Follow Your Dreams (Jim Messina cover, solo acoustic)

[des0free]

Has anyone heard a song at a live show and thought "that's so good that when I get home I'm immediately going to try to learn that song"?

I saw Jim Messina (country-rock legend who was in Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Loggins & Messina) in a small club sitting three rows back from the front.  The band played it with full bass, drums, etc, and really nice harmony vocals.  I just did a "live in the living room" version.

I used a Fender CT-140 SE Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Audio Technica AT2010 (handheld condenser Mic), and Zoom R24 Recorder.  I mixed the two tracks in Reaper using the following Waves plugins: Q3 Eq, CLA vocals, CLA guitars, API-2500 compressor, and L1 ultramaximizer.

[TPB]

This recording is so good great production all around and excellent cover
Tim

[Farrell Jackson]

This an excellent performance, recording and production for just two tracks of acoustic guitar and vocals...bravo! I've not heard the original J. Messina recording. You did great but I can imagine what it would sound like with some lovely 2 or 3 part harmonies in there. Nicely done!

Farrell

[Redler]

I'm not familiar with the original, but very beautiful song... So well sung and played.