cover of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love" [Archive]

CantBuyAThrill

12-25-2006, 08:20 PM

It's not terrible, but it's not very good. To be perfectly honest.

It felt very empty throughout much of the song- lack of instrumentation and vocals probably had something to do with that. The acoustic was either out of tune or needs an intonation adjustment- or you're fingering your notes poorly.

The main thing that got me about this was that is was very boring. Yeah, it kept the hook of a melody from the original, but the main reason Van Morrison's version stays interesting is because of his dynamics. With a drum machine (that is a drum machine, right?) keeping such a monotonous beat, and neither guitar doing anything especially different throughout the song, by the end the listener loses has barely any reason to keep listening. Your technical skill as both an acoustic and electric guitarist could use some brushing up. You're using the wah only moderately well. It seems like you're disregarding the dynamics and significance of each note and just rocking back and forth between heel and toe. I guess that comes more with practice than anyone just telling you to do it, so get on that.

Acoustic guitar hits the wrong notes for the second chord in the chorus, too(though that could just be your guitar being off pitch with the right technical fingering of the chord). Still, it sounds really dissonant.

TO HELP FILL OUT THE SOUND: Could use a bass guitar in there, as well. I'd suggest trying to put two acoustic guitar tracks panned so that you have one in each speaker. Experiment with reverb on the acoustic, as well. Try not to overdo it, though. Typically with pop music of this nature vocals are very often a necessity- particularly when you're listening to a song that normally has a dynamic vocalist like Van Morrison.

What kind of recording software/equipment are you using, and how are you micing up your electric?

All the same: a good effort. Keep it up- I hope some of this stuff helps.