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SomewhereSomewhere only we know by Caroline Bend and Break by Chris Hiya, my name’s Caroline Balfour and I’m from »OK, set the scene - we realise with less than a day to go that due to Chichester in the South of England. unforeseen circumstances, we are a track down. Panic sets in. only we know After desperately failing many weird and wonderful arrangements I’m a first year veterinary science student at Bristol University. I first (mainly due to my sheer lack of guitar talent), I decide to switch off started playing the guitar aged eleven, when I found my mothers old the click track, forget about punching in and out and all that ‘professional’ spanish guitar kicking around at home. Since then I’ve taught myself stuff, and just plug my keyboard in, hit record and play. with the help of tabs on the internet, and tabbing songs on the piano. I really only play for fun but I sometimes perform in open mic nights So here it is, Chris »one take wonder« Flynn, does »Bend and Break in local pubs which is good for a laugh! (In A Cocktail Bar After A Few Too Many)«. I’ve been listening to Tom Waits quite Earlier this year I was a bit stressed for one reason or another and a bit recently, so I’d like to say that he was an influence. I put a bit of chorus spent a lot of time playing. I worked out a version of Somewhere Bend(probably ‘a bit’ too much!) to give it try to give it an authentic pub piano sound, Only We Know, which isn’t totally accu- which reminds me so fondly of the amazing Fleur De Lys gig from May 2004.« rate but it works quite well on the single acoustic guitar. To record it I visited my friend Ashley who has multitrack soft- ware, and we added a little reverb to the and guitar and voice to get the final edit. It’s far from perfect but as long as nobody hates it I’ll be happy! Break booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 4

We might as wellWe be strangers by Martmight & Maria as well be strangers

Following the pleasant reaction to my She Has No Time cover, I decided to throw Hi, I’m Maria, I’m 16 and I’m from Camberwell, South East London. my hat into the ring again with another Keane cover version. I decided to attempt We Might As Well Be Strangers since I thought it would be a real challenge - I felt By day, I’m a college student studying Media, Film Studies the sparse arrangement on the original could lend itself well to a guitar approach. and English Literarature. By night (or afternoon-If I’m awake ;p) I like writing songs, poetry, and novels. I like going with friends and I detuned an acoustic guitar for easier chord fingering, and then recorded while listening to the Keane version. I then layered other instruments on top, and during stuff that you normally expect to do! Sulk, moan and whinge! :o) my trip to Brixton in November to see Keane, recorded Maria’s vocals using a combina- tion of my mobile phone and mini-disc recorder! I then added her vocals into the mix I normally do the normal thing, sing into my hairbrush and break the bathroom when I got home, and recorded some of my own vocals for the choruses (thanks to mirrors. I’ve never done anything like cover Keane’s songs and place them on the the wonders of technology, it makes me sound like I can hit those notes just like Tom ;) computer because I’m not that clever. Mart is, though. Aren’t I lucky? ;o) Hopefully the end-result will allow everyone to convince Maria of how great her Mart and I are covering Keane’s ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’ singing is! :-) with both of us on vocals. I love that song as it’s really melodic and is very muchly emotive. Contact me at [email protected] I know Mart can do something wonderful, http://www.radioplay-online.net/ let’s just hope that I can do this wonderful song some justice.

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Everybody’s changing by Rodrigo & Nick

Rodrigo Seabra, from Brazil, is a graduated journalist with a cultural background, Nick Saunders, originally from the UK, moved to Canada in 2002. Everybody’sbut can’t play any real instruments. As a computer aficcionado and a deep music lover, changingNick has been covering songs by other artists for many years, completely he’s found ways to make music using MIDI and some other technical resources as a hobby and not professionally in any way, but have had some great and quench his thirst for musical production. His »workplace« can be reached at feedback over the years. He sings, plays guitar, piano and loves remixing! www.sobrecarga.com.br. Nick found the MIDI for »Everybody’s Changing« and first recorded his »Everybody’s Changing« is one of RSeabra’s favorite songs by Keane and, as the plans vocals over it some time ago - the results are up at keane.at as well. It is, in fact, about writing Keane MIDIs first came up, he promptly choose this one. The MIDIs the first song by Keane he had ever heard, and that was purely by chance, you find at keane.at are his work. listening to Chris Moyles’ Radio Show online!

The two guys contacted each other, seriously reworked that first version and now consider that one as a demo. This one you see in the record is to be considered the »official« recording.

