[YouTube] Simple Plan - Jet Lag (cover)

Hmmm.. have you ever been in a long-distance relationship? or even a long-distance friendship? I guess with social networking sites and technology, it's easier to keep in touch, but it's by no means easy. I know this song doesn't really delve into the deep stuff of long-distance relationships, but for those who are in one, maybe you can relate!

Enjoy =]

http://youtu.be/zjAzH4ttfhQ

[YouTube] Train - Drive By (cover)

Hey hey!!

It's been quite a while since I've posted any sort of video.. sorry =( been super pre-occupied and frankly, a bit lazy!

Anyway lol.. I first heard this song from a cover done by Madilyn Bailey and Jake Coco.. really liked it.. got it stuck in my head.. and here we are =] so I guess my cover is a cover of their cover =D

Not my best stuff but I hope you can enjoy it!

http://youtu.be/jqOyYg46AMI

[YouTube] B2ST - I Knew It (cover)

Hi everyone!

So I'm back with another B2ST cover. I've totally overplayed this song in the past week since it came out but it's sooo goood!! Can't say this is my best singing cover, but I thought the rapping was decent lol. Took quite a while for me to get it down cuz the rhythm was a bit.. unique =]

Anywayz, hope you enjoy it!

Take care and Happy Belated Lunar New Year!

- Nicol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dofHO0i_w9Y

[YouTube] Jason Chen - Gravity (acoustic cover)

Happy New Year!! It's 2012 already.. my, my, time does move fast lol

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season! Mine sure was! I spent a week a resort in the Dominican Republic with my best friend. We're both working full-time and really needed a sunny and hot vacation, and DR weather delivered! The holiday season is meant to be spent with your family though, so this is probably the only time we'll ever do this.

Anyway! So here is my first video of the new year. It's an acoustic cover of Jason Chen's song Gravity, off of his first original EP that just came out - do check it out, it's awesome =]

A couple of things: I just learned the song when I recorded the video so there's not much expression on my face cuz I'm just reading the screen lol.. and my face is scrunched up a lot cuz the chorus notes were quite high for me.. enough so that I squeaked through the end haha.

I hope you enjoy the cover, and thank you for all of your support over the past few years!

Take care ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwGArchrCY

[YouTube] Infinite - Paradise (English rendition)

Hey all!

I know, I know.. I've been lazy =( I don't know why.. I mean, I wrote this 2 months ago but I really had no motivation to record it.. I felt like recording other stuff instead. Anyway, I finally did it, so here it is! Hope you like it!

Peace out =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGBHuVgv2pw

[YouTube] Aziatix - Be With You (English/Korean cover)

Hey y'all! Happy 11.11.11! hehe

So here's my latest cover! When I first heard the song, I lovedddd it.. but since I haven't done any "English renditions" or "Korean renditions" lately.. I thought I should do something of a combination.. *but* I wasn't fully invested into doing the song entirely in Korean because I like singing the original version so much.. so here we are at an English/Korean cover!

The video description says it all pretty much, but I'll re-iterate here. The English lyrics are obviously still the same as the original, but for the Korean lyrics, the chorus is more or less a translation, and the raps are original. I wrote some of the Korean lyrics on my own, and for the parts I was lazy about, I asked my friend to translate my English lyrics for that. And then I got her to check over my Korean lyrics as well.

So there you have it! Here's the video, and I hope you like it ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAaMPZSOVdE

[YouTube] October 27th Piano Improvs

Hey hey, it's me again.. caught this nasty flu so I won't be singing for a while.. (sad face).

Thankfully, I still have enough energy to play the piano! So here are a couple of improvs I did today (well, yesterday).

Enjoy =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrdvEWRrR4



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzxEzWw5x9U

[YouTube] Kanye West/Dia Frampton - Heartless (acoustic cover)

Hey hey hey!

It's been a terribly long time since I've posted a video.. which is bad cuz I'm not even travelling right now lol.. but I *have* been busy.. looking for jobs and whatnot.. and now I'm working fulltime like a real grown-up =(

Anyway lol.. so yes, this is an acoustic cover of Kayne West's song "Heartless", but I did it in Dia Frampton's rendition. For those who don't know, she was the runner up of season 1 of The Voice.

