Red Mosquito :: View topic - OB cover contest: P-ball vs McP vs RA 25 12/19-12/27

Riot the music is great. You did struggle vocally but I think if you did a few things differently you could have pulled it off. First like you mentioned the tuning. Second the tempo was a little fast....I don't know if it is the same speed as the record but you had trouble keeping up and as I sang along with you on the track it seemed fast. I notice that on some of your other tracks they seem fast. Finally your voice only really had trouble when you held the notes too long. If you cut it short it might have worked. Do it more like a conversation type as opposed to singing it. It might also make sense to do a quick guitar track and sing to that to see if you can pull it off before doing the entire track first. Once you do all that work on the music you feel obligated to finish it even if you can't really sing it. I do that all the time then beg bookshelf to bail me out.

Author:	McParadigm [ Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Bada vs McP v Knee Tunes
Under no circumstances will I be recording between now and Monday.

Author:	Riot Actor 25 [ Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:41 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Bada vs McP v Knee Tunes
I'm finishing vocals. I'll have it submitted in a couple hours, Stip. Sorry for the delay. I started a job back in August that has unbelievably crazy hours. Early, early morning shifts, and some very late night shifts, so I'm always tired and it gets harder and harder to get anything done in my personal life when all I want to do is sleep.

Author:	stip [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:05 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Bada vs McP v Knee Tunes
Okay, back from being away this weekend. Tallying and putting new songs up

Author:	stip [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:07 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Bada vs McP v Knee Tunes
Bada: 6 Knee tunes 3 McP: 9 Knee Tunes is eliminated

Author:	stip [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:10 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
actually, gonna wait until tomorrow to post the songs since this is an exhibition round and I don't know if Riot Actor knows that.

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Author:	Riot Actor 25 [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:52 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
I'm just prefacing the posting of my latest track, warning you all how terrible I think my singing is. I should've tuned down a half-step or something. Perhaps chosen a different track. But yeah, I know it sounds bad.

Author:	stip [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:15 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
songs are up, btw

Author:	badabing [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:44 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
Riot the music is great. You did struggle vocally but I think if you did a few things differently you could have pulled it off. First like you mentioned the tuning. Second the tempo was a little fast....I don't know if it is the same speed as the record but you had trouble keeping up and as I sang along with you on the track it seemed fast. I notice that on some of your other tracks they seem fast. Finally your voice only really had trouble when you held the notes too long. If you cut it short it might have worked. Do it more like a conversation type as opposed to singing it. It might also make sense to do a quick guitar track and sing to that to see if you can pull it off before doing the entire track first. Once you do all that work on the music you feel obligated to finish it even if you can't really sing it. I do that all the time then beg bookshelf to bail me out. KD your song was cool too...very well done. I kept hearing a real high Art Garfunkle harmony that would have really put your song over the top but who the hell can sing that high?

Author:	Riot Actor 25 [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:13 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
badabing wrote: Riot the music is great. You did struggle vocally but I think if you did a few things differently you could have pulled it off. First like you mentioned the tuning. Second the tempo was a little fast....I don't know if it is the same speed as the record but you had trouble keeping up and as I sang along with you on the track it seemed fast. I notice that on some of your other tracks they seem fast. Finally your voice only really had trouble when you held the notes too long. If you cut it short it might have worked. Do it more like a conversation type as opposed to singing it. It might also make sense to do a quick guitar track and sing to that to see if you can pull it off before doing the entire track first. Once you do all that work on the music you feel obligated to finish it even if you can't really sing it. I do that all the time then beg bookshelf to bail me out. Yeah, all great points. Because I'm shaky at rhythm on drums, I usually just find a tempo I know I can fake my way through on the drums and go from there, building it up. All three of the songs I've submitted for this have been songs I've never attempted at covering before. All the ones I used to sing on acoustic guitar back in college have been left aside. Because I play to a click track, I tend to record all the parts and then add vocals last, but when I'm singing by myself, that's when I notice the obvious lack of ability, but when I play acoustic and sing, it all seems to mesh well, although the problem tends to be things not being as rhythmically exact as one would like. When Stip told me this was an exhibition, I thought about just bailing, but at least it gives me motivation to try something else that's more minimal, more rockin'. The easiest thing I can do as a "singer" is hide behind a different genre of music.

Author:	executed anyhow [ Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:52 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
Vote for Riot Actor

Author:	porchball [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:24 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
again...sorry I haven't been around. New job is taking all my time. I'm off thursday until monday. I can record a few songs then.

Author:	stip [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
bump Strat/Porchball, what is your eta looking like for new music bada and McP are on deck

Author:	62strat [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:50 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
stip wrote: bump Strat/Porchball, what is your eta looking like for new music bada and McP are on deck Long holiday weekend means im good to go

Author:	porchball [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:02 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
stip wrote: bump Strat/Porchball, what is your eta looking like for new music bada and McP are on deck I'll have something together tonight

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Author:	badabing [ Sun Nov 25, 2012 9:00 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
I have a song.

Author:	62strat [ Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:59 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
Do you need the songs for tomorrow, stip?

Author:	porchball [ Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:00 am ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: Riot Actor and KD (exhibitions)
song submitted

Author:	stip [ Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:30 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: 62 Strat v Porchball
new songs are up. Are McP and Bada able to go by Friday, or should we keep this round open until Monday?

Author:	Alex [ Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:49 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: 62 Strat v Porchball
62strat

Author:	dimejinky99 [ Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:50 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: OB cover contest: 62 Strat v Porchball
62strat