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daryl1968


Great stuff Bapu.
I would like more organ. The organ should be larger. I like big organs

Thanks Daryl (or is it arse Dary?).

So you want me to make my organ bigger or just make it more in your face?

I would like the organ more in my face.
At the moment it doesn't impress me. I want your impressive organ in my face.

bapu

Old55


Hey, Ed.  You may have just invented a new format!  I think I counted three sets of lyrics merged into one song.  It's not exactly a medley because it was one melody.  You're a pioneer.  

You performed and recorded it well.  I particularly like being able to hear the acoustic guitar as a separate instrument.  It's so easy for it to get buried in the mix.  

Remember, I'm not an actual musician and I'm certainly not a vocalist--so keep this in the proper context.  Take it with a HUGE hunk of salt.  Your vocal sounds a little strained compared with "Bapu's Got 'em".  That's not to say it sounds bad--just not as natural.  I'm wondering if you transposed the song down a step or two if it would be easier for you to sing.  

Well done, Sir.  

I have a dull singing voice and I have two ranges. Bass/Barritone or "super" strained alto. The fact that "Bapu's Got 'Em" came out at all was a fluke, IMHO.

Old55


I thought of a name for your new format of mashing up multiple lyrics with a single tune.  Instead of a medley, I think you should call it an edley.  

Your voice is still much better than mine. 

bapu

Cactus Music


First song I ever learnded on Bass, brought a tear to my eye. Ya more 1 fingered organ. Apparently the janitor or someone like that played on the original. It's a keeper.

Larn yer history Johnny . The organ was done by Mike Bloomfield. It was his very first time on a keyboard. It's exactly what Bob wanted. And we all know, whatever Bob wants Bob gets.

Interesting.  I never heard that part.  I heard that Al played the song without the benefit of headphones, so he couldn't hear what the rest of the band was playing. 

Old55

bapu

Cactus Music


First song I ever learnded on Bass, brought a tear to my eye. Ya more 1 fingered organ. Apparently the janitor or someone like that played on the original. It's a keeper.

Larn yer history Johnny . The organ was done by Mike Bloomfield. It was his very first time on a keyboard. It's exactly what Bob wanted. And we all know, whatever Bob wants Bob gets.

Interesting.  I never heard that part.  I heard that Al played the song without the benefit of headphones, so he couldn't hear what the rest of the band was playing. 

Maybe I made it up or mis-remembered it. It's the story I'm sticking to.

ABull

bapu

Cactus Music


First song I ever learnded on Bass, brought a tear to my eye. Ya more 1 fingered organ. Apparently the janitor or someone like that played on the original. It's a keeper.

Larn yer history Johnny . The organ was done by Mike Bloomfield. It was his very first time on a keyboard. It's exactly what Bob wanted. And we all know, whatever Bob wants Bob gets.

Nope, it was Al Kooper.

See what happens when you're almost 60. The brain's capacity deteriorates.

I like it.... the Dylan song part was better....I never really liked the S&G thing much....

Dylan was the master of the endless song.....verse after verse after verse after verse after verse... you get the idea..... 

well done 

It's been awhile since I did one of those less then 2 days start to finish tunes..... for some reason, this year, they all seem to be taking longer... in some cases much much longer to get them done. 

Ya, well, one can not think of the original when hearing different words anyway. Try and be more consistent with the voice though, I think you will have to work on that for awhile yet. And what other people mentioned.

As a cover of Like a Rolling Stone, it was pretty good Ed. Nice playing, nice vocal. Not much in the way of dynamics though. The other bits sounded shoe-horned in and didn't work for me, sorry.

jamesg1213


As a cover of Like a Rolling Stone, it was pretty good Ed. Nice playing, nice vocal. Not much in the way of dynamics though. The other bits sounded shoe-horned in and didn't work for me, sorry.

Thanks James. The other parts were all about stoned and rock, gitit?


"Not much in the way of dynamics though." - The vox or the mix? If it's the vox, that about the best I can do. If it was the mix, ya I could spend the next five days on working the dynamics of the parts, but the whole exercise was about "knocking one out" in less than two days. I'd never expect to knock a cover out of the park, as they say. I'm a turrable singer and I know it.

Yes, I gottit Ed, I ain't stoopid. The track as a whole started on one level and stayed that way, that's what I meant by dynamics - the arrangement really. Leaving some instruments out then adding them in later would have helped that I think. Nothing wrong with the vocals, you do 1000 times better than I ever would.