Take On Me on Steel Drums A Ha (cover)

Great for arpeggio practice (especially at the chorus).

I stumbled across ukebucket's channel and heard their version of Take On Me. It was so cool and laid back, I thought, this should be done on pan. Somehow, it morphed back into the original version. Anyway, please check out ukebucket's version (especially when they are singing harmonies).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZzyaQlwrk

Needless to say, I've asked for a thumb piano for the holidays.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Steel
• Drums
• take
• on
• me
• cover
• ha
• 80s
• music

[mollymoonthorn]

SLOW DOWN! THE SONG DOES NOT GO THAT FAST! its good though, i'm a six bass player

[turtlepan101]

@mollymoonthorn i agree, but covers don't have to be played exactly like the original. most, if not all of my covers are played faster than the original, often by design. First, I like playing fast. second, I think playing faster helps cover up the fact there is not much going on (or helps make it sound like there is more to the cover than two mallets hitting one note at a time). finally, and this might just be me...

[turtlepan101]

@mollymoonthorn but pop songs, with their verse-chorus-verse-chorus-brid­ge-verse-chorus (or I-IV-V-I, if you get my meaning) get boring about 1 minute in, so I just blast through. Probably doesn't give the song proper respect, I admit.

[The27Stars]

This Is Tight!! Its Sounds Nice On Steel Drums, Especially On The Chelo's. Did You Play This By Ear

[turtlepan101]

Thanks... other than finding some chord progressions online, yeah, this was by ear.

[RobbieMeade]

Very nice job

[natschked]

Oh my god!!! So amazing!!!!

[keyboards11]

That was cool dude!!!

[ProudMCRmySoldier]

HOLY- good god...

[jradmania24]

your amazing!

[KirkYeomans]

COOL VERSION! I like it!

Check out mine if you get a chance! :)

Thanks Kirk

[jonnyjap]

Nice one was looking for drum covers to pinch ideas from when I found your vid it's spot on