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Your eyes open by Ann & Ramzy

Hello, I’m Ann. I was born in Ohio in AmericaY but I movedour to England in 2001 eyes open after I got married to an Englishman. I’ve lived in south Kent for three and a half years but we will soon be moving to Sheffield. My degrees are in Art History I am 16 years old and I live in Bristol in the UK. I’m in the sixth form and and French but I’m currently just an aspiring writer/curator and of course, I’m I sing (badly) in two choirs, as well as playing the piano and organ (also quite badly). always busy being Roxley’s mum. ;) I played the flute for about five years and handbells for ten, but I’m just singing on this cover version. ‘Your Eyes Open’ is actually one of my favourite songs on the album. It’s got some sort of inexplicable beauty – I can never quite put my finger on it, but Your Eyes Open has developed some new resonance for me after some personal there’s something that makes you want to listen. Having said that, I’ve now experiences I’ve had this year. well and truly destroyed it, so there is no danger of anyone else liking it...

The recording was pretty much straightforward singing into a microphone; I had to To make the track, I programmed everything into this sing the verses an octave higher than Tom does on the album because it was too low Neon patch and then had to painstakingly fit the for my girly voice. Otherwise, not much to tell. rhythm track together because I’d used the metronome from this tiny keyboard (incidentally, the same keyboard You can get in touch with me by visiting my fabulous (ha!) website at I sampled all the drum sounds off) – which is a few mil- www.u2queenbee.com or e-mailing me at [email protected]. liseconds out, so nothing in my arranger aligned proper- Keep on feeling the Roxley love! ly. The string pad was literally the only thing I manual- ly played in, which is maybe quite an achievement. Who needs real musicians? by Jakki mindless drivel. www.thespoonful.com Sunshine Hi! My Name is Jakki. Hi! My Name www.JakkiJamesmusic.biz working across the country. working across album cover... I would like to thank my family for I would like album cover... (one of these days, I will get my rock band together!) (one of these days, I will get with the arrangement. And most importantly I would like to thank YOU, for reading all the way through this like to thank YOU, for reading all the way through encouraging me to be myself. I’d like to thank Karin for encouraging me to be myself. I’d like to thank Karin having patience with me. Stevo, he’s the man who helped having patience with me. Stevo, he’s I grew up in Surrey and have returned here after many jaunts Surrey and have returned I grew up in I have been passionate for music since I was knee high to a grass hopper. I was knee high to a grass for music since I have been passionate I chose ‘Sunshine’ as it’s completely different to what I would usually sing. I chose ‘Sunshine’ as it’s I am full of life and love going out. Be it at a karaoke or driving round the I am full of life and love ork wise, I am a solo artiste, working in many pubs and social clubs singing. ork wise, I am a solo artiste, For diversity’s sake, I am also a singer in a 10 piece jazz band, which is really sake, I am For diversity’s W country visiting friends. My friends would call me a dreamer, but I call it ambition! but I call it friends would call me a dreamer, country visiting friends. My

Sunshine to do this on an wait!- I have always wanted about it really...no, starting to take off! That’s

by Mart [email protected] no time no http://www.radioplay-online.net/ She has no time She has Scotland. Mart and I’m from Glasgow, Hi, my name’s but by night I 3D medical imaging company, a software engineer for a I’m By day, though I also do guitar, I mostly play Radioplay. music under the title of make my own bands, work ;) I’ve done a few covers of different some nifty one-finger keyboard Changing. including a cover of Everybody’s Katie (keane_angel), by the lovely of She Has No Time I was inspired to do a cover tracks, try to do it for her - its also one of my favourite Keane who had requested that I it here at I could pull it off. Like all my recordings, I record so I was prepared to see if by play- multitrack software - I figured out the chords home straight to my PC using of my then shifted it up in key so I’d have a better chance ing over the Keane track, the notes! limited vocal range hitting it turned out OK Hopefully people will think in the end, even with my poor singing! Contact me at booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 10 Seite Uhr 23:06 18.01.2005 komplett_6.qxd booklet She has She booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 12

On a day like today by Girid & Eva

Girid: Hi everyone! My name is Girid and I just graduated from university where I stu- Eva & Girid: died International Business Administration. We got to know each other at the beginning of our second year at university I started playing the piano and the recorders when I was about six years old, later and have been friends ever since. We’re known for our spontaneous (sometimes I also took some violin lessons and generally I have to try out every instrument I slightly crazy ;-) decisions and actions, which among others have led us to can get hold of, so the cover album project seemed like a nice new challenge to Switzerland, Norway, India and Argentina. me... Recording proved to be the biggest challenge, but we hope the sound turned out acceptable. This song was recorded mainly in our living rooms and it was the first Eva: cover version we ever did - so we hope you like what we made out of the song! My name is Eva and just like Girid I recently graduated from university. Music has always been a part of my life: at the age of five I started playing the flute, a few years later the guitar became my favourite instrument and I took some singing lessons. So when Girid asked me if I were interested in the cover album project I just couldn’t say anything else but »yes!« :) like today On a day booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 14

