Beatles cover! Do you want to hold my hand?

[Seafroggys]

Now that my mini-album is done, I decided to really try my work at yet another cover (its good practice both for engineering and arranging). Been kinda into early Beatles recently, so did I Want to Hold Your Hand.

As always, bear in mind I'm a crappy singer. But damn, I got new batter heads for my drums last week and tuned them, and they've never sounded better. Hot damn.

(also I sang the words from memory, usually I have a lyric sheet, so one of the words in the bridge is wrong...)

 

[Greg_L]

I really hate the beatles so it was hard to listen to this without getting angry. I like your version though. It's a freaking mess.

 

[maximusbs]

So, the good news is that you are young and your voice will get better. The bad news is I'm old and I'll be dead before my voice gets better ! The drums were the best part! I like the Beatles (this era, not the John Lennon-centered, esoteric bullshit era), so I commend you on your lofty song choice. I wish I could even fake some Beatles tunes with my acoustic for those backyard kick-backs - I can fake Ringo, but I can't even come close to John and Paul tunes. Props to ya for takin' it on

 

[TripleM]

I liked the drums a lot. Both the sound and the playing were great.

Work on the vocals. You have a pleasant singing voice, but you need to work on pitch.

 

[weeklyhouse]

I like the drums,but keep singin

 

[StevenJacksonMu]

I love the Beatles...definitely pitch Issues with the vocals...they are a mess to be honest !

 

[Seafroggys]

Thanks guys, you're pretty much echoing my personal thoughts exactly. Thought the drums were great, the other instruments are just "merely there" (although I personally like my keyboard arrangement on the piano, its basic but conveys the original song well), and the vocals, yeah, I know....

I'd rather not have to learn how to sing, but if I hope to be able to pitch demos and ideas to different people, I'm gonna have to learn. They have improved a bit in the past several years......time for some autotune!

 

[PDP]

I like the drum style, its like early Keith Moon on "Cant Explain" but I thought they lost the timing in a few spots, not sure cause it is a bit messy. Even with autotune you will have to sharpen your counterpoint melodies.