Dance The Night Away X2 Remix (Van Halen Cover)

Man! That guy's got some pipes!

Good job on the remix ;-)


(I love the bass)

This song is hard enough for Van H. to even sing,so im surprised you would pick a song with vocals with such precise kes.
music was really awesome,very tight and nice sounding..i really love this song.
remember when it first came out in 79 and i cherish the fact i was one of the many few to actualy see van halen back in the day (fair warning tour) still have a program i bought there.

vocals are a little on the mediocore side for me.so this is a half and half for me sir.
got to give you alot of credit for the effort and the stones to do a song like this.
those harmonys are so tough,even with perfect volume control.

nice job..rock on.

Wow.... nice cover... vox sounded good to me... playing was spot on too... 

This one of the few VH songs I played back in the day in bands I was in. 

well done

killer job guys... no crits... sounds as good as the original...

I think this sounds great! Fantastic job!
Regards,
Dan

Mike - Thanks for the comment. 
 
Charlie - Appreciate the listen.  This was actually a remix of the version I posted a while back with only one new ingredient which was adding a Guitar Rig 5 patch in with my PodFarm patch that I previously used and I doubled the drum track to give it a bigger punchier sound.    The vocals are two harmony tracks that Robby sent, copied and pasted numerous times and a few Wave Ultrapitch harmonies.   Layers of BGV (I think about 10-12 tracks of BGV with varying degrees of reverb, delay, modulation.   I always pitch correct all the BGV.  I would say any mediocrity on the vox side you are hearing are due my mixing abilities.  The raw vox tracks sound pretty amazing.   Thanks again for the listen.   BTW, I have been practicing this song since 1979, finally got it;)
 
Bob-Appreciate you coming back to hear the remix, I am glad that it meets your approval.   Your stuff definitely rocks hard..
 
Herb- Thanks.   I bet this was a big hit back in the day with the band.   This was one of my fav VH songs, although I like most of the stuff with DLR.   I appreciate your feedback.
 
Vicente- Thanks for the comment.  Yes, I know there are some timing issues here and there.  I actually never intended to do this song, I played along to the original using a Podfarm patch, shortly after I bought the Platinum version, just to see how close it sounded to VH.  I liked it so much I added the bass and drums and asked Robby to sing it.  I never went back to fix the guitar parts.  Thx for the listen. 
 
Frank - thanks for the listen.   Tried to keep this one close to the original as possible. 
 
Lynn -  Thanks for the comment.  You tackle some pretty incredible stuff yourself.
 
Dan - Thanks for the comment.
 
Daryl - That's why I picked one of EVH's easier songs;)  He is a very talented guitarist for sure.   I think Robby was a little miffed that I did the song in E rather than tuning down to the classic VH Eb tuning.    Oh well, he pulled it off.   Thanks again.
 
Regards
 

This is great in my opinion! Being a die hard VH fan that also plays in a VH tribute band, this is as good or better than anything we've recorded. Vocals are better than what Roth can do today and right up with anyone else covering DLR with a similar timbre.

Guitars were great, drums a bit more modern to me which I liked better than the original. Bass was better than Anthony's because it didn't have that flat, distorted sound that I hate. Your attention to detail in covering the parts as well as the mix Mark, are fantastic to me. I'm so convinced, if someone sent me this and said "hey, I found an old bootleg of VH" I'd buy into it as being true. The guy singing has more depth to his voice with less screechiness than Roth which I also like. Great job...remix sounds killer. Way to go!

-Danny

spoton+ - Shawn

Faithful recreation of the original.

Great job guys.

nice work guys!

lots of attention to the details, made it fun to listen to!

Dave (dkbender)  Thanks for the comment.  Really enjoyed your Beatles re-creation as well.
 
Ed - Appreciate the listen.   Thanks for the comment.
 
Eric - Appreciate the comment, somtimes hard to convey the energy of a song throughout.   Glad you liked it.
 
Bat - Thanks for the listen, I appreciate you noticing the details, there are many even in a simple song like this one, and, you miss them when they aren't there.   Your songs are always full of colors and details so really appreciate your words.
 
John - Thanks, at the end of the day I post stuff here to get better at mixing and production, so glad it is finally working;)  Robby will take the compliments on vox and playing though, he loves it;) 
 
Regards

Never heard the original but this was fun and defo could be appreciated, full of goodness both in arrangement and production.

Robbys vocals were vgood, harmonies, maybe buried at times.

Nailed that sounds from that era, so kudos. Im used to your mixing skillz so nothing new there.

...gotta love cowbell in songs!...


Cian

The Band19


"Robby will take the compliments on vox and playing though, he loves it;)  " 

LOVE IT! :-)  Once a friend said I was a narcissist? And I said THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE! I've never TOUCHED a dead body... Isn't that what those people do?

I thought a narcissist was someone that assisted narcotic agents... I had no idea Robby... (grin:-)

Cian - Thanks for the comment.   This was my High School era so I always go back there when I get stuck on other projects;)  The cowbell rocks, I found that sample on the Internet.  My own samples just didn't quite make it;(
 
James - Thanks, one day I will catch up to your mixing skills, but by then you will have moved on up yourself. 
 
Regards

:-) It's hard not to like Mr. Mark No's version of this... :-) I was blessed to be given the opportunity to perform with him on this, and others that he has given me the opportunity to work with him on. I hope it is a long and storied relationship...