Hey!
I’m sorry to announce that in the next two weeks I won’t be able to deliver the requested covers. For those who asked me, I’m really sorry for delaying it but personal issues have taken their toll and I’ll have to postpone your covers. But I’ll be sure to be back in a couple of weeks so, until then, lots of love and hugs to all of you :)

P.S.: For those who haven’t requested anything, you can go ahead and leave your suggestion! :D

This requested record wasn’t exactly requested xD it began when my friend Carla Manso shared with me some of the iconic Portuguese music from the 80’s and the artist Marco Paulo was one of most loved by the ladies at the time. I asked if she wanted me to do the cover and she asked of I could come up with something. My response was: challenge accepted xD After doing a cover of this song, I came to the conclusion that even though it has all the components to make it a bad song from that time, it’s actually brilliant. I never had so much fun, the song is about a guy that has two lovers and one is blond and the other’s brunette but he doesn’t know who he loves more. His conclusion of the song his: as long as nobody knows, the three of us are happy. A true player xD if we make the combo of this theme with David Hasselhoff from the time he did the knight rider along with an 80’s electro sound, you get something brilliant, right? XD
I’m probably going nuts but the point is, I had a blast doing this even though it’s pretty simple. Here goes the portuguese hit from the 80’s I’ve got Two Lovers in english, “Eu Tenho Dois Amores” BH Marco Paulo xD

2nd song of the requested records! The moment I first heard it was when my friend Mário asked for it. I’m going to be honest, I was feeling like crap and this song has such a heavy feeling that I think I cried all night long xD
In a way it was good because the feeling of the song was sunk in me that I was able to deliver something I like and that makes sense. Unlike last week, I felt a little disconnected and lost ^^;
So! After the heavy note, I’m really happy about this cover and I’m glad I was able to release all the heavy feelings that have been my latest company through this song :)
Hope you enjoy it!! :D

So it beggins one more time! :D This time once a week, I’m not that crazy xD as I’ve said in previous posts, I thought of doing a requested records music project, you make the request, I work on the song and try to make it sound like something xD

This is one of the songs where I wish I knew how to mix sound a lot better. It was hard to sing in tune mostly because of the recording method, it’s probably not the best but it’s the one I know for now (gotta go learn ^^; ).

I didn’t know this song, heard it for the first time when my dear friend Margarida suggested to me and it went straight to my heart. I’m still a small bird in a small cage, not knowing very well where to turn to but, I hope I can grow bigger and sing a song that you all love to sing along ;) Enjoy!

Just playing around with the sound.

explore-blog:

Alexander Chen spent an afternoon improvising melodies on viola, and recording them through Google Glass. This resulting song is composed completely from 8-second video loops, stitched together into a film. Chen says, “You can see  all the layers of the song, like a first-person orchestra.”

I’m in love ;__;

My guitar came back…. different? xD

While I’m waiting for it to be repaired, a friend lended me his ukulele and it’s been really fun so far, I’m probably gonna use it in my future covers :D

After the 30 crazy days I’ve had and after revisiting all the songs with a clear head and with my feet grounded, I realized I made a real disservice to some songs. I’m not going to do them again, what’s done is done and I want to move on. So, here’s my new idea!

Requested records!

Simple, pick one song you’d like me to do a cover of and I’ll do everything in my power to do it and present one every week. You can suggest more than one if you want to, I want you to keep me busy! I’ve had a little step back and I realized I need this more than I know so…. please be part of this, send me your favorite song and make me do a version of it!

Thank you so much for being part of this! :)

The guitar barely handed the 30 days, it’s going out for maintenance ^^;

Every time I do something of this scale, I usually look back and write down what I got out of it. I was gonna write down and keep it to myself but, since I’ve spoken more about this experience here on tumblr, I thought I’d do this here as well.

This month has been something that I want to experience a lot more. It’s not that thrilling emotion, that adrenaline rush. I’ve gone through the most peaceful days I’ve experienced in my life. Considering I was recording none stop, editing video and sleeping 4 hours a day most of the times, no one would believe what I’m saying. There’s one reason for this: besides being prepared and organized, knowing exactly what I was going to do in each day, staying on track avoiding any time waste (sometimes skipping meals ^^; ) and being focused in what I was doing, I was loving every single second. Don’t get me wrong, recording and editing can be boring, there were nights at 2 am I’d say to myself: “it’s not a crime if I don’t finish this right now…” but right after that comment crossed my mind, I’d wake up and finish what I had to finish. I never had that in any other thing I did. So, this experience clear to me, what I really need to do. I can’t close my eyes to this since it’s so clear right now. Things are always easier said than done, that’s for sure but, I’ve got to do everything in my power to make it happen. Even though the last songs weren’t as successful as the first ones, I decided I wouldn’t let that bring me down. I really need to know where I did wrong and one of the clues I’ve got, it’s probably because all the way through the project, I always did the same thing and that bores people. I can’t tell if that’s the main mistake or if it’s a mistake at all, that’s why I need all the feedback I can get. And I mean honest feedback, I want to grow, I want to bring something unique!

Another thing I want to do, is be more present in the music world, be me. There’s a possibility with this project that I might do something live but it’s still uncertain and I don’t want to promise things I can’t do. I’m not one to do things half done, I want it all to be good and worth to listen. But, just like everything else I’ve been doing lately, this is all new to me and I don’t know for sure how things work, how to walk this path. I’m really in desperate need of guidance ^^;

For now… my voice really needs a break and I’m gonna give time for it to heal, the last songs we’re really hard and it became painful to sing because my vocal cords have been so sore ^^; That also made me take longer to record because I had no other option but to stop. I guess I also need to revise my vocal warm-ups. This week will be time to catch up, empty the e-mail box xD going back to running (went to the mini marathon today and I’m exhausted ^^; ) and I really need to get my piano studies in order, my poor teacher has been so patient with me ^^; if I was in her place, I’d strangle me xD

After this week… I’m thinking of new things to do. Yesterday, when I got back home from work at night, the first thing that got into my mind was: Hm.. I’ve got nothing to record today… I’ve got nothing to do. I was sad I didn’t have to goal I’ve had in the last month. Of course I won’t do a 365 days, 365 covers project xD but I need to keep myself busy with this so, I’m thinking of doing requested records and maybe do a cover every week. And maybe long after that, something original, who knows? There’re many possibilities :)

Once again, a huge thanks to everyone who followed this project, it means the world to me! I hope you’ll hear more from me soon :D

With love,

andreia