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Artist: A Problem Like Maria
Song: 'Til The Right One Comes Along (Dave Clark Five Cover)
Plays: 6
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#239 ‘TIL THE RIGHT ONE COMES ALONG (DAVE CLARK FIVE COVER). so my brother started recording his vocal takes here at the hills (also known as my music room) a couple of months ago, and last thursday he brought along a condenser mic borrowed from a friend of his. we set it up and it worked fine with him, but when i tried to record with it the vocal takes sounded terrible!

long story short, i was troubleshooting the entire morning, and JUST NOW got  it working right. won’t trouble you guys with an explanation because now that i know what the problem was, i feel really stupid—like i was counting to potato for hours.

ANYWAY. this is an old song that i’ve always loved; figured it was an easy song so i ran through all my mic tests this morning using the verse/chorus/end. my dad plays this on the guitar and sings it a lot; probably every other time he sits down to practice. don’t anyone tell him that i sang it though—he’ll just get all mushy and i’ll get all embarrassed. hahaha!

here is me through a condenser mic. hopefully there a little bit more bass in my voice; god knows i need it.

05.19.13 0
Artist: A Problem Like Maria
Song: Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) (Alicia Keys)
Album: Clever Cover Stories
Plays: 9
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#232 UN-THINKABLE (I’M READY) (ALICIA KEYS COVER). holy shit, this was hard as fuck. alicia keys is understated but no less fierce in this song — the range needed for this is wider than i currently work with, which made covering this a bitch and a half. my cousin recently posted a video of her singing this, so i thought i’d give it a shot (the song got stuck in my head); not knowing that it would permanently damage my self-esteem.

…okay, that’s a little too dramatic. what this cover DOES do, though, is remind me that i need to be stricter about my vocal exercises. there’s too many sour notes here to count, and i was so focused on just getting through the song that i barely put any feeling into it. hopefully i post a better cover/original soon.

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