Hi there! Sorry for the delay in answering, I am unfortunately not as active with my music as I would like :( or at all, really.
Anyway, in my cover of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up”, I’m playing the following chords (in standard soprano GCEA tuning):
Verses and chorus (“ooooh”, etc): C - Am - F - C
It’s really quite simple, the only time the chords change is at the end:
Bb - G7 - F - C
…and then you notice of course that I basically skip the entire end of the song where they change key and tempo. I couldn’t handle it! Thus, the beauty of making a cover your own :)
Hope that helps—let me know if you need any more help. And link me to your result when you’re done!
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Health:
- Drink plenty of water.
- Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
- Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
- Play more games.
- Read more books…
Sorry it’s been awhile, school is crazy.
I needed some music therapy tonight.
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Finally—rough “studio” demo of “Unknown” | anna-flaherty
Yes, it’s true! In case you don’t follow my Facebook page (I’d link you there but I’m on my phone and it’s too complicated, check it out in my Tumblr header), I will be playing a solo acoustic show on my uke at a sweet little venue in Berlin. If you follow my formspring (which has been lacking in questions since the site went down a few weeks ago…technical difficulties or lack of interest? I don’t know, but the link is also in my header), then you know I’m traveling in Europe for two months before heading off to med school. So that is how I came to be in Berlin, and this is how I came to be playing my very own (and first!) real show…
I went to a show (Greg Holden and Jay Nash) at this tiny but awesome venue (it was pretty epic, I posted some vids if you wanna check it out, and you should google Intersoup Berlin) and was hanging at the bar after. Chatting with the bartender, find out he’s actually the venue manager and is just filling in for the bartender. We started talking about music actually as a result of a slight miscommunication (thank you, language barrier!?) and when he found out I play and listened to some of my stuff online, he asked me to fill in for a group that cancelled on him! Friday the thirteenth, in freaking Berlin! At a venue where I went to see musicians who are actually semi-famous and at least keep good company (I follow Greg Holden’s twitter—how I found out about the show—because he’s Brooklyn-based and affiliated with Dan Romer and subsequently Ingrid Michaelson)! Complete and total insanity.
Now I just have to translate most of my songs from piano to uke (the only instrument I have right now) or somehow find a thumb piano for around €10 tomorrow! But that seems unlikely…and man the things I would do for a guitar right now. But I can (and will!) make it happen.
If you know anyone in or near Berlin, please send them my way.
In addition to the ability to share my music with the world (literally!?) and gain some experience performing, I also get free soup and drinks from this gig, some street cred (maybe?), and €1 per person who comes!!!
I’ll probably be busking on street corners and in parks for the next few days to practice and see if I can’t make a few more €…
3 days ago:
1 day ago:
Yesterday:
Youtube always picks the best stills for my videos.
Anna in the bathroom with an ukulele presents a brand new, untitled song! Comment if you have any ideas for a name…
LYRICS:
What gives you the right
to get up in my face and
try to start a fight?
Just what did I do
to make you think that I
deserve this from you?
I don’t know what I said
to make you crazy but you’re out of your head
Please don’t come at me with your words so violently
I don’t deserve this from you
Just tell me what did I do?
You say that everything’s my fault
Your words go in my wounds like salt
I don’t know what I said
to make you crazy but you’re out of your head
Please don’t come at me with your words so violently
I don’t deserve this from you
Just tell me what did I do?
You call me stupid
You said I’m worthless and I don’t know why
I know it’s not true but I have a hard time
not believing you
Just tell me what can I do
to make things better
when we’re together
I don’t know what I said
to make you crazy but you’re out of your head
Please don’t come at me with your words so violently
I don’t deserve this from you
Just tell me what did I do?
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.
Augusten Burroughs
A few months ago, I wanted to write, and would say/think “I’m going to try to write so-and-so…”
NOW, I make the choice to write, and say “I’m going to write so-and-so.”
Then, I DO.
And it feels absolutely wonderful.
I credit my transformation partially to this quote.
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FINALLY!!!
Now, I can stop obsessing about this (OCD much, anyone?), and start posting, liking, and following back. WHEW. Thank you.
UPDATE (again):
oh wow…
UPDATE:
I need two more followers! hah
I just need two more followers…and then I can like two more things and post two more things!
Also…it’s 67ºF where I am right now. :-O
Maybe posting my ukulele cover of “Electric Blue Eyes” by The Cranberries will help get it out of my system.
I couldn’t wait until tomorrow.
My ukulele cover of “The Ballad of Love and Hate” by The (ever-gorgeous-and-amazing) Avett Brothers.
I overheard someone say that April Fools’ Day is the Super Bowl for web ads, and I tend to agree.
In no particular order, here are some of my favorite web pranks for 2011:
1. Hulu took us back to 1996 and dial up modems complete with X-Files featured on the homepage.
2. YouTube brought us…
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Anna in the bathroom with an ukulele covers Mumford & Sons, “Little Lion Man”.
Stay tuned for “The Ballad of Love and Hate” by The Avett Brothers, coming tomorrow!
My birthday is coming up, and I could really use a Jameson flask, complete with a garter to hide it sexily under my clothes.
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Haha I’m soooooo glad! :D :D :D :D :D :D
