Damien Rice "Cannonball" Cover

oldman · Unread post by **oldman** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:47 pm

Hey everyone,

I haven;'t posted on the boards for a while but i've been seening some really geat stuff put up by some of the members. Thought i'd start contributing again. Hope you guys like it. Take it easy!

http://www.geoeng25.tripod.com/music/cannonball.mp3

oldman · Unread post by **oldman** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:50 pm

Sorry everyone....gave the wrong url....

http://www.jaybarr.net

Trippin Hillbilly · Unread post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:58 pm

Wow...that was fantastic!
Your voice has really improved from the last time I heard you. Incredible..
I've got no critique for this, sorry.

I'm gonna go learn this song now

Fantastic, SAVED!

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:42 am

sounds like you drew out the guitar part on the verse a little longer, so it's good that you're putting more originality into it, but it slows it down, and at times the verse sounds a little off, especially at the beginning of the song. you seem to pause a little too long, and the transition back to the beginning of the verse is a little off. the transition into the chorus is also slow. i prefer damien's guitar part in this case, just because it flows a lot better. i didn't like the change you made with having "cannon...ball" drawn out. it just doesn't seem to work in this case.

at about 3:38 there was a bit of a hiccup in the guitar playing.

as for your voice, it's pretty good. very similar to rice's, which is a huge compliment on your part, but there doesn't seem to be much use in dynamics. the emotion seems to come from the pauses, and i think you could work on putting more dynamics into it, especially towards the ending choruses. "so come on courage" at the end is a little weak and a lot of the emotional impact is lost.

other then that, it was most excellent, but i still think it could be a million times better. right now it's moving too slow and there's not a lot of emotional force, and after hearing damien's version so many times it's hard to adjust to it being played too differently, so i may have been a bit biased/nitpicky. there's always room to improve, though, and i hope this helps.

7/10 chopsticks.

juineaux · Unread post by **juineaux** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:25 am

This sounds really good. Your voice is a little low in the mix but I can still hear it. Your voice sounds great, alot like Damien rice and the guy from five for fighting. Good solid guitar work, nothing flashy, but thats a good thing. I think this is just a great cover.

borocks · Unread post by **borocks** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:58 am

very good stuff oldman. I really liked your voice, sounded great.

sounds really mellow, keep up that good work

Boris

oldman · Unread post by **oldman** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:44 pm

Thank for the replies everyone. Good to see that people actually listen. A for Isaac's comments...he is right on most of the points, except one...the version i have is Damien live and yes it is much slower than the cd version. Anyway, I'm going to redo it with more emotion and re-post. Damn I love this song!! Take it easy everyone!

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:20 pm

yeah, it is slower, but in some cases, yours was a little too slow. hehe. i'm looking forward to hearing the re-post, though. what you have is pretty damn solid already. nice to know there are damien fans on...is he coming anywhere near you amongst his newly announced dates?

dmb-freak84 · Unread post by **dmb-freak84** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:15 am

that was awesome dude
you got a damn great voice IMO

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Damien Rice "Cannonball" Cover

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