Heartbreak Hotel - odh cover for Rock'n'Roll fest

[ODH]

This week's trip into the realms of indignity has me wailing like a cat.

It's an Elvis song, ffs.

Don't laugh.

[Hilary]

I've literally just gone from listening to it on Youtube to your version.

I liked it, a lot!

[Groundy]

Love it Nick,
Great version,
love the piano keys, Brill..
Well done...........

Alex

[Pete C]

Meeeooowww !   

Only joking Nick !  But it did make a nice start to Saturday morning.

Pete   

[Johnny Robbo]

Great version, mate! I agree with Alex about the piano... that lovely tinkly sound that adds a touch of authenticity. As does the slightly overdriven sound to the vocals... just like the recordings of the '50s. Great guitar work, too!

[bruno]

Cool cover. Sometimes these old songs aren't as easy as you first think (at least in my experience) - I really enjoyed your cover Nick, mix of your style and a really quite authentic sounding recording. That was fun :-)
B

[Blooby]

Enjoyed this quite a bit. I'd be super interested in some recording notes about how you approached this. Loved that piano and guitar break.

Really nice post. Impressive.

Blooby

[ODH]

Thanks for listening, all.

This started as a drum track, much like the jazz pieces I've done lately. It's programmed in DM-1 drum machine, recorded to GarageBand.  The bass is GB upright bass. I was stressing over doing the piano in GB but I realised it would be simple in ThumbJam; I set that to Minor Blues and then tinkled up and down.

The vocal next was recorded on my iPhone mic into the Rock'n'roll amp sim in GB, mostly to get a good slap back echo. I doubled it onto a clean mic track to add some weight.

The guitar is my Tokai Breezysound (Tele) on neck pickup and recorded into the same Rock'n'roll amp sim using my Apogee JAM interface.

I've made a mono mix, too, for authenticity which I may post. Haven't really had a chance to compared the two yet though.

[heg577]

It still amazes me that Elvis had just turned 21 when he recorded Heartbreak Hotel.
A courageous effort "over-da-hill"...

[fenderbender]

Like it big time-great cover,
 very 50s sound all over
classy


Tommy