The Blue Stones Cover "A Thousand Miles" On The Spot

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In this episode of Covers On The Spot, Tarek and Justin of The Blue Stones are given an afternoon to transform one of the most recognizable piano melodies of the 2000s into a gritty rock performance. Watch them deconstruct, rebuild, and completely reinvent the song using fuzzed-out guitars, punchy drums, and experimentation. They work through frustration, collaboration, and inspiration to come up with an incredibly catchy version of their own.  Try 7 Days Of Musora FREE (Drumeo, Pianote, Guitareo, Singeo) ► https://www.musora.com/trial-yt?vid=E...  Listen to The Blue Stones: ►https://open.spotify.com/artist/5VPCI... _____________________ Chapters:  00:00 - The Intro 01:28 - The Rules 01:49 - Reacting to the Song 03:25 - Creating the Cover 12:00 - First Take 13:41 - Final Performance _____________________  Follow @thebluestonesduo ►Instagram:   / thebluestones   ►Facebook:   / thebluestonesmusic   ►  / thebluestones    Follow Ron Jackson  ►Instagram:    / ronalddjackson    Follow us: ►Website https://musora.com/  ►Instagram:   / musoraofficial   ►Facebook:   / musoramedia   ►TikTok:   / musoraofficial   _____________________  #Musora #TheBlueStones #VanessaCarlton

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00:00So in a moment, I'm gonna play you a song.

00:02We're nervous.

00:07Dude, I'm so stoked.

00:08I'm not.

00:09Recreate that song in your own style.

00:11It's not that I disagree with you, I'm just having a hard time.

00:14I wouldn't worry too much about that.

00:16I don't know.

00:18Sorry.

00:20Oh, this is really cool.

00:22Oh, yeah, that's good.

00:27Yeah, that's the riff.

00:29That's where we gotta have that.

00:34You looked worried at the beginning.

00:35I was worried.

00:36I was worried.

00:37Alright, so we are at Muzora Studio with Tarek and Justin of the Blue Stones.

00:50Gentlemen, welcome here.

00:51Thanks for having us.

00:52Thanks for having us.

00:53Alright, so Jen was telling me earlier, Justin, you're actually familiar with what we do here.

00:58Are you familiar with the Drumeo platform?

00:59A hundred percent.

01:00Yeah, I've been subscribed for, I mean, however long the channel's been around.

01:04And I remember like the first time that we had some shows around Windsor, I was like, how to tune drums.

01:10And Jared's video came up and I was like subscribed ever since.

01:13That's awesome.

01:14Yeah, that's cool.

01:15And that's kind of like our heart and soul is music education.

01:18I think it's really cool to see like a band so successful putting yourself on the spot like this.

01:24Well, we're nervous.

01:25We'll see.

01:27We'll see how that goes.

01:28So in a moment, I'm going to play you a song and it's going to be your challenge to recreate that song in your own style.

01:34You can do whatever you want, change lyrics, rhythms, tempos, chords, whatever.

01:40But at the end of the day, it has to be uniquely yours.

01:43Okay.

01:44You ready?

01:45Let's do it.

01:46Here we go.

01:47Oh my God.

01:57Wow.

01:58I'm so happy.

02:00Making my way downtown.

02:01Walking fast.

02:02Faces pass and I'm homebound.

02:06Then I play yes.

02:08Wow.

02:09Oh my God.

02:11And I need you.

02:13Oh.

02:14And I miss you.

02:16And now I wonder if I could fall into the sky.

02:25Do you think time wouldn't pass me by?

02:30Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight.

02:41Hell yeah.

02:42Okay.

02:43First impressions.

02:44Dude, I'm so stoked.

02:45I'm not.

02:46Really man?

02:47I am.

02:48I am so stoked.

02:49That's okay.

02:50That's okay.

02:51That's okay.

02:52That's okay.

02:53So obviously people know the song, but the title is?

02:56Thousand miles?

02:57It's a thousand miles.

02:58Okay.

02:59There you go.

03:00Vanessa Carpenter.

03:01Of course.

