But yeah, I'll listen to the original and see how the turnaround works.
20:52 There's like a little lick and then something happens on the drum kit that takes...
20:57 That looks maybe too... yeah which Tom Cochran ain't no surprise
21:11 All right, and on to some new ...
21:15 here, this will let me slow down...
21:18 I'm a little old. This one is pushing my range a lot.
21:21 So let's see how this goes...
21:25 This is one I can probably only do once in any given session. Alright, let me flip out, too. What was that?
21:52 Alright so skip skipping the intro
22:00 (unidentified song) unidentified
24:21 well on really
24:26 I can actually hit that high D on the child but today apparently wasn't that day. It helps to drink a little bit of Coke first.
24:36 haha
25:01 Melooo
25:07 still
25:24 I S T E R E A-
25:27 Yes.
25:35 Ooh. Oh.
25:39 Okay yeah, alright I will work on that. Then this is another YouTune one. This one is tricky for other reasons. It's not so hard on the remover, anyway.
26:16 (unidentified song) unidentified
29:38 Yes, which ...
29:50 Part of what's probably going on there is I always, until getting the lyrics sheet, thought it was, let's go down on Redhill town. And then and now I know but, um still working on it. Lights. Lights go down on Redhill. L...
30:07 In Yeah Was that
30:33 So I actually realized I was reading the wrong line and so did sort of a very awkward jump, but it's, what it is, it's as if love slowly stripped away love has seen its better day That's the bit that, that kind of got mu...
30:55 that the i don't think uh... all i guess there is yeah there is in them yeah yet there there is actually in the middle there's at the uh... both i guess all at the very beginning and let's go down and LV okay so that's s...
31:15 other to sun the blood runs thin see the faces frozen scale of dill against the wind and that's
31:20 completely different rhythm. And then it...
31:31 (unidentified song) unidentified
32:27 Ok, yeah, the
32:56 Metro and musically, it's not complicated, but rhythmically. There's a lot going on there
33:02 So, ah but I'll keep working on that one for sure. And here's
33:12 ...another one that... a long time ago I did a multitrack of this, and i might do it again...
33:16 Again this is Bruce Springsteen.
33:20 (unidentified song) unidentified
34:48 Yes, it's Ride. Down to the River We Did Ride.
34:59 (unidentified song) unidentified
36:25 And I punched up the D a little for that last chorus. But, yeah, little Bruce Springsteen there. And here we go. Yeah he did. Yeah, about a whiskey runner as I recall. Yeah, um. About a whiskey runner, as I recall. I thi...
37:05 Alright, and this one normally I would do with the Harmony processor..
37:08 it's not actually patched in for when I'm working with you so imagine this having harmony
37:16 (unidentified song) unidentified
39:41 This will teach me to ever underestimate the grateful dead.
39:45 Yeah, that has what, a chord change every two or three beats, maybe? It's moving.
40:00 now I'm still so caught up just trying to catch all the chord changes that I'm not
40:08 Where you can understand them at all Yes
40:20 trees, walking in the tall trees
40:23 The
40:32 Yeah the the B major section at the end. Sunshine daydream walking in the tall trees Going where the wind blows Rolling like a red rose
40:42 Um, at the beginning of your the song or at the beginning...
40:54 So we've got sugar magnol...oh yeah! Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, head's all empty, and I don't care.
41:01 Saw my baby down by the river knew she'd have to come up soon for air sweep Okay Yes Yeah, well. Yeah, well.
41:42 Um, Trigger Magnolia is actually a- a...
41:45 grateful dead standard but um it's probably one of those things were yeah and of course I I
41:57 Chip great will be the very last song I learn, because we...
42:00 front of The Grateful Deads, because when you actually play in front of The Grateful Deads' hands that's the one they don't want to hear. It's an interesting dynamic.
42:12 And I'm trying to learn six or seven dead songs just because if nothing else it's definitely an easy money and a chance to get in front of people. And so how there's like eight or nine dead bands, but only one keyboard p...
42:37 there's about 20 of them and the first one I learned was Casey Jones which was easy. This one has me thinking this may be a bigger challenge than I thought because this is difficult to play on piano just because it's mov...
42:56 Even just looking at that, that like A major to D major
42:59 that's a fifth jump that you're doing in the space of one word.
43:07 got some awkward stuff like this she had C sharp minor and F sharp minor but that's less awkward for me because of all the work I've done on trying to master playing in every key I remember when
43:18 C sharp minor would have sent me scurrying under something and now it just grab it they're not a big deal. I've been working again on my left hand skills so I've been playing a bunch of stuff where I'm playing the melody...
43:34 hand in every key, like, I do the Sailor's preparation like and that's doing it in like Bb. It's easy at C. Yes, but I want to get to where I can do it that well in all 12 keys with my with my left hand.
44:06 which again
44:09 There is an added challenge when you're using your non-dominate hand for it but my theory on ... that'll take me a couple of weeks of hammering away on and then I keep picking new ...
