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  • The Lonely Shepherd - Sax Cover

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    In this Saxophone Cover, Dan Christian plays the SaxCasts arrangement of "The Lonely Shepherd" from Kill Bill.
  • Can't Help Falling in Love - Haley Reinhart - Alto Sax Cover

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    In this saxophone cover Dan Christian plays "Can't Help Falling in Love" in the style of US Singer; Haley Reinhart on Alto Sax.
  • Make You Feel My Love - Adele

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    In this online saxophone cover Dan Christian plays a Tenor Sax cover of Make You Feel My Love by Adele. Sheet Music, Full Video Lesson and Backing Tracks available at http://saxcasts.com
  • Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel Saxophone Cover

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    In this Saxophone video Dan covers Simon and Garfunkel's sixties hit - The Sound of Silence on Alto Saxophone visit SaxCasts.com for the sheet music and backing tracks for this awesome track!
  • Just my imagination

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    In this video Dan Christian plays Just My Imagination on Alto Sax. The full saxophone lesson can be found over at SaxCasts.com
  • New Sax Teething Problems

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    In this video Dan answers a question from viewer Anyelina Yu. She has a new saxophone and is struggling to get as good control and tone that she gets from her old sax. 
  • Am I wrong

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    A Saxophone cover of the mega hit - Am I Wrong by Nico and Vinz
  • Jingle Bell Rock Alto

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    How to play Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms on Alto Saxophone. In this saxophone lesson from SaxCasts.com, Dan shows you to play Jingle Bell Rock on Alto Sax. There is also a Tenor Sax version to b...
  • Besame Mucho

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    How to play latin rock classic Besame Mucho. PDF and Backing Track available over at http://saxcasts.com
  • The Final Countdown

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    This video is in aid of The Final Countdown - to the launch of Saxophone lesson MEGA site:  SaxCasts.com on 01/08/2014 There will be a video released every week till launch.  Hope you en...
  • Paper Moon

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    This Free Online Saxophone Lesson teaches you how to play It's Only A Paper Moon by Arlen (Zoot Sims and Count Bassie) on Saxophone. 
  • April in Paris

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    This Free Online Saxophone Lesson shows you how to play the Jazz Standard - April in Paris by Vernon Duke
  • Grenade - Bruno Mars

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    This free online saxophone lesson teaches you how to play Grenade by Bruno Mars on Alto Saxophone
  • Nights in White Satin

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    This free online saxophone lesson teaches you how to play Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues on Alto Saxophone.
  • Human - The Killers

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    This Free Online Saxophone Lesson teaches you how to play Human by The Killers on Alto Saxophone.  This is the second video in a series of free online videos released each Friday!
  • Run - Snow Patrol

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    This free online saxophone lesson teaches you how to play Run by Snow Patrol (As covered by Leona Lewis) on Alto Saxophone.  This lesson comes courtesy of SaxCasts.com - Saxophone Lessons On D...
  • Shake, Rattle and Roll

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    This Free Online Saxophone Video contains a transcription of Shake, Rattle and Roll byt Bill Haley and His Comets.
  • Rockin Around The Christmas Tree

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    This Online Free Saxophone Video Lesson shows you how to play Rockin Around The Christmas Tree on Saxophone.
  • Ain't No Sunshine

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    A Free Sheet Music download for Saxophone - Download the pdf!
  • Sticky Keys Fix

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    This online Saxophone Lesson shows you how to fix Sticky keys and pads on Saxophone.
  • BC412 - How to use Youtube to learn Saxophone

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    In this free online Saxophone Video lesson, Dan winds up stage 4 of the Saxophone Beginners Course and gives some tips on how to make the most of the Saxophone Lessons available on YouTube.
  • BC411 - Wind Of Change by the Scorpions

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    In this new free online saxophone video, Dan shows you how to play Wind Of Change by the Scorpions on Saxophone
  • BC409 - Dominant 7ths

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    This Free online Saxophone Lesson introduces one of the most common chords used in all music; The Dominant Seventh
  • BC410 - 3 Movie Themes

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    This is the third Online Saxophone Lesson Video in the "3 Easy Songs for Saxophone to Impress your Friends with" Series.  
  • How to play the Tequila Solo