03:02Vanessa Carpenter.

03:03Oh, Carlton.

03:04Vanessa Carlton.

03:05Okay.

03:06Yes.

03:07Of course.

03:08Okay.

03:09Sweet.

03:10So.

03:11I mean, I think it's in B major.

03:12We can put it minor Tarek.

03:13That's what I'm thinking.

03:14I think we actually should.

03:15I think we actually should.

03:16Might be cool.

03:17Do we know?

03:18Do you have the key?

03:19Yeah.

03:20I got lyrics and chords here for you.

03:21Okay.

03:22Oh, okay.

03:23Yeah.

03:24Yeah.

03:25Absolutely.

03:26I'm thinking we do the keys part Tarek as like a, like one of your like arpeggiated synth

03:34kind of things.

03:39Uh, yep.

03:40Sorry.

03:41I'm just cooking a little bit here.

03:43One second.

03:44Yeah.

03:49Yeah.

03:50I guess my question is how are we going to change this song?

03:52I got some ideas Tarek.

03:53Just give me a sec.

03:54Let me, uh, let me set up this loop for these guys.

03:57Are you going to be using your, uh, your laptop again to listen to some playback stuff?

04:01Not right now.

04:02I just, uh, eventually we're gonna, eventually.

04:05Yeah.

04:06Yep.

04:07Hmm.

04:15Actually Marcel, it might be good to set it up.

04:26Okay.

04:27So you want to go like, like softer?

04:28It, don't think of what I'm playing right now as like, this is the whole song.

04:32I see it.

04:33I see it.

04:34I see it.

04:35Right.

04:36I just, we've got to have an intro.

04:37Yeah.

04:38You do.

04:39Yeah.

04:40I'm going to set this up.

04:41Here.

04:42I'll shoot.

04:43Where is the, I thought I saw, where's the playback?

04:45Yep.

04:46That's standard.

04:47Those like last two ports.

04:49Yeah.

04:50Okay.

04:51Oh, Boston.

04:53That's great.

04:54Signal coming down the baseline.

04:55Okay.

04:56What are you trying to do over there?

04:57I'm trying to figure out this.

04:58I'm just going to like Google the, that, that keys part and see what it looks like when

05:04it's transposed.

05:05Are you looking for actual like notation for the song?

05:06Yeah.

05:07We have it on piano.

05:08Oh, we have the, the music notation.

05:09Do you want us to bring that into you as well?

05:10Yeah.

05:11Yeah.

05:12Yeah.

05:13Yeah.

05:14Yeah.

05:15Yeah.

05:16Yeah.

05:17Yeah.

05:18That'd be great.

05:19Just for the, just for the lick.

05:20Like the banana.

05:21Yeah.

05:22Yeah.

05:23And just so you know, for our Muzora members, we have the music notation.

05:25Yeah.

05:26Yeah.

05:27Yeah.

05:28Yeah.

05:29Yeah.

05:30Yeah.

05:31Yeah.

05:32Yeah.

05:33Yeah.

05:34Muzora members.

05:35We have thousands of music sheets over.

05:37I wouldn't worry too much about that.

05:39You don't.

05:40I feel like that's such the thing.

05:42I don't think we have to do the.

05:44I'm not saying do it.

05:47I'm saying like map it out.

05:48So then we're like, okay, this is how we're going to like.

05:50I think what I would do is just play it like.

05:53I see.

05:58Okay.

05:59Like if anything, like that will be the throwback to whatever that is.

06:04That will be what it is.

06:05Okay.

06:06And like, I would layer that on top of what we're building now.

06:10What's the main, like what, what guitar part are you going to play?

06:15I'm, I'm almost thinking like a, a double time in the same way that Billy Toffee is.

06:24Okay.

06:25I, I don't know.

06:26Like it.

06:27I'm sorry.

06:28I'm just, I, it's not that I disagree with you.

06:29I'm just having a hard time picturing what you're saying.

06:32Yeah.

06:33Like.

06:34Making my way downtown.

06:35Walking fast.

06:36Bates is passing.

