Eagle Eye Cherry cover

[danny83]

I'm going to play this cover at local coffee shop here next thurs. Hows it sound?

Most of you guys will recognize the tune. It's originally by Eagle Eye Cherry called Save Tonight.

Also, I always hear that I need to bring the guitar level up in my acoustic/vocal tracks. On this recording I plugged the guitar directly into the interface that I'm using. Sound any better? I also added more compression than I normally do on my vocals to hopefully even things out. How's it workin?

ps. Forgive me that I'm such a damn recording newbie, but I think I've come to the right place to improve right??

ALL feedback welcome!

http://www.esnips.com/doc/00e6707d-5...ve-tonight.mp3

[faderbug]

you have a damn great voice and your playing is up to par.
congrats.

[danny83]

Hey faderbug,

Thanks for listening! I appreciate the compliment :-)

[dwkman0117]

Sounds real nice - Hitting some bad notes here and there vocally, but overall it is real good!

The vocals sound really good. The guitar sounds good too, I never could get that good of a sound recording guitar direct.

I didn't know what song it was by the name but now I remember...good job.

[Joepie]

Lots of nice memories associated with that song, thanks for reminding me

I love your voice, few iffy notes, as was mentioned, but not a big deal. You have some nice dynamics in your playing. I realize this isn't meant as a professional mix, but I'd love to hear you sing this song over a properly recorded acoustic. I'm not sure what your interface is, but if you have a mixer or something with two inputs, try micing it on one channel and simultanously recording the direct output from the guitar on another channel. Then mix them left/right. Works great for me.

Good luck with the performance

[danny83]

Originally Posted by Joepie

I'm not sure what your interface is, but if you have a mixer or something with two inputs, try micing it on one channel and simultanously recording the direct output from the guitar on another channel. Then mix them left/right. Works great for me.

Hey Joepie,
Thanks for the quality feedback. Just to be clear you're sayin to mic the guitar on one channel, and use the direct in on a second channel, then pan one 100% right and the other 100% left? Would it be better to pan them at less than 100% left/right? Thanks again!

[Joepie]

Originally Posted by danny83

Hey Joepie,
Thanks for the quality feedback. Just to be clear you're sayin to mic the guitar on one channel, and use the direct in on a second channel, then pan one 100% right and the other 100% left? Would it be better to pan them at less than 100% left/right? Thanks again!

That's exactly what I meant. You can pan 100% to each side, but in my case the direct-in doesn't sound all that great by itself, so I pan 50% left/right, so that they blend a little. It gives a nice full sound. Good luck.