1,476 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo the broad range of styles you cover is impressive.

Thanks smile

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1,477 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:

Me and the kid went at it again.

:thumbsup: sounds good!! (although a little low in volume?)

I enjoy jamming with my boy as well ... but we don't do it as much since he moved from drums to keyboard ...

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1,478 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks, enjoyed that!

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1,479 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Ok, here is a very quick attempt I did this afternoon of ~ Elvira~ .  I tend to get a bit too fast in parts (but then I have a bad tendancy to do that at the best of times). 
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/elvira

That was great - the song suits the Uke!!!

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1,480 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Ok ... just got done listening to all of your covers neophytte

Thanks for your kind words ...

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1,481 Reply by neophytte

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tonio54 wrote:

so far ...  a very cool new web design  !!!

I agree ...

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1,482 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Elivira was a bit different to how iIusually have heard this song but the beauty of doing covers here is that we can make them to sound however we want, so good for you.  Folsom Prison version also a little bit different too but both of these songs you made them your own.  Have to agree with what zurf said about the vocals, they could do with being louder or the mic up closer so as not to be out done by the guitar playing. 
Proud Mary was the best one I thought because you seemed more confident and it seems like you know it well, so your vocals and guitar style on this cover were good, very enjoyable on this one smile

Thanks for your kind comments - I hadn't heard of Elvira or Folsom Blues before, which is why they are probably more my take on it than close to the original ... smile

I do remember learning Proud Mary from my school days, and it must have sunk in but I've never played it on guitar before ...

Thanks for the comments on the mic - I'll try better next time ...

Cheers

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1,483 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:

If I had to make one constructive criticism, it would be to either get a mic closer to your mouth or to sing louder.  You sing so well, it should be more clearly featured in your recordings.

Thanks for that - I'm trying to use a simplistic recording approach, so it's one microphone plugged into the iPhone, which sits on a tripod, and I have one of those bluetooth "remote shutter" things, so I don't need to keep leaning to the phone to turn the recording on and off ... but with one mic it's sometimes hard to get the 'sweet spot' between balancing voice and guitar - however I'll bring it closer to my mouth next time smile

Cheers

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1,484 Reply by neophytte

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Can I also suggest "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen - it's not totally Christmas-y, but I think I can convince my wife to sing this one wink

Cheers

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1,485 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:

Jambalaya. I forgot the lyric about catching all the fish in the bayou. So...forgive me.

https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/jambalaya-cfsotm

That was pretty good!! I liked the fingerpicking throughout, nice and clean ...

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1,486 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

any chance of a video????

+1!

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1,487 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Rich,

Nice job - all of your songs are well done.
The way you played Folsom Prison was quite unique.
An array of guitars as well - liked what appeared to be the pink top guitar on your Beatles version of All my loving that was along side the others on YT

Have a great day
Jim

Thanks - that was my wife's "Hello Kitty" guitar ....

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1,488 Reply by neophytte

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I'm not sure of the legalities of it, but if that's a side issue, any PC with a CD dive should be able to read the CD and convert it to an MP3 format - from there it will go directly to SoundCloud ... iTunes will do it on a Mac, there are too many programs to list on the PC side, but I'm sure ImgBurn will do the trick ...

Cheers

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1,489 Reply by neophytte

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I always loved his work!!

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1,490 Topic by neophytte

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZpXEMUzAUM

Enjoy!!

Cheers

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1,491 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

Gidday,
I`m always trying new things,this is my attempt @ doing a kids story.

The story is quite good, but when listening to it, I found myself dubious about the amount of echo you've put on ... spoken word needs to be a lot clearer (and it's also probably caused the 'peaks' in the recording) ... looking forward to the next installment of the series smile

Cheers

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1,492 Reply by neophytte

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Leaving on a Jet Plane - https://youtu.be/6Y7zVtTi2gw

Enjoy!!

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1,493 Reply by neophytte

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Sylvia's Mother - https://youtu.be/po1nq2iGMJ0 (Should have changed the key!!)

Enjoy!

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1,494 Reply by neophytte

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Stepping Stone - https://youtu.be/-XdIjhOhDdk

Enjoy!

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1,495 Reply by neophytte

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Smoke on the water - https://youtu.be/LleQELAHtwk

Enjoy!

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1,496 Reply by neophytte

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Proud Mary - https://youtu.be/4MGzCF25IGQ

Enjoy!

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1,497 Reply by neophytte

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Folsom blues - https://youtu.be/vDHNdkms1Dk

Enjoy!

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1,498 Reply by neophytte

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Elvira - https://youtu.be/nZUwCwG0pFA

Enjoy!

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1,499 Reply by neophytte

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That looks like an interesting instrument - never seen a nylon string one before!!! It would be a bit too big for my smaller hands, but sounds like it 'matches' a classical guitar sizing from the description in this video - good luck with it, post a video and show us how you tamed it!!

Cheers

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1,500 Reply by neophytte

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I had a 6 string banjo, and tuned it the same as a guitar ...

Cheers

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