Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird

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2012/10/31 13:26:51 (permalink)

Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird

http://soundcloud.com/joh...cle-ruckelwhite-bird-1

Cover of a song originally produced by "It's a Beautiful day" 

I put the album to bed yesterday, all 12 song now pass the listening tests. 
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So I started burning the CD's to give to my friends. 

This is one song I am not 100% happy with yet but not sure what it is that bugs me, Not happy with the guitar solo stuff, needs a another lead instrument?? anyhow I'm open to ideas.  

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    Guitarhacker
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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/10/31 13:28:31 (permalink)
    I remember both the band and the song...

    good job on the cover

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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/10/31 13:33:46 (permalink)
    Ok I'm admitting I have never heard this one but maybe I don't get out much. The mix seems perfect to me here. I guess you could nitpick on it but I didn't see anything that I would have changed mixwise.
     Great tune and mix!

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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/10/31 14:33:37 (permalink)
    I've heard this song many times, done by many bands.  I like your take on it, and the arrangement is entirely your own.  At first, I missed the backing vocals, but not for long.  Considering that the original recording had a lot of elements in it, you were able to grab the essence of the song and make it work.  You could play with this forever, or just let it ride.

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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/10/31 18:20:40 (permalink)
    Thanks folks for the positive comments. 

    Lynn, Yes the original had a female vocalist. We do have our girl Liz ( keyboards)  but she hates recording studios. 
    I added a little higher harmony part but put it in the background. I guess your right about there's a lot of room to do more but then.. I might add some better guitar parts but for now this will stay on the album. The original was electric violin and a trademark sound I didn't want to even try ( guitar synth??) 

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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/11/03 04:46:44 (permalink)
    Hey, John,
     
    Nice job on this great sounding ('70s?) cover with excellent performances and a nice clean, well balanced mix!
     
    Strong vocals, excellent instrumentation, and I really like the tasty guitar solo, too.
     
    Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
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    Re:Uncle Ruckel Band - White Bird 2012/11/03 08:40:52 (permalink)
    nice one.. well done cover version.. sounds good


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