jonny deep
Disappointing Member
Hi all. What with the recent demise of the real life Deborah and a couple of days off between university hand in and term start dates, I knocked out this cover. See if you can guess how much is fake.
Where are you from, Jonny? You must be from somewhere near me, with that accent. Unless, Of course, you're putting it on! This is a fun cover. I'm guessing that the vocals are fake? It's definitely not Jarv, anyway.
Mix crits: Well, not too many - it's obvious that you've not been spending a month polishing this, so it'd be a bit daft to pick too many holes, but the bass wants to come up a fair bit. The bass is fairly beefy and driving in the original and it's what holds the song together. It's possible that the guitars and vocal could come down just a touch. Or the bass and drums come up a touch. Either way, the guitars and vocals seem a bit up front and "lonely" for want of a better word, they need more backup from the rhythm section. I really enjoyed listening to this, I like the song a lot and have played it myself a few times in previous bands. Well done.
A fab song from a landmark album.
Chockers with social commentary & Mi Shapes being a personal anthem for me as a teacher.
Lots of pervvyness as well - but that's Jarvis.
The mix...
Yeah, bass needs to propel the song
I'd properly pan & balance the guitars - one seems over to the L & the other up in the air 1/2 way to the R.
Personally I'd throw a denser reverb on the keys to move them into early 90's and further back in the mix.
The drums sound a bit discodrum machine lining them kick & bass a little tighter might be useful.
When did Deborah cark it?
I do like the more guitar driven nature of this version.
I'm glad study days are long over for me - I didn't fail anything but did get a quadruple resubmit for one assignment. In the end the lecturer passed me just so he wouldn't have to bother with me the next semester.
MUCH more like it.
Lol, thanks Bubba! I like it a lot more now.
I listened to your Radiohead cover recently - don't know if I commented at the time (uni work has been mad busy lately!), but it was excellent - had I had more time then, I would have had a crack at the vocals. Have you considered doing Lucky?
I like the guitar sounds. What'd you use?
Shit, I forgot that I did those drums. I remember liking the song. Finish that thing!
Good job with Guitar Rig. You got a realistic "chunk" kind of thing happening. It doesn't sound all flattened like sims tend to do.
According to Wikipedia it's a Peavey 5150.
Yup, the Van Halen 5150. It's surprising you got such a nice sound out of such a gay hair metal amp.
Watch out, someone will have a pop at your recordings with comments like that!
Both guitars are the same amp, but the right one uses the lead channel, but you can see the gain turned right down in that pic.
Unfortunately, the Marshalls sound crap in GR5 (at least, with my ability to use them).
Don't use the "matched cabinet". Pick your own cab. Pick multiple cabs. I'm sure there's a provision for that in GR5. I think the last Guitar Rig I looked at was GR4, and you could pick like a 60s cab, 80s cab, Mesa cab, etc. The 60s cab sounded good with the Marshall sim heads.