SO PAUL HAS A NEW SONG OUT! I heard it this afternoon for the very first time and think it's great!! I quickly did this, and it's full of mistakes. I'll completely redo this in the end, but for now, from the upcoming move...Everybody's Fine... Here is a very rough version of (I WANT TO) COME HOME LISTEN http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_2919903 DOWNLOAD http://www.snapdrive.net/files/492294/IWant%20To%29%20Come%20Home.mp3

HERE'S A VERY QUICKLY DONE PAUL McCARTNEY SONG back to basics! TWO VOCAL TAKES...so it's a bit rough in parts... FROM A LOVER TO A FRIEND LISTEN http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_2914523 DOWNLOAD http://www.snapdrive.net/files/492294/From%20A%20Lover%20To%20A%20Friend.mp3

HERE is an experiment!! When Bjorn posted his wonderful "OVER THE RAINBOW" song, complete with UKE, I was taken aback because I had done the very same song a different way 6 months ago. I never posted it though - it was just for fun. BUT, then I got thinking - would Bjorn's version fit together with my version (originally a UK number 1 for Cliff Richard). I laid out the tracks, and it was almost like the Strawberry Fields recording. My version ran at 87 bpm, and Bjorns ran at 85bpm...BUT...they were in the same key, and identical in nearly every other way. Thus, through time stretching, cutting up vocals, quantising the ukele, and using virtually every techno tool out there, I managed to fit it all together. Here it is - a very modern recording, and a polar opposite of Bjorns sweet, simple original. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW/WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD BJORN & GARY'S VERSION LISTEN http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_2912827 DOWNLOAD (HIGH QUALITY) http://www.snapdrive.net/files/492294/Over%20The%20Rainbow%2C%20Wonderful%20World.mp3

21st Century Paul:

EpiphoneCasino:

Bjorn Karlsson:

OK, here is a couple of "new" tracks, first is a weird arrangement, it is a cover of two songs, with me playing Ukulele and singing. The original is from Hawaiian guy called Israel Kamakawiwo'ole that died in 1997, and his original is fantastic. When I heard the song I just wanted to grab my Uke and give it a try, did the recording very quick! Here ya go! OVER THE RAINBOW/WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD DOWNLOAD: http://rapidshare.com/files/314450739/Over_The_Rainbow-What_a_Wonderful_World_-_Bjorn_-_Global_Wings.mp3 LISTEN: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2069822 Song nr 2 is an "oldie"! I already did a remix of this song a long way back, and now I played with some software synths to try to do a new one. The basic track is my piano that I used a synth to change the sound completely, then there is a bass and drums, and some VERY altered vocals, it is not for the auto-tune-haters , I tried to do it very modern, almost Cher-ish, just for the fun of it, hope you'll cherish the recording! See it as my Fireman-try! C'MON PEOPLE REMIX 2009 DOWNLOAD: http://rapidshare.com/files/314450508/C_mon_People_2009_-_Bjorn_-_Global_Wings.mp3

Over the Rainbow is great, and astonishing as you know!! I like the experimental mixes you come up with. Nothing wrong with messing, and you did a great job on C'Mon People. I often laugh at people who say "John would turn in his grave" with the use of technology these days. I disagree totally, John would LOVE this type of stuff. He and Paul have always been "cutting edge".

knowing John he would use the weirdest possible things see Tomorrow Never Knows... About vocals, he never ever liked his voice as it was and always asked to George Martin to add anything, "ketchup, whatever" Paul and John tried then things that what no-one used... but also didn't use things that everyone used... they simply were different from anything, today they would be different from anything there is today too...

John also invented and christened the "flanging" effect. He found that if he had two tape decks playing exactly the same thing, he could get a weird phasing effect by pressing down on the "flange" of one of the tapes that were playing. Flange my vocal George!! From ever onwards, it is called "flanging".

