Friday, September 26, 2008

Hazy Shade of Winter Again

On the other hand you could remove the hook from the sing and choose an inappropriate Latin Beat to see what happened. Click on the title to hear how it all went wrong.

Hazy Shade of Winter

Click on the title to hear a version of this song.


This is just a MIDI backing this time based on a BIAB file plus the riff and brass added on Cakewalk. I made the backing some time ago and added grubby guitar work and vocals recently.



Of course you could just listen to the gorgeous Simon and Garfunkel original:

Thursday, September 25, 2008

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Click on the link to hear this cover.


This song is a Bach ripoff with ludicrously pretentious lyrics but is nonetheless so "of the moment" to be valued.

Now if you were covering this gem you'd do it to a reggae beat with a synthesized Mariachi brassband doing the organ part... and so would I.




If you want the original go here: