Blog #5

 Lil Wayne "How to Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Gf4-eT3w0&ob=av2e

Andrew Garcia & Joseph Vincent "How to Love" Cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_d-TvutYl4

     The two different versions of "How to Love" have some similarities and some differences. The song is originally a Lil Wayne song but Andrew Garcia and Joseph Vincent do a cover of it. Therefore when addressing lyrics the original and the cover follow the same lyrics and Andrew changes nothing. Both songs have the same melody although the cover plays with a harmony because there are two people in the cover version and it creates a nice overall flow and uniqueness to the song. Rhythm in the songs is regular and the rhythm in Lil Wayne's original version of the song is driven by the bass, guitar, synth beat and the drums. While in Andrew Garcia's cover version of the song the rhythm is driven by the guitar and even the snapping of fingers. Both songs have a soft intensity, at one point in the cover version Andrew's voice gets louder but for the most part the soft overall tone of the voices create a low intensity. This concept is the same when Lil Wayne sings it, although he uses an autotuner and he can't really sing, the overall quality of his voice is soft. Pitch is where the two songs differ. Andrew and Joseph's cover has a higher pitch due to their high pitched guitars and their higher pitched voices. Lil Wayne has a deeper voice which creates a lower pitch. The speed of the song is slow in both versions. The voice moves at a slow tempo and the artists try to stretch out phrases. The organization is also the same because Andrew's cover follows Lil Wayne's original. The pattern is verse chorus then another verse and so on. Timbre is another concept that deals with the overall color of the song as a whole. Both the original and the cover are simple.
      Overall I enjoy Andrew and Joseph's cover 100 times more than the original Lil Wayne version. Not only is Lil Wayne a rapper, therefore he should stick to rapping, I love the harmony and the beautiful tone that Andrew and Joseph have.