Damien Rice "Volcano" cover

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 5:57 pm

Hello again, it's me with yet another cover. This time from Damien Rice the song,volcano. I really liked this song so I took the time to learn it today and this is what i have come up with. I might even play it at my next open mic who knows. Oh well, go ahead take a listen, enjoy, and tell me what you think. (I realize that my version is faster than the original)
http://www.angelfire.com/music5/horsmar15/

Reckless · Post by **Reckless** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 8:42 pm

angelfire is garbage

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 9:10 pm

down already? crazy. i did a blower's daughter cover a little while ago, and i'm glad to see there's some more people wanting to cover him.

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 3:03 pm

Ya i know angelfire is crap. I am currently in the process of finding a better place to host my music. I am pretty sure that the site is not busy anymore so you shouldnt have problems dlding for now.

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 1:47 pm

great job overall. the guitar playing was solid, but my problem was with the voice. it sounded a little too strained and hoarse sometimes, not sure if it's how you're actually singing or if it's naturally like that. anyway, i dug it a lot, man.

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:01 pm

I agree with ya, that for this song the vocals needed to be more calm and even than loud and erratic. Taking this into account I recorded another version that should be up on the page now. In this version I tried not to sing as loudly, which may have resulted in more hoarsness

, but to me a little hoarsness sounds good for this type of song. Oh well, just some minor improvements and just to be stupid I added more reverb (Too bad reverb can't fix when i mess up

.)

bigiyedfish84 · Post by **bigiyedfish84** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:49 pm

Absolutely awesome job on that cover... you should hook up with someone that plays the cello and a girl who can sing-- it would sound amazing

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 1:16 pm

Absolutely awesome job on that cover... you should hook up with someone that plays the cello and a girl who can sing-- it would sound amazing

If only it were that simple

. Too bad the only other musician I know is a dude who plays guitar as well. That might actually sound cool though replacing the cello with improv guitar parts. I don't know i'm just rambling. Anyway thanks for the response.

borocks · Post by **borocks** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:36 am

very nice quality, how do you achieve such a high recording quality?

when I started listening to it, I first thought it was Gravedigger... 8)

very solid job on the guitar and your vocals are awesome. You come very close to Miguel's.

I love your stuff, keep it on

Boris

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:41 am

Ha, I think my recording quality sucks. Here is my setup, the dell mic that came with my computer, a book to hold it on top of (it has no base). cheapo soundcard and cool edit 2000. I record everthing with one track and then usually add some reverb. For some reason most people are surprised I get decent quality from this crappy setup.

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:31 pm

very nicely done man....really impressive.
I think the song drags on a bit towards the end but that's not your fault.

Altho....

the recording quality, forgive me but i dont believe you...
a dell mic?
i have a dell mic and it sure as hell doesn't sound like that!! grrr

Great cover!

MeandHer33 · Post by **MeandHer33** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 6:58 pm

do you have a tab for volcano?

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:19 pm

Tabs for this song and the other damien rice songs can be found on eskimofriends.com. This is a great website for damien's guitar tabs and other information about him.

Xoosh · Post by **Xoosh** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:24 pm

hey man,
the guitarwork is so absolutely solid. very rich, and to the point. i really love how the strength of the intro feeds into the vocals that appear. The vocals are hot shit. Your voice fits the song perfectly.. watch the 'LD' sound... "world" they sort of sound like "whorl" (notice the dead d)... i love the 1:34 bridge that lasts until 1:45 -- you come in on "dont throw yourself" as powerfully as required... overall i think your vocal section is appropriate... you really have this down. you should definitely play this live... watch out at 2:10 though, the switch guitar and vocal was a little choppy but you pick it perfectly up at 2:20 =0

regards,
Xoosh

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 1:56 pm

just a little side note Xoosh, I love the way you critique. I think I am going to try to adopt that style, of breaking the critique into time sections. It really gives the person who posted the song a better idea of what sections to work on particulary, rather than just a general comment like i have been giving.