Me playing Phil Ochs's "Changes"

It's been awhile I know, but school has gotten in the way of things. But I decided to take today to go ahead and put some stuff up. This was the first one I recorded, and it's so unfortunate that some person knocked on our door and then ran. My roommate sends his greetings, I guess. That kinda ruins the mood of a good song, but so it goes.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• phil
• ochs
• changes
• acoustic
• folk

[federerrocks28]

Awesome! It's wonderful to learn there are other Phil Ochs fans under the age 21 besides me. How did you discover Phil?

[Kirobaito]

I started listening to John Denver songs, and noticed that a lot of them were written by Tom Paxton. I looked into Tom Paxton, and studied the Greenwich Village scene, and from there learned about Phil.

[elusiverobertdenby]

Very well done. Nice version. I'm curious -- what' the picking pattern here? It's not Travis, right?

[Kirobaito]

Not exactly, no, but I don't use my index finger to pluck at all, so technically nothing I play is literally Travis. I still use the rotating bass, but the treble doesn't follow any exact pattern as far as strings go. I'm following the melody, so it's not simple accompaniment that Travis is so useful for.

[islandfever]

Wow!! So Young and so talented!!!! Keep up the good work. Can you do "There But For Fortune"?

[Kirobaito]

"There But for Fortune" has been up since Christmas, actually. You can check it over on the 'more from this user' tab.

[kaylagayyla]

you're so awesome

[hansw16]

Very Well Played and Sung

Great Song of Phil Ochs and Gordon Lightfoot

[kevhead66]

Very cool. Are you into Tim Buckley's music at all?

[sherikenwolf]

@federerrocks28  lol i was raised on john denver then listened to "the greatest adventure" from the hobbit and wanted to learn to play that way lol heard phil ochs in when im gone and loved the way it was sang haha

[mavilunA]

its not easy find someone who make a good cover1... good work man

[11xzxzxz]

Fantastic that Phil's songs live on other talented musicians.

[BluesmanDizzy]

This came as a pleasant surprise to me.

Well done!

Very good and warm voice, and sung with a feeling.

Keep going!

[nocount1]

Thanks Kiro. That was nice.

[movingtarget1978]

Good job kid. I was 28 before I discovered Phil Ochs. You're on the right path at a young age. You sing it better than me too.

[chevydog56]

This is a really pretty arrangement. You have a super voice. (and I am really fussy)

Keep going, do more arrangements, you have a lot of talent.