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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/07/27 22:03:04
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Cool! Nice version of a fun song! 
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/07/31 14:33:07
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Fairly close version of the original, but really well done.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/07/31 22:16:48
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Very Nice!! It takes a lot of courage to cover the Beatles but you did 'em proud.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/13 11:30:26
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Ruben, stevec, and jude77... glad you liked it! It was a challenge doing the vocs for this, but lots of fun, and that's what it's all about when recording, having fun and doing something you enjoy. Comments much appreciated. 
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/13 17:38:27
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Lovely! Close to the original. One thing noticed, when the frase "Happy birthday to you" comes in. I am sure this was McCartney's wit to sing these words in major (not in "bluesy" minor...) because it includes exact the same tones as the old birthday-song. That's really charming and brilliant musical humour. Anyway, very well done! Grats.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/15 22:07:47
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equality... Thanks for the good word!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/16 13:15:58
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I liked it.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/16 20:33:57
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/22 23:55:14
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Giving this a one time bump...
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/23 07:23:57
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Nice cover! Did a good job capturing the original. Wide vocals work on this, whereas I'm not sure they work on your other cover (Bittersweet Symphony)...
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/24 00:35:29
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dcumpian... thanks for the kind words Dan. You have a good point on the wide vocs on Bitter Sweet Symphony. I wasn't sure either, just experimenting. Will fix though eventually.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/25 14:17:48
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Not much I can say about that seems a pretty good cover and mix, not sure I like the really wide vox though.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/25 19:40:48
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I always smile when I hear this song. Nice version.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/26 00:31:40
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Wooks and MakeShift... thanks for the good word, much appreciated. Wooks... if you listen to the original Beatle version, the vocs are very wide on it. That's where I got the idea for the wide vocs to make it sound similar to the original. I do agree though the wide vocs aren't cutting it on the Verve tune Bitter Sweet Symphony. Thanks again for commenting you guys.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/26 08:46:13
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Nice work. Can you give us some info on the process?
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/08/27 00:39:01
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rebel007... Ok I recorded the vocs in stereo, not the norm, but it worked for this song. Double tracked left & right voc tracks, sometimes tripled. Added some high end EQ on them, actually I added the EQ destructively right into the voc tracks, another no no. I didn't use any real time effects on the vocs. Same with the backround vocs, I do 'em all. Thanks for listening.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/07 18:22:34
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Oooh boy, another Beatles cover today...
Ok, not bad. Vocal sound was good, the guitar sound was great, the mixing was nicely done.
Now for the critique...the vocals are not nailing the melody sharp enough, your transition notes just aren't quite there, to me. The guitar break, where the drums stop after the interlude, are not right. Need to revisit those notes, in my mind, and find the riff. Lastly, the drums need some realism added because they sound like a machine. Not being an ass, I have the same problem so I sympathize.
I still cranked it up man. I enjoyed it.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/08 23:44:55
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Voda... thanks for the review, good points... glad u liked it!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/10 13:22:13
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/12 01:30:56
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evadianepug... thanks a million... glad you liked it!!!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/12 07:26:26
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Liked it! Keep up the good work.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/12 20:52:17
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That was fun - very well done.
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/13 21:15:54
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thegaltieribrothers.... Glad you liked it, thanks for the good word!
MarkusClinus... Thanks Markus... it was a fun project!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/19 19:59:34
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/19 20:23:03
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nice version, love the song
Beatles covers are difficult to pull off well.
I think the vocals are not quite there and the drums are a little "wimpy"
overall nicely done
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/20 21:21:35
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Very well done! What a great cover to finish my time listening to songs here tonight.
Thanks for sharing!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/21 02:09:34
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BenMMusTech... Glad you liked it!
Beagle... Thanks for the input. Yes, Beatle songs are tough ones to cover well. Glad u liked the version!
Guitarpima... Glad you could end the night listening to songs here... on a high note... :) Glad u dig the tune!
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Re: The Beatles - Birthday (cover)
2014/09/26 21:49:21
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