damien rice "cannonball" cover

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:46 pm

ok i first heard this song last night and loved it so i haven't had much time to refine this song at all. i always make changes to the song when i do a cover so when critiquing keep that in mind. i realize my voice kind of fizzles on the high parts of the chorus, does timing your breathing better help with that? any help will be greatly appreciated.
http://www.bauer.cx/cannonballcover.mp3

dmb_tatertot · Unread post by **dmb_tatertot** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:33 am

of course improving your breathing techniques will improve the quality and consistency of your voice. overall i thought it wasnt bad at all and the vocals were fair.

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:13 pm

thanks bud, at least someone gave me some feedback.....

lyrics101 · Unread post by **lyrics101** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:29 pm

I don't think Damien even has a breath technique. It's just natural with him, and he sounds great.

And Lisa Hannigan should be my wife.

BTW - You sound good, but your rhythm is WAY off. Either way I liked it.

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:09 pm

do you have any tips for staying in rhythm? buy a metronome? tap the foot? i don't thinking tapping the foot would help me because i'd just get lazy and fall off the beat or something. anyone know if there's a program that just plays clicks at varying bpms to play to?

GreedylilPig · Unread post by **GreedylilPig** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:43 pm

Keep the foot tapping. You won't get lazy if you do it right and you won't even know you're doing it after enough practice. I read somewhere that the best musical advice Dave Matthews ever received was simply "keep that foot tapping."

lyrics101 · Unread post by **lyrics101** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:59 am

Mulletman wrote:do you have any tips for staying in rhythm? buy a metronome? tap the foot? i don't thinking tapping the foot would help me because i'd just get lazy and fall off the beat or something. anyone know if there's a program that just plays clicks at varying bpms to play to?

I meant your strumming pattern. It sounds like you don't have the guitar down, you're missing notes, and the vocals come in late on occasion.

It still sounds good, though, don't get me wrong.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:04 am

GreedylilPig wrote:Keep the foot tapping. You won't get lazy if you do it right and you won't even know you're doing it after enough practice. I read somewhere that the best musical advice Dave Matthews ever received was simply "keep that foot tapping."

I believe that dave gave the advice of "Never stop strumming" and "keep that foot tapping"

either way, just get into a pattern that you can keep throughout the whole song to keep the rythm

I've never heard the song before(don't listen to damien rice) but it sounded good..vocals sound like they could use some work.. be more confident with them

Mulletman · Unread post by **Mulletman** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:38 am

Yeah like I said I just heard the song the night before so I wasn't comfortable with it like most of my covers. Thanks for all the comments though, exactly what I needed. The confidence with my voice is coming slow but I'll have to post my karaoke version of Beck's "debra" sometime just for kicks.

mgoedman · Unread post by **mgoedman** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:07 pm

hard song to sing, so i didn't htink the vocals were bad at all...the guitar parts not too tough though so i bet you can refine that a lot. make sure your only using downstrokes at the beginning of the verse part.

good job though

onid41 · Unread post by **onid41** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:45 pm

im just starting to learn this song, you did an ok job just a little fixing on the guitar part and it wuold be good..its a tough soon to sing i agree

MertieMac15 · Unread post by **MertieMac15** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:20 pm

Yeah you really need to keep the rythm of the song. I know how to play and to get the rythm down you have to listen to the song really closely. Just practice and you will get it sooner or later

nate · Unread post by **nate** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:36 pm

i am curious as to what tab u are using for this song if u are using one at all cuz all the ones i've found for this song have not been entirely accurate? but it sounded real good to me. i love damien and i especially love this song and i think u did it justice.

nate

mgoedman · Unread post by **mgoedman** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 11:59 pm

eskimofriends.com

has good damien rice tabds

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damien rice "cannonball" cover

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