This is a commission I got from @missbrainslug, who has probably forgotten about it because it's taken me ages 😅

By the way: I'm available for kids parties.

In the Year of the Cat (meow meow, meow meow), by Al Stewart

#Cover #AlStewart

@missbrainslug there's sooo many mistakes 🙈 please don't unfollow me

@isaactly_s
I didn't catch any, so I won't 😆

I have one complaint though:
Where is Fariña and why isn't he singing the last part?!?

@missbrainslug Fariña thought it was a bit too much for him, too self-centred, the song being about cats 😂

(I know it's not about cats, it's about birds)

@isaactly_s beautiful!

the ending  🤩

@bazkie 😂😂😂
Rehearsed, though missed the note at the first "meow" 😋

Thank you! 🥰

@isaactly_s
Miss Brainslug had indeed forgotten but only because she has an alien slug parasiting her neurones. However, she's even happier to remember it now and looking forward to hearing it!

[Earphones in]
[Volume up]

@isaactly_s
Ooooooh!

Thank you!
@isaactly_s
(I can't play guitar, so now I understand what you meant by it being difficult - those quick accord changes look indeed tricky but you mastered them nevertheless.)

@missbrainslug hahaha! Any REAL guitar player would find that easier than it looks, not me though 😅

Glad you liked it 🥰 and that it took you by surprise because you forgot 😅

@isaactly_s @missbrainslug I loved it! Were you looking at your cat while you were singing the meow meows?
@eco_amandine awwww thanks so much 🥰
😅 No, my cat (Fariña) was basking in the sun in another room, but he has collaborated in previous recordings 😸
@missbrainslug
@isaactly_s @missbrainslug that was really good and you have a really nice singing voice! 🙂 and you do sorta sound like cat stevens (no pun intended) 🤭
@emily_rugburn thank uuuuu 🥰
Hahahaha! Are you sure? Cat Stevens?!? Maybe some day if I'm feeling brave (I doubt it)
@missbrainslug
@isaactly_s yeah i think you do!
@isaactly_s have you ever played live? like at an open mic night?
@emily_rugburn live yes, many times, but never on my own, always with a band. I don't think I could 😅
@isaactly_s oh yeah? with bands? what kind of music?

@emily_rugburn this one was the most popular, we played on the radio a few times 😅

https://youtu.be/rl7W3feRjL4?si=7eys1RJ_xMzOug8k

BUROFAX - TIENE QUE SER @MaravillasClub 11/09/2015 @lasisterhood @Burofax_

YouTube
@isaactly_s thats was really good actually! do you all still play together?
@emily_rugburn nope. Actually, they wanted to make a come-back of sorts just a couple of months ago, but I said no 🙈 I don't feel like playing with people anymore
@emily_rugburn this one is more recent, and I played bass
https://ibizaelgrupo.bandcamp.com/album/vitiza
Vitiza, by Ibiza

4 track album

Ibiza
@isaactly_s thats recent? that was almost a decade ago! 🤭
@emily_rugburn haha! More recent, not simply recent 😅
@isaactly_s "relatively recent" 🤣
@isaactly_s why dont you want to play with anyone anymore?
@emily_rugburn I don't know... Don't have the energy nor the motivation, plus I don't feel "musical"
@isaactly_s i always figured people who play music just want to play it all the time
@emily_rugburn sometimes you go through rough patches. This is a long one 😓
@isaactly_s awww sad but youre still playing acoustic stuff so thats good right?
@emily_rugburn yes, it's a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. I guess.
@isaactly_s when did you start playing guitar?
@isaactly_s thanks for the prompt @missbrainslug,
meow meow everyone 🤩😻