Rocking It Curious George Style...My "Upside Down"

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:53 am

This is the song off the new Jack Johnson Curious George CD. I liked it so I took a crack at it, plus I found drums on my drum machine that sounded really close to the originals

Edit:New Link (with bass)

http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0GP0 ... U9621DQUM0

Please Critique at will...

Ryan

p1trick_82 · Post by **p1trick_82** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:31 pm

great cover

try to throw in a little Esus4 then go back to E on the verse throughout the song...sometimes playin' it and sometimes just the E... just to give it a little flavor

but this was one of the best jack covers i've heard...i was laughing with the backround... i thought you were gonna throw in that elephant sound from those old casio keyboards lol

do have any other jack covers?

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:07 pm

p1trick_82 wrote:great cover

try to throw in a little Esus4 then go back to E on the verse throughout the song...sometimes playin' it and sometimes just the E... just to give it a little flavor

but this was one of the best jack covers i've heard...i was laughing with the backround... i thought you were gonna throw in that elephant sound from those old casio keyboards lol

do have any other jack covers?

HAHAHAHH thats a great idea! I wish I had an old casio. That about does it for me with jack johnson, I have a hard time singing that mellow, i think im a little better when i belt it more.

For the Esus4 are you talking about hitting the G string with the pinky?

thanks for the reply!

p1trick_82 · Post by **p1trick_82** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:36 pm

i used to play on my sister's keyboard and press the hell outta those buttons

then one day i saw a sketch on snl where they play some christmas song with those sounds...i laughed my ass off when i saw that

"i don't care what poppa says...christmas time is neeear"

about the esus4...you got it,just throw the pinky on the G string

i don't know if jack uses that note for the song...but when you're playing solo it makes it sound like two guitars and sounds nice

borocks · Post by **borocks** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:56 pm

very nice sounding cover indeed.

the only criticism I have is that the timing of the guitar and the rhythm in the background is not always spot-on.

keep on mate

sk8r · Post by **sk8r** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:02 pm

i'm a fan

boy52 · Post by **boy52** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:12 pm

hey ryan, that was really cool dude! a little bit of timing issues, but the guitar was dead-on for the most part. I liked how you harmonized to your own voice in the chorus too. What's your recording setup like?

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:54 pm

Thanks guys,

My recording setup is pretty simple. My good guitar has been in the shop for 6 weeks so im using my beater ibanez and recording it with a shure sm-58 mic which is run into a $40 behringer mixer and then straight to the line in on my computer > Cool Edit Pro. Same for the bass and my keyboard.

For the rhythm I have a Boss Dr. Rhythm Dr770. I usually like to do a lot with effects pedals, but the guitar I have right now doesnt have electronics so I can't use any of my pedals. Oh well, soon enough.

Again, Thanks for the responses, I'm going to work on the timing (That Samba beat is a bitch) and rerecord vocals.

J_Clark · Post by **J_Clark** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:17 pm

sk8rdude12000 wrote:i'm a fan