Wayfarer
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Elvis Has Entered the Building
Okay, I'm no Elvis, that's for sure. This is just an old Elvis cover. Nothing fancy. I hope to get another band together next year and this song is just an attempt to find some old ones that are low enough in my baritone range that I can sing them in a band if I have to without sounding too awful bad. Most bands want everyone to be able to sing at last a little, but I'm not very good at singing. If my vocals suck, at least I got to play some guitar!  Little Sister
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/23 04:57:17
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I thought it was great quality recording and vocals were good too. What did you use to record that? What is your process when recording vocals? That was also a great guitar sound too. How are you recording the guitar? Mic an amp or using a VST? Anyhow, great job, thought it was a job well done.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/23 13:52:06
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Nothing wrong with that Bill, you sing about 1000x better than I do! Nice version, always liked this song after I heard Ry Cooder's take on it. Liking the 'shakin' all over' guitar licks too, cool stuff.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/24 03:59:27
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nice energy...I enjoyed this...very fun. If I had one thing to add aobut the mix...I'd suggest pushing the bvox back a tad...but that's just my take...
fun stuff!
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Wayfarer
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/24 19:41:14
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I left a long and detailed post here this morning. It's disappeared. I had a jpg in it. I wonder if that makes posts automatically go into review? Oh well. Maybe it will show up eventually.
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mississippi
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/28 01:20:46
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I like this one a lot too. I think your vocals are fine. Guitar work is great though. Sugarfoot would've been proud.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/28 04:59:26
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I thought your singing was fine and even sounded a bit like Elvis himself. Good stuff.
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Wayfarer
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/29 20:27:27
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Thanks all. It's not the kind of thing I normally do, but I enjoy these old songs a lot.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/30 00:04:34
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Good stuff, great pick'n, Your talent is showing through on this number. Keep up the great work and I hope that post shows up.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/30 01:54:26
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As Elvis might say this sounded "real gone" You did a great job on this. Your guitar playing was very good and I agree with the above comments that you did a good job on the vocals. On my system the base BGV (panned left) sounded a bit strong --- so, you might want to check that out.
Good work, fun tune, and "thank ya, thank ya very much" for posting.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/31 23:52:40
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Jones ~ The long-shot of my earlier post that got lost is that I still record the exact same way today that I did 15 years ago. Just a very cheap MXL V63M mic on my voice into a cheap Behringer mixer and an old Echo MIA 2-in / 2-out sound card. That mic is bright and very clear, so it works well on a muddy voice like mine. The guitar was just my Tele partscaster into an old V-amp 2. (I also like the V-amp Bass unit.) I still think those old Vamps and PODs work great if you EQ them right at the mixing desk by adding a lot of lows and lower mids.
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Wayfarer
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2017/12/31 23:53:30
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to listen.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2018/01/01 01:15:00
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Great tune/cover! Love the vocals, guitar and all the other goodies. At times you sounded like the King and at other times not. Nevertheless I was digging how they both blended together real nice. Nice work!
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2018/01/01 06:30:32
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Nunayu,
If I walked into a bar and your band was playing this, I would NOT walk out. I think you will be able to contribute to the band's vocals just fine. I like the guitar playing and the tone of the guitar. My only crit is that there seems to be some weird timing issues here and there. The drums are too much in a straight line or something. Edits to the tempo map might enable the drumming to have a more human feel. Or, maybe it's just me.
Good job! Happy New Year!
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2018/01/02 13:34:02
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It's not the drums that are off-time. It's the vocals. There was a couple of spots where I forgot the next line for a split second, so I started just a bit late. It's not like is going on a CD or anything though, so I'm not worried about it. It's just a practice track.
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stevec
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2018/01/09 21:35:06
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Well, sounds pretty good for a practice track.  The backing tracks are a bit static, but the guitar fits the style really well with a few slightly more modern variations thrown in. While the vocals are a bit out mix-wise front for my tastes, they sound just fine here.
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Re: Elvis Has Entered the Building
2018/01/10 13:40:57
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I guess the consensus is that it's good enough for a bar band. That's all I'm after, so mission accomplished I reckon. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.
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