The Ashley/Hayley Project

ashleygmusic: UNTIL TOMORROW (Paramore cover) Recorded October...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500

UNTIL TOMORROW (Paramore cover)
Recorded October 2009
Vocals / Midi instruments: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Final Mixing: Gab Aguila
Original song by Paramore
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It was only recently that I found out that the real title of this is Breathe. I didn’t know ‘cause I only downloaded this track off Limewire a while back. Hee! Instruments completely done in midi by me. And then final mixing was done by my good friend Gab. :D

ashleygmusic: NEW VERSION OF BRICK BY BORING BRICK (Paramore...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:55 -0500

ashleygmusic:

NEW VERSION OF
BRICK BY BORING BRICK (Paramore cover)

I finally used a real microphone to record the vocals, and not just the built-in mic of my Mac. :p

Recorded October 2009
Guitars: Tericia Diaz
Vocals / Fake bass and synths: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Original song by Paramore
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This one’s so damn hard to sing! Not that all their other songs are any easier. Hayley, you are a goddess. *hearts* haha! This was a collaboration with my good friend, partner-in-crime, and tastebuddy Teki. She did the guitars. I sang, mixed, and inputted some midi stuff into it, too. :)

You can listen to all my midi stuff when you click on this link.

ashleygmusic: LET THE FLAMES BEGIN (Paramore cover) Recorded...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:46:37 -0500

ashleygmusic:

LET THE FLAMES BEGIN (Paramore cover)
Recorded November 2008
Guitars/vocals: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Original song by Paramore
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One of Riot’s best, methinks. My band Hymn of Siren plays the live Final Riot version all the time. <3

ashleygmusic: DECODE (Paramore cover) Recorded October 2008...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:34:25 -0500

ashleygmusic:

DECODE (Paramore cover)
Recorded October 2008
Guitars/vocals/everything: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Original song by Paramore

My most popular one to date! Garnering 110,322 plays on imeem. Even though my guitar strings were so so old already and couldn’t be tuned right, which was super obvious in the intro, people still liked it because of the Twilight craze. :D

ashleygmusic: WHEN IT RAINS (Paramore Cover) Recorded January...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:28:30 -0500

ashleygmusic:

WHEN IT RAINS (Paramore Cover)
Recorded January 2008
Guitars/vocals: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Original song by Paramore

One of the easiest ones to record, which is exactly why I did it haha. Not totally accurate, I guess, but you do have to consider that I study everything myself by ear. I never rely on online tabs because most of the time they don’t sound right. *sweatdrop*

ashleygmusic: MY HEART (Paramore Cover) Recorded December 2007...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:23:51 -0500

ashleygmusic:

MY HEART (Paramore Cover)
Recorded December 2007
Guitars/vocals: Ashley Gosiengfiao
Original song by Paramore

This was my first ever Paramore home recording! As you can so obviously see (or hear, rather), I recorded this one even if I was having a stuffy nose. Hey, it was a boring Christmas break! And a friend requested that I do it, so yes, I didn’t care if I sounded bad. :p

ashleygmusic: THE BESTIDAS AT AFTERSHOCK (Full) Live recording...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:14 -0500

ashleygmusic:

THE BESTIDAS AT AFTERSHOCK (Full)
Live recording July 2006
♥ “Here We Go Again” by Paramore
♥ “Love Fool” by The Cardigans
♥ “Carousel” by Paramita

Here’s a live recording of one of my bands in high school, The Bestidas, as we played a few covers of our favorite bands back then. Of course, Paramore was one of them. And yeah, we sucked bigtime. HAHA. I was the lead guitarist/3rd vocalist.

Stats

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:02:30 -0500

I did a recount and realized I’ve done more Paramore covers than I thought!

Recorded/Filmed:
My Heart (2007)
When it rains (2008)
Decode (2008)
Franklin (2008)
Let The Flames Begin (2008)
Brick by Boring Brick (2009)
Breathe (2009)

Live:
Conspiracy (2005)
Here We Go Again (2006)
My Heart (2007)
That’s What You Get (2007)
Let This Go (2007)

I was on the plane back to Manila yesterday from my mom’s hometown, Catarman, when a sort-of...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:28:33 -0500

I was on the plane back to Manila yesterday from my mom’s hometown, Catarman, when a sort-of genius plan suddenly hit me, or at least I’d like to think it was. I did the usual, the thing I always did on plane rides, on boring trips, in the bathroom, before going to sleep, or whenever my ears were vacant. I whipped out my iPod (my friend’s, actually, ‘cause mine’s been broken for a few months now) and hit the play button on my D: Paramore playlist, D for discography if you haven’t figured that out yet.

As I was listening to Playing God and trying to break down the different tracks one by one in my head as I’d planned to record a cover song of it next, I suddenly recalled watching Julie and Julia a couple of weeks back, and how Julie had completed a recipe or two from Julia’s cookbook a day and blog about it.

Then it hit me. I’ve been covering Paramore’s songs for a few years now. Then I thought, why not make a project out of it, too, like Julie did? Of course I wouldn’t be able to update everyday since studying and recording songs is quite tedious, and my skills aren’t anywhere near the gods’, oh I mean Paramore’s. But it’s still worth a shot, right? It’s gonna be a good excuse, too, to be able to cover as many Paramore songs as I want. Teehee!

And who knows. They might even hear about this blog and hate me about it too, just like how Julia hated Julie’s Julia blog. I hope not haha. I’m pretty sure they won’t, though. They’re very friendly to their fans! <3

So yes. This is proof that I am indeed one huge Parawhore. Been one for the past 5 or 6 years I think. Back when nobody knew about them yet. I remember singing Conspiracy with my band in high school and everyone thinking it was one of our originals. Haha. How I wish.

I’m pretty sure that I won’t be falling out of love with the band in this lifetime, which is why I’ve decided to invest my time in this. I’m also hoping that in this way, Paramore would be helping me improve on my musicality, even in the most indirect way possible. Geez, I’m such a fan.

I just know that this project is going to be epic. I just KNOW it!!! *crosses fingers*

*and then gets hit by a bus*

Oh and about the blog name, Ashley and Hayley? I chose it ‘cause it sounds a lot better than Ashley and Paramore. It rhymes! *gets the chills lol*

You can listen to my other songs, ALL my songs in fact, both covers and originals, on my music blog AshleyGMusic.Tumblr.Com :D

So let’s see. I think I’ve done 6 Paramore covers so far. 3 more in the works. I’ve got a looong way to go. Cheer me on? :D

<3
Ashley Gosiengfiao