44:19 things like that every few weeks. Eventually I will get to where my left hand has the same ability to just play anything I think at it that my right does.
44:31 Doing that Journey song, I'm not at all thinking about the notes. I'm just thinking about the music. This did, and my hand just does it. My left hand lacks that functionality. I have to actually be thinking about, okay, ...
44:56 The right collection of neural nets will assemble to where I can think... and then I'll have the ability to think two streams of music at once... which I get every once in a while now and it is a heck of a lot of fun. It...
45:10 Anyway, I think that's all I have in my... Yeah, because I've got Victory Day but I need to rework the chords online.
45:19 are missing half the chords which is unfortunate so i need to go back and listen to it. let me see if there-there was one other i think that i wanted to- two. Oh yeah, I remember what it was.
45:33 ...I don't think I've ever done this one with you before and this was definitely...
45:36 case of... having to be adaptive because... but...blood and chains, have I ever done that with you? It's a tears for fears song. Let's see... I love them. I love them. and at the Orange County Fair actually they used to ...
46:36 (unidentified song) unidentified
49:42 Okay. Yeah, and part of what's interesting about this is that it's normally a duet.
50:15 So, where I kept switching between octaves, that's between the woman and the man.
50:19 vocalists of tears for fears so
50:23 And so it is definitely, as I said, I'm doing a very adaptive.
50:26 work of it. It's a great song. And if you ever get a chance to see them do it live, it'll send chills down your spine. But that's assuming that COVID finally lets go of us. All right. I will t shoot your Venmo over to yo...
50:50 Next week- I don't know what time yet, next week I'll probably prepare all of the-
50:56 the beds for the album tracks. And then I'll go over them one more time with you. Because then the week after that I will be at Orbit tracking them for the album. So, we are finally down to the last month of work on a fi...
51:16 And I'll definitely, cause I'm going to print about 100 of them out.
51:19 to send you a copy if you want, if you want to send me your address. And yeah, thanks. I'll talk to you later. Take care, bye.
0:00 Ehhh....
0:08 Enjoy the video!
0:13 (unidentified song) unidentified
10:18 Well little uh, light work out there. I do wonder whether I'll end up with some listeners or not, but I don't know well since I've done this one.
10:43 Sixteen Tons — Traditional
13:36 It was harder than it should be. And there's nothing really complicated about it.
13:45 (unidentified song) unidentified
14:52 I'm pondering what to do here All right
15:08 This City
18:58 This little, uh...
19:00 Truck driver's gear changed from D to E there...
19:03 All right, well, here's the fun one.
19:13 Mr. Tanner — Harry Chapin
25:21 Um
25:24 Ah, yes, that makes me think of, uh, Chris Coons who introduced me to Harry Chapin, and one of these days I need to go back and add some more Harry Chap-
25:33 ...songs like Taxi for example which I'm
25:38 ...really easy now compared with the last time I tried it.
25:46 I don't think I've yet reached the point where I can just casually... Pick up like Telegraph Road, but-
25:54 Ugh...
25:57 Taxi — Harry Chapin
27:30 Obvious reasons. And then of course we have...
27:34 All My Life's A Circle — Harry Chapin
28:25 Good tired and bad tired.
28:32 Ironically, good tired – or bad tired, rather can be a day that you won, but you were fighting other people's battles. And when you hit the hay at night there's very little view in there.
28:44 Don't sleep easy. Where's bedtime?
28:47 Can be a day that you lost you don't even have to tell yourself he lost
28:51 who you lost, but you were, you lost your own wars and you were trying to do your thing. And He talks about, you know.
29:05 Ireland — Garth Brooks
33:28 Sigh...
33:33 So I'm going to have to go through the latest printouts. I'm going to have to add more printouts, and I think pretty much all of them, except for victory day, which I need to work out the cords on, probably should go on ...
33:47 this complete which
33:50 Yeah, and I think I should probably just print out the chords to all of Atchung Baby and Joshua Tree
34:06 and stick them in there.
34:09 envelope, or a folder rather, and just list them all. And we'll get as far as we do I guess and it will be interesting to see what –
34:19 request
34:23 When Love Comes to Town — U2
41:58 Now, that's interesting. All right. All right, so I think that's about it for now.
42:31 Ain't No Mountain High Enough
43:44 ...better understanding of... Oh, this would be a, this would be a...
43:47 Ballad of Billy the Kid — Billy Joel
48:18 uh you
48:26 Alright, if we can figure it out. Okay, there we go. Okay, is there someone mechanical problem going on here? magical problem going on here.
48:59 Okay.
49:09 Like, are we maybe sitting on something?
49:12 As we are definitely I am stepping on it, and it feels like the entire paddleboard is loose with respect to...
49:32 Cause there is definitely something going on that there shouldn't be.
49:40 Um I'm not sure how but I think
50:01 And I call it a night on that one. And I will disassemble this thing and see if we can figure out what's wrong with it. Hopefully nothing irreparably.
50:09 Anyway, that's it.