January 2013 recording sessionsT

Top Left: Francis Coates III engineering his record (Easton, PA).
Top Center: Tessie, the loyal pup of the Polisar family.
Top Right: Francis' recording rig for my guitar.
Bottom: The Pfanstiehls after a long week.

VIDEO POSTED: Watch Me Butcher ... "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse

Wow, it's been over a year since I posted my last Watch Me Butcher ... cover video. For those unfamiliar, Watch Me Butcher ... is a tongue-in-cheek series of mostly-cliched cover videos where I do silly vocal harmonies and point out all the mistakes I make. It started as a way for me to get familiar with Audacity and iMovie '09 but turned out to be moderately successful in its own right. 

In the lengthy YouTube descriptions, I take the role of a bitter, excessively self-deprecating musician and also provide tabs and lyrics for those who want to learn the songs. The original intent was to only cover easy songs that only required a few chords. Without further ado, here's the video.

Click here to see all the videos in the series.

The style was inspired by the way my good friend, Carl Pfanstiehl covers the song. I just put shameless vocal harmonies behind it in a way I'll never get to perform live. And for you gear heads:

Guitar: Martin GPCPA4

Pickup: K&K Mini Pure

Preamp: Radial Tonebone PZ-Pre

Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

Mic: M-Audio Nova