Members rodclement Posted January 16, 2011 Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 'Morning! Someone asked me to demo Hey You from Pink Floyd for them so I just recorded this to see how it comes out, what do you guys think? I was trying to get a little "pain" in the high parts but not sure it's there yet...and yes, I do know the lyrics are "...the WORMS ate into his brains" I just like singing WORDS instead for some reason...in any case, be kind. Thanks! http://picosong.com/cKZ/# Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted January 16, 2011 Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 Pitchy here and there and you don't come out so clearly during the first lines, but then your timbre is awesome for this piece! Good job. With some practise you'll nail it no probs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted January 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 That's what I am debating, I added some "pitching" to see if it adds feel to the song, or "pain" as I invented! But I am not sure if it works or if I should just sing it clean and let it be...Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted January 16, 2011 Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm quite sure pain can be projected without going off key. The high parts at the end are good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted January 16, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm quite sure pain can be projected without going off key. The high parts at the end are good stuff. Agree,,,I am going to do a clean version. Thanks for listening! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted January 16, 2011 Members Share Posted January 16, 2011 what are those high notes at the end? a4 or b4 or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YeahDoIt Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Yeah practice it. You are almost there. After you sing it 100 times you could be spot on. I'm impressed with the "Hey you" parts at 0:43 and 0:53, good sound. This song could go over well in front of a live audience. Ha, now you have me trying to learn the song. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/pink_floyd/hey_you_crd.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 what are those high notes at the end? a4 or b4 or so? The original key goes up to C5, but the major third you hear is a B4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jersey Jack Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Good stuff! It's astonishing to me how often the recordings posted around here duplicate the timbre of the original vocalist. Johnny B with his Peter Gabriel, Grace with (I believe) Kate Bush, another poster recently (sorry, forgot who) with a rendition of Exit Music that sounded as if Thom Yorke had flown in for the session....! What gives? Is this the regular order of business in the cover world? Do you all make efforts to mimic the tone of the singers you cover? How, exactly, do you do that? Everything I sing (for better or worse, usually the latter) sounds like me. And I'm not bragging on my originality or uniqueness--I'd give anything to have the tone of Thom Yorke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Nice man, sounds killer! Love me some Floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 The original key goes up to C5, but the major third you hear is a B4. Roger Water could go that high? I always thought he had one of the more limited ranges in rock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jersey Jack Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Roger Water could go that high? I always thought he had one of the more limited ranges in rock... RW most certainly does strain on this tune. But it's part of the mojo. Very like Bob Dylan. Jus' sayin'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Damn that's high in parts. Definitely channelling the Floyd vibe. I wouldn't want to sing this lol..... Other than a little flatness on the extremities, I thought it sounded very Floydish. Save this one for later in the gig until you've got your voice way up there....and don;t sing it every night. Have you started gigging (your new gigs) yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted January 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks for the comments everyone! Singing closer to Roger Water was what I was trying to do in the high parts, I wanted it to sound painfull like he does. A lot of the flat parts are a stupid cheap delay/reverb that was added by me and forgot to save without, it is adding a slight of key "bed" under my voice. If you play it loud you can tell the two appart...as soon as I go to the studio tomorrow night I will record again clean and re-post. For some reason I work with my voice like different registers, I can switch from a song like "Folsom Prison Blues" to "What's Up?" by the Four Non Blondes, then to "I Remember you", then back down to Elvis...all I need is the chord from an instrument and my voice goes there, both in key and, when I do cover tunes, in timbre as well, kinda weird but it works for me. My first vocal teacher called it mimic voice, same as someone that impersonates voices but with singing...works well with covers and studio work, someone writes a song and wants a Bon Jovi vibe...OK...you want a clean Johnny Mathis...no problem. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Wow...this DOES sound like Floyd...very impressive. I assume you're using that effect Pink Floyd uses...you know what I mean? It accentuates those high notes especially. Almost like a tunnel-like sound. This is excellent. And hey Jersey, ya know what? I do imitate people automatically. If there's a song I know well then it's in my head, engraved as THAT particular vocal I know. So...to sing it any other way is just WRONG to me. But having said that, now I've been doing my own original songs, I find I sound a bit like Kate Bush when I'm NOT trying. As soon as I go up higher, Kate comes out! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Btw, how are you getting that Roger Waters effect? You double tracking, or is it just verb with some pre-delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted January 18, 2011 Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 Yes, that's the effect I was talking about. Not just double tracking I think...it sounds like something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted January 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2011 It's double tracking with a soft reverb on the second track only and a very slight delay, on the second track only. What sucked it up a bit was the lenght of the delay, a little to harsh so instead of being able to separate both sounds cleanly, you kinda hear the second track to soon, so it sounds somewhat dissonant in the begining and ending of some parts where vocals come in from guitar parts like the intro, or going into the high parts. Thanks for listening! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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