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grizzlymint
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03/31/2007 1:55 am
Alright, so I'm doing a cover of my favorite song of all time--Hendrix's "Little Wing." Now, as I've proven here already, I don't have the strongest of voices, but I can typically make it kind of work. Well, Hendrix and everyone who ever covered this song had a much better and deeper voice than me, and I have no range. So will you give this a listen and tell me if you think my voice is probably too weak for such a song, and if this is so, is there any way that I could beef it up?

Keep in mind, I haven't added bass or some other touches that need to be done yet so its pretty rough. Also have to completely redo the vocals because I picked up some sound through my headphones with the mic and now theres a nasty echo. (you'l hear it) No equalization has been done either, so the mix is even worse than mine typically are. So this has a long way to go, but I just wanted some opinions or pointers on the vocals.

Little Wing

Thanks for listening if you can.
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Julian Vickers
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03/31/2007 2:38 am
The vocals sound good, they need some EQ of course and it would sound better if they weren't panned all the way to the right.

Your guitar playing is good except I think would sound better with less wah.
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Bar Chord Nick
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04/01/2007 4:06 am
I think the vocals are fine. Like Julian said they need some EQ work. I agree on the wah too. It's a little over done. Has great potential just needs some tweaking. I look forward to the final mix.
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04/01/2007 4:11 am
Very nice, the vocals work well with the song. The wah is a tad overdone, but whatever. It was good, I'd like to see the final mix.
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04/01/2007 4:40 am
Thanks for the replies guys. I'll ease up on the wah a bit. I'm gonna work hard on the vocals so its not so pitchy either.

I try to stay away from covering songs...anybody can play someone else's material. But this song is just too great. By far my favorite by Hendrix, or anyone for that matter.
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04/01/2007 4:43 am
Yeah, I love little wing. In my opinion, some of hendrix's best. Great song.
I also hate doing covers, people always expect the original.
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