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Aqeel AhmadDiscovering Gotye and Kimbra
March 12th 2012 19:02
Hello everyone,
As you might have noticed there are some big changes coming to The Feverr. There are some big shoes to fill but change is sometimes good and we will be going in a somewhat different direction. The focus will still be on music but we will be touching on some different subjects such as discovering new artists, acoustic guitars and reviews, tips for guitar players and many other interesting topics.
I find it difficult to concentrate on one specific topic so I will simply write about the things I love and I’m hoping that you will want to share and collaborate through your comments or by email.
My first question to all of you is what are your top 5 favourite artists/bands?
What sets them apart from the rest of the crowd? Please send me your thoughts on this and I will follow up in a future blog post.
I came across an interesting video on YouTube the other day. On first view I really liked the song but the way they perform it was quite interesting. Human creativity never ceases to amaze me. This song was performed by WOTE or (Walk off The Earth)
Listen on youtube here
I then discovered that this was just a cover so I did a little research using a few of the tools I mentioned in my previous post and it turns out that the original artist is a singer called Gotye. He’s a Australian-Belgian artist.
Here’s the Wikipedia Bio:
Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), also known professionally by his stage name Gotye, (pronounced Go-te-yae), is a Belgian-Australian[1] multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. The name "Gotye" is derived from "Gaultier" (or "Gautier" or "Gauthier",) the French equivalent of "Wouter" ("Walter" in English.) Gotye's voice has been compared to Sting and Peter Gabriel.
He has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. De Backer is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics, who have independently released three studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002
Have a look at the video for the original song:
Gotye song
You’ll notice that they feature another artist in that song named Kimbra. She seemed quite interesting so I listened to a few of her songs on GrooveShark and youtube and I think she has the potential to be the next big female artist out of Australia. Obviously that’s my personal opinion but have a listen for yourself.
Kimbra song
As you can see just by hearing a new song you can follow the trail and discover many new artists related to one song. I can now add WOTE, Gotye and Kimbra to the long list of artists that I have discovered. Some of you will like them and some of you won’t but in the end variety will always be the spice of life.
On a different subject, a reader asked me if i had any suggestions in terms of online guitar lessons. If you do a simple Google search it’s not hard to discover that there is a lot of crap out there. The best site I could find though really blows all the other ones out of the water.
I’ve been playing guitar for twenty years and I have to say that JamPlay is an incredible resource for new players and for experienced players. It’s really worth the small investment. Don’t purchase the yearly membership though.
Try it for one month and then you can sign up again when you feel ready for more lessons. JamPlay is very reasonable for 19.99$.
JamPlay guitar link
That’s all for now
As you might have noticed there are some big changes coming to The Feverr. There are some big shoes to fill but change is sometimes good and we will be going in a somewhat different direction. The focus will still be on music but we will be touching on some different subjects such as discovering new artists, acoustic guitars and reviews, tips for guitar players and many other interesting topics.
I find it difficult to concentrate on one specific topic so I will simply write about the things I love and I’m hoping that you will want to share and collaborate through your comments or by email.
My first question to all of you is what are your top 5 favourite artists/bands?
What sets them apart from the rest of the crowd? Please send me your thoughts on this and I will follow up in a future blog post.
I came across an interesting video on YouTube the other day. On first view I really liked the song but the way they perform it was quite interesting. Human creativity never ceases to amaze me. This song was performed by WOTE or (Walk off The Earth)
Listen on youtube here
I then discovered that this was just a cover so I did a little research using a few of the tools I mentioned in my previous post and it turns out that the original artist is a singer called Gotye. He’s a Australian-Belgian artist.
Here’s the Wikipedia Bio:
Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), also known professionally by his stage name Gotye, (pronounced Go-te-yae), is a Belgian-Australian[1] multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. The name "Gotye" is derived from "Gaultier" (or "Gautier" or "Gauthier",) the French equivalent of "Wouter" ("Walter" in English.) Gotye's voice has been compared to Sting and Peter Gabriel.
He has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. De Backer is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics, who have independently released three studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002
Have a look at the video for the original song:
Gotye song
You’ll notice that they feature another artist in that song named Kimbra. She seemed quite interesting so I listened to a few of her songs on GrooveShark and youtube and I think she has the potential to be the next big female artist out of Australia. Obviously that’s my personal opinion but have a listen for yourself.
Kimbra song
As you can see just by hearing a new song you can follow the trail and discover many new artists related to one song. I can now add WOTE, Gotye and Kimbra to the long list of artists that I have discovered. Some of you will like them and some of you won’t but in the end variety will always be the spice of life.
On a different subject, a reader asked me if i had any suggestions in terms of online guitar lessons. If you do a simple Google search it’s not hard to discover that there is a lot of crap out there. The best site I could find though really blows all the other ones out of the water.
I’ve been playing guitar for twenty years and I have to say that JamPlay is an incredible resource for new players and for experienced players. It’s really worth the small investment. Don’t purchase the yearly membership though.
Try it for one month and then you can sign up again when you feel ready for more lessons. JamPlay is very reasonable for 19.99$.
JamPlay guitar link
That’s all for now
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