Thom Yorke: Harrowdown Hill (Cover)

[jdjustice]

here is a cover version of Thom Yorke's "Harrowdown Hill" from his solo album "The Eraser".
it is just piano and voice.


Harrowdown Hill


comments/critiques appreciated!


~j.d.

[Bo Jorgen]

Well done, nice vibe. The vocal sounds great, IMO. Signal chain, mic etc? Gear? DAW? Plugs?

[jdjustice]

Originally Posted by Bo Jorgen

Well done, nice vibe. The vocal sounds great, IMO. Signal chain, mic etc? Gear? DAW? Plugs?

thanks. simple setup:

Red Mic Type B with R8 Capsule > Mbox2 > PT LE
Plugins are Chandler limiter, Sonalksis EQ, Altiverb, and SSL buss comp.


cheers,
~j.d.

[Mikem]

Such a sad, scary song. Beautifully done--I'm listening for the 4th or 5th time--lost count.

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[Tibbon]

A few of the vocal lines sag just a little big in pitch. Not saying you should auto-tune the hell outta it, just noticed it.

I rather do like it. Sounds pretty good. It does sound like a soft-synth piano. It's could just be the playing, and it's just not very dynamic/roomy/forceful.

I wish that the piano kicked it up a bit on the verses.

this is one of my favorite songs of 2006. Terribly sad to be an american/brit these days with the way these governments are making a mockery of all of us.

[jdjustice]

Originally Posted by Mikem

Such a sad, scary song. Beautifully done--I'm listening for the 4th or 5th time--lost count.

thanks very much for that. i think most of the credit (of course) should go to Thom Yorke for writing such a great song.

Originally Posted by Tibbon

A few of the vocal lines sag just a little big in pitch. Not saying you should auto-tune the hell outta it, just noticed it.

yep, you are right. i did the vocal take live in one try and so it's not a pitch-perfect performance. some of my timing (vocally) is off too. i really would NOT want to use any auto-tune on this type of song. it's better if i can just get the pitch right, even if it takes trying a bit harder

Originally Posted by Tibbon

I rather do like it. Sounds pretty good. It does sound like a soft-synth piano. It's could just be the playing, and it's just not very dynamic/roomy/forceful.
I wish that the piano kicked it up a bit on the verses.

it is a soft-synth piano (Synthogy Ivory). i think i had the dynamic range control set to a too-restricted setting, thus the lack of dynamics on the piano part.
i agree the performance could be better.


thanks for the comments and critiques; i can tell you were really listening because you mentioned a lot of things i can improve on that i can also hear myself.
i may do another version where i redo the piano and make it more interesting/dynamic and also work on the pitch being as perfect as possible (for me).



cheers and thanks guys!!
~j.d.