Comments on: Record a cover of Elliott Smith's Waltz #2 for my friend

Record a cover of Elliott Smith's Waltz #2 for my friend

cortex — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:29:36 -0800

Followup / second call: record a cover of Elliott Smith's Waltz #2 [mp3]for a wedding gift for my friend. [original thread].

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:30:25 -0800

Key stuff, based off questions in original thread:

- Due date: 9/13 or so at the latest—the wedding is on 9/15;
- original recording in mp3 format (don't tell the RIAA);
- lyrics via IRFH right here;
- covers can be wildly interpretive, or super straight-forward, or anywhere in between;
- if you have The Perfect Idea for another ES song or a wedding related tune, I'll be receptive to a couple of those;
- I'd rather have your not-quite-perfect recording than not have your perfect one on time;
- I won't be distributing this except to him; if contributors are game, we might put up a little website for it, but we can worry about that later. (And there is, of course, Music.)

My email is in my profile; ideas/questions/submissions can be fired in that direction, naturally. Those of you who sounded even remotely committed to the idea in the previous thread will be getting a nag email, as well.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:18:46 -0800

I'm a few months into lessons, looking at the tab and listening to it, this may be within my reach if I practice enough. dunno, I'm going to give it a try and if it is at least halfway acceptable I'll do it. It'll be a good learning experience one way or another.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:08:57 -0800

Go for it!

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:02:09 -0800

Currently in production, in fact my guitars been tuned down a step since the original thread! Might get it finished this weekend!

By: edgeways

edgeways — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:43:25 -0800

any idea where to see the piano part?

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:54:55 -0800

A quick google didn't turn up anything free, but it looks like you could purchase the piano score o'er yonder.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:43:19 -0800

Eliott Smith songs are haaaard...

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:12:11 -0800

ok, mine's up on mefi music

By: The Confessor

The Confessor — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:25:49 -0800

!

Good god, this is going to be difficult to do well.

Missed the earlier post, but I'll see what I can do w/ limited time & resources.

By: litlnemo

litlnemo — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:25:54 -0800

Oh man. I so want to do this. I can sort of play it on my keyboard, but my problem is getting it recorded decently.

I don't suppose anyone's up for a collaboration in the Seattle area?

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:06:04 -0800

Well, Portland is kind of in the Seattle area.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:42:04 -0800

I just posted mine.

Incidentally, I always thought the chorus was "I'm never gonna' know you know," rather than "know you now." I must have listened to the song a couple hundred times and always heard the words in the chorus wrong. But I like my wrong version better.

By: erikgrande

erikgrande — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:14:04 -0800

Is this still open? If so, I plan on laying down a few versions of Waltz#2 this weekend. I suppose.

And you want lots of Waltz#2, rather than lots of Elliot Smith, right?

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:15:33 -0800

It's still open. Go for it. And I'm looking specifically for Waltz #2, but deviations and dalliances are being ruled out entirely, so if you get any crazy ideas don't let me stop you.

By: adrian_h

adrian_h — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:55:37 -0800

Here's my take. Thanks for the fun project. :)

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:45:12 -0800

This one's mine in at the eleventh hour.