This is the last time by Rodrigo Untitled 1 by Chris & Katie

Rodrigo Seabra, from Brazil, is a graduated journa- Although better known on the board for their shameless self-promotion list with a cultural background, but can’t play any (keaneshaped.co.uk) and Archers addiction, Chris and Kate met whilst real instruments. As a computer aficcionado and a lost in the Sahara Desert. At this point, Kate was still unable to speak, but deep music lover, he’s found ways to make music Chris quickly taught her to speak and develop her singing voice. using MIDI and some other technical resources and quench his thirst for musical production. His They were finally spotted and rescued by a passing plane in July 1999 when the pilot »workplace« can be reached at spotted Kate’s orange coat, which despite the blistering heat, she had refused to take off. www.sobrecarga.com.br. Untitled 1 These days, Kate is employed by Wetherspoons to check that every single one of »This is The Last Time« is the first time ever he their pubs is of a high standard, and Chris - building on the moderatorship of worked on a MIDI from scratch. The result, closer the Keane board - is currently laying out plans to take over the world. to Keane’s original version, are up at keane.at . He The song Untitled 1 bears particular resonance to Chris as it’s the filename recreated the song in a »bossa jazz« mood by lowe- that always comes up when he can’t think of a name for something on the computer. ring the key and the tempo, adding another track of manually written drums, inserting an acoustic We hope you enjoy it. guitar and making other minor changes. Interesting fact: If you play this song backwards, it sounds rubbish. This is the last time booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 16

Bedshaped by Barbara Can´t stopCan’t stop now bynow Garry & Ramzy Hi there! I'm Garry and I'm from St. Helens which is somewhere between Liverpool and Manchester. I am Barbara and I am currently living in Vienna. I'm currently a media student studying production and Film Studies. I plan to specialise in event promotion shortly - hopefully arranging con- I am a student at the University of Vienna, studying English most of the time. I dedicate certs and festivals, most of my day to music, though. Either listening or making it. I play the guitar, but I although I will also have a good grounding in sound engineering. I also cannot resist a piano or anything else that makes noise. work part-time in the local cinema as a projection technician. I wanted to be involved in the Cover Album from the first time I saw the I chose to do Bedshaped because I really liked the song when I heard it live. That was thread. Unfortunately, all the tracks were already taken and I volunteered to do Snowed Under as a bonus track. Karin e-mailed me back and asked months before the recorded version was released. And I always preferred it live. When I me to do Can't Stop Now instead, which is my favourite Keane song, listened to the recorded version the first thing I noticed was that there should be a) lots of coincidentally. It has taken a while to record as I have required the help of guitars on it and b) lots of overdrive. I tried to add both into my version, and even ended my friend Shaun and the use of his facilities to do the song any justice, but I think it's turned out well. up adding some slide guitar bits. It's the first song I've recorded so I'm interested in any comments. I managed to get it all into my lovely computer and used a multitrack software, Cheers, Garry that allowed me to built up a nice wall of guitar playing. This has been the fastest track I’ve ever recorded and mixed, I think, in terms of my end of things. I found out at the eleventh hour I am quite pleased with the result, and I hope (possibly about 11.47) that there was a problem with one of the tracks and they needed a replacement sharpish, so I put this piano disaster together - you like my interpretation of the song. Even complete with trademark moronic rhythm track – before discovering that though it sounds quite different. But that’s the I had actually done the wrong track. Having spent a good hour and a half point of covers anyway. on it I didn’t really have time to start from scratch, but as luck (or misfor- tune?) would have it Garry did actually require a backing track for this song as well. About 12 hours after hearing about the problem, the track You can mail me anytime at: was finished (and I managed to do some maths homework as well), [email protected] although whether it is actually listenable remains to be seen.

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On the project Karin, Girid and Markus (keane.at)

The idea to compile this complete Hopes and Fears cover album sprung up after several fans had, on their own initiative, covered single Keane songs and submitted them to www.keane.at and elsewhere for other fans to download.

The musicians are members of the official Keane forum on www.keanemusic.com, all of whom used very different means of recording and came up with their own interpretation of one of the twelve Hopes and Fears tracks. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

You can download the entire album as well from this website: http://covers.keane.at If you do so, we’d ask you for a small donation to any of the Tsunami Design relief organisations. Please find links for donating on the above website as well. Heard Keane for the very first time in early 2004 and their music is guiding my life since then. Thanks to that I got to Enjoy this different version of Hopes and Fears! know Karin, Girid and Markus - which is a huge pleasure - and we started working together. I´m grateful for this Karin, Girid and Markus (keane.at) opportunity. This CD´s great and I hope you like it! Thanks *mandy* www.keane.at