Well sooner than I thought I am working once more on some Bruce Springsteen songs which I will probably turn into another full album. Here is my version of the title track taken from the 2005 album Devils & Dust by Bruce Springsteen. I changed the arrangement quite a bit by settling for Piano and vocal (which I actually think will form for a large part the basis of the full album). I have tried to express the emotions in the song by including contrast both in the vocal (low to high range) and in the piano part (starting very low and ending with a high improvisation part). The original I think is a brilliant song and one of my favourite Springsteen songs from recent years.

Here is my version which will also be the first song on the new tribute album which I hope to complete within the next few months.

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I recorded my piano and vocal version of “Human” (by The Killers) a few days ago. Believe it or not inspiration for this recording actually came from Jonathan Ross’ show on the BBC where his crazy “four poofs and a piano” did part of the chorus when some guest was introduced. I actually liked the simple piano arrangement so I looked up the chords and give the song a shot.
The original song I think is great and so far the best I have heard from The Killers. The lyrics are perhaps not as universal as could be (there is apparently a very specific meaning for “or are we dancer”, which is perhaps far fetched). However I love the melody and certainly parts of the lyrics (“My hands are cold”, “and I am on my knees looking for the answer” etc..). To top it off playing along to this song on Guitar Hero is fun too!

Here is my version:

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Peace,
Andrew

Welcome to my new and improved website!

I have created this website using WordPress meaning it sits on a sturdy blog system so I can update the site a lot easier and quicker.
All my music will be here to listen to. I have already uploaded most of the stuff I have recorded in the past to the albums section and the random songs section. You will probably need the latest version of Flash in order to use the little music players on these pages but they work quite well I think.

Besides blog posts about music you will find me posting photos and videos of gigs I’ve been to and having the occasional rant about politics. I am actually looking forward to including some movie reviews. Some good movies I’ve seen recently were “Gran Torino” and “Slumdog Millionaire” and could have written lots about these straight after coming home from the cinema. If any good I will also be posting my private photos as I am getting into photography a bit more these days…

Hope you will enjoy having a look around and please stop by for the occasional visit to see what I have been up to.

Peace,

Andrew