My Some Devil Cover :eek:

Too Step · Post by **Too Step** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:57 am

So i thought sod it i'm gonna post it to try and get some constructive criticism cause that's what'll make me better so here goes...

http://windows.mouselike.org/windows.mo ... mp3/sd.mp3

Chris

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:15 pm

I'm downloading right now, but my roomate is sleeping so i will reply later today

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:23 pm

overall, I liked it. For some reason, it kept skipping at 0:34 and 1:06 and 1:35 and 2:06 and 2:36 and 3:07. I thought you had a pretty decent voice. I thought that your voice might be in a different key or octave or something, but I don't really know what i'm talkin about lol. It just sounded different, not bad, just different.

warning- I just did a cover of this myself so I am being EXTREMELY nitpicky here. And I'm not bashing you cuz mine wasn't any better.
As for the guitar, what tab did u use? I just did a cover of SD too and got my tab from http://www.geocities.com/ericwormann/SomeDevilSD.html
thats the standard one, cuz i don't have a baritone. Maybe I didn't hear it correctly, but it was hard to tell if you did the slides in the beginning. Also, it sounded like the slide around 0:48 secs was a little quick. Not the actual slide itself, but it just sounded like you didn't pick every note, then do the slide. Besides those really nitpicky things, I liked it.

Too Step · Post by **Too Step** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:21 pm

Hey thanks for the reply i'm glad you liked it i've only really started trying to improve my singing i don't think my voice holds the verses too well but sounds ok in the chorus would you agree?

As for the tab i recorded that a few weeks ago before i'd seen a good tab. I'll be doing it again shortly with the slides and a standard tab i figured which uses a capo on the 2nd with the low e open so as to get that sustained B note on the A string (did that make sense)

BTW it doesn't skip on mine so that's odd

Once again i appreciate the help and i'd love to hear your version

Chris

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:30 pm

Too Step wrote:Hey thanks for the reply i'm glad you liked it i've only really started trying to improve my singing i don't think my voice holds the verses too well but sounds ok in the chorus would you agree?

As for the tab i recorded that a few weeks ago before i'd seen a good tab. I'll be doing it again shortly with the slides and a standard tab i figured which uses a capo on the 2nd with the low e open so as to get that sustained B note on the A string (did that make sense)

BTW it doesn't skip on mine so that's odd

Once again i appreciate the help and i'd love to hear your version

Chris

Yeah, the chorus was pretty nice, but like I said, it sounds a tad different, i dunno why.... but i enjoyed it nonetheless. Its a real hard song to sing to.
about the tab, that kinda makes sense, but the tab that i posted a link to doesn't require you to use a capo at all.
here's a link to the thread where i posted my cover:
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=8499
nice job

Too Step · Post by **Too Step** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:59 pm

And there was me expecting vocals!

As for the strings squeaking i have a similar problem just after i've take my guitar out of it's gig bag.

The trouble i had with that tab is sustained the B note over the first couple of slides. I'll write out the tab i figured out earlier...

Too Step · Post by **Too Step** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:05 pm

Code: Select all

Capo over 2nd leaving Low E open to create "false" drop D

e----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
B----4/6-4/6\4-4----4h6p4-2-----2---------------------------0-----
D----5/7-5/7\5-5----5-----4-----4-------3-------5----------------
A--0--------------0-------------0-----3-------5----or-----2-------
E----------------------------0------1-------3-----------3---------

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:50 pm

im a fan of the 3200 to 5402 at the end there, thats what i did... but i think he picks a string or two more

horsmar15 · Post by **horsmar15** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:00 pm

Not bad dude, guitar playing was definatley good. I especially like the standard tab ya posted cool stuff. Your voice was a little unorthodox but you sang in key for the most part. It seems like you have a problem with wavering pitch though especailly at the end of phrases.

Too Step · Post by **Too Step** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:24 pm

horsmar15 wrote:Not bad dude, guitar playing was definatley good. I especially like the standard tab ya posted cool stuff. Your voice was a little unorthodox but you sang in key for the most part. It seems like you have a problem with wavering pitch though especailly at the end of phrases.

Thanks, that's what i need. You're saying that i lose the notes towards the end of my breath? I definately need to do some vocal excercises but i don't know where to start.

Chris

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:36 am

not that you lose notes towards the end, but that the note you're holding fluctuates and so there's no solid notes sometimes. too drawn out at others, and a bit nasally, but it takes practice to make it sound all right.

the guitar playing was good overall, but the reverb was a bit much, especially with the hissing in the background.