booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 2 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. Oh, Mart, dear, your singing is luvleh1 ;o) booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 6 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. With great instrumentals and vocals put together, we can only hope you Keane fans enjoy this new version, coming from a somewhat unexpected collaboration. booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 8 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? booklet komplett_6.qxd 18.01.2005 23:06 Uhr Seite 10 Sunshine She has no time by Mart Sunshine by Jakki SheHi, my name’s Mart and I’m fromhas Glasgow, Scotland. Hi! My Name is Jakki. I have been passionate for music since I was knee high to a grass hopper. By day, I’m a software engineer for a 3D medical imaging company, but by night I I grew up in Surrey and have returned here after many jaunts make my own music under the title of Radioplay. I mostly play guitar, though I also do working across the country. some nifty one-finger keyboard work ;) I’ve done a few covers of different bands, includingno a cover of Everybody’s Changing. time I chose ‘Sunshine’ as it’s completely different to what I would usually sing. I was inspired to do a cover of She Has No Time by the lovely Katie (keane_angel), I am full of life and love going out. Be it at a karaoke or driving round the who had requested that I try to do it for her - its also one of my favourite Keane tracks, country visiting friends. My friends would call me a dreamer, but I call it ambition! so I was prepared to see if I could pull it off.