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Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:21 am
by firefly
Here's a cover my old band and I recently recorded using MTS. I'd appreciate you guys giving it a listen and letting me know what you think. After we finished recording, our bass player put together a video. I hope you like it.
https://youtu.be/zOvRBqSp0-o
Re: Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:40 am
by Saz
I really miss the strings. That (and the vocal harmonies) really made the original song, to me.
Re: Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:21 pm
by sinbad
I liked the arrangement, especially the acoustic guitar work. I agree with Saz regarding the strings, a subtle string section in the background could work, and the harmonies could maybe use some more higher registers. Although on the other hand, you don't want to sound like a copy of the original anyway.
The video is nice as well, I enjoyed the listen.
Re: Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:03 pm
by firefly
Saz wrote:I really miss the strings. That (and the vocal harmonies) really made the original song, to me.
sinbad wrote:I liked the arrangement, especially the acoustic guitar work. I agree with Saz regarding the strings, a subtle string section in the background could work, and the harmonies could maybe use some more higher registers. Although on the other hand, you don't want to sound like a copy of the original anyway. The video is nice as well, I enjoyed the listen.
We chose not to sound too much like the original although we obviously are big fans of the group and the song - we also recorded a version of
Desiree' as previously posted. We were pleased with our version although no one can ever beat the original. Stripped down without all the strings and so forth, it's a beautiful song even in its simplest state.
I appreciate you guys taking the time to listen and comment. Thanks a lot.
Re: Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 3:06 pm
by sinbad
After watching your video I noticed one by Cyndi Lauper and Peter Kingsbery. That sounded completely different of course and put your version more into perspective without comparison with the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyt3nYAmcmY
Re: Walk Away Renee' cover
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:05 pm
by firefly
sinbad wrote:After watching your video I noticed one by Cyndi Lauper and Peter Kingsbery. That sounded completely different of course and put your version more into perspective without comparison with the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyt3nYAmcmY
Boy, that was "interesting." Can't say I've ever heard that version before....