Saturday, May 9, 2015

Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky (ASL?, Guitar, Ukulele, Piano)



I've been add songs to my song book and wanted to share this one with. With some practice its getting easier to play along with the original recording. Check it out:


So to help out my No Bad Tides friends around the world I made a simplified version of the song below to make it easier to learn the song. Click on the song image below to make it bigger:



Eye In The Sky - Guitar Lesson Preview
TGAcousticLessons 
Published on Aug 22, 2014
http://www.TotallyGuitars.com

Learn to play Eye In The Sky with Alan Parsons Project's guitar lesson preview. Full lesson found athttp://www.TotallyGuitars.com.



A split screen demonstration of the chords, lyrics, and strumming for "Eye in the Sky" by Alan Parsons Project on ukulele in the original key of 'Bm.'

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Up next it’s volume 2 of our extensive interview with the maestro of music Alan Parsons on his greatest albums from the 80s and beyond including his hits Eye in the Sky and the sports anthem Sirius Alan engineered the Beatles Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon for Pink Floyd. Interview with a master next.


Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - ASL Song


Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - ASL Song




Uploaded on Jun 15, 2010
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, performed in sign language by Stephen Torrence. Gloss/lyrics below and captions by yours truly. Thanks to all who voted and chose this song from among hundreds of requests!

Note: I guessed the name signs for Galileo and Figaro based on the qualities "telescope" and "happy," respectively.

Is this the real life?
[LOOK-AROUND] THIS LIFE REAL?
Is this just fantasy?
DREAM? WHICH?
Caught in a landslide
HERE STUCK,
No escape from reality
WHY? HAPPEN+++ OVERWHELM
Open your eyes
EYES-OPEN
Look up to the skies and see
LOOK [UPWARD], UNDERSTAND
I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy)
ME? POOR
I need no sympathy
PITY [PUSH-AWAY]
Because I'm easy come, easy go
HAPPEN++ WHATEVER
Little high, little low
SOMETIMES HAPPY, SOMETIMES SAD
Any way the wind blows
HAPPEN WHATEVER
Doesn't really matter to me, to me
DON'T-MATTER FOR-ME

Mama just killed a man
MOTHER, MAN KILL-HIM
Put a gun against his head
[CL-L: GUN-AGAINST-MAN-HEAD]
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
[CL-L: FIRE, MAN-DIE]
Mama, life has just begun
MOTHER, MY LIFE BEGIN
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
BUT MY LIFE RUIN
Mama, ooh
MOTHER, [CL:O]
Didn't mean to make you cry
YOU CRY, I FAIL, SORRY
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
IF TOMORROW I NOT RETURN
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
YOU CONTINUE++. PRETEND NOT-MATTER

Too late, my time has come
LATE, MY DEATH APPROACH
Sends shivers down my spine
FEAR [SHIVERING]
Body's aching all the time
PAIN [ALL-OVER]
Goodbye, everybody
GOODBYE
I've got to go
NOW I MUST LEAVE
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
MUST LEAVE, TRUTH ACCEPT
Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows)
MOTHER
I don't want to die
DIE, I NOT-WANT
Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
SOMETIMES I WISH PAST I NOT BORN

[Guitar Solo]

I see a little silhouetto of a man
I SEE-MYSELF, I BECOME WEAK
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango
WEAK-MAN, YOU DANCE FOR-US?
Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me
THUNDER, LIGHTNING, I AFRAID
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro
[G-TELESCOPE+++++], [F-HAPPY]
Magnifico-o-o-o-o
AWESOME
I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me
I POOR, LOVE-ME? NONE
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
HE BOY, POOR, FROM FAMILY, POOR
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
PLEASE, HIS LIFE PRESERVE
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
HAPPEN++ WHATEVER, YOU ALLOW LEAVE?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
GOD NO, LEAVE FORBID
Let him go
ALLOW LEAVE
Bismillah! We will not let you go
GOD NO, LEAVE FORBID
Let him go
ALLOW
Bismillah! We will not let you go
GOD NO, FORBID
Let me go (Will not let you go)
ALLOW, FORBID
Let me go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never)
ALLOW LEAVE, LEAVE FORBID
Let me go, o, o, o, o
ALLOW LEAVE
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
NO+++++++
(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go
[BEGGIN] ALLOW LEAVE
Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
DEVIL HE WAIT FOR ME+++