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    This free online saxophone lesson shows you how to play the Saxophone Solo from Tequila by The Champs.
  • BC103 - Piano through Improv

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    This free online piano lesson shows you how to do some basic improvisation and gives you a few tests to try out your musical ear!
  • BC102 - Piano lesson 2

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    In this free piano lesson Dan shows you some basic patterns to get your fingers working individually and together.  
  • BC101 - Piano Intro

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    In the first of a series of 100% Free Online Piano Lessons Dan shows you some Piano anatomy and gets you playing all the notes on the Piano.
  • BC408 - Blues Riffs and Licks

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    In this Free Online Saxophone Lesson Dan Christian gives you some ideas to add to your G Blues scale in order to make it extra cool.
  • How to Get Lucky - Daft Punk

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    This free online saxophone lesson shows you how to play "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk on Saxophone.
  • The Man I Love

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    A Tenor Saxophone performance of George Gershwin's "The Man I Love" a wedding sampler
  • Summer Samba

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    A sample of Music played at Weddings as performed by Dan Christian.
  • Tequila Alto Sax

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    This video lesson shows you how to play Tequila by The Champs on Alto Saxophone
  • BC407 - How to Growl

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    This free online saxophone lesson from Dan Christian shows you how to Growl on Saxophone and really "Muck" up your sound!
  • BC408 - Instantly Improve Sax your playing!

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    A short video on how to improve your Saxophone playing.
  • Emily - Johnny Mandel

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    Carl Strommen's arrangement of Emily performaned on Tenor Sax by Dan Christian
  • Saxophone Fingering Guide

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    A free saxophone fingering guide and chart from DanChristian.net
  • BC406 - G Blues Scale

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    In this Free Online Saxophone Beginners Video Lesson, Dan shows you how to play the G blues scale on Saxophone and gives you a few tips on how to practise and use it effectively when you ...
  • How to...Theme from Jurassic Park

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    This Free Online Saxophone Lesson Video teaches you how to play The Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams on Saxophone.
  • Theme from Beverley Hills Cop Axel F

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    A free online saxophone lesson video showing you how to play Axel F - The Theme from Beverley Hills Cop on Saxophone.
  • Theme from the Godfather on Saxophone

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    A free online saxophone lesson video showing you how to play the Theme from The Godfather on Saxophone.
  • BC405 - Sax Expression using Dynamics

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    In this free online saxophone video lesson Dan shows you how to play Saxophone with expression by implementing dynamics into your playing.  
  • BC404 - Rhythm drills for stage 4

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    This free beginners online saxophone lesson focuses on developing your Memory, Tonguing and Rhythm.
  • BC403 - How to play When I need you

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    This Free Online Beginners Saxophone Video teaches you to play - When I need You, Taken from the Rod Stewart version and can be played along with the original.  
  • BC402 - Bb Major

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    A free online beginner saxophone lesson on how to practise low Bb and the Bb Major Scale on Saxophone
  • BC401 - Saxophone Low Bb

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    This free online saxophone beginners lesson video focuses on how to play low Bb (The lowest not eon the majority of Saxophones) and to deal with some problems that arise...
  • Summary of Stage 3

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    This video contains a Practise Routine and Summary of Stage 3 of Dan Christian's Free Online Saxophone Beginner's Course.
  • How to...Careless Whisper

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    In this free online saxophone video lesson, Dan teaches you how to play Careless Whisper by George Michael.
  • BC311 - Hey Jude

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    This Free Online Saxophone lesson teaches you how to play Hey Jude by the Beatles.
  • BC310 - Chromatic Scale

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    This free online saxophone lesson tells you about the chromatic scale and how to practice it on any saxophone.
  • BC309 - Basic Transposition

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    In this Free Online Saxophone Lesson Dan shows you how to perform basic Saxophone Transposition.  
  • BC308 - How to improvise

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    In this totally free online saxophone video lesson, Dan teaches you how to use a Blues Scale to improvise.
  • BC307 - How to Tune your Sax

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    In this free online saxophone lesson Dan shows you how to Tune and Play in Tune on your Saxophone.
  • BC306 Mancini Inspired Sax Riff

