“I Would Prefer Not To” (Chris Moore original) – The Laptop Sessions
By Chris Moore: Hello and welcome to another edition of Original Wednesday here at the Laptop Sessions! Tonight, I’m happy to present the second installment of my summer preview series of my forthcoming album The 2010 Project . I began recording demos a few months ago, as I mentioned in a previous post, and now I’ve officially hacked out a track listing. There will be thirteen tracks, all of which are fully composed now and have been recorded in demo form — a few of the demos are more fully produced, but minimally. Now, I’m at the phase where I’m putting together the tools I need to record. With the help of a friend, I’ve recently picked up a set of seriously great headphones, which will be a necessary component of the mixing process. He also helped me pick out a USB microphone that I’ve been experimenting with this week. There is a line in and external mic plug that I may use if I’d like to refine the sound quality as I begin to record the tracks in a couple weeks. Finally, I had to replace my guitar pedal, which I had to throw away a few months ago when I pulled it out of storage and found the batteries had leaked. I tried to clean it out, but it was too far gone. So, I just got the latest Zoom pedal, which I can’t wait to try out! Which brings me to the track I’m unveiling today. Previously, this has only been played for two people: my girlfriend and one of my dearest friends of all time. Both encouraged me that the new music I’ve been writing is among my best, so I’m hoping to make them proud by the time I’ve finished recording this new album.
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“I Would Prefer Not To” (Chris Moore original) – The Laptop Sessions
By Chris Moore: This is completely off the cuff, and I’m loving it! All you Mets fans out there will be well aware that Jeff Francoeur — the topic of not a few trade rumors since the return of Carlos Beltran and the outstanding performance of Angel Pagan this season — got a spot on the starting rotation last night due to Jason Bay being out with a concussion. Well, he made the most of it… …with a three run homer off the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright, arguably one of the best pitchers in the game right now! Granted, it’s only one hit in the midst of a mighty slump, but it reminded me of this great song called “Joe DiMaggio Done It Again” off Wilco and Billy Bragg’s second album of Woody Guthrie-penned (lyrics, at least) songs, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II . I slipped a “Jeff” here and a “Frenchy” there, and voila! This is my 200th Laptop Session, and I could think of no better way to celebrate it than to make it a fun one
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“Jeff Francoeur Done It Again” – Chris’ 200th Laptop Session!
By Chris Moore: As is our way around here at the Laptop Sessions, I’ve decided to celebrate the release of a new track with an acoustic cover song music video. Big surprise given the title of our blog, eh? Well, tonight I bring you my performance of Steven Page’s forthcoming single “Indecision” off his first solo album proper: Page One (pun intended, I’m sure!), due out September 28th. He just announced the title and track listing yesterday, and I was able to find a live performance on YouTube that sounded like classic Steven Page. It was somewhat difficult to hear the intricacies of the vocals and guitars over the drum sound — due to the quality of the recording — but I have a feeling that the actual studio recording is going to be great.
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“Indecision” (Steven Page acoustic cover song) – The Laptop Sessions
Originally posted 2008-11-25 23:51:08. By Jeff Copperthite: Good evening and I hope this past Tuesday has found you well. Tonight I add another new band to the category page here on our awesome site. “Live” is our focus this evening, and one of their hit songs “Lightning Crashes” is the video tonight. I had attempted to record this video last Friday, but my voice was shot from the previous video I had recorded (which some person on Youtube rated 1 star – to my bewilderment). Therefore, here’s what I was able to get out of me this evening.
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“Lightning Crashes” (Live Acoustic Cover) – The Laptop Sessions
Originally posted 2008-01-06 22:48:00. By Jim Fusco: Here on the Laptop Sessions, I give you my favorite song of all time: “I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” by the Byrds. Gene Clark, the writer of this song, wrote MANY great songs over his career, and you’ll be hearing a lot of them on the Laptop Sessions in the months to come.