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
YOU ABUSE-ME YOU THINK CAN?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
YOU LOVE-ME, FINISH, DON'T-CARE YOU?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
SWEETHEART, BEG, HURT-ME++ NO
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
MUST ESCAPE, MUST RUN-AWAY

[Guitar Solo]
(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)
[Noodling] YES, YES

Nothing really matters
HAPPEN++ NOT-MATTER
Anyone can see
ALL UNDERSTAND
Nothing really matters
HAPPEN++ NOT-MATTER
Nothing really matters to me
HAPPEN++ NOT-MATTER FOR-ME

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Hudson and Troop - Frameless (ASL)


This is one of my favorite music videos! So creative and tells a story so well. Check this out:


Hudson and Troop - Frameless [OFFICIAL]

Published on Apr 5, 2014
** nominated for a triple J J AWARD in 2014, Best Music Video **
** official selection at SXSW in 2015 **
LISTEN here: http://open.spotify.com/album/1VFTYxD...
PURCHASE here: http://hudsonandtroop.bandcamp.com
or here: https://itunes.apple.com/album/framel...
SAY HELLO here: http://www.facebook.com/hudsonandtroop
or here: http://twitter.com/hudsonandtroop

original lyrics sheet: http://on.fb.me/1kKIzOI

Honoured to have worked with some amazing people on this..
Pip Norman (Countbounce) - producer // sonic wizard
Joe Hammond - drums & percussion // mix engineer // long-term conspirator
Lauren Moore - backing vocals // motivational confidante
David Walker - midas touch mastering
Sharp FX - Special FX
and Andrew Goldsmith, Darcy Prendergast & the rest of the OYW crew, you push the boundaries in a truly mesmerizing way...
a most sincere thankyou to you all x trav

The latest offering from Melbourne's Hudson & Troop is equally dark and brooding as ecstatically uplifting. Setting out with a simplistic acoustic guitar driven intro, the beautifully produced track soon departs into more experimental territory with building layers of analog synths and electro flourishes creating sweeping dynamics verging on the cinematic. Exploring the moment in which a relationship hangs in the balance, Frameless speaks to the innate yearning in all of us, to connect.

Directed by Darcy Prendergast and Andrew Goldsmith of J Award winning / ARIA nominated OH YEAH WOW

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Epic Violinist Street Musician - Bryson Andres



Thought this was very much worth sharing. Check it out:

AMAZING Street musician! (Epic Violinist Music Video) HD
 
Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012
Bryson Andres performing Secrets One Republic Epic Music Video HD talented best song violin Cover (Amazing street artist)
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBGdO...

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Elektronik müzik, electro-pop, Straßenmusiker Violine, Epic Violinist Street Musician
Incredible Street performer plays violin !
Song Cover: Secrets - One Republic

You can buy his music on this site. Check it out!
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Ce violoniste-electro est extrêmement talentueux; Bryson Andres (Straßenmusiker Violine)
[ Street Performance Video Clip Violin Live Under Concert Classical classical music dance Classical Music cover song Apple Store ]

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Artists Convert Cargo Container Into a Giant Working Guitar! (Via inhabitat.com)

By Molly Cottor 10/26/14

We've seen plenty of shipping containers transformed into everything from offices, homes, and even a fancy restaurant outside of Paris. But here's an application we'd never thought we'd see -- the CargoGuitar is the product of an artistic collaboration from the Kobe Biennale in Japan, which converts a cargo container into an enormous, playable guitar. Artists Marcelo Ertorteguy, Takahiro Fukuda, and Sara Valente created this immersive sound experience that allows visitors to feel and see what it is like inside a giant guitar.


CargoGuitar consists of eight giant steel strings stretched across the interior of the container in a half-twist design. The horizontal bar at one end of the strings holds them in place and frames the cargo entrance. The vertical end is outfitted with tuning pegs that can actually change the sound scales of the instrument! For those who want to practice their Freebird solo, CargoGuitar is in fact electric, featuring two 1/4 inch input jacks plugged into corresponding amplifiers.
While exploring the inside of a massive guitar is a visual experience in itself, the artists were also interested in the kinetic vibrations and physical responses to the space. With this in mind, they made sure the guitar strings glowed in the dark, allowing visitors to experience the interactive sound container through different visual atmospheres. With the lights off, visitors can choose to close their eyes and feel the guitar’s resonating vibrations or open them to witness the glowing strings dancing in the dark while being played.
Defying what many often think of architecture, sound, and art, CargoGuitar won an award in the Art in a Container International Competition and will be on view at the Kobe Biennale in Japan for the rest of the month.


