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Hi Claes,
Thanks for the question. The “MonaLisa Twins – Topic” channel is an auto-generated channel by YouTube that hosts all the album tracks that we offer for streaming that aren’t uploaded to our official YouTube channel.
So things like the album tracks of “ORANGE”.
Your question actually made me look into the possibility of merging the two channels which, as I just read, is doable. So maybe we’ll look into that to avoid any confusion.
You also asked about our 10 favourite songs. Like you said, that’s a tough one! If I actually had to write down a list, I would have to put a lot of time into it, really weighing all the options of which there are a LOT. Also it is simply impossible to accurately rank something as objective as music imo.
Sometimes I prefer this, sometimes that. But as you can imagine there would be a lot of Beatles songs on that list. Definitely “And Your Bird Can Sing” and “Because”, and Don McLeans “Vincent” would get a spot on that list as well for sure. There would have to be a Simon & Garfunkel song in there too.
Why pick favourites when you can love them all though 😉
Cheers,
Lisa
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Hi Lynn,
Yes, we’re definitely planning on posting it to YouTube in the future! We are not entirely sure when though. We are putting together this year’s upcoming release plan in the weeks ahead but you won’t miss it! 🙂
I just scrolled through our Facebook archive for a good 10 minutes but I can’t seem to find out when we hit the 100K Follower mark. I am scratching my head, as I could have sworn we posted about it but maybe I am mixing it up with YouTube subscribers. I did find a post where we hit 30K back in 2016. So it must have happened somewhere between then and now ????
I’m sorry I can’t be of more help here.
Have a great day!
Lisa
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Thanks Will,
we’re glad you like the song! Unfortunately, we never made a score for “Still A Friend Of Mine”. None of us read music very well so there was never really any reason for us to score it. Maybe we’ll get someone to transcribe the piano parts one day so people can play along better.
Thanks for the input!
Lisa
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Hi Pascal,
I don’t think we’ve ever watched this show but after looking it up on Google just now, it does look familiar. I think I remember our parents telling us about the witch with the nose wiggle thing.
… Now I just watched a few clips on YouTube. It looks really cute but I think I’d have to practise that nose wiggle in front of the mirror for a bit for it not to look like I am having a seizure ????
????Lisa
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Hi Detlef,
We did a Beatles Taxi tour when we first visited Liverpool as tourists back in 2009. We were in the middle of our Teenage-Beatlemania phase and were absolutely losing our minds. The idea of standing in the same spots that the Beatles once stood in almost was too much for our 15 year old hearts to handle, haha.
Ever since moving here, we’ve done these Beatles tours a lot, mainly when friends came to visit and we did them together. We’ve also been booked to play some acoustic Beatles versions as part of these tours, driving along in the Taxi and Magical Mystery Tour Bus, playing music at all the important Beatles locations.
So needless to say, we’re not getting crazy excited everytime we drive past Penny Lane anymore but it still makes us smile whenever we come past an important Beatles-related place. Mainly because we see all the tourists smiling and enjoying it as much as we did when we first came here. It’s beautiful.
Lisa
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Hi John,
Yes, we watched “Get Back” and thought it was incredible. It’s a Beatles fan’s but also a musician’s dream, seeing how they worked, interacted, performed, joked, wrote, communicated and overcame challenges together.
It added so much to their story and legacy, and we can already see ourselves re-watching it in the future.
And to answer your question about whether we can see ourselves in any of them, I would guess that most songwriters can probably relate to their process in one way or another. They were just simply the best at it. They never took themselves too seriously despite taking the craft itself seriously, something we always strive for, too.
There were so many moments we could relate to, especially since their friendship just seemed so much like a family dynamic. There was so much mutual love and respect, even when they were arguing or feeling hurt.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed it too!
Lisa
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Thanks Tim,
That’s a huge compliment and I do appreciate that you feel that way even though I would never put myself in that league 🙂
It is hard to really say how much comes natural and how much I am conscious of doing while I’m singing. Of course, there is always an “ideal” way I’d like something to sound, and listening back to my own recordings while I am in the studio helps a lot with figuring out what I think I am doing vs. what I am actually doing.
Especially when it comes to phrasing and pronunciation I often don’t realise I am singing things in a strange way until I listen back and then try again. Or someone else points it out. So I guess, as with nearly everything in life, it’s a mixture of nature and nurture.
Thanks!
Lisa
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Hi Tim!
Okay, here’s a strange one – I’m a little bit sensitive to touching certain fabrics with my hands. Like, I am not too fond of touching things made out of fleece, velvet or other materials that are considered really “soft” by most people. I don’t know how to best describe it but it feels weird on my fingers and gives me goosebumps 🙂
It was a lot more pronounced growing up and it’s not really a problem these days but something I still notice sometimes. Go figure!
Thanks for the question!
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Hi Pascal!