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    This totally free online saxophone lesson video is a little riff I made up to reinforce t
  • BC305 How to play D Blues Scale

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    In this totally free online saxophone lesson video, Saxophonist Dan Christian shows you how to play a Blues scale on D and gives you some advice on how to practise it effectively.
  • BC304 - Basic Lip Slurs

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    Here Dan shows you how to perform a basic lip slur or note bend on Saxophone and gives you some exercises to practice them.
  • BC303 - Palm Key D + D major 2 oct

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    This video covers Palm Key D and how to play and practise D Major over 2 Octaves.
  • Stabat Mater for Saxophone Octet

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    Stabat Mater by Pergolesi arranged for Saxophone Octet by Dan Christian
  • When you Wish Upon a Sleigh Ride

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    Saxophone Quartet arrangement of When you wish upon a Star and Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride when put together known as: When You Wish Upon A Sleigh Ride!
  • SC101 - All Hallows Requiem

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    All Hallows Requiem - composed and performed by Dan Christian
  • PS103 - Fairytale of New York

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    How to play The Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl on Saxophone.
  • CS101 - Bach - Bist Du Bei Mir

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    Performance of Bach's - Bist Du Bei Mir by Dan Christian
  • SW101 - Extreme Saxophone Workout - Saxophone Workout Drill for Stage 1 - Challenge!

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    The first challenge video.  Now you've completed stage 1 have a go at this challenge, if you can do it, move to stage 2! :) This video contains a saxophone workout for stage 1, all you need i...
  • BC302 - F major + Swing Rhythms

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    In this lesson Dan teaches you how to play the F major Scale, Outline the chord of F major and the arpeggio. Finally Dan introduces you to swing rhythms on the saxophone which well help develop yo...
  • BC301 - Saxophone Vibrato Problems, Tips and Practise Methods

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    In this lesson Dan Christian Covers some common problems with people learning Saxophone Vibrato and offers some tips and solutions as to improve your overall vibrato.
  • BC212 - Stage 2 Summary and Practice Routine

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    Stage 2 Completion Video, Practise Routine Sheet and Summary of what you should know up to this point in the course. Use the practise sheet to develop your knowledge of Stage 2 before moving onto ...
  • BC211 - Four Bb Fingerings you MUST know for saxophone (Saxophone lesson BC211)

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    This saxophone lesson covers the four most frequently used Bb fingerings on the the Saxophone. If you're struggling playing a piece quickly knowing a few alternative fingerings is vital in gaining...
  • BC210 - 3 more easy songs for saxophone to impress your friends

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    This video contains 3 song tutorials only to be used in conjunction with impressing persons known or unknown ;) This saxophone lesson teaches you 3 easy songs for saxophone that can all be played ...
  • BC209 - Mastering the key of D Major

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    Ear Training exercise for all Saxes! Ear training is one of the best practises you can do on any instrument and the benefits are endless. This beginner saxophone lesson video uses all the notes f...
  • BC208 - Mastering the key of G Major

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    Ear Training exercise for all Saxes! Ear training is one of the best practises you can do on any instrument and the benefits are endless. This beginner saxophone lesson video uses all the notes f...
  • PS102 - How to play Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know on saxophone

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    In this video I teach you how to play "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye on saxophone. This video is as close as my ears can make it to the original just through a saxophone. This video also i...
  • BC207 - C# and the D Major Scale

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    Saxophone Lesson on how to play C# and the D Major Scale including some practise tips.
  • How to play Firework by Katy Perry on Saxophone (Saxophone lesson PS101)

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    Katy Perry (famous for being 11 days older than me ;)) is an American singer/Songwriter and today I'll be teaching you how to play her fairly well known song: Firework. I'm open to requests rather...
  • BC206 Saxophone lesson on F sharp and the G major Scale Saxophone Lesson

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    This saxophone lesson by Dan Christian covers how to play F#, the G Major Scale and some practise tips on how to get used to playing them. This is the precursor to some saxophone songs that use bo...
  • BC205 How to play Mercy, Mercy, Mercy on saxophone

