I Don't Want To Live That Way. Reading Into Every Word You Say.

Hey everyone! Again, I apologize for the lack of posting. The ideas are there, I just have to try and manage my time better!

Anyways, this video has been blowing up on Facebook and I had to share it! This is a cover of Gotye's song Somebody I Used To Know. Here is the catch though...there are five people performing in this cover and they are all playing on the same guitar. That's all that needs to be said haha enjoy! :)

-Andrew

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Tell Me Something Sweet To Get Me By...

To conclude this week's set of YouTube covers I picked one of my favorite songs. I know that I talked about this song earlier on, but I love it so much that I decided to share it again for those new to reading the blog! The song is If It Means A Lot To You, by the band A Day To Remember. This song really strikes home to me because I have a lot of friends that are in the music industry and I personally hope to work in it one day as well. The lyrics to the song were written by ADTR's front man Jeremy McKinnon and the track also features Sierra Kusterbeck from VersaEmerge. McKinnon's words express the hardships of being on the road touring all of the time. Although the song is focused mostly on a relationship between a guy and a girl, I feel as if it relates to any friendship when someone is on the road touring. There is a lot of stress put on certain friendships and it can get hard.

This Wild Life is the group that did the cover, and all though they don't present the back and forth between a female and male vocalist, they still nail the cover. It is by far the best I have found yet. If you like this version I would suggest YouTube searching the original because it is cool to see how both sides of the story are represented from Jeremy and Sierra.

I hope you enjoyed it and have a great rest of the week! Make sure to check back soon for some more music! Love you guys!

-Andrew

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We're Gonna Dance Forever

Hellllllo!  Ok, so last night I was hanging out with some friends and watching the show The Sing Off and it has gotten me into an a cappella mood all day. A cappella is a style where the songs are done entirely by voices and no instruments.  This translates into today's cover being from the YouTube a cappella wonder-boy Mike Tompkins. Mike started off with the song Dynamite by Taio Cruz and has since gained over 5 million views on that video alone!  Today's video is Chris Brown's song Forever, and it is one of my favorites that he has posted and it pretty much speaks for itself, so check it out!

I will say that since it is studio produced there are definitely some small effects and EQing (mixing) to make the song sound fuller and thicker if you will, but it is still pretty dang impressive!

Also, I attached a fun video here of Mike teaching and producing a remake of his cover with the Today Show's anchors like Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Ann Curry. If you have some extra time it is pretty funny and shows a little more of how his tracks are broken down and the process he takes to make each song.

I hope you have a great day and check back soon! :)

-Andrew

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We Were The Kings and Queens of Promise

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a great Monday thus far!

While going through previous posts trying to evaluate how I could improve my entries on here, I realized that I hadn't really shown any YouTube covers like I had promised at the beginning! Coincidentally, I saw on Cobus Potgieter's Facebook this afternoon that he is trying to get 1 million fews on one of his newest videos. He is only about 32,000 views away, and I decided to try to help him out a bit! This is his cover of 30 Seconds to  Mars' song Kings and Queens. It is really cool because not only is he a phenomenal drummer, but he is doing it on the side of a flippin' mountain! I am not a film kind of guy but I can't imagine taking all of that gear up to a mountain along with a drum kit would be easy along with trying to power any production equipment like a soundboard! So, check it out and if you like it pass it on to some friends and let's help Cobus get to 1 million views! Also, don't forget to check back later this week for some more YouTube covers!

-Andrew

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If It Means A Lot To You

I've got another cover video for you today! One of my friends showed me this cover of the A Day to Remember song and I love it! I will say that it isn't nearly as good as the original due to the fact that it is supposed to be a two part song with a guy and girl singing it; however, it is the best cover of the song there is thus far. I hope you like it!

- Andrew

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Lights Will Guide You Home...

This video was just posted a couple days ago, and has constantly been on replay. Fix You is my favorite Coldplay song, and I can honestly say that I think this version blows the original out of the water! Give it a listen and check out some of the other videos by both Tyler Ward and Boyce Avenue!

-Andrew

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