Topic: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

Hi there !
I'm Curtis, 22 years old, I play guitar for 2 years and I think I'm ready to share my vids :

Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley)
I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash)
Out On The Weekend (Neil Young)

On this vids I don't sing because it's with the electric guitar (louder than my voice)
Castles Made of Sand (Jimi Hendrix)
Inca Roads & Florentine Pogen (Medley) (Frank Zappa)

My Youtube Channel : Click Here
I actually have 18 vids (And I sing on the last 6 songs)

Tell me what you think, comment, subscribe if you wanna be the first who listen to my last cover...
Your point of view is important for me,
Thanks !

[url]https://soundcloud.com/curtis-k-music[/url]

Re: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

I watched several of your videos and I have to say.  You are doing really good for two years into it.  Keep up the practice.

You can see all my video covers on [url]http://www.youtube.com/bensonp1000[/url]
I have finally found happiness in my life.  Guitars, singing, beer and camping.  And they all intertwine wonderfully.

3 (edited by CurtRHCP 2013-02-04 18:06:48)

Re: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

Thanks Peter !

For the starting I learned the songs with the tab, sometimes I still do it, but I used more and more the lyrics with the chords... Now I know all the basic chords and some "rare" chords but well... Each day I learn a new thing... I don't have a teacher, I learn on my own.

I don't try to be perfect... I prefer to miss something but doin' it with all my heart than rearrange the sound with all the things we can do with a computer... The wrong thing in music is "playback", I forgot which artist sung the American Anthem in playback (Beyonce I think), but playback it's just an easy cheat...

For the guitar, sometimes a song is maybe less accurate than the original, but anyway, I'm not Hendrix, Zappa, ..., and sometimes I really want to do it well (as for Castles Made of Sand), and others songs I just strum the chords and add little things I try (as for "Out On The Weekend", it's different than Neil Young, mainly for the beginning, and a bit faster)

I also start to write my own original songs, it's more rock, traditionnal rock, a little bit funk, and folk... But actually I just finished 2 songs (So I have the composition and the lyrics), and a dozen of songs, some are finished but I need to find lyrics, some are just little things I think cool...

When it's ok, if I like what I do, I ask to my family/friends to tell me honestly what they think of it.
I wish I could record it (by the way there's a new litte studio in my town), and also find a drummer and a bassist. But actually I just want to have more skill... On the last videos I play more with the folk guitar, just because like this I can sing, but normally I used to play with my Fender ah ah...

[url]https://soundcloud.com/curtis-k-music[/url]

Re: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

Well you're doing great. Keep it up.  I used to want to sound just like the original, then realized that is not the right thing to do.  And it makes it harder to get it right.  Now I justy listen to the original a few times, then find as many covers as I can on YouTube and go from there.  It is much easier to learn from a cover song.  Then you can make it your own.

You can see all my video covers on [url]http://www.youtube.com/bensonp1000[/url]
I have finally found happiness in my life.  Guitars, singing, beer and camping.  And they all intertwine wonderfully.

Re: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

Nice covers Curtis

Re: My covers (Hendrix, Zappa, Young, Presley, ...)

Thanks Grah1

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