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"Code Monkey" is a song written by Jonathan Coulton and is described as such:
Yay, monkeys. This is not autobiographical, but I did indeed used to have a job writing software. VB! MS SQL! I affectionately referred to myself and my co-developers as code monkeys, especially when a client asked me a question that I didn't want to answer ("What do I know? I'm just a code monkey.").
Jonathan Coulton is a hero to all nerds - and his songs are Creative Commons licensed for mugs like me to cover.
You really, really, really should visit his site now and bask in his geekish glory.
(after you've watched my cover, that is)
Click here to put this video on your iPod.
With a couple small gigs coming up this and next month, I needed to get a new guitar as my Yamaha has been crapping out on me and is beyond repair. I only went into Hands Music in Kingston (great store, btw) to get some strings and ended up walking out with a 12 string Crafter D8-12/N. While it wasn't expensive compared to some other 12-strings Ive priced up, this one wasn't cheap either, and will serve as a XMas present to myself for a couple of years, I think...
So, just for the boys who wanted to hear what it sounds like instead of seeing pictures, here's a rough-cut video of me singing Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Boy, I need to practice some more. Hadn't heard this song before yesterday - went YouTubeing for some 12-string inspiration and found this Unplugged performance.
He's definitely using a different (perhaps open?) tuning. I'm nervous to try alternate tunings at the moment as I've only one set of backup strings.
I haven't been singing on the blog in quite a while, but now seems the perfect time to start up again, as I say goodbye to the teaching part of my job and hello to a new role in August. I thought I'd record this for all the students I've taught in the past four years - you've certainly made it all worth my while.
Thank you all so much. Put this video on your iPod!
- Fix You (Coldplay)
- Kodachrome (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Take It Easy (Eagles)
- Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Seeing as blog entries only support one enclosure at a time, I'm reposting the Campfire Songs individually. Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits)
Seeing as blog entries only support one enclosure at a time, I'm reposting the Campfire Songs individually. Hotel California (Eagles)
Seeing as blog entries only support one enclosure at a time, I'm reposting the Campfire Songs individually. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Clapton)