06:37I'm homebound.

06:42Oh, I see what you're saying now.

06:44That's.

06:45That's.

06:46Yeah.

06:47Yeah.

06:48Yeah.

06:49Yeah.

06:50Absolutely.

06:51Yeah.

06:52Dude.

06:53That's going to be fucking cool.

06:54Yeah.

06:55Like you think of like the.

06:56Like something going in the background.

06:57Like it's just.

06:58Great.

07:02What's the tempo you have going right now?

07:05This is 95.

07:06So wait, what did you.

07:07Go to 89.

07:08Is it what?

07:10Maybe bring it up to 90.

07:11I'm just wondering if we should do this closer to the 95.

07:15Like.

07:16Our pocket is 92.

07:17Is the pitch too low?

07:19Yeah.

07:20Maybe try a little bit higher.

07:21Try this.

07:22Okay.

07:23Try this.

07:24No.

07:25Just.

07:26Okay.

07:27How about this?

07:28Yep.

07:29Let's just get our verse and our pre down.

07:31Okay.

07:32Let's go from the verse into the pre and just see what comes down.

07:47The only thing is I'm not.

07:48I don't know.

07:49Does the double time feel weird right now?

07:51Do you want to try it not?

07:53I think you played exactly the same and I will not do.

07:56Mess around.

07:57Mess around.

07:58Oh.

07:59Let's.

08:00Let's.

08:01Let's.

08:02Let's.

08:03Yeah.

08:04Let's.

08:05Let's.

08:06Let's.

08:07Yeah.

08:08That's really good.

08:09So like.

08:10Let's like evolve on that.

08:11That's really good.

08:12I just gotta get the.

08:13I'm here and I need you.

08:14Right.

08:15I need you.

08:16And I miss you.

08:17And now I wonder.

08:19If I.

08:20It's gonna be more.

08:21Riding one note.

08:22Cause I think if I play with chords.

08:23It gets too muddy.

08:24Doesn't sound bad to me.

08:25Yeah.

08:26Okay.

08:27Especially like the higher than the neck you go.

08:28Yeah.

08:29The less muddy it is.

08:30Yes.

08:31I miss you.

08:32I miss you.

08:33I miss you.

08:34And now I wonder.

08:35If I.

08:36It's gonna be more.

08:37Riding one note.

08:38Cause I think if I play with chords.

08:40It gets too muddy.

08:41Doesn't sound bad to me.

08:42Yeah.

08:43Okay.

08:44Especially like the higher than the neck you go.

08:45Yeah.

08:46The less muddy it is.

08:47Yes.

08:48I miss you.

08:49I miss you.

08:50The sun needs you.

08:52I miss you.

08:53I miss you.

08:55Okay.

08:56So we got verse.

08:57We got pre-chorus.

08:58Okay.

08:59Yeah.

09:00We just gotta have a bomb ass fucking chorus here.

09:02Yeah.

09:03So again.

09:04Thinking about like the stuff that's iconic to this song.

09:07You know.

09:08The piano part.

09:09Yeah.

09:10Um.

09:11It doesn't have to be the exact same.

09:12Yeah.

09:13But as long as we represent it as like.

09:14Oh that's cool that that's what they did with the piano part.

09:18And it's still like.

09:20Is recognizable as like.

09:21Yeah.

09:22The part.

09:23Yeah.

09:24You know.

09:25There's a lot of chords.

09:26And it's like.

09:27Where does it.

09:28Where's the riff.

09:29Like I think.

09:30If people were to be like.

09:31What is gonna make this a Bluestones cover.

09:32Is like a big riff.

09:33Yes.

09:41Actually that would be after.

09:43Because doesn't she have a post in this song too.

09:46Yeah.

09:47That's the riff.

09:48Like that's where I'm like.

09:49That's where we gotta have that.

09:51Yeah.

09:54Can you adjust like the um.

09:56The rate.

09:57The rate.

09:58I.

09:59I wish I knew this more.

10:01Um.

10:02But I don't really.

10:04Okay.

10:05Play again.