Read more: Artists Convert Cargo Container Into a Giant Working Guitar! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Musician Uses Sound to Manipulate Tesla Coil, Fire, and Matter (via themindunleashed.org)


Nigel Stanford isn’t just a musical genius, but by the looks of this video he has a strong passion for science as well. 

I have a personal love for cymatics, Tesla, and the Ruben’s tube (long tube of fire), and if you can bring all of these features together with amazing music you have blown my mind! 

What’s even better is the fact that everything you see in Stanford’s video is 100% pure. 

Besides some amazing camera work, no experiment was fabricated. 

In fact, you can see the behind scenes of this video HERE. 
“In 1999 I watched a documentary on Synesthesia — a disorder that effects the audio and visual functions of the brain. People with the disorder hear a sound when they see bright colours, or see a color when they hear various sounds. I don’t have it (I don’t think), but I have always felt that bass frequencies are red, and treble frequencies are white,” Stanford wrote. 
“This got me thinking that it would be cool to make a music video where every time a sound plays, you see a corresponding visual element. Many years later, I saw some videos about Cymatics — the science of visualising audio frequencies — and the idea for the video was born.” (CNET)

What do you think of Stanford’s work? Let us know in the comments below and share this article! 

Photo Source: Nigel Standford
Credits: Via ExpandedConsciousness

Monday, November 3, 2014

Allman Brothers Band - Stormy Monday

It's time to learn a new song, let's give this one try. Check it out:

The Allman Brothers Band - Stormy Monday ( At Fillmore East, 1971 )



Published on Mar 8, 2012
At Fillmore East is a double live album by The Allman Brothers Band. The band's breakthrough success, At Fillmore East was released in July 1971. It ranks Number 49 among Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Enjoy in the southern mix of rock, blues and jazz.

Stormy Monday ( T. Bone Walker )

They call it Stormy Monday
Well the Tuesday's just as bad
They call it Stormy Monday
But Tuesday's just as bad
Lord, Wednesday's worse
Thursday's all so sad

Now the eagle flies on Friday
Saturday I go out to play
Well the eagle flies on Friday
Lord, on Saturday I go out, well I go out to play
Sunday I go to church
Lord, I kneel down to pray

Lord this is mercy
The Lord have mercy
The Lord have mercy on me
Well I cry, Lord I cry, Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy on me
Though I'm tryin', tryin' to find my baby
Won't somebody please send her home to me

Oh Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy on me
You know I cry, Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy on me
Lord you know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin' to find my baby
Oh, won't send her home to me, yeah, that's all


Duane Allman -- lead guitar, slide guitar
Gregg Allman -- organ, piano, Vocals
Dickey Betts -- lead guitar, Vocals
Berry Oakley -- bass guitar
Jai Johanny Johanson -- drums, congas, timbales
Butch Trucks -- drums, tympani

Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton Live - Stormy Monday 2009




Uploaded on Sep 25, 2011
Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton Live at 'The Beacon Theater NYC 2009

The Players that night were:

Gregg Allman: Organ, Piano
Eric Clapton: Guitar, Vocals
Derek Trucks: Slide Guitar
Butch Trucks: Drums
Warren Haynes: Guitar, Slide Guitar
Jaimoe: Drums
Oteil Burbridge: Bass
Marc Quinones: Percussion
Chris Stainton: Keyboards

Blues Guitar Lesson - The Stormy Monday Changes




Uploaded on Jan 8, 2011
http://bluesguitarunleashed.com - Originally done by T-Bone Walker and also made famous by the Allman Brothers, Stormy Monday is a unique variation on the12 bar blues progression.

There are quite a few cool jazzy chords in this tune and I've demonstrated a couple of variations as well.

I hope you enjoy it and can learn these chords from it.

Guitar Lesson -- Stormy Monday (Standard Tuning, A-440)




Published on Mar 17, 2012
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Stormy Monday (Allman Brothers Version) guitar lesson


Published on May 7, 2014
http://www.secretguitarteacher.com

This is a sample lesson from the Secret Guitar Teacher website. It is part of a course called: 'From Blues to Jazz'. Please visit the website (link above) for more information.