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“I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” (A Byrds Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
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“Not Myself” (John Mayer Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
By Chris Moore: Hi everyone. I wanted to write a brief note to reassure everyone that my decreased volume of posts the past couple weeks is no cause for alarm. Far from it — I want nothing more than to chip into the mounting number of posts that I have researched, rehearsed, planned out, and in some cases, started. The school year ends a week from today, which means that I am officially in the grip of the craziest time of year for a teacher. Grading is mounting almost as high as tensions among students trying to get their grades up and/or keep them as high as they are in the face of beautiful weather and a desire for summer to begin. Come on, you remember those days… So, I’m doing my best, but I simply refuse to rush through posts, particularly the Weekend Review articles. As soon as school’s out (for the sum-mer, as Alice Cooper might sing), I’ll catch up with some non-weekend installments of the Weekend Review. I know, I know… it flies in the face of all that is good and right! But, rest assured, much more new and interesting material is on its way this summer. For some, it’s a time to step back. For me, I can’t think of anything I would rather do than immerse myself in the writing of songs, reviews, and more. So, before I go, let me offer up some things to look forward to. First, I’ll let you in on the upcoming Weekend Reviews. In no particular order, I’ll be tackling Bob Dylan’s legendary Bringing It All Back Home , the much lesser-known 2002 Phantom Planet disc The Guest , and Jack Johnson’s most recent release, To The Sea . The jury’s still out on if that one deserves the full Weekend Review treatment, or a more compact serving of “Yes, No, or Maybe So.” Speaking of which, I will also be posting a one-sentence review for tomorrow. It’s not much, but it’s a little morsel to hold you over until I get back into full swing
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The Weekend Review – A Weekday Report
By Jim Fusco: On tonight’s edition of “Ask the Musician”, I have a YouTube email from Todd: Hi, Could you please send me the tabs of “San Francisco”? Thanks a lot, you are a great musician. Thanks, Todd- with me, flattery gets you everywhere! I don’t have the tabs (don’t really need them for this song), but here are the chords and lyrics: Start on G Em C G D If you’re going to San Francisco, Em C G D be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
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“San Francisco” (Scott McKenzie) – Chords/Lyrics/How To Play : Ask the Musician
Originally posted 2008-07-12 11:54:14. By Chris Moore: Now, this is truly a day of firsts for me
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The Laptop Sessions: “All Along the Watchtower” (A Bob Dylan Acoustic Rock Cover Song)
Originally posted 2009-01-26 20:35:47. “The Wrestler” Bruce Springsteen (Capo III) C F Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free
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“The Wrestler” by Bruce Springsteen – Chords, Tabs, and How to Play
Originally posted 2008-03-26 18:44:42. By Chris Moore: Well, it’s that time again… for another Original Wednesday Laptop Session! For today’s installment, I decided to break out a slower song that’s never been released before.
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“Hold You Soon” (New Music by Indie Music Songwriter Chris Moore!) – The Laptop Sessions
By Jim Fusco: So, can you tell I’m on a George Harrison kick? It’s another edition of the Laptop Sessions with me, Jim Fusco! One small piece of business before we get started: From now on, I’m going to try to post my videos at midnight on Thursday morning so you can wake up on Thursdays and see a new cover song music video or read an article. Lately, I’ve been staying up late on Thursdays and posting at like 1 am on Friday…that’s not really what I was going for with Jim Fusco Thursdays! So, make sure to grab a cup of coffee every Thursday morning and head on over to the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs music video blog for a great post each week. Now, onto tonight’s video! On my way back from the Mets game I went to two Fridays ago, my friend John was flipping around to different radio stations in the car. He came across one station and I said, “Wow, I really think that’s George Harrison singing, but I’ve never heard this song before!” So, I whipped-out the Shazam app on my iPhone and it found the song: “It’s What You Value” from George Harrison’s solo album, 33 1/3. The song sounded great, so I decided to listen to the album. Well, I loved it and now I’m going to listen to all of his solo albums! I’m onto “George Harrison” (self-titled) now and I’m enjoying that one very much, as well. “33 1/3″ is not only an interesting title because of the RPMs of a vinyl LP on the turntable, but (as my father informed me) is also how old George was when he released the album! How cool! I guess I’ll have to come out with a vinyl single when I turn 45… I’ve known “Crackerbox Palace’ since I was little. Back in the early 90s, I believe, they came out with George Harrison’s “Best of the Dark Horse Years” CD, which chronicled his greatest solo hits while on the Dark Horse label he created. So my father played it in the car all the time. That’s probably why I love George’s “Cloud 9″ album more than any person should love an album: it’s embedded in my mind from when I was four! Getting back to the “Best Of” album, songs like “Crackerbox Palace” have been with me for a long time and it feels great to finally perform it
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“Crackerbox Palace” (George Harrison acoustic cover song) – The Laptop Sessions
Okay, so they might not be household names, but Jim Fusco’s acoustic cover song music videos have gotten some pretty interesting comments over the years. Here’s an ever-growing list of notable people that have become fans of Jim’s videos: Geoffrey Cushing-Murray: This late-70’s Beach Boys lyricist wrote “Goin’ South” with Carl Wilson and even “Love Surrounds Me” with Dennis Wilson, which appeared on “L.A. (Light Album)”. I enjoyed seeing this very much
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Famous Fans of the Laptop Sessions with Jim Fusco
Originally posted 2009-12-31 23:34:09. By Chris Moore: After releasing the bottom twenty of my top fifty rock albums of the decade list yesterday, I return to drop in ten more. Unlike yesterday, I’ve included brief annotations about each album — my reasoning for picking the album, critical stances, related stories, etc. Of course, nothing I could say in two or three sentences could ever be enough to fully describe these records. I ask you to accept my words as the following: a teaser trailer of sorts if you have yet to hear the album in question, or a reminder of why the albums you’ve already heard were so excellent. As this segment of the list begins to suggest, there are some years in rock music that were simply better than others. For instance, seven of these ten tracks come from the past three years. When I was ranking these works, I purposely chose not to include the years, so as not to color my thoughts. But, as you’ll see later and as you may have guessed, some years are better than others
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(#21-30) – The 50 Best Rock Albums of the Decade, 2000-2009
Originally posted 2008-08-18 23:26:02. By Jeff Copperthite: Welcome to your Monday Night Football….er, edition of The Laptop Sessions! It’s the man, myth, and legend Jeff Copperthite tonight with your latest acoustic cover video for the series. I hope this song is familiar to you, because it is a good one
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The Laptop Sessions: “Some Flowers Bloom Dead” (Wallflowers Acoustic Cover Song)
The Dead Weather’s Sea of Cowards (2010) – MAYBE SO By Chris Moore: Sea of Cowards (2010) by the Dead Weather (May 11, 2010) Review : Tighter and yet even more frenetic than their debut, Sea of Cowards is a fast-paced, distortion-drenched hard rock romp through eleven solid tracks, made all the better for the sharing of vocal duties between Alison Mosshart and Jack White: this album is the realization — and only a year later! — of what I had been hoping for when I referred to the great potential expressed in Horehound (2009).