10:09You were closer before.

10:11Uh.

10:12Fuck.

10:13See.

10:14This is why I wanna.

10:15Use my shit.

10:16Because I know.

10:17I know.

10:18Cause you know.

10:19If there's like a basic arpeggiator.

10:20Right.

10:21There's something you might like.

10:22Here.

10:23The problem is too.

10:24We gotta record it.

10:25Right.

10:26I know.

10:27Fuck.

10:28If I had my fucking thing.

10:30I know.

10:31The only other thing is.

10:32There's a profit.

10:33Oh.

10:34This is really cool.

10:35Oh.

10:36That's so good.

10:37Uh.

10:38Fuck.

10:39How do I do that though?

10:40What do you mean?

10:41How do we include that?

10:42Just track it.

10:43Yeah.

10:44Um.

10:45It's just gonna be tracked.

10:46Yeah.

10:47Yeah.

10:48Yeah.

10:49Yeah.

10:50Yeah.

10:51Yeah.

10:52Yeah.

10:53Yeah.

10:54Yeah.

10:55Yeah.

10:56Yeah.

10:57Yeah.

10:58Now.

10:59I wanna see if we can find something for what I'm saying for the uh.

11:06The in between?

11:07After the.

11:08Oh yeah.

11:09Okay.

11:10You know what I mean?

11:11Like that.

11:12Yeah.

11:13Hold the chords.

11:14Hold the.

11:15So like.

11:16Yeah.

11:17Is that like.

11:20I'd rather like just play it.

11:22You know what I mean?

11:23Like that?

11:34Oh yeah.

11:35That's good.

11:36That's good.

11:37That's fucking awesome.

11:38That's good.

11:39That's fucking sweet.

11:40Yeah.

11:41I'm glad you're having fun.

11:42You looked worried at the beginning.

11:44I was worried.

11:45I was worried.

11:46It's so dope though.

11:47The key takeaway here is like.

11:49A good song is a good song.

11:51Yeah.

11:52True.

11:53No matter how you play it.

11:54That's the nice thing about it.

11:56It's like.

11:57If you paint it a different way.

11:58It's still gonna be awesome.

11:59Like.

12:00Yeah.

12:01Are you guys ready for a take?

12:02Let's do it.

12:03Let's do it.

12:16I'm not here in the belt.

12:17Steve.

12:18I had the track off.

12:19Even when I fucking have it, I can't get it.

12:31Do you want a vocal cue?

12:32Nah.

12:33It's okay.

12:34I'll get it this time.

12:35I will get it.

12:36Making my way through the crowd.

12:37Fuck.

12:38Fuck.

12:39Yeah.

12:40Kick myself when I miss those things.

12:41Okay.

12:42We're so close.

12:43I feel bad.

12:44I'm like, ah fuck.

12:45I'm eating into their Saturday right now.

12:46Oh, don't worry about us.

12:47You guys have so much footage to go through.

12:48Oh my God.

12:49I do not envy you.

12:50Yeah.

12:51Oh, dude.

12:52Welcome to our life, man.

12:53I'm making my way down time.

12:54Walking fast, phases pass and I'm home bound.

12:57Oh dude.

12:58You're gonna love the town.

12:59I'm so excited to miss the crowd.

13:00But I'll get it this time in the mood.

13:01I'll drop the crowd.

13:02I'll drop the crowd.

13:03Gonna drop the crowd.

13:04I'll drop the crowd.

13:05Before, rrrr.

13:06Fuck.

13:07I'll drop the crowd.

13:09Fuck.

13:10Yeah.

13:11I'll kick myself when I miss those things.

13:13Okay.

13:14We're so close.

13:15I feel bad.

13:16I'm like, ah fuck.

13:17I'm eating into their Saturday right now.

13:18Don't worry about us.

13:19Yeah, it's like, where do I?

13:30I'm sweating up in here.

13:31It's pretty close.

13:32It was pretty damn close.

13:33Yeah.

13:34There was a second there where we almost broke up as a band.

13:39Let's get these people home.

