{"id":878,"date":"2015-01-06T00:19:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2016-02-26T02:42:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T02:42:18","slug":"take-on-me-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/take-on-me-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Take On Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-885\" src=\"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/In-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"In-Studio\" width=\"189\" height=\"175\" \/>How fun!<\/p>\n<p>Take On Me was a #1 hit for a-ha back in the mid &#8217;80s. With a beyond-catchy synthesizer hook, drum machine background, peppy beat and incredible soaring vocals, it was a ear-worm of epic proportions. It&#8217;s got a 2 1\/2 octave vocal range &#8212; much greater than that of most pop songs.<\/p>\n<p>So, not being synthesizer-based and not having incredible soaring vocals, I thought this song would make a good challenge for me. Plus, I love the song.<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ucM3vNpxB_c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I decided to use an obvious drum-machine sound, in keeping with the original. I also chose a synth bass sound to preserve the flavor. I kept the same tempo. The half-time thingy in the chorus &#8212; I kept as well.<\/p>\n<p>Having a much lower voice than\u00a0Morten Harket, I transposed the key down a fourth (if I remember correctly). I chose to use a driving guitar sound to amp up the intensity and I changed the break completely (except for the chord pattern).\u00a0It&#8217;s a\u00a0much a more guitar oriented arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea where the inspiration for the break arrangement came from. I just sat down and started generating one idea after another. Most of them didn&#8217;t work. I kept coming at it from different angles, eventually finding little pieces that worked. I\u00a0found\u00a0ways to fit those pieces together until I felt they worked. I had to add a couple of bars here and there to make it fit together.<\/p>\n<p>It was so much fun doing this song! I can listen to it over and over again (if I do say so myself). It probably took me about 35 hours to complete, from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Keith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How fun! Take On Me was a #1 hit for a-ha back in the mid &#8217;80s. 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