thanks guys.

Actually, I altered the lead line very little. The main thing that makes it sound so different is that I just used the same melody in a different key. I'm singing the melody as though the song were in the key of D, but playing chords in E minor. So it makes a bunch of minor ninth and eleventh chords that creates this interesting texture. I did alter the melody very slightly in the B section, but the verses melody really hasn't changed.

Honestly, I think my version sounds more lonesome and forelorn than the original, with its peppy arrangement. It is an oddball project to be sure.

I'm working on another oddball project too. A gypsy jazz version of the cantina song from star wars. anybody here do gypsy jazz style violin? I can't do it, but a violin would be cool in the starwars arrangement.

[This message has been edited by FAEbGBD (edited 04-02-2007).]