AGF Showcase of Talent, June 2014: Bob Dylan songs! - Page 3

YamaYairi · #31 06-04-2014, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by funkmuncha

Here's my go at Licence to Kill. I prefer the version Tom Petty did at Dylan's 30th Anniversary concert.

Hope you enjoy it

Licence to Kill - Bob Dylan: http://youtu.be/kBsmzXNV6sY

This is a great song. I never heard it before. Well done!

YamaYairi · #32 06-04-2014, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by williejohnson

Here is one of my favorite Dylan songs and I hope that you enjoy it.

https://soundcloud.com/willie-johnson-jr/highway-61

Willie

Yes, I sure did! That voice of yours is like molasses and butter!

Jeremy · #33 06-04-2014, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wcap

This is my daughter, not me (well, I guess you could say 50% me?), so don't enter me in the drawing.

But I thought I'd contribute in the spirit of sharing, which is the whole point of these threads (she needs to get her own membership here!):

She sounds great!

wcap · #34 06-04-2014, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

Thanks. It's a Taylor 512ce.

It is interesting that most Taylors I have tried out in person have not impressed me a lot, but this is not the first time that a recording of a Taylor has really caught my attention. To my ears this one has a very nice recorded sound (and perhaps I'd love playing it too!).

Jeremy · #35 06-04-2014, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by wcap

It is interesting that most Taylors I have tried out in person have not impressed me a lot, but this is not the first time that a recording of a Taylor has really caught my attention. To my ears this one has a very nice recorded sound (and perhaps I'd love playing it too!).

I've been really impressed with this 512ce; it sounds great and is nice to play. Despite being a Grand Concert it can handle everything I throw at it.

jseth · #36 06-04-2014, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by YamaYairi

John, that is a great version of the song, better than the original, IMO. I envy your right hand technique. Did you use the internal mics on the Tascam, and if so, where did you place it to get such great sound? I have the DR-07 and have never got very good sound out of the internal mics, so I use external mics.

Thanks to all who enjoyed that version of "Shelter..."! One never knows who might appreciate our efforts, so it's good to hear back on them! (Take note, poster in the Play forum about a bad open-mic night...) Of course, I realized, after the fact, that I had forgotten to sing one of the verses ("burned out from exhaustion..."), but I did remember 8 of the 9! There were a few "pregnant" moments when I "should have" been singing, but did not... I decided to use the track anyway, having come to the conclusion that my own "over-ambitious thoroughness" has cost me far more than it has rewarded me!

YamaYairi - yes, those are the internal (infernal?!) mics on the DR-05. As for position, I have the recorder on a tripod. I was sitting quite close to the unit (approx. 1-1.5 feet away), and had the DR-05 raised to about midway between the guitar and my mouth, favoring a bit higher than lower.

On the first recording I did with the DR-05, I thought the vocal sounded a bit thin and "distant", so this time around I made myself sit closer to it; although it seemed I was WAY TOO CLOSE, the sound was much nicer than previous attempts. I'd forgotten what sort of proximity condensor mics like to "hear"!

As far as right hand technique goes, my style is an amalgam of flat-picking, finger picking and many years of performing solo but wanting to add bits and pieces to spice up the songs without sacrificing the feel or groove... much as I would LOVE to stretch out playing single-note lines over those changes, to my ears it doesn't work to have the "bottom" fall out, just so I can play some lead guitar parts...

Again, thanks for the kind words... and wcap? You STILL haven't mentioned your daughter's name... got that "protective Dad" thing going? Well, perhaps she'll actually become a member here, one day, and she can tell us herself!

YamaYairi · #37 06-04-2014, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jseth

Again, thanks for the kind words... and wcap? You STILL haven't mentioned your daughter's name... got that "protective Dad" thing going? Well, perhaps she'll actually become a member here, one day, and she can tell us herself!

Well, she sounds like Joan Baez, so lets call her Joan.

williejohnson · #38 06-05-2014, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by YamaYairi

Yes, I sure did! That voice of yours is like molasses and butter!

Warren,
That's high praise, I appreciate it!

Willie

MikeBmusic · #39 06-05-2014, 08:44 AM

A lady with a lovely voice and good fingerplaying skills came to my open mic last night and did a Joni Mitchell-esque version of You Ain't A-Goin' Nowhere. I told her about this place and the June Showcase and she said she was going to come here and check it out.
Welcome, Wendy, if you read this!

RedJoker · #40 06-06-2014, 06:55 AM

These are all fantastic! I'm enjoying them all.

BoneDigger · #41 06-06-2014, 07:07 AM

Great stuff so far! You guys are awesome!

We are in the middle of a remodel and things are scattered all about. Our sunroom, which I use for recording, is full of all of our "stuff" from four other rooms.

I may have to do something with just a handheld recorder. I'm thinking it might be "Nashville Skyline Rag" or "One More Night."

Todd

Bob1131 · #42 06-06-2014, 05:09 PM

Bob Dylan responded to an onslaught of requests for his support of many different causes with the somewhat cryptic song "My Back Pages." Although he wrote it in 1964, he actually didn't perform it live until 1988. The Byrds recording of it was a hit in 1967. Here is our rendition that takes elements of both Dylan and the Byrds: My Back Pages

Random1643 · #43 06-07-2014, 01:02 PM

+1 on Highway 61. Great job! Liked it in on SC.

YamaYairi · #44 06-07-2014, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob1131

Bob Dylan responded to an onslaught of requests for his support of many different causes with the somewhat cryptic song "My Back Pages." Although he wrote it in 1964, he actually didn't perform it live until 1988. The Byrds recording of it was a hit in 1967. Here is our rendition that takes elements of both Dylan and the Byrds: My Back Pages

That was great! Liked the strings, too!

funkmuncha · #45 06-09-2014, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by YamaYairi

This is a great song. I never heard it before. Well done!

Thanks, im glad you liked it. its the first video ive uploaded of myself anywhere, and youre the first person to make any comment. lots of firsts and lots of fun too.

wish some more people would upload some Dylan tunes