Please comment on recording! NO SUCH THING JOHN MAYER

The production quality is pretty good, vocals are clear but a little bit too upfront could do with a little more reverb.

EQ to bring out more trebly zing on the acoustic guitars would be beneficial as well!

Wait... am I supposed to comment on the mixing or the vocals, lol?

Alright you have a nice tone that suits the song but I've seen many times great voices brought down by poor diction, not to say that yours is bad but it could do with a little more improvement. You should try slurring certain notes together and not sing out too many separated notes, I bet it'd make quite a big difference!
 
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Thanks!

I agree diction could be better, I'm still trying to figure it all out myself! I only started learning in June 2008, long way to go!
 
Wow.. definitely your best yet :) Like wjl123, I also thought I had the wrong video .. I though I'd got the original by mistake :)

Your diction is maybe 95% .. I think it's good enough. The little differences are just enough to make you unique, not enough to make it sound strange.

At this stage I've got no criticism .. I'm still awed. Your hard work is really paying off!
 
Hey! Your vocal sounds almost like the original at the start man. good job. can improve on the diction though. Cheers!
 
Thank you guys, I will continue to work on it! School's picking up but it's no excuse to ignore practise.

Happy Valentine's Day!! Or Happy Friendship Day!!
 
All in all, it's a very good attempt. A bass line would enhance the song.
Personally and only personally, I would not try to sound like JM. First of all one would never be better than the original by trying to sound like JM.

Usually for beginners, it's good to copy and have Mentors. It gives one a direction and set some standards in Artistry. After this primary stage, one should try to establish an identity of origin that is unique to one's creativity.
There they are some, who will from the beginning, will try and forge an original style even though they sound and play half as good as you.

Try doing the song differently, change the arrangement, add a second voice lending the voice of your friend who is playing the second guitar. There are many possibilities. In this way, even doing a cover version we can inject some creativity and originality.

Please do not think I'm being negative here, I'm am not. I hear talent in your voice and am encouraging you to go one step further/higher.
 
How do you find your own voice?

I've been learning for less than a year and I'm still :confused: over the idea of developing my own. I guess it takes a lot more time.
 
'how do I find my own voice?' ...... with my own ears and alway critical, he! he!

I have been doing it for 40 years and still confused at time too.
 
the rhythm is slightly off tempo with a few wrong chords lol. work on it and you'll be fine. (:
for vocals work on your pitching and breath control. learn to drag notes, if not it'll sound kinda choppy.
 
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yeah, i agree that you have to work on dragging the notes. for eg in, grabbing credits and making transfers. it'll sound better if you drag "and" plus "transfers", just to smoothen out the song.

and another tip would be to try not to dictate out each word so choppily: memories for example, just sing it out as one word and not cut the word up into three sections. the song is very smooth on the whole, so your singing technique has to be smooth too if you know what i mean.

overall, you do have a nice tone already, so keep working hard!! :)))
 
Thanks for the comments! Yea back then when I finished the recording, I thought I did a pretty decent job. Now that you guys mentioned the need to slur the words and reduce the choppy-ness, I think it's a pretty bad take! I'll definitely take note of that tip and apply it to future recordings.

Waiting for the perfect time to record another cover, and hopefully an original soon (waiting for inspiration and trying to find inspiration), thanks again!
 
The recording is pretty good. You may want to tone down the higher frequencies on the vocal track to reduce the plosives.

Maybe try a De-esser to keep the "hiss" of the spoken "S" down? :smile:
 
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