http://www.jeffstunes.info Original songs and covers by Jeff Edwards Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:29:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been some time since I last posted anything, and uploaded a video to Youtube. I've had a lot to do over the past month, and hardly any of that has had anything to do with music. I attended the wedding of a friend, and I have to say ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/stuck-on-the-end/ I made a decision to look for local musicians to get involved with my album project.The biggest problem with my composing is on the music side of things. I think that I pen good songs, and that has been confirmed by many musicians and industry pro's.I am satisfied with my ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/searching-for-skills/ I chose to do a different song, but remain with the same band. Coldplay. After I had put up "Violet hill", I got a large number of requests to try "Viva la vida". There were too many to to pass it off. So I deided to record that one next. ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/my-version-of-viva-la-vida/ Now for some cover versions. This one is quite a recent tune, and is called "Violet hill". It's taken from the latest Coldplay album entitled "Viva la vida".I had several Coldplay songs lined up to cover, and I chose this as the first of the batch. I really struggled with ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/video-75-violet-hill/ This is the third of my old original songs selection. This is a song called "Winner". The words can be interpreted in different ways, but the meaning I attach to it is for mistaken friends who need support.This song was also co-written with Mick Paul. I finish off with details ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/and-now-for-winner/ This is the second of three songs written by Mick Paul and I several years ago, that I have chosen to put on youtube. Ths one shows off Mick's Bass skills a bit. I just wanted acoustic guitar and Bass in this, and I think it worked quite well. The ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/bursting-at-the-seams/ I'm going to step back in time a bit with 3 selected songs I wrote when I first started recording seriously.Several years ago I penned and recorded nine songs in roughly 2 weeks with a very talented musician going by the name of "Mick Paul".Mick is an excellent bass player ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/here-we-go-again/ It has been a mad rush week. I've done some work on my own website, so that I can get it ready for the release of the album. I've updated some of the info. Added some links. I've also put an email registration on my home page, so that people ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/my-music-website/ There has been another cover version done of one of my own songs. The tune this time is "Broadcast fantasy".It was performed by "PetesBehr" on Youtube. His recording of this song is a bit like an unplugged version.This guy has covered another one of my songs in the past.I think ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/petesbehr-covering-my-song/ I decided to take a few days out from making my album, and I recorded a requested song, from a while ago. It's one I've always wanted to do because on the surface it seems such a simple song, but it has so much room for expression. That song is ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/such-a-pretty-garden/ Right. This is the first of my updates on the progress of my album, and I'm also going to give you a good little tip for sound on Youtube :)I've decided to select 4 tracks from my Youtube uploads. I've selected three already, and these are the three:Broadcast fantasy - ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/album-update/ I was looking for ways to increase my daily viewing figures on Youtube, when I came across a tool that is in Beta stage at the moment. They call it "Annotations".It allows you to add linking text or hotspots to your videos. I know from experience that when I go ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/becoming-official/ This is a bit of an update on the last post I put up. I recently uploaded a new song to Youtube, and the response exceeded my expectations. The name of the song was "Broadcast fantasy". It was a bit of an amusing poke at addiction to television.The honours I ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/broadcast-fantasy-made-me-smile/ I was busy writing another song when this one popped into my head. So I stopped writing the first one to complete this song. It's title is "Broadcast fantasy".I've finally racked up a year on Youtube, and I thought this would be a really fitting song to upload in celebration ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/a-new-song-from-jeffstunes/ I'm going off line here to discuss a certain European song contest. Music being my focus.I watched the Eurovision song contest yesterday evening. My main reason was to be entertained by the commentary of Terry Wogan.Those of you outside Europe may not know this competition, but within Europe, it's always ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/is-it-a-eurovision/ Well, it's almost a year on Youtube now, and I've been thinking about what I've achieved so far. In my opinion, not very much. In relation to lots of others, the Youtube progress is probably quite good, but not as far as my aspirations are concerned. I'm only about 250 ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/whats-happening/ I have started writing a new song, so there probably will not be any new videos in the next few posts. I'm going to start reflecting on some of my comments and messages.First, the "Fun with faces" vid. There are now 8 responses to it, and more people said they ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/great-responses/ The fun with faces video I uploaded has had a really good reaction. As I explained in my last post, I saw the website used on T.V. and decided to try it myself, and make a video out of it. In that video I urged other Youtubers to try it ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/more-fun-with-faces/ I was watching Graham Norton the other night on T.V. and he went on a website that transformed faces into different ages and races. Such as an Afro-Caribean and a Manga cartoon. All you have to do is upload a front facing jpg of yourself, and you are ready to ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/video-69-fun-with-faces/ The reaction to the last cover I did, "Yellow" by "Coldplay" was really good. It got a good burst of viewings in the first few days. Over 800.That was the most requested song on my list. Now to the song that was second on my most requested list. This one ... http://www.jeffstunes.info/second-chance/