NOVEMBER 2017 FSOTM - CHALLENGE THEME (Page 2 of 4)

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

Neo
THE HUMAN JUKEBOX !

Neo - I just listened to your contributions done all in a row while in your jammies.  Amazing.  You have a real knack for catching the essence of a band piece and arranging it for solo acoustic. Excellent work. I'm impressed by your flexibility and creativity in arranging. Keep up the excellent work. 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

Cheers

Wow great to see all these covers going up  

So far since I was last on here and commented, I have listened  to 3 of your songs neophytte ........and will continue to listen to the rest this evening when I get a little bit more time.
So neophytte,  so far I have listened to Elivira, Folsom Prison and Proud Mary.  Good covers and well played.  You play the guitar well and the use of the fret board on some of the songs very well    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

Laugh Lots ... Forgive Much ...  Love one another     
Covers and some Originals found over there    ------- >    https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan

Ok ... just got done listening to all of your covers neophytte ............. and I have to say, well done for attempting so many of the songs this month!  I think you are the first one to have a go at so many, so wow and well done to you! 
Smoke on the Water ... great guitar work in  there.
Stepping Stone .......some very clever guitar work particularly toward the end of it! 
Sylvia`s Mother ... very recognisable, well done
and finally  Leaving on a Jet Plane .  You have done really well to cover all these songs, impressive to say the least.

Laugh Lots ... Forgive Much ...  Love one another     
Covers and some Originals found over there    ------- >    https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan

Thanks for your kind words ...

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

Neo the broad range of styles you cover is impressive. Jandle you and your ukulele working well together. Zurf your guitar sounding niice and your laid back vocals real smooth. I will attach a cover of a Rod Stewart song done by a young  seventeen year old that  a friend sent me, which to me  captures the spirit or essence of what  good entertainment is about. Good cheeky fun from a confident kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8qOLRLprQ

Thanks Peatle for having a listen

Laugh Lots ... Forgive Much ...  Love one another     
Covers and some Originals found over there    ------- >    https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan

That's pretty good!! I guess I should have listened to the song first before attempting to do my version

Jandle you  capture the feel of someone inside Folsom Prison while that train goes by and the driver blows the trains whistle. Nice singing and playing.