End of a Life - Calliope Mori (Hololive piano cover)
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Hololive piano cover of End of a Life, by Calliope Mori!
Wassup deadbeats, today I bring you one of my absolute favourite songs.
Although Calli's other songs are more fast and explosive, this more mellow one, like Cursed Night, resonated differently with me. I can't even begin to fathom how she can write such well-thought-out lyrics. Eminem? Shakespeare? Best of both worlds; Calli.
Behind the scenes (If you're interested)
I knew I wanted to begin in a similar fashion as the song itself, with more of an emphasis on 'feeling' rather than technique. I seldom used the basic triads, and instead opted for extended ones such as Ebmaj7, Dm7, Gm7, and you get the point. At least these are the chords I found to resemble the sound of the original the most!
After the intro comes the first rap-section. At first I tried improvising over it, but after looking at the arrangement as a whole; it didn't serve the purpose I was going for and just sat a bit wrong.
Instead I went straight into the prechorus. Very beautiful in the original and this time, very fun to play! There is a supporting piano melody on top of the vocals in the original, which without them, didn't give quite the same feeling. So I tried crossing over my hands, playing a basic bass part, and then going into an embellishment on top. Although It's easy to overuse, I think it mostly improved the resemblance to the original.
The choruses are nothing special, but keeping them simple allowed me to add more flair to other sections, such as the prechorus. Cross-hand-playing all thorughout the song would quickly become boring, etc.
"Why did I do the second rap-verse but not the first?" Well... a piano can only recreate a note, a specific sound. This note can change velocity, but it will still be the same note. Whilst backing-tracks for rap often are repetitive, the different lyrics and rhyme-schemes make them interesting. The main reason I removed the first verse is because it felt too repetitive. Calli sometimes combine some melodic-rapping which makes it a lot easier to transcribe. If truth be told, I never could decide on the improvisation-part of the second verse. So the exact way it turned out is a bit of a 'spur in the moment'.
The instrumental part took a while to decide on what do. There is both a melody going downwards and Calli singing on top. It's a very intense and emotional break in the song which I wanted to give the intensity it needed. There are many groovy and jazzy instruments which are highlighted in the instrumental break, they're great!
The end is very metaphorically an 'end'. As it tones out, I tried to decrease all elements slowly, until all that remained were uncomplete, almost failing, chords.
If you've somehow read this far; here, have a headpat!
Peace!
#EndOfALife
#MoriCalliope
#AcatePiano
Wassup deadbeats, today I bring you one of my absolute favourite songs.
Although Calli's other songs are more fast and explosive, this more mellow one, like Cursed Night, resonated differently with me. I can't even begin to fathom how she can write such well-thought-out lyrics. Eminem? Shakespeare? Best of both worlds; Calli.
Behind the scenes (If you're interested)
I knew I wanted to begin in a similar fashion as the song itself, with more of an emphasis on 'feeling' rather than technique. I seldom used the basic triads, and instead opted for extended ones such as Ebmaj7, Dm7, Gm7, and you get the point. At least these are the chords I found to resemble the sound of the original the most!
After the intro comes the first rap-section. At first I tried improvising over it, but after looking at the arrangement as a whole; it didn't serve the purpose I was going for and just sat a bit wrong.
Instead I went straight into the prechorus. Very beautiful in the original and this time, very fun to play! There is a supporting piano melody on top of the vocals in the original, which without them, didn't give quite the same feeling. So I tried crossing over my hands, playing a basic bass part, and then going into an embellishment on top. Although It's easy to overuse, I think it mostly improved the resemblance to the original.
The choruses are nothing special, but keeping them simple allowed me to add more flair to other sections, such as the prechorus. Cross-hand-playing all thorughout the song would quickly become boring, etc.
"Why did I do the second rap-verse but not the first?" Well... a piano can only recreate a note, a specific sound. This note can change velocity, but it will still be the same note. Whilst backing-tracks for rap often are repetitive, the different lyrics and rhyme-schemes make them interesting. The main reason I removed the first verse is because it felt too repetitive. Calli sometimes combine some melodic-rapping which makes it a lot easier to transcribe. If truth be told, I never could decide on the improvisation-part of the second verse. So the exact way it turned out is a bit of a 'spur in the moment'.
The instrumental part took a while to decide on what do. There is both a melody going downwards and Calli singing on top. It's a very intense and emotional break in the song which I wanted to give the intensity it needed. There are many groovy and jazzy instruments which are highlighted in the instrumental break, they're great!
The end is very metaphorically an 'end'. As it tones out, I tried to decrease all elements slowly, until all that remained were uncomplete, almost failing, chords.
If you've somehow read this far; here, have a headpat!
Peace!
#EndOfALife
#MoriCalliope
#AcatePiano
