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Title: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Pete C on April 11, 2010, 09:31:52 AM
Second attempt at a song on my BR600. Used Bass sim and one guitar track direct and the second guitar and lead were recorded from a line out from my guitar amp.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Gary F on April 11, 2010, 09:47:23 AM
 Welcome Pete!! Great first post!! One of my favorite Thin Lizzy tunes!!
Great vox and great playing !!! Nice lead guitar!!!

   Great job!!!
       Gary
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: lg on April 11, 2010, 09:56:32 AM
This is an excellent post....Be it 1st or last!
Welcome aboard Mate-y! Aye!

LG
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Bluesberry on April 11, 2010, 10:05:27 AM
Holy crap what a huge sound here.  Great job.  If you don't mind my saying, the vocal (which is great) sounds a little lost in the mix, if it were me I would bring it up a bit more, or bring the rhythm guitar down a bit, that is my suggestion.  Other than that small point, this rocks hard, this is great, well played, and a very cool song.  Great stuff, very well done.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Dmann on April 12, 2010, 12:33:43 AM
Awesome 1st post man, keep em comin :)
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Pete C on April 12, 2010, 02:53:42 AM
Thanks for your comments and advice on my first post!
I've only ever done backing vocals in the bands I've played with an I'm not really comfortable taking a lead vocal.  After re-listening, I agree the vocals are a little lost in the mix.  On the first track I did on the BR600, my vocals were more to the front but a friend who heard it said they were too prominent so I kept them a bit lower on "Whiskey..."

I'll post my first track, U2's "One" to see what you think?
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: honkytonk on April 13, 2010, 09:16:20 AM
Great vox, great playing :)
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Greeny (No longer active) on April 14, 2010, 10:19:38 AM
This is a great job. I like the angry fuzz of the guitars especially. A difficult one to cover, but you really pulled it off. Very well sung, and the vocals sit very nicely in the mix too. Nice one.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Tony W on April 14, 2010, 12:59:31 PM
Fantastic post Pete. If you remix this song, post it somewhere in the thread, I love progress.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: SwanSong on April 14, 2010, 05:45:56 PM
Great sound wonderful guitar work
an agree with all the above.tc Neil

Please listen critique my latest song
I just want to dance with you
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: honkytonk on April 16, 2010, 06:59:39 AM
great post sounds brill. :)
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Ferryman_1957 on April 17, 2010, 04:54:16 PM
Great rocky job here. Nice interpretation of a great song, the rhythm guitars in particular sound great. I think the vox sound good, you just need to give them a bit more "welly" in the performance so they sound more like the lead vox. You can hold a tune well and your voice sounds good, you just need to be the lead singer a bit more - I'm sure you can do that. Production is very crisp and clear, well done all round.

Cheers,

Nigel
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Groundy on April 17, 2010, 11:41:29 PM
Great sound well done ....Alex
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Vanncad on April 18, 2010, 01:49:29 PM
Welcome Pete,

Glad to have another BR600 user here.

This is a great tune, and you have certainly done it justice.
The guitars sound great, and you have a good voice too man!

Can't wait to hear some more of your stuff!
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Speed Demon on April 19, 2010, 05:34:15 AM
Well done. The vocal needs to stand out a bit more in the mix, but other than that you've
kicked this tune in the butt.

Welcome.

Gene
 
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Pete C on April 11, 2013, 03:46:30 PM
Shameless self-bump.  3 years to the day since my first post on Songcrafters! And its appropriate for the Dead Rockstar Fest - Phil Lynott.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: StephenM on February 13, 2022, 09:36:04 AM
I'm glad I found this (with a little help from the what's ap group)!!!

to be very honest I never appreciated this song until I started to understand how iconic it is to the Irish.... then it was like a light bulb went on...and Thin Lizzy's version became the version for me... I like what TG said...angry fuzz guitars...yeah...good descriptor.

love the lead... The vocals sound really good... ain't nothing there to be ashamed of IMO...  I have become a believer in "you gotta believe in" your vocals...that sells it...no matter how good you are not everyone is going to love or even like them.... I have made peace with that now...
sing on and rock on brother....
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Pete C on February 13, 2022, 02:41:16 PM
Quote from: StephenM on February 13, 2022, 09:36:04 AMlove the lead... The vocals sound really good... ain't nothing there to be ashamed of IMO...  I have become a believer in "you gotta believe in" your vocals...that sells it...no matter how good you are not everyone is going to love or even like them.... I have made peace with that now...
sing on and rock on brother....

Thanks for your comments Stephen. This was my very first track on Songcrafters and the first time I'd released my vocals onto the world wide web so I was feeling a bit self-conscious about my singing. 12 years on, with the support of this wonderful community, I no longer worry about how I sound. I give each song my best shot.. sometimes I get good feedback about my singing sometimes I don't - it is what it is ! Music is subjective and I appreciate that some people might like my singing while others may not.  I love being part of the SC community and the opportunity to form long-distance friendships with wondefrul people like you, and I'll carry on for as long as I'm capable of putting a track together.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Jean Pierre on February 14, 2022, 12:26:40 AM
Excellent Pete
I really like the two rhythm guitars behind the vocals
I had not heard this song recorded by you...in 2010 I was not yet on SC
[I love being part of the SC community and the opportunity to form long-distance friendships with wondefrul people like you,
QuoteI'm a fan of SC just like you
I love the principle of the BUMP which allows songs posted on SC to resurface among the ...17809 (!) topics (incredible) published
There are pepites in this  mine

Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: kenny mac on February 14, 2022, 01:50:40 AM
Great performance, I missed this 1st time around.
Dont think I was a member then. Excellent.
Title: Re: Whiskey in the Jar
Post by: Pipes on February 14, 2022, 12:59:37 PM
Great full sound.

Nicely done.

Perhaps the vocals a little more in the mix.

Nick