Gill Appleby Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 https://www.smule.com/recording/janis-joplin-mercedes-benz/1088277799_1420463658/ensembles Please excuse the outro. And yes it's me singing with JJ in the background. Thoughts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Robert Lunte Posted July 26, 2017 Administrator Share Posted July 26, 2017 Fun Gill. I can sort of hear your country draw... can you do this without the back vocals of JJ so we can hear your voice more clearly. It is masking your voice too much and sort of getting in the way. Let's hear YOU do it alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Appleby Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Just now, Robert Lunte said: Fun Gill. I can sort of hear your country draw... can you do this without the back vocals of JJ so we can hear your voice more clearly. It is masking your voice too much and sort of getting in the way. Let's hear YOU do it alone. I'll have to re-record it Rob. Thinking of a way to get around the backing voxs and can see your point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Appleby Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 33 minutes ago, Robert Lunte said: Fun Gill. I can sort of hear your country draw... can you do this without the back vocals of JJ so we can hear your voice more clearly. It is masking your voice too much and sort of getting in the way. Let's hear YOU do it alone. https://www.smule.com/recording/janis-joplin-mercedez-benz/1088277799_1481117166 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Appleby Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 5 hours ago, Gill Appleby said: https://www.smule.com/recording/janis-joplin-mercedez-benz/1088277799_1481117166 This is the link to the new recording Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Robert Lunte Posted July 28, 2017 Administrator Share Posted July 28, 2017 Gill, Nice work getting rid of the noise in here... now we can properly hear you. This is better. Do it again and I want you to do two things: 1. watch your timing. You are rushing and jumping in front of your cues. Its rushing... so lay back. 2. Laying back more will also... get you to sing it a little more softer. It is a bit eratic, attacking too hard... soften the vocal mass just a bit. Stop rushing the cues, get tighter on the timing & lay back more... a touch more "sleepy". take 3! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Appleby Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 14 hours ago, Robert Lunte said: Gill, Nice work getting rid of the noise in here... now we can properly hear you. This is better. Do it again and I want you to do two things: 1. watch your timing. You are rushing and jumping in front of your cues. Its rushing... so lay back. 2. Laying back more will also... get you to sing it a little more softer. It is a bit eratic, attacking too hard... soften the vocal mass just a bit. Stop rushing the cues, get tighter on the timing & lay back more... a touch more "sleepy". take 3! Thank you Rob. Duly noted... Take 3 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDEW Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 HI Gill, Welcome to the forum. I love Janis. My favorite is Take a Piece of My Heart. I do not know what is is about that song but it gets to me. Try this song a little less "Singy" and more "Conversational" and almost like pleading. The idea behind the song is "Please lord won't you help a girl out? All my friends are getting something in this life and I am being left behind. I try Hard. Please? " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Appleby Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Thank you and yes agreed. I will try very hard to do that given the context of the song. Yours and Robs comments definitely very helpful and steering me in the right direction. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDEW Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 3 hours ago, Gill Appleby said: I will try very hard to do that Trying very hard, is what trips us up. Relax and beg god for a color TV....... or something else you feel like you deserve and have been working towards while it keeps slipping through your fingers. Right now I can really relate to this song. My car broke down a few months ago....not worth fixing......baught another car cause I had to do it quick and cheap for lack of funds.....Title is screwed up so I cannot get tags and title......used money from someone else to buy the car....... So.....still no car.... no money to get this cars issue resolved......borrowed money from family for a car I cannot do anything with......they are mad......I am Frustrated....... So...... "OH LORD, won't you by me a Mercedes Benz......." "Worked hard all my Life.....No Help from my Friends......." "Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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