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09-06-2011, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Three Oaks, Michigan | | | My Sir Duke bass cover.Watch!
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This is me doing a cover of Sir duke by Stevie Wonder. Its a bit sloppy, but im still working on it and getting it all down tight.
Im using a Warwick corvette double buck and a GK MB210. I recorded it with a flip video.
Please comment on my sloppy playing!    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwllSlIr5k |
09-06-2011, 06:39 PM
| | | | Its not sloppy. My biggest comment is note lengths, like they start at the right point but the lengths don't sound right. When I learned the song that was the hardest part for me.
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09-06-2011, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Three Oaks, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockman  Its not sloppy. My biggest comment is note lengths, like they start at the right point but the lengths don't sound right. When I learned the song that was the hardest part for me. | Hmm. So are you saying im not letting them ring out enough? The main reason I post stuff on here is so people can point out stuff that I need to work on. I appreciate your comment. I don't ever get a chance to play with other bassist and hear there opinions  |
09-06-2011, 08:18 PM
| | | didn't really hear the whole thing but perhaps the note length is the reason why you thought it sounded sloppy.
nice bass anyway  |
09-06-2011, 08:26 PM
|  | Esteemed Nitpicker | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A Galaxy Far, Far Away | | | Not really sloppy but you were rushing at times (didn't watch the whole thing but the first chorus in particular jumped out at me). Have more fun with it. The song is a celebration of music, after all. |
09-06-2011, 08:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Three Oaks, Michigan | | | I did kinda of rush it. That was like my 10th time trying to record it because in the previous recordings I would miss like 1 note and it would bother me really bad. It seems like whenever it comes down to doing a recording I always get tense and mess up and not play as smoothly. |
09-06-2011, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Detroit | | | It seems like maybe the notes need to be more staccato - shorter and snappier, if you know what I''m saying. Good job though! |
09-06-2011, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pocketgroove It seems like maybe the notes need to be more staccato - shorter and snappier, if you know what I''m saying. Good job though! | Ya I gotcha. And thanks! |
09-06-2011, 09:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Detroit | | No problem! You've got a ton of potential; keep playing, and see where it takes you!
BTW, I notice you're from Michigan too; is there a chronic drummer shortage where you're at? For the life of me, I can't find other musicians to play with around here.
EDIT: It looks like we've practically got a conglomerate of Michiganders here; the Stevie Wonder must draw us in. 
Last edited by pocketgroove : 09-06-2011 at 09:13 PM.
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09-06-2011, 09:05 PM
| | | | Agreed that note lenghts are a bit long in spots. I particularly seemed to notice the high part in the bridge. But overall good job.
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09-06-2011, 09:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Metro Detroit | | | I was told that "Sir Duke" is a really hard song to learn. I thought you did a good job. Keep it up. |
09-06-2011, 09:11 PM
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09-06-2011, 09:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Three Oaks, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pocketgroove No problem! You've got a ton of potential; keep playing, and see where it takes you!
BTW, I notice you're from Michigan too; is there a chronic drummer shortage where you're at? For the life of me, I can't find other musicians to play with around here.
EDIT: It looks like we've practically got a conglomerate of Michiganders here; the Stevie Wonder must draw us in. | O god yes. I can't find a drummer anywhere. We use to have a really really good drummer that went to my school and then he moved to Indiana  |
09-06-2011, 09:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: 40° 45' 21" no. latitude | | | great playing!
back when that song was first on the radio, we all stopped whatever we were doing and HONED IN on the great unison riff sections... one by one, all us young chums would bring in pieces of it into rehearsals, like a rare text.. "check THIS Part out.. is THAT it? are ya sure? how 'bout THIS section..."
yeah, hit it a little bit more staccato on the choruses, so it punches with the drums a bit more. but you're mighty close! |
09-06-2011, 09:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | | Good job! I think the feel would be better if you got all the ghost notes in there. Those are a large part of getting the feel of the song right, and would help with the "note length" issue that others have noted. |
09-06-2011, 10:18 PM
| | | | Sounds good, you got it down tight. I think the advice here is good, shorten up your notes, which will help ease onto that swinging feel a bit and make the part punchier.
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09-06-2011, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pica I was told that "Sir Duke" is a really hard song to learn. I thought you did a good job. Keep it up. | It's definitely an intermediate-early advanced tune in terms of when you'd give it to a student. There are some key changes, three distinct grooves, and that break so there's no faking your way through it. Keep at it, OP; I want to hear you really nail it. |
09-06-2011, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by colcifer It's definitely an intermediate-early advanced tune in terms of when you'd give it to a student. There are some key changes, three distinct grooves, and that break so there's no faking your way through it. Keep at it, OP; I want to hear you really nail it. | Im gonna practice a lot over the next week and see if I can get it tighter. Expect a new vid up soon  |
09-07-2011, 11:04 PM
|  | bassist for staind | | | | | you played that song better than a cover band bassist i saw who was getting paid. good work!
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09-07-2011, 11:08 PM
|  | America's Favorite Hot Dog! | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHI/NWI | | | Not bad man! Like it was mentioned, a little more staccato in the chorus, but the runs were spot on IMO. You play it way better than I do lol. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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