Home School Jules

Since Christmas is around the corner, we decided that we should learn a few songs to celebrate, after enjoying playing in the Preview's concert so much. Dad and I have already started practising and are attempting to add bells into more upbeat carols like, "Jingle Bells" and a few others.       

After seeing dad's post on our cover of Monster Mash, I thought of a few songs that I think we should play in the picture-in-picture format. My first idea was In Hell I'll Be In Good Company by Dead South, which we have already played and recorded before, with me on the piano, dad on the ukulele and possibly my brother Tom on the saxophone. This is what our cover of Dead South's song sounds like now: I have just printed some sheet music for St James Infirmary Blues but it could take a while to get that piece to a playing standard. Along with St James Infirmary, we have also recently got St Louis Blues which my brother could play along with.  We have considered La Vie en Rose and Somewhere Over the Rainbow which are ideal pieces for what we want but would need to find the sheet music or work out the melody for. I would like to play Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen but I am still learning that piece. Are there any pieces I have mentioned or pieces that you know that you think we sh...

 Jules and I were invited to put a couple of numbers together for the local open mic lockdown performance at The Preview And we opted for a cover of Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Crypt Kickers Monster Mash, what with it being Halloween and all. Here's a copy from the family YouTube account: But this got us thinking about how to put together a multi-instrumental track with picture-in-picture videos of ourselves playing different insturments or signing. So here's a new project that we can take on. The only thing left to decide is what we should record and how many pieces we should include.

La Vie en Rose was made famous by Edith Piaf in the nineteen forties. A year later, Louis Armstrong recorded his version. Piaf sang in french, whilst Armstrong recorded a fairly loose translation implied to be from the man's perspective.  Piaf's Lyrics Our Translation Armstrong's Lyrics Des yeux qui font baisser les miens Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche Voilà le portrait sans retouches De l'homme auquel j'appartiens     Quand il me prend dans ses bras Il me parle tout bas Je vois la vie en rose Il me dit des mots d'amour Des mots de tous les jours Et ça me fait quelque chose Il est entré dans mon cœur Une part de bonheur Dont je connais la cause C'est lui pour moi, moi pour lui dans la vie Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie Et dès que je l'aperçois Alors je sens en moi Mon cœur qui bat Des nuits d'amour à plus finir Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place Des ennuis, des c...