Hello there to all who like reading my blogs and this week i have carried on from teaching my mum and so far this has been her third week in the studio.
Today I've continued teaching her the red hot chille peppers song californiacation so far my mother has improved yet again and this week she's come to grips with the first verse of the song which I'm very happy with. To see that my mothers understood everything so quickly means that everything I've taught has been understood which means we have made progress.
I think personally the whole process has gone well because my mum has rapidly undersdtood and gotten to grips with the song in a three week period but the ammount of time this has taken means we may not have time to record the song - but this was always an extra option in our plan
Freddy and Jo (mum) reflecting on third weeks teaching.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Californication chords and Lyrics
Below are the chords for the Song Freddy's mum is learning on the piano - having not played the piano before.
Intro: Am F 4x
Verse 1:
Am
Psychic spies from China
F
Try to steal your mind's elation
Am
Little girls from Sweden
F
Dream of silver screen quotations
C G
And if you want these kind of dreams
F D
It's Californication
Am F x2
Verse 2:
Am
It's the edge of the world
F
And all of western civilization
Am
The sun may rise in the East
F
At least it settles in the final location
C G
It's understood that Hollywood
F D
sells Californication
Am F x2
Pre Chorus:
Am
Pay your surgeon very well
F
To break the spell of aging
Am
Celebrity skin is this your chin
F
Or is that war your waging
Am F
First born unicorn
Am F
Hardcore soft porn
Chorus:
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
C G D
Dream of Californication
Am F x2
Verse 3:
Am
Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
F
Be my very own constellation
Am
A teenage bride with a baby inside
F
Getting high on information
C G
And buy me a star on the boulevard
F D
It's Californication
Am F x2
Verse 4:
Am
Space may be the final frontier
F
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Am
Cobain can you hear the spheres
F
Singing songs off station to station
C G
And Alderon's not far away
F D
It's Californication
Am F x2
Pre Chorus 2:
Am
Born and raised by those who praise
F
Control of population
Am
Everybody's been there and
F
I don't mean on vacation
Am F
First born unicorn
Am F
Hardcore soft porn
Chorus:
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
C G D
Dream of Californication
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
C G D
Dream of Californication
F#m D F#m D
Bm D A E
F#m D F#m D
Bm D A E x3
Am F x2
Verse 5:
Am
Destruction leads to a very rough road
F
But it also breeds creation
Am
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
F
They're just another good vibration
C G
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
F D
From Californication
Am F x2
Pre Chorus 3:
Am
Pay your surgeon very well
F
To break the spell of aging
Am
Sicker than the rest there is no test
F
But this is what you're craving
Am F
First born unicorn
Am F
Hardcore soft porn
Chorus:
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
C G D
Dream of Californication
C G D Am
Dream of Californication
C G D
Dream of Californication
Review of Freddy's Silver Arts Award by Vicky
Review of Freddy’s Blog
By Vicky Roberts, Teacher.
Reading Freddy’s blog has been great fun. His relaxed style of writing makes you feel he is talking to you and explaining things as if you were there in front of him. The photos and use of sound bites enhanced the quality of the blog, really allowing the reader to gain a more rounded picture of what Freddy has achieved than words alone.
Freddy has included a high level of detail both about the technical aspects of what he has been learning in the studio and about how the songs he chose to perform took shape. These details could be useful to other students contemplating a similar project.
Freddy has also shown that he has completed a degree of research on the music of the different decades he has covered, which really pays dividends in the versions of the songs he has recorded as they have a very period authentic feel. My only criticism of this aspect of the project is that he has not included references of where he obtained his research. This is a huge research ‘no no’ as it amounts to plagiarism.
I found this format of reading a project slightly difficult in that I think some of the information Freddy has given would have been better placed in a different section of the blog. For instance, it was jarring for me to find the section on Gary Numan as a musical hero amongst Freddy’s 60s work. As a musical icon of the late 70s /early 80s I would have thought he would have been better placed in the blog after the Maggie May work. In the same vein I also found the gig review slightly odd in the middle of the 60s work as Motorhead are not a band of the 60s. I would also like to have seen Freddy’s project completed with his 80s song and a conclusion of what he feels he has achieved with this project.
Overall though I think Freddy has done a magnificent job with the blog and with enhancing his performance skills and studio skills. Knowing where he started from I am most impressed with how much he has achieved in a relatively short time frame and how he has matured during the process. His sense of enjoyment shines throughout the blog and I am so pleased that he has decided to continue his studies at Suffolk New College. He should be very proud of the work he has done with Noise Solution (and vice versa). Best of luck Freddy!
By Vicky Roberts, Teacher.
Reading Freddy’s blog has been great fun. His relaxed style of writing makes you feel he is talking to you and explaining things as if you were there in front of him. The photos and use of sound bites enhanced the quality of the blog, really allowing the reader to gain a more rounded picture of what Freddy has achieved than words alone.
Freddy has included a high level of detail both about the technical aspects of what he has been learning in the studio and about how the songs he chose to perform took shape. These details could be useful to other students contemplating a similar project.
Freddy has also shown that he has completed a degree of research on the music of the different decades he has covered, which really pays dividends in the versions of the songs he has recorded as they have a very period authentic feel. My only criticism of this aspect of the project is that he has not included references of where he obtained his research. This is a huge research ‘no no’ as it amounts to plagiarism.
I found this format of reading a project slightly difficult in that I think some of the information Freddy has given would have been better placed in a different section of the blog. For instance, it was jarring for me to find the section on Gary Numan as a musical hero amongst Freddy’s 60s work. As a musical icon of the late 70s /early 80s I would have thought he would have been better placed in the blog after the Maggie May work. In the same vein I also found the gig review slightly odd in the middle of the 60s work as Motorhead are not a band of the 60s. I would also like to have seen Freddy’s project completed with his 80s song and a conclusion of what he feels he has achieved with this project.
Overall though I think Freddy has done a magnificent job with the blog and with enhancing his performance skills and studio skills. Knowing where he started from I am most impressed with how much he has achieved in a relatively short time frame and how he has matured during the process. His sense of enjoyment shines throughout the blog and I am so pleased that he has decided to continue his studies at Suffolk New College. He should be very proud of the work he has done with Noise Solution (and vice versa). Best of luck Freddy!
Reviewing plan and how it worked
Our plan was to spend 4 or 5 weeks on each track within the project. We had planned to do four tracks but because stuff took longer than we have expected it looks like we will only manage to get three done.
However we did manage to cover all our main goals that were needed to cover the Arts Award - the other time that we'd planned to do the fourth track in has been taken up with planning and delivering the leadership part of the arts award.
However we did manage to cover all our main goals that were needed to cover the Arts Award - the other time that we'd planned to do the fourth track in has been taken up with planning and delivering the leadership part of the arts award.
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