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“Do You Have A Sister?” Mike Fusco original song!

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So upon wandering around during my free time after school today, I looked into the harmless, blue sky and saw pigs flying.  I knew what must be done, and I immediately ran home and recorded TWO videos for fecies and chuckles to throw on YouTube, LaptopSessions, and my new site mikefusco.com that actually has a shot of seeing the light of day!  I’m so excited about it and it dawned on me that I must get more content of me on the web for your viewing pleasure and listening displeasure.  : )

So I’m starting off easy.  This is a new song from this past summer called “Do You Have A Sister?” and it sort of described my luck.  You go through a terrible relationship, you find (or long ago found) someone who’s perfect for you, and of course they have a boyfriend.  And of course he happens to be a close friend.  And of course he doesn’t care about her and complains all the time and of course it becomes a huge mess.  And it begs the question- “Fine..i get it… you’re taken…do you have a sister?”  Though I knew she did, this song has deeper meaning than its upbeat tune implies.  Here I have this guy friend telling me how I’m soooo lucky because I don’t have to try and one night at work I got three phone numbers and it made him so mad….meanwhile he’s “Stuck” with this perfect girl that deserved much better.  And it made me want to wake both of them up.  Her and I would hang out til 6 am in the summer and it was just…a nice escape back to innocence again after a terrible ending to a terrible period in life.

I know fate has a certain role in the world, but I believe it takes into account our ambition and relies on who we are to take us the rest of the way there.  So to “Pam”, or anyone else who’s not happy where they find themselves, there’s always still time.  Each day is a choice.

and for the love of God…somebody call my iPhone…i just got a new white 3G! =)  ciao all.

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“Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” (Looking Glass cover)

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By Jim Fusco:

Another Tuesday, another Jim Fusco cover song, another new band to the Laptop Sessions acoustic cover songs series, and yet another One-Hit-Wonder here in “Looking Glass” with their hti song, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”.

Big points to anyone who knew the name of the band that did this song.  My roommate Dana yelled down, “You’re doing Looking Glass?”  I was shocked.  Turned out it’s one of his favorite songs.  I’ve known this song by hearing it on the radio over the years and decided it would be a great one to cover for the music blog.  I mean, it’s a catchy tune and tells an interesting story of a woman that everyone loves, but can never land the man she wants.  Why?  Because he’s a sailor.  And a sailor’s love is the sea- first, foremost, and absolutely.

It’s funny the learning curve I have when doing these videos.  I start off thinking I’m not going to get it.  Then, it just comes to me and all of a sudden, I can play the whole song.  The problem with these songs lately is the lyrics, as I’ve only heard them here and there on the radio and don’t know them all.  So, I get all nervous and then sit down to do my takes.  The first one or two takes are great- I make it almost all the way through the song and just mess up a little thing and decide to start over.  Then, the floodgates open.  I must’ve done 20 takes of this song- screwing up words like, “Harbor town” and “Western port”- I would switch them around and then the next lines wouldn’t rhyme.  Ugh.

So, every Laptop Sessions session ends up in anger for me.  Hope I don’t show it on the videos! 🙂

Now, last week, I promised I’d show you my brand new 12-string electric guitar.  I was also going to show off my new lap steel guitar.  Well, I’ve got one better for you- I’m going to start (hopefully very soon) a new YouTube series called “Jim’s Guitars”.  This series will have me showing all of my guitars, why I have them, and how I use them all in a unique way.  It’s finally a chance to get my guitars off the wall and out there for everyone to see.  I love these things and hope to have quite the collection as life goes on.  But, I think for now, I’ve resigned myself to buy them based on practicality rather than just looks.  I mean, there were a few great looking guitars I really liked, but I decided to go with the 12-string electric because it’s so different and opens up a new world of sounds to me in the studio.  Plus, since my parents got me the lap steel guitar for my birthday, I have a great new way to play solos and add some of that wonderful twang to some songs.  I love it in the Beach Boys’ song, ‘Hold On Dear Brother” from “Carl and the Passions, ‘So Tough’”.

So, stay tuned for this new series.  I really want to do it right- I’m hoping to do it in HD…but I need an HD camera first.  Maybe one of those little ones that are under a hundred bucks.  How bad can they be?  At least for this kind of work, it might be worth it.

I hope you enjoy tonight’s cover song music video!  And congrats, Jeff!!

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