So just to give you an idea of upcoming songs for ya, I am creating arrangements of the following songs over the next week:
1. John Mayer - Born and Raised. To keep the original key this song will be quite high, but nonetheless it preserves the original key so you guys can play along with the album when you learn it!
2. Regina Spektor - All the Rowboats. LOVE this song, especially the acoustic version.
3. Vanessa Carlton - London. This song is very dear to me and to a lot of you Nessa fans. Coming soon.
4. Marina and the Diamonds - Starring Role. I promised you this a while back! Getting on it this week.
5. Ruby Frost! - Young. I LOVE this song too, and you guys will love her as well.
6. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness. This song is just beautiful. Have posted the clip a while back.
Alright better get practicing! And recording! New songs whoop whoop ^_^
So here it is! Bam, simple. Easy to learn, beautiful song here you go.
I only JUST looked on YouTube and noticed that 'I Don't Want to be a Bride' is probably the only other song on Rabbits on the Run that has tutorials up already... so sorry about that. I need to do some that don't have tutorials up!
I'm thinking about London, Get Good, & The Marching Line for ya.
'I Don't Want to be a Bride' by Vanessa Carlton - Tutorial
Also I have updated most of the old tutorials that were missing: Laughing With, and I Don't Want to be a Bride with the rest coming this weekend. Shall I also do one for 'On the Radio' too?
Got my surprise for you too! I uploaded it last night but accidentally got the wrong video haha
So it's week #2 for our genre which is "Acoustic" and our artist this week is Vanessa Carlton!
So all you Nessa fans will be happy because I am doing a lovely arrangement of 'I Don't Want to be a Bride'
'I Don't Want to be a Bride' by Vanessa Carlton
This song is one of my favs, and it's very personal for her (and for me). The chord progression is really easy to follow and so you'll all be able to learn it no problem! It's lots of fun to play and I hope you love watching it as much as I will love playing it tomorrow!
Tutorial will follow as usual, and I'll do a little album review for ya of her 'Rabbits on the Run' recent release.
Hey everyone! So we have covered the pop genre last month, and this week is the first week of the acoustic genre! Which means we will be covering and looking at artists that tend to be strongest when playing live or with minimal backing. Some of my favorite artists fit in this category, and they are often the best ones to cover as live music tends to work well with piano.
So here's a list of artists I will be covering this month:
John Mayer. My first love! Haha no this guy is seriously talented at guitar. Interesting fact- he says happily how he 'steals' Eric Clatpton's ideas for his music. Eric Clapton was his idol and inspiration growing up and there is even YouTube videos of them playing together:
'Crossroads' (From Mayer's album Battle Studies) with Eric Clapton.
John Mayer has released a number of albums now, but if you haven't already heard his stuff I suggest you listen to his album Continuum or recent release 'Born and Raised'. I have been a devoted fan since his first album release in early 2000's. He was best known for his song 'Your Body is a Wonderland'.
Regina Spektor. This girl is pure magic, she is actually a lot older than she looks too! 30-something. But she looks only 25. Regina has mostly got recognized from her song 'Fidelity'
'Fidelity' by Regina Spektor.
Anyway she plays piano like nobody's business, she started off her career playing in bars, and she is beautiful live! Very quirky and full of personality there is no one else quite like her. When I first heard 'Apres Moi' I couldn't help but cry, she is a beautiful composer, singer, and all round instrumentalist. She also is Russian and speaks multiple languages... very talented! Regina has recently released a new album 'What we saw from the cheap seats'. Every album just gets better and better. Look her up, well worth the listen.
Vanessa Carlton. Well anyone who has followed me knows how close Vanessa Carlton is to my heart as a musician. I followed her very closely in my early days and I will always be in love with both her first two albums. After that she went and experimented a bit, with hip-hop producer Irv Gotti to finally releasing her own indie album last year called 'Rabbits on the Run'. Which is very beautiful in both prose, style, production and musically.
'Carousel' by Vanessa Carlton
This is her most recent release, and was entirely self produced so good on her. I have a lot of respect for her doing her own thing despite commercial pressures. With 'A Thousand Miles' creating a lot of expectation , it's understandable she has always been searching for that one 'something' with her music since then. She is a true artist.
The final fourth artist I haven't yet entirely decided on, I'll keep it a surprise ^_^
Anyway these are just some of my influences, in the acoustic genre at least and there are plenty more to come! As usual I will feature a couple of covers and tutorials too for you lucky lucky people.
Gotta get back to writing more music for you. Love you all! Talk soon
