Possibly the last video for a while, since I'll be traveling — and likely not have a guitar. Butterflies.
Original song: "Reckoner" by Radiohead
"Don't Let Go" by Weezer
Love this song. Catchy, beautiful melody, and fun to play.
Original song: "Don't Let Go" by Weezer
"Edelweiss" by Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
Wonderful song, from perhaps the most perfect movie ever made.
Original song: "Edelweiss" by Rogers and Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music) by Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Wishlist" by Pearl Jam
I wish, I wish; I wish, I wish... :)
Original song: "Wishlist" by Pearl Jam
"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
The best song ever written. Period.
Original song: "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
"Every Shining Time You Arrive" by Sunny Day Real Estate
Both sorrowful and hopeful — one of my favourite Sunny Day songs.
Original song: "Every Shining Time You Arrive" by Sunny Day Real Estate
"Kicked It in the Sun" by Built to Spill
Love this song. Long and varied, with a fun ending. Such playful and interesting songwriting. One part early in the song totally reminds of "Blackbird" by The Beatles.
Original song: "Kicked It in the Sun" by Built to Spill
"The Sign" by Ace of Base
A bit vapid, but such a great song.
Original song: "The Sign" by Ace of Base
"Only in Dreams" by Weezer
Made a lot of mistakes, but I'm just too damn excited that I pulled this medley off in a single take. Originally I set out to learn a single Beatles song, but I got sucked in and it just sort of grew organically into this thing I never thought I could do: a respectable single person performance of a multipart Weezer song...and then some. :)
Original songs: "Only in Dreams" by Weezer, "Heart and Soul" by Hoagy Carmichael, "Beyond the Sea" by Frank Sinatra, and "I Will" by The Beatles.
Finding my way
There are a lot of times where I'll hear a song — often far outside of the "guy with a guitar" genre — and just know that I have a "way in": that I can do a cover version in "my style" (whatever that is). But even more often, even a fairly straightforward song seems out of reach.
"There is no try; only do." — Yoda
What I've found is that so much is possible if we just forget what is "impossible" and do it.