Hope you enjoy the cover =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVKYR8Xx7es

[YouTube] B2ST - Fiction (acoustic cover)

I'm baaack!

Alrighty. So whoever has not been keeping up with my travel blog, I'll fill you in quickly! So basically, I finally finished undergrad, after 6 long years of switching programs, classes and co-op terms, and went on a 2.5-month graduation trip with my two closest friends. We visited Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. It was an amazing trip, unforgettable, and I can't believe it's over already..

But I'm back, and ready to start making YouTube videos again! Yay!

As I've written in the video description, B2ST released their first album Fact & Fiction, and started promoting their title song Fiction, which was a hit and won #1 a whole bunch of times on the music shows. Naturally, I loved the song when I first heard it.. played it over and over.. annoyed my travel mates a bit haha.. and so, I was sure that the first video I wanted to do upon return was none other than this song.

So here it is, an acoustic cover of the song. The piano at the end is done by me. And uhh.. please be gentle, as I'm probably quite out of practice lol.

Enjoy ^_^

- Nicol (hoodie09)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKAivV5b7k

[YouTube] B1A4 - O.K (English rendition)

Alrighty. So here's a new English rendition. Lyrics are a tad weird cuz of the English lyrics they used in the original song like.. "fox" lol.. I guess you could use fox in an English song too, but probably not one this happy-sounding.. meh

Anyway, hope you enjoy it. Might be my last English rendition before my trip but who knows ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhCN59FP5TY

Going on a trip!

The video pretty much says it all.. just finished my last semester of undergrad, and it's the perfect time to go on a long trip! In 2.5 months, I'll be visiting Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and ending off in Korea.

Feel free to leave travel tips and suggestions in the comments. I'll do my best to keep my travel blog updated with pictures and tidbits. In fact, I've already started it with pre-trip stuffs, so check it out ^_^

In the meantime, I hope you guys have a great 2.5 months, and I hope we can stay in touch through my travel blog! Laters =]

Travel blog: http://nix-trips.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGtgrTm0wy8

[YouTube] Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (cover)

Hello hello!

School has been crazy busy this semester.. I guess that comes with it being your last semester of undergrad (woot!), but I wasn't expecting it to be this busy.

Got one exam left on Monday and then it's sweet sweet freedom! All my relatives and other adults always tell me once you start working, you'll miss school.. and each and every time, I've disagreed. I know working in co-op is not exactly the same as working fulltime cuz they probably don't give you as much responsibility, but I definitely enjoyed working more than being at school.. cuz with school, when you come home, you do more work until the middle of the night.. but at work, once 5pm rolls around, the day is over and you can do whatever. We'll see if my opinion ever changes, but I don't feel that it will.

Anyway. Now onto the video! So I chose to do a cover to the Bee Gee's song "How Deep Is Your Love". I've always loved this song, and many other artists and groups have also covered this song. I first did a recording of it back in 2006 with my old crappy mic, and not the full version of the song either. So I wanted to do an improved full version of it.

This may be the last video I do for a while (unless I post another one in the next couple of weeks).. will be going on a trip soon for a few months so I probably won't be posting any videos until I get back. More details on this later.

Hope you enjoy it ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFOhniAbnQ

[YouTube] Justin Bieber - Baby (Korean Rendition)

Hey everyone!

So it's been a while since I've posted a video.. been quite busy with school =.=

I'm taking this one course about mobile robot programming and let's just say robots are a pain to work with.

Anyway! I've been wanting to write Korean songs for a long time (I have 2 originals done so far), but I thought I should start by posting a Korean rendition of an English song. I wrote the lyrics for this about a month ago, but never got around to doing the video.. and alas, instead of finishing my assignment early, I decided it was the perfect time to record a video ;)

So here it is. My Korean rendition of Justin Bieber's hit "Baby". It is not a translation, but a rendition =]

Hope you enjoy it ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x-J4-QeXIc

Happy Year of the Metal Rabbit!!