21st Century Paul:

blondie10:

and My LAST comment for the night. what's the big deal about autotune???? It makes my car run great!! g'night ya'll

my english is not good enough to get your joke auto-tune will go as it came... just like... electric drums... those ones on the 80s... I like that Jay-Z's 2009 single is called "D.O.A." Death of Auto-tune

I don't mind people doing auto-tune at all, it only bothers when some producer does it to some singer I like... cause it simply spoils the performance. We're getting to a point when lives performances seem better than studio ones. I don't know if Jay-Z is responsible but I'm glad they don't autotune Beyonce

I don't think subtle pitch shifting will ever die. The "Cher" effect may well go, but pitch correction and shifting is here to stay - and why not - even the Beatles used pitch shifting. If, after 30 takes or so, they sang a not flat or sharp, that particular piece of tape was cut, speeded up or slowed down, and edited back in. The principle is the same. When I'm 64, and Here There and Everywhere were speeded up nearly a semitone to make Paul's voice sound more in tune and younger. Plus, the Beach Boys did it all the time.

vlivantje:

And here you go....and yes, Gary, I listened to YOUR version as well. Here's "Paul's most neurotic song" according to Artie. [I Am A Rock[/size">](http://rapidshare.com/files/314946254/IAmARock.mp3]<span style=) (click to download) You'll see what I mean with having to sing in two octaves...the part of "gazing from my window..." should have been a lot lower but that seriously hurt my throat. And I capo'ed it on the 7th fret already.

Sterling effort, and remarkable how you intertwined the octaves here to get the song comfortable to sing. The song "rocks" ahem!! Nice sound also on the guitar, and very good playing there! Yet another Simon song for the next album. And yes, vicious, neurotic lyric if ever I heard one!

vlivantje:

EpiphoneCasino:

GREAT VERSION!! Another one for the next album!!

More coming soon!

vlivantje:

Now I'm working on one of my other favourite S&G songs but damn, what a horror it is...playing it on guitar is nothing, but I either have to capo it very high or tune down a lot, and I can't sing it properly without going back and forth between an octave higher and lower. : Sucks to be a girl right now, doesn't it?

This is turning out to be easier than I thought it would be, now that I've listened to all possible versions I could find (I went through all the S&G bootlegs) and figured out Art's harmony. This may just become one of my best. *cough*

America?? :

vlivantje:

I bought new guitar strings! So...here is the new and very much improved... [April Come She Will...version 2.0[/size">](http://rapidshare.com/files/313021744/AprilComeSheWill_mp3.mp3]<span style=) (click to download) First S&G song I learned! Now I'm working on one of my other favourite S&G songs but damn, what a horror it is...playing it on guitar is nothing, but I either have to capo it very high or tune down a lot, and I can't sing it properly without going back and forth between an octave higher and lower. : Sucks to be a girl right now, doesn't it?

GREAT VERSION!! Another one for the next album!!

Bjorn Karlsson:

OK, here is a couple of "new" tracks, first is a weird arrangement, it is a cover of two songs, with me playing Ukulele and singing. The original is from Hawaiian guy called Israel Kamakawiwo'ole that died in 1997, and his original is fantastic. When I heard the song I just wanted to grab my Uke and give it a try, did the recording very quick! Here ya go! OVER THE RAINBOW/WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD DOWNLOAD: http://rapidshare.com/files/314450739/Over_The_Rainbow-What_a_Wonderful_World_-_Bjorn_-_Global_Wings.mp3 LISTEN: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2069822 Song nr 2 is an "oldie"! I already did a remix of this song a long way back, and now I played with some software synths to try to do a new one. The basic track is my piano that I used a synth to change the sound completely, then there is a bass and drums, and some VERY altered vocals, it is not for the auto-tune-haters , I tried to do it very modern, almost Cher-ish, just for the fun of it, hope you'll cherish the recording! See it as my Fireman-try! C'MON PEOPLE REMIX 2009 DOWNLOAD: http://rapidshare.com/files/314450508/C_mon_People_2009_-_Bjorn_-_Global_Wings.mp3

Over the Rainbow is great, and astonishing as you know!! I like the experimental mixes you come up with. Nothing wrong with messing, and you did a great job on C'Mon People. I often laugh at people who say "John would turn in his grave" with the use of technology these days. I disagree totally, John would LOVE this type of stuff. He and Paul have always been "cutting edge".

Bjorn Karlsson:

EpiphoneCasino:

HERE'S ONE OF PAUL'S FAVORITE SONGS OVER THE YEARS, AND A MICROPHONE AND THROAT SHREDDER IT IS TOO... I started with a drum track, added bass, and rythmn guitars. I then added vocals, a lead guitar, piano and then added more drums. LUCILLE LISTEN http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_2866694 DOWNLOAD http://www.snapdrive.net/files/492294/Lucille.mp3

Yeah, Gary live at the Cavern!! Great little rock'n'roll track, reminds me of those Hamburger twins!

The Hamburger twins need to produce another meal!!