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Summer of '69 (Sad Cover)

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Today in Songs That Sound Depressing When Played On a Classical Guitar: Summer of '69, by Bryan Adams.


Here I take the old Bryan Adams summer power-rock hit and play it using only a single classical guitar, in order to bring out just exactly how sad it can sound! I think that this idea could be applied to a whole pile of upbeat-type songs, so I think I'm going to make it a bit of an ongoing series.


I'll take suggestions for future Sad Covers in the comments below!


This is a single track, slight compression, slight reverb, no auto-tune, no looping. This is what I sound like live.

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Hmm.

Ah, I remember you! I reviewed a piece of yours that I thought was pretty jolly.

Articulation in your vocals is much better (well, as it should when family isn't 'round, eh?). The reverb you used felt a tad bit too much for my tastes. Though, seeing as this is a classic rock piece, it felt more like a simulation of a stage, as if you were putting on a live show, right here, right now.

The only thing is that there's a disconnect between the guitar and the vocals. The reverb on the acoustic is much more tame and subtle as opposed to the vocals, which sound much more lush and have more warmth. They should be, in all technicality, occupying the same space, so there should be the same amount of reverb. Technically.

I think in this case, less is more - matching the verb on the guitar with the vocals since they sound a bit too spacey. Just me, of course.

Keep focusing on your voice. Belting it out is very good, just keep with trying to be consistent. I hear some extra modulation from your diaphragm when your pushing to hit the notes.

Otherwise, pretty awesome. Love me some acoustic guitar ;)

-J.P.

Ceevro responds:

Hmmm...weird that the reverb doesn't sound the same, because it's the same track. This was one-take, one mic, that's it. Yeah, I put a bit of reverb on the whole thing, and an echo at about 10%, so its just a little off the noticable-level. May have to review my use of reverb, to see if I'm overdoing it, though. I guess it still sounded pretty-good without any effects, but you're right on the sort of empty-space feeling I was going for.

Thanks for taking the time, JP!

Upbeat songs made sad by classical guitar, well, it's a very interesting concept indeed :D

Also, I would like to request "Tripping Billies" by Dave Matthews Band for a sad cover.

Ceevro responds:

Hehe! Thanks, I'll check into it and see if I can make it work!

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Mar 30, 2015
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3 min 33 sec

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