Cry Freedom Cover (UPDATE - new vocals/B-Band pickup)!!!

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Cry Freedom Cover (UPDATE - new vocals/B-Band pickup)!!!

Unread post by Roastbeef » Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:31 pm

Never seen this song covered here so I decided to slap this together. It's very basic - just guitar and vocal tracks:

http://alpinezone.com/mp3s/cry_freedom.mp3

Vocals are shaky in spots. Comments are welcome. I think I've finally got the Cool Edit Pro filters down. Let me know how the sound quality is, especially reverb levels. Thanks!
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Re: Cry Freedom Cover!!!

Unread post by CPTino3001 » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:08 pm

Roastbeef wrote:Never seen this song covered here so I decided to slap this together. It's very basic - just guitar and vocal tracks:

http://alpinezone.com/mp3s/cry_freedom.mp3

Vocals are shaky in spots. Comments are welcome. I think I've finally got the Cool Edit Pro filters down. Let me know how the sound quality is, especially reverb levels. Thanks!
A lot of people don't care for Cry Freedom, but I think you did a great job...

Guitar is incredibly solid, and your vocals are confident...

The recording quality is good as well. The reverb sounded good. I'de try tweaking your vocal track levels a little to balance it with the guitar a little more...

It is an emotional song and I think you pulled it off well..
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Re: Cry Freedom Cover!!!

Unread post by Roastbeef » Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:56 am

CPTino3001 wrote:I'de try tweaking your vocal track levels a little to balance it with the guitar a little more...
I assume you mean by lowering the vocal track volume a bit, correct?
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:09 am

Okay. I did a 3db cut on the vocal track. Same file:

http://alpinezone.com/mp3s/cry_freedom.mp3

Tell me what you think now...
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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:51 am

I wanna listen to this but im at work... :x
I like Cry Freedom alot so good choice. I'll give you a review a bit later hopefully.
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Unread post by isaac » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:56 am

it's down...
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Tue Jul 29, 2003 12:11 pm

isaac wrote:it's down...
I think my host was having problems earlier. Site's up now.
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:21 pm

Trippin Hillbilly wrote:I'll give you a review a bit later hopefully.
Great! I definitely value your opinion!
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Unread post by Jimithing277 » Tue Jul 29, 2003 10:02 pm

roast....GREAT job on the cover, i cant find one thing wrong w/ any note in there, great strumming and everything

the only thing i can say to make this great cover greater....maybe just lower the vocals a bit and make them a little softer for the song, then that would be money
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Unread post by I'mWithFatjack » Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:08 pm

Nice choice man, i dont think Cry Freedom gets half the props it deserves. Beautiful song.

You've got a very interesting voice missed some notes though But its a tough song to pull off.

pretty good job overall
Laughter come on downtown window
And we see faces walking back
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Unread post by DmbFanJason » Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:35 pm

hey great job on that roast beef...the guitar was execellent. like I'mwithfatjack said, there were a couple of rough spots on the vocals, but nothing practice couldnt fix..great job and great choice.
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Unread post by CPTino3001 » Wed Jul 30, 2003 7:41 pm

I listened to the cover again with the lower vocal levels...

I think it sounds better than the original...

However, as an alternative to dropping the volume, you could try doing it with your voice...add some emotion just to give the song that Cry Freedom feel...

Great job again though...
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Unread post by zeppelin41 » Wed Jul 30, 2003 9:48 pm

sounds really good.. after hearing it I went to d/l your LIOG cover - both are good but I like Cry Freedom better.. got anymore covers I should know about? :D
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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:26 am

Hey roast!

Guitar was right on...sounded good and it's a great choice!
You seem to have alot of power in your voice which is really good!

One thing I noticed is that it seems like you're putting alot of strain on your vocal chords. If your throat hurts it means you're doing something wrong.
Try relaxing when you're singing, stand up straight, relax shoulders and imagine your voice is coming from your stomach and try get us much air flowing through as possible..
Take deep breathes but dont expand your rib cage cause that just makes you more tense, imagine the air is filling up your stomach. It sounds lame but it will increase your vocal range and make things alot easier. You'll notice the difference quickly.

I hope that helps man, your voice has ALOT of potential and I hope you run with it.

Good cover man!
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Unread post by Roastbeef » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:59 am

Wow! Great feedback. I'll re-record this when I get my B-band and try to take into consideration all these great suggestions. Thanks!
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