13:49I'm making my way downtown, barking flash, faces passing homebound.

14:04I'm staring blankly ahead, just making my way, making my way through the crowd.

14:12Yes, I need you, and I miss you.

14:21And now I wonder if I could fall into the sky.

14:31Do you think time would pass me by?

14:35Oh, cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you.

14:46It's always times like this when I think of you, and I wonder if you ever think of me.

14:53Cause everything's so wrong and I don't belong living in your precious memory.

15:08Cause I need you, and I miss you.

15:13And now I wonder if I could fall into the sky.

15:23Do you think time would pass me by?

15:27Oh, cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you.

15:36Do you think time would pass me by?

15:59And I, I don't wanna let you know I, I, drown in your memory I, I, don't wanna let this go I, I, don't

16:20Making my way downtown Walking fast Faces past and I'm homebound

16:30Very plainly ahead Making my way, making my way through the crowd

16:38If I could fall into the sky You think time would pass us by

16:50Oh, cause you know I walked a thousand miles If I could just see you tonight

17:08All right, tell me what that experience was like for you guys

17:35Honestly a roller coaster It was, it was scary at first, very scary

17:39But yeah, I actually feel quite amazing with how that went, I have to say

17:45Yeah, you seemed like a little bit hesitant at the beginning on the song

17:49And I think I saw it really come together for you

17:52Yeah, it just, when you hear a cover or you're expected to play a cover

17:55It's, you immediately think like, oh I need to play it the way that it was written

17:58But then you realize like, well no, the whole point is you play it the way that you would play it

18:02Exactly

18:03And I think we got there

18:04Yeah

18:05Do you think that there's like, any habit that you've built over time

18:09That allowed you to do this challenge well, like as a musician?

18:15I think just like, the songwriting process of where we're like, we have no problem scrapping direction

18:22If we've like, gone down a path and it's not working, it's like, forget about it

18:25True

18:26Like, let's just move on and a big one is like, when we're like, screwing around and choosing presets and stuff

18:33I think a lot of musicians get too deep in the weeds of like, where we were like, open the envelope a little bit

18:39Oh no, bring it back a little bit, give me more of like a filter on it

18:41It's like, man, those presets are great, just choose a preset

18:44Yeah

18:45Like, we're really good with that

18:46Put something down

18:47Yeah

18:48Yeah

18:49It's better to just like, move quickly on that

18:50Yeah

18:51Knowing when to stop, for sure

18:52Yeah, exactly

18:53So how close do you think you got to like, your sound?

18:56On a scale of one to ten, if you had to pick a number

18:58Oof, ah

19:00Like, uh

19:01I mean, like our, like, would this be a song that would come out of like, the Bluestones catalogue?

19:06I mean, it's like a six or a seven, the only thing that I would say is a little, uh, is a little different is the pre-chorus

19:13True

19:14Like, we wouldn't really do moves like that

19:16That is very true

19:17Like, we don't really do that very much

19:18Yeah, I'd say, I'd say that's right, six to a seven

19:20Yeah

19:21Is how close I feel that it was

19:22Yeah

19:23Well, I'm curious to see what your fans are gonna say in the comments

19:25Yeah, same

19:26Yeah, same

19:27If there was one group or band that you know of that you could call out that you think would be awesome at this challenge, who would it be?

19:35Oh, that's a great question

19:37Um, I would say someone with some like, flexibility or like, uh

19:42I would love to see what Desrocks would do

19:45Yeah, yeah

19:46I would call out Desrocks

19:47Okay, well I've been following him, so who knows

19:49Yeah

19:50Yeah

19:51That'd be cool

19:52That'd be good

19:53Alright, thanks guys, that was great

19:54Dude, thank you man

19:55Thank you

19:56Thank you

19:57Yeah, that was awesome

19:58That's great

19:59Thanks everybody

20:00Everybody was incredible

20:01Really, really great

20:02Thank you guys

20:03Very hospitable

20:04This was awesome

20:05Thank you

20:06Thank you

20:07Thank you

20:08Thank you

20:09Thank you

20:10Thank you

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