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Solid in production. Don't worry about standard formats and arrangements in pop creation. You are good at developing a build. My only suggestion would be more vocals, this track, September as well. Now on teleport, you just bring the vocals right away, which is good, almost imogen heapish with the harmony. I don't know if you have mp3 distribution yet (itunes/amazon), but if you are interested in getting that going, I'd invest in you for sure.

I'm out on the road, but when I get in I will take a look. I've been waiting to put up a YT on this anyway.

Nice cover, musically without question. As far as the vocals, I would be interested to hear you try the falsetto, because your full voice is damn near dead on Chris. In fact, that full voice, with a touch of reverb, and a little bit more confidence(don't hold back), it's pretty much the closest thing to CM I've heard on youtube.

sounds like some storytelling type of lyrics, you might want to listen to bruce springsteen or billy joel for guidance, that's their gig. (more story than melody) - just my opinion

He nailed it. Alot of us wish we could sound quite so melodic in our friends basement. :)

nice song, easy on piano, to make it really easy, just drop the top note from the right hand (the E or Eb) at least until you are comfortable, and then add it back. Verse LH / RH combined (each RH combination is played 4 times each) E _/ E Ab B_ E Db / E Ab Db E Ab / E Ab B_ Eb Db / E Ab Db E Chorus LH / RH combined B_ / Eb Gb B_ Eb Db / E_ Ab Db E Ab / Eb Ab B_ Eb Db / E_ Ab Db E B_ / Eb Gb B_ Eb Db / E_ Ab Db E Ab / Eb Ab B_ Eb B_ / Eb Gb B_ Eb

i agree with Ols here, and using his chords and bass you will be playing the thing properly. it's just a matter of wording, but i would just go ahead and call the 5th chord Cminor, only for someone to cover the song, and maybe play it a little differently than chris, like maybe myself :) i think the RH fingering is Bb Eb G C Eb Ab Bb Eb G Bb Eb F to Bb D F

i appreciate everything you said here, but I would urge you, (as a previous "keep it more to myself" 16 year old), I am not suggesting you put up a youtube site or anything for that kind of "sharing". I am rather suggesting emailing me an mp3, at petermichaelw (at) ptd (dot) net for just an opinion. trust me when i say, now at 16 is time to do more learning, be it guitar, keyboard, theory, software, or whatever. pay the dues now. because then you can really express yourself. i was the same way with software, not wanting to learn the sequencer fully, "just enough to go now". and i kept my creativity to myself, not avoiding people with it, just not sharing it with anyone. oh to go back in time. you really want to be able to press record, and fluidly EXPRESS yourself onto the canvas. just my .02

I will answer this question (i try to avoid reading music, and one of the benefits is not having to remember clefs, mixolydian scales and other such things) :) No really - look at the wikipedia on clef Anyway, it sounds like you are not separating the chord from the melody line. SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT. would sound terrible otherwise. The melody should have a definite main note that is complimentary to the chord. But the creativity comes with how you get there. I will use the masters for an example. "parachutes" in a haze a stormy haze there are only 2 chords here, but a note for each syllable. the chords are B and Ab minor the "main" notes are B and Bb the "main" melody notes (that "match" the chords) are "in a haze" and "my haze" the rest of it is the creativity of the writing. Now sing it, or just imagine it, with no picking of the guitar, just strummed chords, and Chris singing "in a haze a" all with the one "main" note, and "stormy haze" all in the other "main" note. So what Chris did was added the C# at "stor" This is a simple example of (i think) what you are trying to accomplish to sound "rappy". Also what could work would be the same thing but at "stormy" he could have done "stor" with the same C# and then done "my" with Eb. At the end of the day there are 10,000 ways to do the same thing. And no I don't buy that Chris Martin, one of the greatest songwriters of our time, stole from Joe Satriani. (for the record)

doubled post ?

Better yet, why not, (and i know this may seem impossible to you - i would urge you to think otherwise), put up a file with what you have so far, so that some of us may give an educated opinion. As it is, I am kind of understanding you but would like to hear what you are talking about, and the solution could be quite simple. glad to help, as i know there are several others in here, let us hear...

I am not following his video either....lol. But the way it sounds at the beginning of the video is correct. What do you want from me... a video? Or a different explanation? Glad to help, let me know.

HAHA! got me. ok, no more late night postings for me.:inquisitive::shocked2::stunned: the reply post was sent from my car, as i'm thinking "what the hell is this guy talking about...." Ha! 3 hours sleep, get home... look down at the keyboard.... doah! Thanks for the correction. ok, no more posts via auto!:laugh3: It's youtube for me from now on.

difficult to type out yes but i dont understand the 2nd part... Db=Cb?

Ok, here's a link that works to a version I guess like you guys are talking about. he goes up an octave with both hands at parts, and uses his left index finger to play the fifth note for just about whatever chord he is playing(a commonly used rolling action CGC for example). he also does some additional improvisation, and i would imagine, he does it differently at every show, so once you get the chords, adding to it as your skill level allows should be the way to go. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6MFPPV3xp4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6MFPPV3xp4[/ame]