cover song

👽The Chain, Performed by Ardin Patterson👽

| Ardin Patterson

👽 I’ve been trying to upload a little more consistently. I originally did a vocal cover of The Chain to a piano track, but decided to teach myself to play an acoustic version on guitar (my keyboards too big for my studio and my skills are pretty rusty).

I absolutely love this song. I haven’t heard a version I dislike actually. My top two covers of it would definitely have to be the one by Three Days Grace and the one by Evanescence. The each created slightly different moods while still staying true to the original by Fleetwood Mac. Plus these were two of my favourite bands growing up!

🌼 White Rabbit 🌼 – Jefferson’s Airplane Cover

| Ardin Patterson

Lyrics

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head"

❀Come As You Are – Nirvana Cover❀

| Ardin Patterson

I covered this the other day in my basement studio haha. You may or may not hear my sister playing Assassin’s Creed in the background.

I had this song in my head for a week and kept imagining what it would sound like if I tried playing around with it a little…and this is what happened.

Then I Woke Up and New Music Coming Soon!

| Ardin Patterson

Hi!

I know I’ve posted a lot lately haha. I’ve just been trying to update all of my stuff. I’m really proud of this recording because I’ve been trying really hard to get better at singing and playing the guitar at the same time (multitasking can be hard sometimes!).

I think my guitar teacher would be proud! I miss going to guitar classes…and recording things in person but physical distancing means keeping the people in my life safe and healthy.

I think I was about twelve or thirteen when I first heard this song. It was originally performed by The Clique Girlz. I don’t know what it was about their music, maybe it was that they were around the same age as me, but I connected with them. This song especially. Although I don’t mind babysitting. I’m pretty crafty and I already watch cartoons.

Anyway, I recorded a bunch of original music that I’m really excited to share with you in the near future. I’m also extremely excited because my sister @nuggiedraws is letting me use her artwork for the tracks! You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

I wonder if I can convince my sister to record a track with me? We haven’t made up a silly song together in what seems like ages!

New Music!

| Ardin Patterson

My new cover is up on YouTube and is also available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and more!

I had a lot of fun singing and playing this song. It was a song I used to sing all the time as a little girl. It really resonated with me back then. I’d love to cover more songs that remind me of my awkward preteen-teenage years haha.

What was your favourite song as a kid?

Then I Woke Up

| Ardin Patterson

When I was younger this was one of my favourite songs. I ended up recording it during a vocal warm up in my booth before an audition. I’m kind of glad I recorded this because I think this acoustic version of the original song gives it a totally different feel. I also just had fun singing a song I used to sing back when I was like 12 or 13…I feel a little old now but my middle school playlist seriously brings back memories haha (good and bad).

What’s a song you loved to listen to when you were younger?