A Mayer Cover: "Lifelines"

[horsmar15]

A bit ago I decided to learn "lifelines" by Mayer. Well, three days and about 10 blisters later, I have a cover. This is probably the hardest song i've tried to cover, and it shows because i mess up a couple times, but nothing too apparent, i think . I wanted to give this track the feel of excactly how I would play it if it was live. Meaning one track, no touch ups on the recording. I'm interested if you think this would sound good live after a little more practice. I have wanted to play this song ever since I first heard it and I finally think I might have that chops, well you be the jury. Thanks ahead of time for your input!!

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/benjustickmusic.htm
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[Too Step]

Once again you've not disappointed

The vocals were on for the most part but IMO they need to have more of a triplet feel if you know what i mean. And i think you struggled on the scat bit at the end.

The guitar part just need practice and that chorus is a bugger to get down with my small hands.

Chris

[Jc]

The guitar is off in the beginning, I think the guitar rhythm overall is on track though especially once you got into the first verse. The vocals lag behind A LOT though. Your voice isn't bad overall tone wise, it sounds very different from John so you won't have much of a problem with sounding too much like him. THAT IS A MAJOR PLUS. Another thing I noticed is you went off key quite a bit, I'd say it's mostly because you weren't sure how you wanted to handle it vocally. I tend to experiment when I start out with a song as well so don't take that in a harsh manner. You are on your way to a decent cover, just get the vocals down more than anything, maybe try click track to help ya out... and then it would be a decent live cover song imo. Hope that helps some.

[horsmar15]

Ya, after relistening to the track i realize where i went out of rythym and off key. It was due to the fact that I was concentrating on the guitar too much and lost track of the vocals. I think i'll repost this one in a few weeks once I have it down better.