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The Dead Weather’s “Sea of Cowards” (2010) – Yes, No, or Maybe So
Originally posted 2008-07-08 23:06:51. By Jim Fusco: As the biggest Beach Boys fan (I mean, a true lover of their music- not just a big collector) under the age of 30, I pride myself on being a complete Beach Boys fan
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The Laptop Sessions: “You and I” (Dennis Wilson Acoustic Rock Cover Song)
Bob Dylan’s Bob Dylan (1962) – MAYBE Bob Dylan's self-titled debut (1962 (March 19, 1962) Review : It is difficult to imagine a time when Bob Dylan was not revered as a songwriter, but here is one of the true documents of that time; it is an album that exemplifies young Dylan’s early sound, as he experimented with his influences on some of his first cover song recordings and presented the first two originals he committed to an album (the early, touching gem “Song to Woody” and the raw, poetically humorous “Talkin’ New York”). Top Two Tracks : “Song to Woody” & “House of the Risin’ Sun” Related Posts Jakob Dylan’s “Women & Country” (2010) – Yes, No, or Maybe So Jakob Dylan’s Women & Country (2010) – MAYBE NOT [/caption] Review: With the most compelling lyrics since his last Wallflowers… From the Music Blog Archives: “Little Sadie” (Bob Dylan Acoustic Cover) – The Laptop Sessions By Chris Moore: Okay, it’s time to separate the Dylan fans from the fanatics..
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Bob Dylan’s “Bob Dylan” (1962) – Yes, No, or Maybe So
Originally posted 2008-08-29 23:49:12. By Chris Moore : Thanks for coming to the best acoustic cover song music blog on the Internet! Today, our featured cover is “Bob Dylan’s Dream.” Bob Dylan, believe it or not, is the original songwriter. Who would have guessed? Well, I guess anyone could have… This song was originally released on Dylan’s early folk album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and it is what you would call a deep track, as it was never a hit, no one that I know of ever covered it for an album, and it never appeared on any live compilations. At least, not official ones. But, regardless of how little attention it has received, I think that it is a perfect candidate for the Laptop Sessions treatment. First, it’s originally acoustic, recorded once as a “live-in-the-studio” recording, which makes it easily translatable to an acoustic cover song. Second, it has a really nostalgic feel to it. By nostalgic, I don’t mean that it sounds like an oldtime song or anything like that. Rather, I mean that it really makes you think about your own “first friends” — those people that you spent your youth with, engaged in simple activities that brought indescribable happiness. Well, those “first friends” very rarely make it into your future. And while it’s always nice to look back and remember them, it can be very sad to think about the exits they took from your life. Like Bob Dylan, I would pay a good deal of money to go sit “simply in that room again.” But you can never go back… …you can only write and sing songs like this one that describe the feeling! Another thing I love about the song is that it starts off with the line, “While riding on a train going west…” It gives the feeling of someone nodding off as a train barrels on down the tracks, and as that person just drifts off, these memories of his life come rushing back to him. I think that’s a great way to start the song.
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The Laptop Sessions: “Bob Dylan’s Dream” (Bob Dylan Acoustic Rock Cover Song)
By Chris Moore: RATING: 5 / 5 stars As Clinton Heylin points out in Revolution in the Air , his excellent study of Bob Dylan’s songs written between 1957 and 1973, at the time he wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “he was still considered by his contemporaries (and his record label) a performer first and a songwriter a distant second” (78). With a single studio album, all of that changed
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Bob Dylan’s “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” (1963) – The Weekend Review