Hey all!

For those of you who celebrate the Lunar New Year, Happy New Year! 2011 ushers in the year of the metal rabbit. Now there are all sorts of predictions for the year and whatnot, but regardless of what these predictions say, I'm going to make this year my year!

My (dwarf) bunny =] His name is Bunny lol

I've been really busy these days with school (it's my last undergrad semester), so I haven't been able to post any new videos lately. BUT Reading Week (a.k.a. spring break) is coming up in a couple of weeks, so I'm hoping to make a new video then ^_^

Hope everyone has been happy and well =]

Until the next time.. again, I wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year. Eat lots =D

새해 복 많이 많이 받으세요~~

Infinite - BTD (Before The Dawn) (English version/rendition)

Yayyy ^^

First English version of 2011! I was quite excited when I heard this song.. not only because I loved the song and the dance, but because I knew "ahh.. this song could definitely work with English lyrics!". And so here we are =]

The raps for this song were the hardest parts to write because the flow and rhythm of the Korean lyrics weren't really the same as typical English raps so it was hard finding words that would fit.. anyway, this is what I ended up with haha.. hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4m4Lqld3M

Cube Entertainment Global Audition 2011 (updated)

Happy 2011 my lovelies!

Cube Entertainment is holding a YouTube audition via Koreaboo. The details are extensive so I'll link you from here..

http://www.koreaboo.com/cubeaudition/

Thank you to my friend Sandra for letting me know about the audition!

So about my audition clip. I pondered about which song to do.. Initially I was going to sing G.O.D's .길 (Road), and then switched to 나윤권의 기대 (Na Yoon Kwon - Expectation) and then I decided they didn't really showcase what I wanted them to.

I ended up going with an English song from the early 80's - Open Arms originally done by Journey. Why did I choose this song? Not really sure why.. but I love singing it lol. I love singing the G.O.D song too but I dunno.. just felt like doing this one.

The audition details seem to place emphasis on singing live without any post-production. So no adding reverb. I dunno if adding reverb counts, but I thought I'd leave it out just to be safe. And to prove that I wasn't lipsyncing, I chose not to use my condenser mic, and just use the plain old digital camera mic.. not that it would have really made a difference (maybe I was just being lazy haha).

Anyway, again, this preliminary audition is all based on views and votes and shares, although they say they will watch all the entries just in case. So please, watch my audition clip, like it on YouTube (if you liked it) and share it with your friends and family ^^

Thank you for your continued support!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuEL0anBRf4

** edit **

Second audition vid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LYFRNSKySA

겨울이왔다!! / Winter is here!!

겨울이왔어.. 불행하게도. 겨울이 완전히 최소 좋아하는 계절이야. 난 겨울 스포츠 좋아하면, 아마도 겨울 괜찮아.. 하지만 그것은 너무 추워 그리고 더러워. 어디에 살아 가볍게 눈이 오고 있다면, 그리고 온도가 높은보다 4C 있다면, 겨울은 예쁘고 쾌적할 수 있어.. 그렇지만 너무 따뜻하면, 비자금이 많이있을 거야.. 그래서 그것은 여전히 불쾌한 날씨이야. 근데 겨울 온도가 -10C 또는 추워 있다면, 그리고 -20C의 풍속 냉각 온도 있다면, 그리고 대량의 눈이 있다면, 겨울은 너무 싫어.

눈이 많이있다면 난 밖에 나가 필요 없어.. 멀리에서 눈이 감탄하실 수 있어.. 난 겨울 좋아해.. 아니면 터보건으로 미끄러져 내려가.. 나 오랫동안 터보건해 사라하지 않았어. 너무 재미있었어. 언젠가는 스노 보드와 스키를 해보고 싶어. 전 단지 크로스 컨트리 스키를 시도했어.. 하지만 재밌되지 않았어 어렵기 때문에. 정말요? 내 인생의 대부분을 내가 캐나다에 살았어 근데 내리막 스키를 한 번도 안 해봤어.. 정말 웃기지.. 올해 안에.. 어쩌면..

