Combining Covers
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I think it's interesting to look at how the vocal and instrumental composotion changes the emotion of a song. For this assignment find a cover of a song and combine it with the original version of the song to create a new/remixed version of the song. After you've finshed remixing your version, listen to it and see what kind of emotion it now makes you feel. To complete the assignment, I chose to take Don't Forget Me by Harry Nilsson and combined it with Hamilton Leithauser's (The Walkmen) cover of this song.
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cover + original
For this assignment I was asked to combine cover songs with another cover song. I decided to remix it a little bit and combine a cover by Amandla Stenberg of “Let My Baby Stay,” with the original instrumental by Mac Demarco. It was really hard and I’m not that …
Mashup in the UK
The Sex Pistols are by far, the greatest boy band of all time. You cannot debate me on that. They were a band put together by record producers, featuring people who couldn’t play their instruments (at least Sid Vicious), but I still love them. Motley Crue, is my favorite band, …
Dear Jolene…
Find a cover of a song and combine it with the original version of the song to create a new/remixed version of the song. After you’ve finished remixing your version, listen to it and see what kind of emotion it now makes you feel.
In the early 1970’s, when Dolly …
Cover Art
Stand By Me is a classic song by Ben E. King. But what happens when you mix the original with it’s cover? Well that’s what I had to discover for this assignment. I took Ben E. King’s classic and combined it with Florence + the Machine’s…
“Hallelujah,” it’s Spring Break!
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLRP8d7hhpoQ&start1=2&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dy8AWFf7EAc4&start2=80&authorName=Chris+Markham
My punny title has nothing to do with spring break, other than it being right around the corner. I chose Hallelujah because there have been many very good covers of the song with a variety of sounds to them. The Pentatonix version has arguably surpassed Jeff Buckley’s original version, …
Have Mercy
So this took me a little bit longer than expected because it wouldn’t allow me to post it onto my soundcloud but I just made a quick imovie so I could upload it on my youtube channel. I chose this song because my girlfriend has been singing it all day …
Cover Combination (3.5 stars)
For this assignment I chose to work with Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. It’s a song I’m very fond of and was curious to see how my feelings towards it would change, if at all. It was pretty hard finding a cover that fit well with the song; either the …
cover + original
For this assignment I was asked to combine cover songs with another cover song. I decided to remix it a little bit and combine a cover by Amandla Stenberg of “Let My Baby Stay,” with the original instrumental by Mac Demarco. It was really hard and I’m not that …
Mashup in the UK
The Sex Pistols are by far, the greatest boy band of all time. You cannot debate me on that. They were a band put together by record producers, featuring people who couldn’t play their instruments (at least Sid Vicious), but I still love them. Motley Crue, is my favorite band, …
Dear Jolene…
Find a cover of a song and combine it with the original version of the song to create a new/remixed version of the song. After you’ve finished remixing your version, listen to it and see what kind of emotion it now makes you feel.
In the early 1970’s, when Dolly …
Cover Art
Stand By Me is a classic song by Ben E. King. But what happens when you mix the original with it’s cover? Well that’s what I had to discover for this assignment. I took Ben E. King’s classic and combined it with Florence + the Machine’s…
“Hallelujah,” it’s Spring Break!
http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLRP8d7hhpoQ&start1=2&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dy8AWFf7EAc4&start2=80&authorName=Chris+Markham
My punny title has nothing to do with spring break, other than it being right around the corner. I chose Hallelujah because there have been many very good covers of the song with a variety of sounds to them. The Pentatonix version has arguably surpassed Jeff Buckley’s original version, …
Have Mercy
So this took me a little bit longer than expected because it wouldn’t allow me to post it onto my soundcloud but I just made a quick imovie so I could upload it on my youtube channel. I chose this song because my girlfriend has been singing it all day …
Cover Combination (3.5 stars)
For this assignment I chose to work with Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. It’s a song I’m very fond of and was curious to see how my feelings towards it would change, if at all. It was pretty hard finding a cover that fit well with the song; either the …
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Find a cover of a song and combine it with the original version of the song to create a new/remixed version of the song. After you’ve finished remixing your version, listen to it and see what kind of emotion it now makes you feel.
In the early 1970’s, when Dolly …