My Music: “Look No Further”

So I just watched “The Sing-Off” finale, and it was indeed a treat. But before I get to my recap (which I shall commence writing right after I post this), here’s a new cover I recorded just today. It’s a stark, low-key ballad from British singer/songwriter Dido, who’s probably best known for the song “White Flag,” which was so big a hit it’s still playing on most adult-contemporary radio stations to this day. (Funny story about that song: For about 2 years I kept hearing it and loving it, but it being before the widespread advent of lyrics sites, and also due to the fact that I couldn’t quite understand the chorus whenever it came on the radio, it was a long time before I finally discovered what it was called.) This song is off her most recent album, “Safe Trip Home” (highly recommended), and its name is “Look No Further.” It’s admittedly a bit in my lower range for the most part, but it’s such a beautiful (and simple) song that I couldn’t resist singing it. Hope it strikes your fancy…and stay tuned for a “Sing-Off” recap coming later tonight. Thanks, as always, for checking my blog out.

My Music: The Park

Here’s a quick post in honor of Feist’s new album (her first in four years!!) coming out tomorrow worldwide. A while ago me, my sister, and her/our friend (hope that’s remotely close to proper grammar) did a summer series of covers. Here’s a gem from Feist’s last album (which was “The Reminder”), called “The Park.” My version is from a different viewpoint than Feist’s original, and hopefully I communicated that OK. Enjoy!

P.S.: My “Sing-Off” recap for the week will be a little late this time around, due to previous engagements.

My Music: Samson

Two posts today! Both of them kind of…ahem…involving me. (Cue “It’s My Party.”) Anyways, here is another YouTube cover I did recently. Once again, it’s a tender Regina Spektor ballad (and again one of my favorites of hers), this time off her second studio album, “Begin To Hope.” Those of you familiar with the song might notice that I changed the lyrics a bit…I’m singing it from the viewpoint of the “Samson” in the song, since y’know, I’m kind of a guy. (I did mess up the lyrics a bit, though. The line that “I told you that I’d done alright” that I sing is supposed to be “I told you that you’d done alright.”)  I would have rather done something completely different this time around, but I had “Samson” ready, I deeply love it, and I can actually play & sing it. So there. Hope you like it! Look out in a few minutes for another video post. Thanks for reading!

My Music: Somedays

Remember how I keep saying I’ve been wanting to post a cover or song or something by me that’s music-related for a while? Well, up until a few days ago, I hadn’t been able to get around to it. Finally, on…Friday? Saturday? whatever day it was, I sat down and went over a few songs (all covers, of course…I need to work on writing some more stuff soon…) I could play/sing pretty well, and then got my trusty old camera out and started recording. Unfortunately, I was only able to get one song down before my camera stopped working (battery trouble…thankfully, it’s back up and running again), but the good news is, it turned out pretty good, so there we go. Here’s my cover of an early Regina Spektor ballad that I absolutely love, called “Somedays.” I do mess up a little, but the sound is pretty balanced (at least for a random YouTube cover), and of course, with this song it’s pretty hard (even for me ) to go wrong. I hope y’all like it.

So, my plan is to do a cover (or, in the future, an original or two…or as many as I get written) every so often. Not so much that this blog becomes “Hey! Look At Brandon Sing Stuff And Play The Piano!”, but from time to time. Feel free to give me feedback…and as always, thanks for reading and watching.