[Audio] Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On

Certainly much to love about soulful melodies.



Here's my rendition of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On", a little something for July.

Love it or dislike it, let me know what you think. Enjoy!

[Audio] Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

One of my favourite songs at the moment.

Check out the rest of my covers and acapella arrangements at www.youtube.com/lxuisa.

[Audio] Passenger - Let Her Go

Just cleared the heaviest semester work load ever. Here's a cover of Passenger's Let Her Go, as performed originally by Mike Rosenberg (Passenger).

[Audio] The Fray - Love Don't Die

A song I love exceedingly at the moment. Groovy, fun, and from one of my favourite artists The Fray. Here's my cover of "Love Don't Die", a full acapella and harmony arrangement done with just my voice.

The Boy I Knew

Valentines' Day is around the corner, and it's always seen as a day for Love, and confession, and lovey-dovey activities with your other half coupled with expensive chocolates, flowers and indulgent dinners. Love is love. There's no need for too many hearts and flowers. I was inspired to write something different this time.

If Valentines' Day is all about love, then I want to think about the 'who's we almost loved.

"We don't always choose who we truly love."

Play this track and read on.


Love is a journey on a train that never stops. It stops at every destination, but is never a destination itself. It is pliant; moving; malleable.

Sometimes, we get off at the first stop.
Sometimes, we give Love a chance and sit for half the journey.
Sometimes, we almost reach our destination.
Sometimes we let it go. We bolt.

The boy I knew was a strange kind of sweet. He was warm, friendly and distinctively pale. He came in a fancy package. (Is it always the fanciest packages that have something to hide?) He was perfect in many ways: Sensitive, caring, obvious. He was obvious in showing who he cared about, and I suppose, that's a quality that many girls adore.

The boy I knew initiated the conversations. He was too shy. His shyness made him all the more adorable though. He was trying hard but trying to make it look effortless. He made me laugh. He was afraid of rats and cockroaches. The first time I witnessed it, I smiled to myself but really, rolled over with laughter in my mind. He had so many fears and he let himself be vulnerable by letting me know. Not every guy wants to be emasculated by his fears, so I appreciated his honesty. I guess, rats and roaches are not things he will protect me from then. I would be protecting him instead. And it would have been okay.

The boy I knew allowed me to be a girl. He was someone who you could be every element of a classic female with. He allowed you to cry, to try, to be irrational, to be overly concerned about others' feelings, to be caring, to go out of your way to help others. He loved but was never selfish about it. He wasn't stubborn, nor was he difficult to communicate with, but he was distant. He had never put his head out for me. He never showed enough.

The boy I knew put me in a box. He was so warm, and so thin, and so nice about everything. He was somewhat of a control freak, which was okay since varying degrees of control freakery was acceptable to me. Some degree of control is what fuels a strong personality. Seemingly bad traits are not always bad because they encourage character development in many other areas. He wasn't possessive. He was in fact, on the other end of the spectrum. I wondered if he was someone who didn't mind sharing. He was the only person who dug deeper. Most people who meet him are ripped from the seams. He scathes those who have weak personalities, but he also made people strong. He made people believe in him. He made me believe in him.

I almost believed him. Then I stopped.

It's safe to say that we will never know who we truly love if we never decide to love them back.

Love is a journey on a train that never stops. It stops at every destination, but is never a destination itself. I let it go. I bolted.

[Audio] Lorde - Royals

Covering Lorde's famous chart-topping song titled "Royals". Tell me if you like it, give me a "thumbs up" at the Youtube page, comment or subscribe - I'd love to hear from you!

Changed up my standard way of recording by stripping the bass line off this track because I wanted to have a clean-sounding vocal arrangement.

Thanks for listening to my cover! Always, always grateful to anyone for checking out my vocal experiments. :)

[Audio] Ed Sheeran - The A Team

It's October! A new upload of Ed Sheeran's song.

Discovered Ed Sheeran last week (yes I know, so slow right?) and I've been enjoying his unique rapping and album, mashed with his acoustic sets. Pretty interesting style, and also slightly similar yet different compared with Jason Mraz's rap style.

If you haven't checked out Plus (Ed Sheeran's album), do check it out. Will definitely give you a run of your money, and you can thank me later. ;)



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[Audio] Two Door Cinema Club - Changing of the Seasons

And when you say you won't forget me 

Well I can tell you that's untrue 

Cause every day since you left me 

I thought less and less of you 

And I've worn out all the reasons 

To keep on knocking at your door 

Could be the changing of the seasons 

But I don't love you anymore

I like how the lyrics sound so... victorious. A quick recording last night after a little lightbulb of inspiration.

View more at my Youtube channel www.youtube.com/lxuisa. Stay updated by following me on Instagram, my username's @lxuisa, where I post short demos of my full recordings.

[Audio] Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

New upload! Below is the full version of my cover of Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive".

If you ask me why I do it, I'm not sure too. But it makes me feel content, so you could say it's a hobby. Haha. 

Just a short demo of me singing the same song live on Instavideo.

If you like what you're hearing, do check out my Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/lxuisa! 

All comments and subscribers appreciated. ;) 

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Bruno Mars - Young Girls (Acapella Harmony Cover)

This week I did Bruno Mars' Young Girls (the song he performed on the most recent Victoria's Secret Fashion Show).



Again, my covers aim to replicate the mp3 track with my voice. Let me know if you like it by clicking the youtube link and giving me a "thumbs up" there!

Do enjoy!

You can check out other songs by me here:
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks: http://youtu.be/dKmeLuOpBGk
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up: http://youtu.be/5pkXZxq9Gfc
Rihanna - Diamonds: http://youtu.be/oCE0bLDzW3E
Adele - Skyfall: http://youtu.be/YewOWIweH1c

Rihanna - Diamonds (Acapella Harmony Cover)

My rendition of Rihanna's song "Diamonds". Take a listen.
Don't forget to give me a "thumbs up!" on the video page if you like it!



More full popular acapella songs:
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks here: http://youtu.be/dKmeLuOpBGk
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up here: http://youtu.be/5pkXZxq9Gfc

Adele - Skyfall (Acapella Harmony Cover)

Acapella cover of the popular James Bond OST Skyfall sung by one of my favourite singers, Adele. If you like full-acapella songs, go ahead and give me a "thumbs up". Here's my attempt on trying to replicate the full orchestra accompanying Adele's song.

More full popular acapella songs:
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks here: http://youtu.be/dKmeLuOpBGk 
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up here: http://youtu.be/5pkXZxq9Gfc

Christmas, Almost Here.

Christmas, always brings around bright lights, beautiful decorations, christmas trees in all parts of town. 

Since Christmas is here, it is standard operating procedure for me to do at least one christmas song acapella. So here's Jingle Bell Rock, something I did a week ago. Enjoy!

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (Cover)

This song holds so much meaning for me, somehow or another. The first song I sang for a public performance of sorts... 3 years ago. Those were some good times, getting the opportunity to perform and really just have fun and enjoy music for all it is.

Here's the recording of the song I did. You'll know it when you listen to it - one of those more famous pop hits from the 90s.

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (Cover)

I did a new recording... and this time with video, and not with my usual signature harmony.
Let me know what you think! Leave me a comment via Youtube/Facebook!

Such a hauntingly beautiful song.

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