Hi there, I just want to share with you my first recorded song ever and it's "Crush" by my favourite band Smashing Pumpkins..

http://rapidshare.com/fil...h.mp3.html

Enjoy and share your views
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Anybody..?

Hi,
I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan,but I may check them out after hearing this.
Nice guitar playing.
Your vocal styling reminds me of Julian Cope.
What inspired this particular cover?

tony23k said:

Hi! Thank you, I wasn't sure about the vocals..it was the first time I ever sing, so I was like "it's the worst vocals ever"

This song is from SP's debut album "Gish" (1991, very psychedelic rock/grunge record). Original version has nice haunting and dreamy atmosphere..I love that song mainly because of memories of one girl I knew..it's lyrics has a little bit personal meaning to me..

zaza said:

I'll definitely check it out now.

Seriously,on the first listen the vocals really go with the instrumentation.
Don't be so hard on yourself,leave that to the critics.Just give it.

I'm not a musician,but I comment when I hear something interesting.
And the story behind the inspiration always takes it up a notch.
Thanks for sharing.

tony23k said:

Thank you so much! I'm glad that someone likes it

Btw don't forget to listen to SP's albums Siamese Dream (1993, musical masterpiece!) and their double album Mellon Collie And The Infinity Sadness (1995, classic album of the 90's)

cool voice for a rock song. You should try to play on acoustic. Clean guitar works better with drums and bass.

7salles said:

Thank you very much I have just my copy of Les Paul, the Epiphone LP-100. I wanted to buy some cheap or used acoustic guitar, but after all, Jeff Buckley played clean guitar on some of his best tracks without bass and drums and it sounded pretty cool.. That was the sound I was trying to achieve on this track.. But in the future I'll get myself some good acoustic guitar

zaza said:

You're welcome!
I'm not sure which album it's from ,but "Tonight,Tonight" is an excellent video and song.
Listened to "Crush" and I can hear why you were inspired..



For some reason I had been blending them with Blind Melon.

tony23k said:

Tonight,
Tonight is from Mellon Collie album

I love that dreamy atmosphere in Crush created by the bass guitar supported by that echo guitar..I can't tell if my version is worse, but I feel that without the bass, guitar solo and everything else it's a little bit different song with different emotions..

WOW.
I love athmosphere and emotions of this song.
I like nuance of your voice and the arrangement of those guitars.
(I don't understand guitars. I can't write about it but I like it)
This song is absolutely perfect for me.

Good job Mr.Z.

Mautina said:

Thank you very much, Mautina I'm glad you like it

you did a really nice job with the recording, it sounds super clean!

abigail05 said:

Thank you.. It was recorded in my friends studio on the first take (you can hear that I coughed at the end of the 2nd verse ). Some kind of beautiful mistake

do you think you'd cover anything from Siamese Dream?

I could take or leave Gish, but SD is probably my favorite record ever

abigail05 said:

SD is one of the greatest rock records ever! Maybe I'd cover Mayonaise (the most beautiful song EVER) or Hummer

zaza said:

many a tear shed during Mayonaise...

abigail05 said:

I can play really nice version of Mayonaise, when I get to the studio - it'll be on the org

zaza said:

excellent! can't wait

maybe while you're in the studio you could throw down your version of 'Soothe' (from pisces iscariot) as well...

abigail05 said:

...ok! I'll try it. But if I couldn't get to the studio, I'll try to record it at home - but the sound quality won't be as good as on "Crush"..
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zaza said:

don't make the mistake I've made of getting hung up on sound quality. It's a killer.

Better that you would have good songs and ideas and stuff. Quality of sound should come last!

abigail05 said:

That's true Thanks for advice
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Mautina said:

Actually,
it's just one guitar I know it sounds like there is the second one, but that's because the vocal mic catched the sound of myself plucking the strings with my guitar pick

Wow. Great job. I'm a huge Pumpkins fan and you did the song justice.

squirrelgrease said:

Thank you, squirrelgrease! It's nice to see more Pumpkin freaks here on the org I'd like to know Corgan's view on this cover - I guess he forgot that he wrote this beautiful song
Heard it live only once on the Mashed Potatoes box set.