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    I've been here, I just haven't been posting.
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    I don't really care the genre, the only thing I'm really looking for in the album is originality, and while I was a bit split on that Drones clip posted today, it's way too early to judge. Going more classic-rock inherently brings along with it some challenge when it comes to making something original, but whatever the direction I'll still be excited, because I know there's going to be at least a song or two on the album I'm going to absolutely adore, and that's worth the hype for me. On T2L, that was Explorers.
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    Lel, I need to make more covers so I'm not this random ghost lurking around the forum posting a few times a year. Anyway, Karma Police, piano/voice: cWGuR8oURHw I decided to mic the piano with two SM57s, it actually turned warm and clear, I'm pleased! Ignore the squeak, that's the sustain pedal. I'm getting this feller tuned shortly.
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    I've run into this strange problem with my voice where after I got sick, for a week and a half now I've had absolutely no falsetto, it's as if something is ingrained in my throat. I tried singing for the first time since, and surprisingly, my full voice is all there (but a bit weaker than normal), but there's still literally zero falsetto - I can't even make a squeak. Anyway, I tried out doing a little sketch of the second verse (?) of Escape on piano and voice: [soundcloud] [/soundcloud] Crits on the vocals if possible? Aside from being totally unable to get the rasp on the second 'mad', there's something I'm not fond of, though I can't figure out what. My ears are pretty wasted from the illness as well, and my self-assessment is at about a 1/10 right now.
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    Working on a full cover of Radiohead's Dollars and Cents: [soundcloud] [/soundcloud] Does this clip sound right? I really can't tell anymore. Lel, I cringe when I listen to myself try to imitate Yorke. I actually used a real bass here, which is unusual, as I'm usually pretty keen on my MIDI basses.
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    Hey Matt, we're both doing Muscle Museum. Nice coincidence. In my full cover, I finally managed to imitate the guitar-amp screaming effect (just showing the end, as I want to upload the full thing with a video): [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/rayfan9876-absolution/muscle-museum-cover-ending[/soundcloud] Wow, SoundCloud absolutely destroys the clarity of the mix I had going.
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    Hahah, that's literally perfect! You have one tight virtual band, are you guys planning on meeting up at some point? -- My online friend and I for the first time decided to do a quick cover together, so we did Unintended. He's on guitar, I'm singing: [YT]kT89Jk5I_Rs[/YT] Yes, I have done two Unintended covers before, but they were each two years apart. This one here was done in just one take, and in light of that, I think it turned out pretty well. Apologies for the noise, he doesn't have a microphone aside from his camera. It was sort of a spontaneous decision to do the cover, so for next time he'll probably get an SM57 or something.
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    Chris singing the chorus is definitely the best way to go, since it lets Matt focus on the main riff, which I'd imagine would be a bit hard to play so casually while trying to sustain that constant A after all that came before it. Plus, it adds variety.
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    [YT]wwCpz_Dwv6Y[/YT] So much strain. So much love.
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    Aye, Dead Star for me as well. For some reason, I keep coming back to Escape, over and over again. I keep rediscovering its awesomeness every five minutes it seems, but here's something new: The Escape EP. During "I take ball all the things that I said", he sounds like a fucking murderer. It's gorgeous.
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    I'm not sure I understood what you meant there, can you elaborate? Sorry about that. I'll list explanations for what I think you might have possibly meant: - If by 'lines' you mean lyrics, then I'm fairly sure those are the correct ones, as that's how they appear inside the booklet of my album case. - If by 'lines' you meant the melody, I added the jump-up on the octave by mistake, but I thought it turned out well, so I kept it. - If you meant that you believe covers should be as close to the original as possible, that's what I was trying to do here for the most part. - If the comment was usilising sarcasm, then I'll explain that the whole intention of my latest covers is to imitate the original as closely as I can.
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    This just happened to me actually. Even though the album is only from 2009, for some reason it evokes this feeling of nostalgia for me. Maybe it's the fact that the whole album has this dreamy, very classic 'animated' sound to it. Also, I used to not like Dead Star at all. Now I love it.
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    Fuck. Anywhale, here's a snippet of a full-band Muscle Museum cover I'm working on. I posted only 42 seconds of it so that I could get feedback before it's finished: [soundcloud] [/soundcloud]
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    Awesome! I love the sound of the 8-bit dubstep drop in the second and third choruses here. If I have one bit of criticism though, it's that I don't think you should directly replicate the length of time Matt holds his voice in the synth. It sounds like it's actually cutting out 'by mistake' often; probably keep them held down for longer. Anyway, I was experimenting with this... from 1 to 5 AM, a miniature 16-bar cover of Unsustainable, the part directly after the first chorus: [soundcloud] [/soundcloud] (Here's a direct link, since for some reason the embedded version isn't showing up over here): This is only an experiment, so it isn't perfect yet or anything at all, but I'm enjoying the result so far. EDIT: Through the advice of Sippe, I decided to add some vocals: [soundcloud] [/soundcloud]
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    I experiment now and then. Besides, would you not consider this an instrumental cover? But hey, good to hear someone knows me for something. I adore your vibrato. Very nice cover, though if I must say one thing, it sounds the slightest bit too robotic. Just a bit though, keep it up!
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    What makes you think that?
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    Ahah, there's no way I couldn't post this, but thanks! - Since this landed directly on a new page, I posted a floppy-drive cover of Unsustainable at the end of the last page.
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    Hey, I don't think this has been done yet so here you go: GzrgVhaL-zY
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    I see that you and your bumps have a strong bond; your resonant connection is inspiring. I may, after all these years, have finally grown to accept you as one of my own. You are a brave, brave potato, and you have my rezpekt.

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    Hey, that's pretty good, it's extremely clean. I like what you did with the panning, something I've not been able to do right.

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    If you think it was good yesterday, you should how it is now. Just a simple EQ made it better by a tenfold. :awesome:

     

    Do you have yours around anyway? I'm interested to hear it.

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    Ah, that's good to know. I haven't made a cover in a while (aside from Ruled by Secrecy), so I hope the weaker performances stay to a minimum from now on. There's more incentive to perfect the sound now that I actually have a goal.

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    I'm not bad either, but do take note that bumps are a very particular thing. One does not simply possess them and call it classy, you have to absorb them, understand them, manipulate them. Only then are the bumps to be truly respected.

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    How's my favourite little malformed tater doing today?

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    Thanks. Are my vocals actually the best part? I honestly thought that was the part I was lacking the most in. :p

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