또한 겨울 독감의 계절이다. 지난 달 두번 이미 독감을 잡았지.. 하지만 난 그 별로 얘기하지 않아.

여튼 난 희망이 모두의 휴가 시즌이 너무 너무 쾌적할거야! 따뜻하게 입고 건강을 유지해 ^_^

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Winter is here.. how sad. Winter is definitely my least favourite of all seasons. Maybe it'd be alright if I were into winter sports, but even so.. it's so nasty and cold outside. If you live in a place where it snows lightly, and doesn't get colder than -4C then sure.. winter might be pretty and nice.. although if it's that warm during winter, you're likely to get a lottt of slush, which is still pretty unpleasant.. But if winter means -10C or colder, and windchill temperatures of -20C, and it snows in load fulls.. it's horrible.

The only thing I enjoy about winter is if it snows a lot and I don't have to go outside.. and you can admire it from far away =] or if you're going tobogganing.. but I haven't done that in years. It's awesome though. One day I want to try snowboarding and skiing.. I've only been cross-country skiing, which is way too much work to be fun. Can you believe it though? I've lived in Canada for almost my entire life, and I've never gone downhill skiing? Disgraceful XD.. who knows, maybe this year it will happen..

Winter also means flu season, which I've managed to catch twice in the past month =.= but I won't get into the details of that lol

Anyway, I hope that everyone has a pleasant holiday season! Dress warmly and stay healthy ^_^

[Youtube] Last video update of 2010!

Hi everyone ^_^

A few updates..

1) 720p videos!

2) Thanks for viewing and voting for my MBC Star Audition entries!

3) New projects for 2011: covers in different languages, original songs!

4) Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/NicolOfficial

5) Email: nicol.official@gmail.com (put youtube or hoodie09 in the subject)

6) Thank you my lovelies for a great 2010! ♥

Have a safe and happy new year! =]

- hoodie09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYAi7zi4Y3w

[Youtube] Kajiura Yuki - Piano Medley (Last music video of 2010!)

Hey everyone ^_^

This is the last music video I will post for 2010! A vlog update will be coming soon.

So this is a piano medley of some of my favourite Kajiura Yuki songs. She's an amazing Japanese composer, responsible for a lot of amazing anime soundtracks, and projects such as FictionJunction and Kalafina.

The medley consists of the following songs:

- Fake Wings (.hack//Sign)

- Otome's Lullaby (My-Otome)

- Hime Star (My-HiME)

- Because I fell in love with you.. (My-HiME)

- Liminality (.hack//Liminality)

- A Song of Storm and Fire (Tsubasa Chronicle)

Nothing too fancy.. I'm not an expert pianist or anything lol.. towards the end it gets really sloppy.. ends quite abruptly.. oops =]

Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksimRMru4B8

Vote for me! (MBC Star Audition)

* Edit *
Just for your information, round 1 winners are selected by # votes AND # views, so the more you watch a video, the more chances it has of getting through to the 2nd round. 500 winners go to round 2, and from round 2, 50 entries are selected by the judges to go to round 3 in Korea.

Voting ends December 3rd. Vote every day ^^

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VOTING is OPEN! Voting is from November 28 to December 3, BUT you can only vote for a video once per day.

HERE'S HOW VOTING WORKS:

1. Go to http://www.youtube.com/mbcaudition
2. Click on the red button "Gallery".
3. Browse through the videos and if you like a video, you click the "Vote" button beside it

PLEASE VOTE FOR ME! SEND ME TO KOREA =D
You can find my entries under

• Canada > Rock (entry 2, page 1, 1st row), and
• Canada > R&B (entry 1, page 3, 4th row)

.. the girl with the black guitar. Please and thanks!

ALSO. Please continue to watch my videos aside from voting for them!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzduHvq0KxU (better one)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Ij1zSU_q4 (not so good)

SPREAD THE WORD TOO THANKS!

* Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/NicolOfficial