Llarion
New member
OK, the Christmas thread and the Beatles thread really seem to be a fun thing. I have one other thing sitting around that I thought might inspire something. (might be loathing, but that's something! 
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This is a cover of a relatively obscure non-radio Barry Manilow piece called London (for the 1 or 2 aficionados that may read the thread; it's off the 1980 "Barry" album).
Well, it's MOST of a cover. The story is; I was working it up for a covers compilation CD on a another board. I put a solid month in on the track, and I think it's a GEM. But, then it got time to track the vocals, and I realized far too late that it's an AMAZINGLY difficult piece to sing well; and I just couldn't cut the part. Nor did I know anyone else who could do it justice. So, I dropped it, shifted gears, and did the Mangione cover I talked about in my "Most Ambitious" thread a while back. Although this piece might be even more so.
Recorded on my D1600. It has piano, Rhodes, a drum computer, my bass, three different synth pads, two regular synth trumpets, a muted synth trumpet, a xylophone... Anyway, it's very dense and layered. Each track is played realtime, except the drums, which are programmed into my DR-660.
Since I don't expect any of you to know it to even tell if I did a good job, here's a lofi sample of the original song.
London - Barry Manilow
Take a listen to that to get the flavor.
And here is my arrangement of it. I was going for "faithful, but a little updated". And it has no vocals.
London - Llarion's cover
OK, so, I dare any of ya to do/post a Manilow cover. Anyone got the stones enough to admit they've done one?
Bonus points for anyone who can pull off "Copacabana"...
)This is a cover of a relatively obscure non-radio Barry Manilow piece called London (for the 1 or 2 aficionados that may read the thread; it's off the 1980 "Barry" album).
Well, it's MOST of a cover. The story is; I was working it up for a covers compilation CD on a another board. I put a solid month in on the track, and I think it's a GEM. But, then it got time to track the vocals, and I realized far too late that it's an AMAZINGLY difficult piece to sing well; and I just couldn't cut the part. Nor did I know anyone else who could do it justice. So, I dropped it, shifted gears, and did the Mangione cover I talked about in my "Most Ambitious" thread a while back. Although this piece might be even more so.
Recorded on my D1600. It has piano, Rhodes, a drum computer, my bass, three different synth pads, two regular synth trumpets, a muted synth trumpet, a xylophone... Anyway, it's very dense and layered. Each track is played realtime, except the drums, which are programmed into my DR-660.
Since I don't expect any of you to know it to even tell if I did a good job, here's a lofi sample of the original song.
London - Barry Manilow
Take a listen to that to get the flavor.
And here is my arrangement of it. I was going for "faithful, but a little updated". And it has no vocals.
London - Llarion's cover
OK, so, I dare any of ya to do/post a Manilow cover. Anyone got the stones enough to admit they've done one?
Bonus points for anyone who can pull off "Copacabana"...
