Members kwakatak Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 All this talk of honesty and the VOM1T makes me want to share some clams from my participation at a recent "real" open mic. The following three songs were done without any second chances and the recordings were only lightly edited by me for the sake of getting rid of extra chit-chat at the beginning and end of each clip. http://media.putfile.com/FallingSlowlyhttp://media.putfile.com/WildWorld-19http://media.putfile.com/Alive-89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtjpilot Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 very good man! someday I hope I can do a song live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IbanezDtryr Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Very nice. I like "Falling Slowly" the best. That's a great song and you voice sounds great on it. Makes me want to learn it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members threecar Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Kwak, that is a great rendition of WildWorld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted April 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Thanks, folks! jtjpilot: trust me, it's not that hard once you find a song that you can relate to, overcome your doubts in or accept the limits of your musical abilities and get comfortable opening yourself in front of your peers. Open mics are great for that since there usually aren't many critics there, just fellow "muckers." IbanezDtryr: go for it - it's not that hard. There are only 4 chords: C, F, Am and G. The biggest challenge is hitting that high note. threecar: thanks! That's one of those songs that I learned a long time ago and feel "safe" playing. I chose it because the vocal style in very similar to the once I used for "Falling Slowly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Great job, Neil! I really like your music. Yeah, I know what ya mean about hitting those high notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted April 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Bump for the night time crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Nice job Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bransonb Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Now I would've hoarded that set for three months of VOM submissions! You're quite a vocalist, Kwak! Your choice of songs really shows off your voice. I'm envious. I wish I had range! Sounds like a nice open mic venue. And the background chatting quieted right down by the time you got to Wild World. Using the Tak, I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted April 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thanks, branson. I've been actively working on my vocals; there's still room for improvement IMO but I'm pretty confident with it. It's actually pretty gratifying because it allows me to release a lot of anxious energy and use it more constructively. BTW, yeah that's the Tak. The Larrivee is a better guitar but IMO its freqs overlap the same range as my vocals; the Tak is no Martin but compared to the Larrivee it has more bass and less mids. As for the background chatter, yeah I noticed that they were chatting it up for the first song but didn't let it daunt me too much. There were a pair of sisters there with their entire family. Their dad was up right before me playing a couple of Steven Stills songs (even got his family to sing back up from the crowd) so I think he may have hushed them for the Cat song. He complimented me on it afterwards which made me happy. All in all they're a good bunch of people and the real reason why I like going to open mics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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