I tried singing the blues... - Off-Topic

#1 Posted by ztiworoh (692 posts) - 2 months, 15 days ago

Seriously, in my attempt to get better at playing music/singing/recording, I took a stab at recording an old acoustic blues standard called "Gambler's Blues."

I'd love any thoughts/critiques/comments you may have. Thanks!

Listen Here:

https://soundcloud.com/nick-horowitz/gamblers-blues

#2 Posted by Geralt (231 posts) - 2 months, 15 days ago

You don't sound sad...I don't know. I'm not suggesting you to go live a sad life or anything but yeah...

#3 Posted by ztiworoh (692 posts) - 2 months, 15 days ago

@geralt: Well, I'm not sad. Usually. And the blues aren't really supposed to be sad necessarily. Also, it's actually as much a folk song as it is a blues song, but yeah, maybe I could use a few years of smoking and whiskey-drinking. To give you a point of comparison, I learned this song off of a track recorded by folk singer Dave Van Ronk in the last 1950s.

#4 Edited by Sanity (1508 posts) - 2 months, 15 days ago

Sounds ok, main issue is the vocals are way louder then the guitar, kinda hard to hear the chords.