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I don't know how often everyone else checks BnL's blog (I'm a dork and check it about 4-5 times a day...minimum), but recently, Ed has been recording himself playing songs in his bathroom and posting them on youtube. It is very nice for us guitarists because the camera gives a nice shot of the fretboard on his guitar!!! I think he said that he was going to record all of the songs he sang. I can't wait for Wrap Your Arms Around Me!!!

I would if I had a video camera!!! The guitar I've got.....and the vocals......are okay. I can record sound through my computer, but not video, so I think I'll take my laptop into the bathroom and record some stuff while my sister's in class for my own personal ammusement...here I go!!!

All done!!!...for today anyway!!! Wow, bathrooms DO have excellent acoustics!!! I recorded Wrap Your Arms Around Me, Light Up My Room, Conventioneers, Footprints, Lilac Girl, and Thanks That Was Fun.

I had never thought to try practising in the bathroom before (I don't even sing in the shower). I don't get much time to myself when I'm at my house, but I have a lot of alone time at my apartment.

I can't usually look in the mirror when I sing. Seeing myself murdering someone else's song always makes me crack up laughing xd .

I usually laugh at myself, too, but I'm nearly getting used to it. Nearly.

@Celdia: Agreed. 3nodding

You could always upload it on Photobucket instead of YouTube. 3nodding

Speaking of chickening out, I'm thinking of joining an open-mic club at a local cafe`, but I'm not sure if I should yet. I'm a decent guitarist, my voice isn't bad, and I know a lot of songs (though not by a variety of artists... I don't listen to very many different bands xd ), but I'm afraid of chickening out and embarrassing myself. Think I should? And if I do, which BnL song should I play? xd

I'm listening to the Ed Robertson Bathroom Sessions right now. They're fantastic. I like that version of Same Thing.

Agreed with Same Thing and He Makes Me Want Her Again. They're fantastic.

I also agree on the whole "play one people don't know" point. Lilac Girl would sound awkward with me singing it, but I could probably get Wrap Your Arms Around Me to work. I have a list of songs that don't sound half-bad on acoustic guitar when I play them (most of the greatest hits and Maroon aren't on there because I have the songbooks for those albums and haven't gotten around to playing through them recently to see what sounds good) which I've put on a spreadsheet (I was bored), so currently my list of BnL songs is:
Powder Blue
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Hidden Sun
Brian Wilson
When I Fall
Rule The World With Love
Maybe You're Right

And then songs by BnL-related bands:
Empty House
Rescue Us
Here, Today, and Yesterday

And then everything else is mostly by Guster. Silly Julia and her multiple Guster songs. xd

That list is a lot shorter than I thought. You must keep in mind that this is limited to songs I've figured out by ear, though.

That was a long post to answer a short question and I apologize.

I can do an okay version of Light Up My Room. I was hanging out at a friend's house, and I'd had a few drinks so I wasn't quite as nervous about my singing as I usually was... I know the guitar part to that song like the back of my hand, but I kept forgetting lyrics here and there. Also while I was living at my friend's house (different friend this time) we recorded a bunch of songs on my computer. We did about 10 BnL songs (those were the only ones we knew). Most of them we nailed in one take, although I remember we had to re-do Shoebox about three times. xd Sadly, our little "album" was lost when my computer's power supply went out and fried my hard drive... crying We were talking about recording another batch of songs, but we never really got around to it.