Here is the abridged transcript of the lesson:

Call it Stormy Monday (but Tuesday's Just as Bad) -to give the song its proper title -was written by T-bone Walker and first recorded by him in 1947.

It then quickly became a favourite jam session tune and a whole variety of covers exist on record, ranging from the beautiful vocal renditions of artistes like Etta James, Nancy Wilson, and Eva Cassidy to the frenetic psychedelic performance of Eric Clapton with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1966.

Then, in 1971 the Allman Brothers recorded a live version of the song that, for my money is the best recording of live music made by any band ever.

This is the version we are going to look at in this lesson. Here's what they did with the chord sequence:

Let's look at two useful ninth chord shapes we can use for a song like this. Here's the whole intro broken down in slow motion.

Notice that we end the intro on the augmented chord. This is a commonly used substitution for the fifth or dominant chord in the key, especially in intros and turnarounds in slow jazz-blues.

OK, now into the verse proper. What makes this recording of the song so remarkable is the light touch with which Duane Allman and Dickey Betts treat the chords.

Taking the G9 shape and just working with a couple of notes out of the chord we get three licks.

The first couple of licks work straight from the chord itself. In the first lick we simply pluck the notes on the 2nd and 4th strings at the third fret and slide them up to the fifth fret and back.

When we come to the C9 we can take the same idea up to the 8th fret C root
But typically we find it easier to move across the fret board to use the A string rooted shape which looks like this.
For this song this is best fingered as a five-string chord to include the extra fifth note at the top end like this

Notice that this shape has some similarities with the one we used for the G9 and this enables us to use exactly the same bunch of licks...

The hammer-on/pull-off lick works particularly nicely on this chord and again you can hear Duane Allman playing that on the live recording.

Next, in the third bar the G9 is played for two main beats ...and then slid up one fret to Ab9 for two beats then back to G9 for the whole of the fourth bar. This is then followed by another two bars of C9 then we are into the four bars of classic chord substitution that works so well it has actually become known as 'the stormy Monday changes'.

It starts by climbing up from the G7 using 2 beats on each of the chords that belong to the G major scale G7 Am7 Bm7 then it links back via the Bbm7 to Am7 where it pauses for the whole bar......then moves up to Cm7 for a whole bar before coming back to finish the verse with a relatively conventional turnaround of G7 C9 G7 D+

You can use the E shaped barre chord for the G7, but to get you more used to thinking like a Jazz guitarist have a go at this 4-string shape:

The fifth string can either be muted...
...if you play with a pick, or simply left out if you are using your thumb and fingers

Then, up to Am7 I am going to recommend this shape which we normally play with 2nd and 3rd fingers like this.
Then on the Cm7 he uses two versions of Cm7 starting with a couple of notes from this one...But then linking up to the higher voicing by using this shape

So bars 7 - 10 again altogether go like this
G7 Am7 Bm7 Bbm7 Am7 for the whole bar ...Cm7 for a whole bar...

Then it's into the turnaround with G7
C9 G7 and D augmented.

Some versions of the song opt for a Bm7b5 chord as a substitute for the G7 chord. This makes perfect sense when you spot the close similarity between the Bmin7b5 (sometimes called the B half-diminished chord)... and the G9 you can see that the Bm7b5 is really a G9 without the Root note. Of course, if you are in a band where the Bass or Keyboard player is playing a low G note, the audience will effectively be hearing a G9.

In the next lesson we'll take a close look at Duane Allman's solo and go over the first verse of it lick by lick to help provide you with an insight into his unique style of blues lead playing.

Look forward to seeing you for that.

Here's some more motivation to play along with a few of my heros:

Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan - Call It Stormy Monday



Published on Mar 6, 2013
From the concert: In Session 1983 ( live in studio ).
The credits are for the taper.

Gary Moore - Stormy Monday




Uploaded on Jan 23, 2008
Montreux Jazz Festival 2001



Stormy Monday Blues - Eva Cassidy cover- Vocalist Alyona Yarushina - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Alyona Yarushina slays this Eva Cassidy-style rendition of Stormy Monday Blues! Talk about singing with Feeling! You've Got To Hear THIS!