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Where Hui & Little Cat Dwell

I can tell you (and myself) how each note can be better in this recording: what part is missing in the guitar accompaniment, which note is off, which note I should sing lighter, and which note I should hold longer.

But I’m not going to.

This is me, singing late at night with sleepy eyes and coarse voice.

And that is what matters now.

因為我說了要唱首歌的.

C Am Dm G7

第一次聽到人家這麼說的時候真的是愣了一下, “啊? 什麼無敵?”

腦子轉了一下, “大概是好久以前親愛的老弟教我的歡樂年華吧…”

吉他學了好一陣子, 最近才算比較認真的在練習. 沒辦法, 找不到人幫我伴奏又沒有 band 要我, 只好靠自己… 不過靠自己又出現了另外一個問題:

“How to play guitar and sing at the same time?”

後來發現, 其實答案很簡單: 基本上, 就是要一直練習就對了…

絞盡腦汁想了很久到底有什麼我想唱的歌可以用無敵四和絃來伴奏… (真的不是很想錄歡樂年華…)

靈機一動, “好像很久以前在書上看到有所謂的 oldies chords… 會不會是同一件事呢?”

C Am F G

有兩個一樣… 但其實 G7 只是 G 再加上一個音… F… 只要是 C 大調的歌用 F 通常是不會有什麼問題的的… (啊吉他老師要是知道了一定很感動…)

然後不知道為什麼, 就開始練 Earth Angel 了…

其實這首歌還沒練的很好, 所有唱歌的毛病好像都跑出來了; 吉他嘛… 有一個地方和絃非常明顯的彈錯, 還有幾個地方聽的出來有點猶豫… 但我想這就當個, 終於可以自彈自唱錄一首歌下來的里程碑好了…

以後應該大部分的時候還是會吉他跟唱歌的部分分開錄吧…

還是如果再一直練習下去就可以了呢?

Hm…

無論如何, 總是要在生日的時候許個願是吧? ^^

OK, first things first: the sound quality of this clip is hideous. So all you recording purists out there, don’t even attempt to listen to it (and if you do, don’t complain to me that the recording quality is horrendous. ;)

“Why did you even bother to put a clip like this up on your blog, then?” You asked.

Well…

I haven’t been recording my singing for quite awhile now, and I thought it’s time for me to do so. My idea is that, once I start doing it, I’ll continue to do so; also, I guess after taking voice lessons for two years, maybe it’s time for me to *ahem* get organized and document what I’ve been doing in my lessons.

I always learn something no matter how I perform in the workshop. Tonight happened to be a good one, the only good one in the last few months, actually. You’ll hear me talk about what I learned in the bad ones in the future, I guarantee you… :P

So, what did I learn tonight? (more…)

it’s hard for me to stop my heart
love never knows when the time is right
i don’t want to hurt anybody but
can’t help loving you

i never felt like this before
i know this is passion worth waiting for
let love take its course
that’s the only thing for us to do

we’ve got time, oh baby, there’s no rush
there’s gonna be a better day for us
hang on, and i will wait for you
our love will always stay as good as new

time and tide
nothing and no one can stop us now
for better, for worse,
this time i’m sure it’s gonna last

how can i stop my heart
love never knows when the time is right
i don’t want to hurt anybody
don’t want to make them cry

we’ve got time, oh baby, there’s no rush
there’s gonna be a better day for us
hang on, and i will wait for you
our love will always stay as good as new

it’s just a matter time
only a matter of time
it’s just a matter of…

time and tide
nothing and no one can stop us now
for better, for worse,
this time i’m sure it’s gonna last, gonna last forever

we’ve got time, oh baby, there’s no rush
there’s gonna be a better day for us
hang on, and i will wait for you
our love will always stay as good as new...

What it all comes down to...

Helen, this is for you.

OK, this is just an experimental (or mendatory) post so that I can claim my “feed” on Odeo.

I guess I’ll put the two studio recorded songs here just for the sake of it. Trust me, they’re nice to listen to. Ask ht, Chris or Jackie, they’ll assure you. ;)

TA DA!

Maybe I’ll write up something else about Podcasting once I figure out what to do with it. ;)

來聽聽我唱歌吧!

雖然這只是一篇為了 claim my Odeo feed 的 post, 但我去朋友錄音室錄的歌真的很好聽喔! 不信問楊, Chris 或 Jackie. ;)

Written by: Tori Amos
Performed by: Tori Amos
Music Video: Yahoo! Music

Have you ever been haunted, by a song, that you feel it’s telling your life’s story, and yet there seems to be something deeper in it that you just don’t quite sure what it means and where it will lead you?

I always fantisize that one day, I will perform this song on the center of an empty stage, crouching down, in a plain white dress…

I’ve been HERE silent all these years.

years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand years go by if I’m striped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in my head years go by will I choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left one more casualty you know we’re too EASY easy easy

有沒有一首歌, 一首好似在敘述你的人生, 但卻又有一些你還不能理解的隱涵意義, 讓你不知道跟著它會到哪裡的歌? 一次一次, 這首歌對你的意義總是不停的在變形著…

這是我的那首歌.

什麼? 你問我這首歌到底是什麼意思?

I’ve been HERE silent all these years.

Written by: George Michael
Performed by: George Michael

Feel like singing something while sitting in from of my desk, so here it is…

今晚坐在桌前莫名的想唱歌…
(more…)

Written by: Bernard Albrecht, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris
Performed by: New Order
Music Video: Yahoo! Music

Covered by: Frente!

I actually heard the covered version first and didn’t know about the original New Order version until I come to the States. Maybe ’cause Australia is a tad bit closer to Taiwan than the Great Britain?

Never knew exactly what the song is about, either. Frente! didn’t have the lyrics of just this song in the CD insert.

Now I know the song word by word, how do I feel about it?

I usually don’t copy and paste the lyrics, but somehow I feel I want to do it this time…

Every time I think of you
I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue
It’s no problem of mine but it’s a problem I find
Living a life that I can’t leave behind

There’s no sense in telling me
The wisdom of a fool won’t set you free
But that’s the way that it goes, and it’s what nobody knows
And every day my confusion grows

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I’m waiting for that final moment
You’ll say the words that I can’t say

I feel fine and I feel good
I feel like I never should
Whenever I get this way, I just don’t know what to say
Why can’t we be ourselves like we were yesterday

I’m not sure what this could mean
I don’t think you’re what you seem
I do admit to myself that if I hurt someone else
Then we’d never see just what we’re meant to be

Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I’m waiting for that final moment
You’ll say the words that I can’t say

Bittersweet? How do one convey that feeling when singing a song?

一直不知道這首歌的歌詞, 也一直不知道原唱其實是一個英國團 New Order. 如果一開始聽到的是原唱可能就不會那麼喜歡這首歌了吧? 電子味太重了.

現在歌詞都了了.

覺得只有把歌詞都貼上來. 不太能簡短的解釋. (也或許是不想解釋的太清楚吧… you decide. :)