Title: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: ODH on April 20, 2022, 11:20:07 AM
Post by: ODH on April 20, 2022, 11:20:07 AM
From the 1972 album, Machine Head.
One of the most iconic rock tracks of all time, here's my humble attempt.
I actually played real bass on this one, largely because I couldn't be arsed to program it.
Anyway, the cast is, in order of appearance;
- Guitar Tokai Breezysound (Telecaster)
- "Classic Rock Organ" (GarageBand)
- Drummer (Kyle) (GarageBand)
- Bass Guitar - Squier Jaguar
- Vocals - two tracks, lead and backing (on the chorus
The key difference between Deep Purple and me is that whereas they're four highly talented and well rehearsed professional musicians playing together real time, mine is just me and my guitars and my phone, making the best of it.
Oh and it's over six minutes long.
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Ted on April 20, 2022, 11:31:02 AM
Post by: Ted on April 20, 2022, 11:31:02 AM
Quote from: ODH on April 20, 2022, 11:20:07 AM
- Drummer (Kyle) (GarageBand)
I'm a fan of Kyle as well.
Great cover. Great job on the bass too. I guess you don't usually play bass? Now I expect you too.
I may cover this myself if the 1972 fest gets extended. I've had my own stupid arrangement of this partially worked out for years, and should probably get it out of my system.
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: StephenM on April 20, 2022, 12:27:55 PM
Post by: StephenM on April 20, 2022, 12:27:55 PM
major coolness... well performed... the bass sounds fantastic....
excellent cover! way to go!
excellent cover! way to go!
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Pete C on April 20, 2022, 01:02:38 PM
Post by: Pete C on April 20, 2022, 01:02:38 PM
Good choice from 72 Nick. It was on my possibles list but lower down as I lost my i-pad with Garageband a couple of years ago and replaced it with an Android tablet. Big mistake as there's no decent android alternative to Garageband so I'm struggling now to get decent keyboad sounds. Miss that classic rock organ !
Anyway, nice riffage and it's more fun to play a real bass. Great cover and nice that you extended it too !
Pete
Anyway, nice riffage and it's more fun to play a real bass. Great cover and nice that you extended it too !
Pete
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: cuthbert on April 20, 2022, 03:10:20 PM
Post by: cuthbert on April 20, 2022, 03:10:20 PM
Classic.
Well done, Nick!
Well done, Nick!
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: SE on April 20, 2022, 05:16:33 PM
Post by: SE on April 20, 2022, 05:16:33 PM
Yes great effort at the DP classic.
If you played this in the guitar shop you would get hunted much like Stairway to Heaven 😀
Great take enjoyed it lots!!
If you played this in the guitar shop you would get hunted much like Stairway to Heaven 😀
Great take enjoyed it lots!!
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Zoltan on April 21, 2022, 02:13:22 AM
Post by: Zoltan on April 21, 2022, 02:13:22 AM
So this really happened? All 6 minutes and 22 seconds of it.
Doing this song isn't a crime on the level of Diabolus in Musica. It's far worse :D Just kidding!
I like the fact that you've taken the pains of doing it like it's supposed to be done. Taking on the boots of Gillan, Blackmore and all! Kyle works a treat also as an Ian Paice substitute, but i think Kyle is playing it right-handed.
Only the big question remains: Did you use fingers for those doublestops? :)
Doing this song isn't a crime on the level of Diabolus in Musica. It's far worse :D Just kidding!
I like the fact that you've taken the pains of doing it like it's supposed to be done. Taking on the boots of Gillan, Blackmore and all! Kyle works a treat also as an Ian Paice substitute, but i think Kyle is playing it right-handed.
Only the big question remains: Did you use fingers for those doublestops? :)
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: ODH on April 21, 2022, 02:50:45 AM
Post by: ODH on April 21, 2022, 02:50:45 AM
Quote from: Zoltan on April 21, 2022, 02:13:22 AMOnly the big question remains: Did you use fingers for those doublestops? :)
I play the D string with pick between thumb and first finger and the G with middle finger. Both strings are played at the same time.
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Zoltan on April 21, 2022, 02:55:32 AM
Post by: Zoltan on April 21, 2022, 02:55:32 AM
Ah, you're a hybrid picker. Me too!
Forgot to comment on the bass and now i noticed it's a JAGUAR bass. Sounds good and you should certainly play it more. Offsets are cool.
Forgot to comment on the bass and now i noticed it's a JAGUAR bass. Sounds good and you should certainly play it more. Offsets are cool.
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: TPB on April 21, 2022, 07:36:22 AM
Post by: TPB on April 21, 2022, 07:36:22 AM
I saw this on the list and figured someone was working on it so I have been waiting on this classic
Well done
tim
Well done
tim
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Rene Asologuitar on April 21, 2022, 08:02:31 PM
Post by: Rene Asologuitar on April 21, 2022, 08:02:31 PM
Quote from: ODH on April 20, 2022, 11:20:07 AM
***************
On this song, 6 minutes is nothing.
A true classic, and an all-time favorite!
Nice recording, and the instruments are great!!!!
Vocals are great!
Love this song.
Thanks for sharing your talent.
Rene
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: des0free on April 25, 2022, 10:28:35 PM
Post by: des0free on April 25, 2022, 10:28:35 PM
It's a very good cover. The song has a bad rep due to the riff being overplayed, but I don't go in guitar shops much (instead buy online), and don't normally listen to DP, so don't overhear it. So I enjoyed it. Now I would like to request that you do a cover of either Stairway to Heaven or Freebird - seriously!
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Redler on April 26, 2022, 01:06:50 AM
Post by: Redler on April 26, 2022, 01:06:50 AM
Excellent take! Classic rock organ sounds so good...
Bravo Nick!
Bravo Nick!
Title: Re: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple - 1972
Post by: Farrell Jackson on April 26, 2022, 10:30:31 AM
Post by: Farrell Jackson on April 26, 2022, 10:30:31 AM
As much as this song is over exposed on Classic Rock airwaves, video games and by "want to be rock stars" in music stores, I still love it! I crank it up whenever it comes on my car radio. You did an excellent version of this Nick and yes, I cranked it up...well done!