Episode 13 Lost & Found Jam Sessions

Hey, guys. Welcome to today's jam session.

Today I'm going to do True Love

and I'm pretty excited, so here's my rendition.

# I slept alone in the van

# You brought me breakfast in bed

# I wrote it down in a song

# I see the way you dance

# If I don't get my chance

# I don't know how I'd go on

# Cos the one thing I know

# Is that it's true love at first sight

# And I'm so afraid to say

# I know you'll run away

# And it's true love at first sight

# Can you see it too?

# Can you see it too?

# I see your golden hair

# All I can do is stare

# So I look down on the floor

# I wanna take you away

# Oh, let's go anyplace

# I just can't wait any more

# Cos the one thing I know

# Is that it's true love at first sight

# And I'm so afraid to say

# I know you'll run away

# And it's true love at first sight

# Can you see it too?

# Oh, can you see it too?

# Can you see it too? #

Thank you, guys, so much, for watching.

Hey, guys. Welcome to today's lesson in the lounge.

You just saw me sing my version of True Love so I'd like to talk

to you a little bit about how I arranged it

to be different from the original version,

because, as much as I love the original,

I didn't exactly feel like it suited my genre, so I

thought I would take it, change it up a little bit, so it just

kind of suited who I am as a musician.

The original was totally different and it wasn't in that key,

so just as a little sample, here's what that sounded like.

# I slept alone in the van

# You brought me breakfast in bed

# I wrote it down in a song... #

Now, I thought that was a little bit low for me, so I decided to

just put it up a little bit, so...

# But the one thing I know... #

So, once I got there, I was playing the chords...

Like, it's pretty, right?

But what can I do to make it different?

So if this is the original chord...

MAJOR CHORD

I decided to make it sound like this.

MAJOR 7th CHORD It's a little bit funkier, right?

And I thought it suited my style a bit, cos it had a more dreamy...

A dreamy feel to it.

And then also, I was like, "Hmm, what else can I do?"

So I decided to change it rhythmically as well.

Make it a little slower, a little vibeier, you know.

I just felt like that kind of meshed well with my voice and my

genre, so just kind of some key points of when it comes to

making an arrangement, definitely know your own voice, find a range

that works for you, transpose it up or down if you need to.

Add some different aspects to your chords and then finally,

if you feel like the melody needs to be adapted, go for it.

And that's how you arrange a song for you.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I'll see you soon.