Easy, a big bowl of peanut M&M’s but with the crust peeled off. And no, regular peanuts don’t count, they have to be the ones that used to live inside M&Ms.
Other than that, tap water and I’m good. I don’t need much. 😉
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Hi Tim!
That’s great that you are going to visit Austria, we hope you’ll enjoy your time there! At this point it has been several years since we have been back so please tell everyone we said “hi”! 😉
We grew up in a town to the east of Vienna and went to school in the capital, so that’s the part of Austria we know really well. It’s beautiful there, however, the western parts of the country are definitely a lot more scenic. That’s where you have the alps with all its wonderfully majestic mountains, quaint valleys and quirky villages.
Amongst other regions, we once spent a summer with our grandparents in East Tyrol which is saturated with picturesque views! If you like you can watch our photo post here. If you don’t want to walk much you can always take one of the many chair lifts or cable cars up a mountain to enjoy the views. If you’re more into cities, then Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck and of course Vienna are all worth a visit. There is so much more we would love to explore ourselves one day!
As for local cuisine: Definitely try “Germknödel” if you get a chance 🙂 Everyone always raves about the Viennese Sachertorte (a special kind of chocolate cake that Austria is famous for) but to be honest, there are so many good desserts that we think are much better like eg. Linzer Torte, Cremeschnitte (cream slices) or any kind of Strudel.
You’ll have to let us know what you thought!
Baba, (Austrian for Bye-bye)
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Hi Christopher,
A big (and slightly belated) welcome to our music and this groovy community 🙂 First of all, we love the Beatles song suggestions and agree – any of them would be a fun challenge and a good fit. We’ll try to get to at least one of them eventually!
And regarding the language questions – actually, no, we still speak mainly German on a day-to-day basis. We live together so unless we go out to meet friends or talk to local people we don’t talk that much English.
That being said, the rest of our “world” is pretty much exclusively English. The people we meet, the entertainment we consume, things we read, videos we watch, music we listen to, programmes we use to record and edit our music/videos,… And of course anything we do on the internet is in English.
So our German has kind of morphed into a strange mixture of the two languages where we often mix English grammar or phrases with German words. At this point I often wonder if I can speak either language properly anymore! ????
Groovy wishes to you and thanks for being here!
Mona
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Hi Jim!
Bobby McGee is such a standout song and our granddad’s favourite, which is why we have considered covering it a few times in the past. It never came to be, and I can’t promise we’ll ever do it but it certainly would be tempting. In fact, there are a few songs off “Pearl” that I could see ourselves covering one day.
Janis’ vocals are so perfect for that song, so it would be a little scary taking it on but maybe we will give it a go. It’s a great suggestion! 🙂
Peace & love,
Mona
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Hi Lynn!
Sorry that it took us so long to react to this but we want to say a big thanks for sending us the video link – we know how hard you’ve practised to get from knowing nothing on the uke to doing this cover! That’s awesome and the chords are spot on! 🙂
Hearing covers of our songs is one of the most rewarding things, especially knowing that it perhaps made you stick to playing the ukulele more and discovering this hobby! We also love that you already have a plan for what you want to work on this year (speed and finger picking, as you mention in the video description)! That rocks!
We still remember forgetting to breathe properly during our early days of playing and singing at the same time – especially during live performances! Whenever I got nervous I would get short on breath which I think might be what you’re referring to.
As with all things, the more you do it the easier it gets!
Big thanks and all the best for your continued journey,
Mona & Lisa
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Hi Pascal,
Yes, the recordings are exactly the same. 🙂
Mona
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Hi Rick!
The Ricky and the Gretsch were the first high-end guitars we’ve ever bought, and it took us a long time to figure out which instruments we wanted exactly and then also how to get them.
For example, very few guitar stores in Austria even stock Rickenbacker guitars, so once I considered them as a possible choice for my main electric guitar I didn’t even have any possibility to try and confirm that idea for quite some time. Not until we took a trip to the big annual Music Fair in Frankfurt and subsequently Europe’s largest Music Store in Cologne back in 2011. That was also the same trip that we had filmed While My Guitar Gently Weeps on.
The whole purpose of the journey to Germany was for us to be able to test out and try as many different guitars as we possibly could in order to find “the right ones”. Quite frankly, we were still hoping that we could find that “twang” in a cheaper alternative, so we tested dozens of different guitars at both the music fair and the store.
Well, during our many testing sessions we fell in love with the Ricky 350v63 and Lisa’s Gretsch and ended up ordering them online once we arrived back home. Back then I wasn’t aware that we basically picked the exact Beatles guitars. Of course, they were on our radar for that reason but so were other instruments the Beatles and other 60’s bands had used in that period. So it didn’t click until a few days later 🙂
I still love both those guitars and they get used for so many of our recordings still!
Good question, thanks for asking!
Mona
