MUSIC: Cover request challenge Week 1 - Each winning request gets 50% of the post rewards!

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Hello everybody on HIVE, and especially the Music Community. My name is Jasper and I'm writing (and singing) to you from Cape Town, South Africa.

So far, I am still quite new to HIVE, and with about 1100HP to my name, my upvote on other people's posts is still quite small. I find that I am really grateful for everybody who has been voting up my posts to get me to this stage, and I wish that I could give people larger rewards myself in thanks.

Lately I have been using Ecency points to boost other people's posts and that certainly helps me to support other people's accounts (when I have the Ecency points to share) - but I was wondering if I could do more for the people that interact with me?

And so I have come up with an idea that I hope will really work!

I would like to do a weekly cover request post on the Music Community, where I share 50% of the post rewards in HP with the account that requested the winning cover song in the comments of the previous week's post.

To get started, I asked my friends on the newly formed "Hive South Africa" community to give me some requests, and what an eclectic bunch of requests they were, many of which I had never heard in my life before, such as songs from old South African bands, 21 Pilots, and even introduction music to Anime shows. Wow I learnt a lot!

Eventually, for this first edition, I have chosen @pixelhuntersam as the winner! She chose "Toss a Coin to your Witcher" - the first song that the bard sings for Geralt in "The Witcher" series! Here is the original which is made to sound like it's from the middle-ages to go with the TV show:

But she also suggested I watch this version to see how I could have fun with the song:

To be honest, I'm actually on a roadtrip for work at the moment, and don't have my normal microphone and amp with me... but I did bring along a guitar and sat myself in the bathroom of the guesthouse I'm staying in to have enough lighting and a small room so that I'd hopefully be loud enough to sing for you.

This was a challenging song to sing because of the impressive range! I will leave the lyrics down below!

But first I would like to encourage everybody reading this to think hard and to leave a comment with a cover song that you would like me to try for next Thursday's post? Again, I will share 50% of the post rewards with the account that makes the suggestion I choose - so what do you have to lose?

Lyrics

When a humble bard
Graced a ride along
With Geralt of Rivia
Along came this song
From when the White Wolf fought
A silver-tongued devil
His army of elves
At his hooves did they revel
They came after me
With masterful deceit
Broke down my lute
And they kicked in my teeth
While the devil's horns
Minced our tender meat
And so cried the Witcher
He can't be bleat
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Oh, Valley of Plenty
Oh, Valley of Plenty, oh
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Oh, Valley of Plenty
At the edge of the world
Fight the mighty horde
That bashes and breaks you
And brings you to mourn
He thrust every elf
Far back on the shelf
High up on the mountain
From whence it came
He wiped out your pest
Got kicked in his chest
He's a friend of humanity
So give him the rest
That's my epic tale
Our champion prevailed
Defeated the villain
Now pour him some ale
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Oh, Valley of Plenty
Oh, Valley of Plenty, oh
Toss a coin to your Witcher
A friend of humanity
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Oh, Valley of Plenty
Oh, Valley of Plenty, oh
Toss a coin to your Witcher
A friend of humanity
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Oh, Valley of Plenty
Oh, Valley of Plenty, ah-ah, oh
Toss a coin to your Witcher
A friend of humanity

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jenny Klein / Sonya Belousova


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I have a request!!!

I knew the right song would come to me!


Acoustic No 3- Googoodolls

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Very beautiful song but would it be nepotism to choose you as the winner? Perhaps we get a bonus song next week! Haha

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hahahahahaaha you drive a hard bargain! I'm in :p

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Yowzer! This is one hell of a song to cover! Well done @JasperDick! You never cease to amaise me!

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Thank you so much! Are you also going to start taking requests?

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totally. I will make a post about it when I do @pixelhuntersam 's request methinks? I'll pick a different day to you though. Probably a Sunday. Her request is a cool one to launch it.

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AMA-zing performance Jasper! You rocked it!

I'll just keep my request on Chlorine from 21 Pilots lol 😜 !LUV

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Hahaha... Doubling down... You must really like this song!

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Oh man!
You killed this!

You seriously took my mind back to this movie. I remember when the bard composed this song for Geralt 😅😅 hahaha... With his words, he cooks up both stories that happened and stories that didn't. But when he makes his composition and sings them as songs, they become history and pass down from generation to generations.

Geralt got tired of him at many times but people like this don't get to leave you so easily.

This was a wonderful piece you shared with us, and I enjoyed it. You Sang more like the bard, and more contemporary than him... I love the percussion effect you also gave with the stamp of your foot.

Great Music friend!
Greetings from Nigeria 🇳🇬

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Awesome I'm so glad somebody knows the song and where it comes from! Thanks for the compliments!

Next week is open to anyone! Please have a think and request a song you would like me to try?

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Hehehe, goosebumps from your version! And that is a huge compliment!
Thank you so much! Keep watching The Witcher it's pretty awesome. I am still meaning to finish playing the games and reading the actual books. Fun fact, the bard's name in the games is Dandelion, haha.

You are an awesome musician and singer. And an awesome person all around! Keep on rocking on! 💜

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Well done on winning week 1! A challenging song but still makes sense for a single guitar and voice to attempt!

Can you win again? Please try!

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Ooooo, I get to make another suggestion?! Dang, I'll have to think about this one.

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My goodness brother! What a great song, your performance is very powerful and energetic. I was very moved by your presentation!

I had not heard the original song before, but I think I liked your acoustic version much more, you really put a style that fits it perfectly and makes it more brilliant. 🎶💯👊🤩🎼🎵👏🤘🍻🙏

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Thank you my friend! So the person who asked me to play this song is going to earn 50% of the post rewards in HP and I hope to do it again next Thursday with any other songs people ask for. Do you have a favourite song you would like me to try for you?

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Brother, I've been thinking and I think this song would be perfect! This is an excellent initiative Bro! I hope you like this recommendation. 😃🤩👊💯🙏

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Damn man , loved it! Sounds amazing ,especially the chorus with the rising high note.

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Thank you so much!

Please have a think and send me a song cover request you think I could tackle? I mean it when I say I will share 50% of the post reward with the person who requested the song I chose!

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I've been enjoying singing this one lately. Maybe give it a shot?

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brilliant work man I was blown away can wait to hear the next.😁🤯

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