Depapepe is an acoustic guitar musical duo formed in 2002, consisting of Takuya Miura (born April 5, 1983) and Yoshinari Takuoka (born on July 15, 1977).
I only found out about their existence a couple of days ago when my friend mentioned their name while suggesting songs that we could be jamming to. I looked them up and found this video. Their talent captivated me instantly and has inspired me to improve my skills because I want to be able to play like them, hopefully in the near future. I'm also looking for people to jam with because I realize how much you can actually learn when you exchange ideas and skills with someone else. Their composition is seemingly simple but complex at the same time. I absolutely love their creativity, who knew you could produce something so beautiful with just two guitars? I love their songs so much!
So previously I posted my own cover of Bad Romance. It isn't among the best production I know, but I'm planning on investing on a decent condensed microphone so I can eventually record better quality videos and songs. Now, I'm actually a huge fan of covers because people who put them together are really talented and creative. Some people made a fool out of themselves, some collaborated with musicians, some sang while playing ten other instruments, some did better than the original, these creative juices never cease to impress me and inspire me to do better!
Here are a few videos I find really inspiring and well, for lack of a better word - unique.
Tiffany Alvord singing a medley of Taylor Swift songs. I was NEVER a huge fan of Taylor, but after watching this I started to soften up. This is definitely one of the videos that make you go WOW.
Number Exchange's cover of Paparazzi. I don't understand why they're getting so little views when their cover is so awesome! I couldn't stop listening to this cover.
Singing Dork with a few of his friends singing their rendition of Empire State of Mind. This is pure talent and raw vocal. No fancy cinematic effects, just pure music performance.
Los Colorados doing a cover of Katy Perry's Hot'n'Cold. Well, they're pretty creative and added a twist to what we would conceive as pop music these days.
With so many talented musicians out here, it is mind boggling to distinguish yourself from the rest. But guess what? There's no limit to creativity, so keep those awesomeness coming!
Couple of months ago Lady GaGa came up with a new album entitled "The Fame Monster", Bad Romance was an instant hit and took the world by storm! It was played on the radio gazillion times a day, the music video inspired millions of spoof experts to work on their creative juices, the single needless to say topped billboard charts for months, and there were so many covers posted on Youtube. I decided to join the crowd since I love her and the song so much. Oh don't be hating me or judge me, you have to admit she IS quite a Fame Monster and talented.
I've never been skeptical about getting views on Youtube because I watch the most random videos there! So I'm not extremely surprised when I get comments or couple of hundred views on this video since it's one of the hottest covers on Youtube, but when the number of hits started to hit thousands and number of subscribers hit 150 I was pumped! I get about 11,300 hits as of today. I'm proud even though it's not really a huge number, but I'm getting there! There were some very funny comments, some insulting ones that implied I shouldn't be singing this particular song cos I'm Asian (umm, okay?), but most of them are quite friendly and supportive. I improvised the song with some Jazz element and hopefully I'll get around to make a tab for my cover version because many people have been requesting for it. Terribly sorry guys, college is really on top of my head right now.
Hope you enjoy it! The quality isn't as good as those posted by professional Youtubers but I promise I'll get a better one up as soon as I'm done with Spring semester. Can't wait for Summer as I have tonnes of plans lining up of which one of them involves revamping this blog of mine!
Till then, remember to subscribe to my channel! More covers and original songs will be up soon.
Musicians and music enthusiast from all over the world share their musical talents by projecting their beautiful vocal and expertise in various instruments through song covers and also their own original tracks. Presenting some of my favorite musicians, of which most of them already had record deal under their belt.
Marie Digby
The video that sprung her straight up to fame
Of her doing a cover of Rihanna's Umbrella
Total views: 16,038,941 (OMG)
I've been blogging for the 5th year and counting. I'm amazed by myself because I have extremely short attention span. In the midst of soul searching, I can't really say much about myself except for you to keep reading.
