The Tina Zee & BrayDee Experience

Here's BrayDee hard at work mixing a new song for the upcoming TZBD EP. Say THAT three times fast!

Do you like "Runaway" by Bon Jovi?

Do you like "Runaway" by Del Shannon?

You want both? At the same time?? WITH A KAZOO SOLO??

You're welcome, world.

BrayDee and I recorded this Red Hot Chili Peppers tune a few days ago and I think it might be my fave recording of us. Not only because we didn't mess up the tune (yea!) but because the banter really captures our relationship and how much fun we have as a duo.

Pay special attention to how I introduce BrayDee's name in the second verse!!

Enjoy!

We're so excited to be able to share this with you today! This is a song called "Everything." It's a love song Tina Zee wrote recently for her Sweet Baby Cakes.

According to TZ, "I started this song by playing with food-related lyrics. I actually named it "The Food Love Song" in my computer. As I was tinkering on it, I decided to ask my marvelously talented friend Alexis Hillyard of Stump Kitchen for foodie ideas I might use. But instead, she offered up some other lyric suggestions, and they were just poetic and lovely, so I used them.

That morphed the song from a food love song, to a song about, well, everything.

I had the verses written but struggled with the chorus. I had three versions of the chorus but none of them seemed quite right. That's when BrayDee took the ball and ran with it, giving the chorus a new chord structure and melody and it was exactly what the song needed!

At that point we decided to collaborate on this video, and come to find out, Alexis has the voice of an angel! It's utterly gorgeous! And so she is singing lead, BrayDee is singing harmony and playing guitar, and I'm strumming my uke and just loving "Everything" about my talented friends!

Chords & Lyrics:

You’re my [Gm7] avocado toast on a [C] California morn
My [Gm7] luscious, sweet sor[C]bet
You’re my [Gm7] tall drink of water when I’m [C] dying of thirst
A [Gm7] moonlit sip of [C] rosé [D]

You’re my [F] seesaw partner - lift me [C] up when I’m down
A [G] sunny field where we play
Adore [F] seeing your face as our [C] merry goes round
You [G] capture my flag every da[D]ay

You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
to [Cadd9] me
[Gm7 C]
[Gm7 C]

I want [Gm7] nothing more than the [C] wind in our hair
As we [Gm7] cruise this sunset [C] drive
You [Gm7] rev me up, you’re the [C] spark to my plug
You [Gm7] make me feel a[C]live [D]

You’re my [F] night on the town, a [C] dance at the ball
Or a [G] Netflix and chill kinda vibe
You’re my [F] poetry reading at the [C] coffeehouse
A [G] stroll in your park feels ri[D]ight

You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
to [Cadd9]me
[Gm7 C]
[Gm7 C]

You’re a [Gm7] cool blue pool on a [C] hot summer day
A crackling [Gm7] fire on a chilly [C] night
You’re my [Gm7] earth, my wind, my [C] sun and my moon
You’re the [Gm7] world in which I de[C] [D]light

Our [F] life together is such [C] sweet symphony
In our [G] dance is where I belong
The [F] notes we play are in [C] grand harmony
A [G] life’s duet is our so[D]ong

You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
You mean [Em] ev [D]ery [A]thing
To [Cadd9] me [D]

Tina Zee & BrayDee take on this classic from Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks. We both wanted to sing Stevie's part. Guess how we decided who would do it.

Tina Zee & BrayDee perform a FLAWLESS two-fer from Led Zeppelin: "Thank You" and "Going to California."

Tina Zee & BrayDee cover "Shine" by Collective Soul. Because we do.

Tina Zee and BrayDee perform a song they dedicate to NOBODY - "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen

Tina Zee & BrayDee cover "Garbage Carpet" from the legendary rock band No Regret.

Tina Zee & BrayDee cover "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie.

Tina Zee & BrayDee tackle Freddie Mercury's most Freddy-ish song ever, "Don't Try Su***de" from The Game album.

Tina Zee & BrayDee AND BrayDee (on drums!) take on the opening track from The Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed album, "Gimme Shelter."

Tina Zee & BrayDee fight some foo with their version of "Best of You."

Tina Zee and BrayDee cover "Southern Cross" from Crosby, Stills and Nash, but NOT Young!

Tina Zee & BrayDee cover one from that ancient band Oasis called "Wonderwall."

Tina Zee & BrayDee take on one of Guns 'n' Roses' more mellow tunes - "Patience." How about that whistle solo??