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    The first Jazz standard in Dan's saxophone beginner's course. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy was written by Joe Zawinul in 1966. Joe was the keyboard player in Cannonball Adderley's Quintet.
  • BC204 The octave key - up, up and away to high C

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    This saxophone lesson covers some octave key do's and don'ts, some common mishaps that can occur whilst using the octave key and a few tips on how to get better at using it.
  • BC203 - Saxophone Rhythm Challenges 1 - Working with simple rhythms

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    A fundamentals course in how to play Whole notes, Half notes and Quarter notes with a bit of saxophone transcription thrown in for good measure. Not an incredibly complicated lesson but this lesso...
  • BC202 Saxophone Rhythm Concepts - Common Time, Beat, Speed and Rhythm

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    In this saxophone lesson Dan introduces some early rhythmic concepts and covers some definitions that are essential to understanding rhythm in music. Every piece of music has a pulse and as a begi...
  • BC201 - Saxophone Pattern building and C major speed building

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    Stage 2 of the completely free online saxophone beginners course. This saxophone covers how to play a C major arpeggio, develop speed on saxophone and introduces a few patterns to enhance your te...
  • BC112 - Summary and building an effective practise routine on saxophone

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    Here Dan teaches you how to build an effective saxophone practise routine for Stage 1. This is the last online beginner saxophone video lesson in Stage 1 of Dan Christian's 100% free beginners sax...
  • BC111 - Low C and the C major scale/Ionian Mode

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    Scales, Modes and some more Low Notes In this free beginner saxophone lesson video Dan teaches you how to master low C and the c major scale (also known as ionian mode). Major modes have been use...
  • BC110 - How to do Vibrato on Saxophone, guaranteed!

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    In this free online saxophone video lesson Dan teaches you a sure fire way to achieve and practise Vibrato on Saxophone. Some people have wide vibrato, some people can't do vibrato at all. This vid...
  • BC109 - Tonguing Technique

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    In this free saxophone lesson video Dan discusses a couple of ways in which to start tonguing on the saxophone. How to make the saxophone speak nicely while tonguing and which sound to use while pl...
  • BC108 - Easy songs for Stage 1

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    Ain't no Sunshine - Bill WithersI want to break free - QueenTitanium - David Guetta (in the original key...play it with the video! :)) This is another totally free online saxophone lesson. Hope yo...
  • BC107 - EXTREME musical EAR MASTERY training

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    This lesson focuses on learning to "hear" the notes CBAGFED following on from the previous lesson. The more you train your ears the more your intonation, improvisation, composing and musical aware...
  • BC106 - Troubleshooting

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    In this free online saxophone lesson I cover how to play BAG FED and some ways I find useful when those low notes just "dont wanna speeeak!!". Playing the saxophone need not be painful, let me hel...
  • BC105 - Ear training

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    The second practical lesson! See if you can play along with the backing track at the end by ear. It's tricky at first but after a few listens you'll get there. Both Eb and Bb versions included with...
  • BC104 - Part 2

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    The first practical aural test video! Make sure you skip to the Alto/Tenor tests at the end and practise some note recognition! The 5th in a series of free Daily online saxophone video lessons com...
  • BC104 - First Full Sound (Part 1)

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    This two part free online saxophone lesson focuses on one mode of articulation - Tonguing and how to play and recognise the first 4 notes on saxophone. Please remember to subscribe and come join me...
  • BC103 - Good posture

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    A quick free online saxophone lesson on posture: How to play stood up and where to place your hands around the instrument.
  • BC102 - Getting a good sound

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    A brief guide on how to make a good sound from your Saxophone.  This online beginner Saxophone video covers Saxophone Embouchure and playing on the mouthpiece/crook alone in order to make a ni...
  • BC101 - Getting started on Saxophone

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    Setting up your Saxophone correctly is the first step in beginning to play...it's vital that you do it correctly and safely!  The Saxophone can be quite intimidating but in this free online sa...
  • Gotye - Somebody That I Used to know

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    A troublesome sync version of Gotye's awesome song - Somebody That I Used to Know. I'm a big lover of this song so thought I'd do my own version of it for you guys. Hope you enjoy! The dot's and pe...