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| Headline | Can we get together to make a tribute CD? |
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Manus
Aug-29-2006, 22:01 GMT
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Netherlands
 | Hi everyone,
Here´s an idea that has been on my mind for a while...
Three years ago I suggested on a Bruce Springsteen board that it was a fun idea if fans from all over the world got together to record a tribute CD (the Nebraska album excisted 20 years so there was something to celebrate). The idea was to have fans all over the world who worked (non-profit!!!) to make a tribute CD and guess what... it worked! Here´s the link of the result: http://www.nic.fi/~luckyman/nebraskarevisited/ (I recorded Highway Patrolman)
I´ve been a huge Paul Simon fan since I was seven or eight years Old (I´m 25 now) and he´s always been my no. 1 performer/songwriter, so I guess it´s clear what I want to suggest.
I think it would be great if some of us created a tribute CD that be only available to people like us.
To be very clear about this... The music would be non-profit based and accesable for everyone who´s interested in fan interpretations of Paul Simon music. In theory we could record 80 minutes totally so I want to know who´s up for it!!!
My pick would be Train In The Distance and American Tune... orrr.... Homeward Bound
Let me me know what you think.
Cheers,
Manus |
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matthewsemple
Aug-29-2006, 23:27 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | Great idea - I´d Love to take part in such a project. Put me down for tamerine or the triangle as I am not very musical. |
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Lekornee
Aug-30-2006, 01:18 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | Train In The Distance? Do you know how difficult that is to sing? I was videotaping out of a train window while listening to Train in the Distance on headphones and singing along, and when I played it back I was so horribly and ridiculously off-key.
Anyway, cool idea, but pick some easier songs. ;) |
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Bluesmoke
Aug-30-2006, 03:10 GMT
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Italy
 | Count me in!
Something So Right, Some Folks´ Lives, Still Crazy, America (counts, right?)...lets do it. |
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Mick
Aug-30-2006, 12:20 GMT
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United Kingdom
| I´ll get involved but I don´t know how, Or if I have the right equipment! I can play guitar well! |
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Manus
Aug-30-2006, 12:38 GMT
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Netherlands
| Hi Lekornee,
Yes I´m sure about Train In The Distance. They key changes a few times so without the chords it sounds very strange.
By the way, I don´t expect us to be great musicians, and it´s ok to give an interpretation of the song (I don´t use a full band)
We also need someone who knows a thing or two about artwork. |
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Manus
Aug-30-2006, 12:44 GMT
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Netherlands
| Ok, so far we have:
Bluesmoke (Italy)- Something So Right, Some Folks´ Lives, Still Crazy, America (counts, right?)...lets do it.
Manus (The Netherlands) - Train In The Distance, American Tune, Homeward Bound
Mick (UK) - Song unknown
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I´m thinking that three songs a person is a bit much. one or two songs is better I think. |
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matthewsemple
Aug-30-2006, 14:32 GMT
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United Kingdom
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That was probably because you could not hear yourself as you were singing - that is why artists use monitors or earphones so they can hear their own voices against the crowd. |
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matthewsemple
Aug-30-2006, 14:33 GMT
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United Kingdom
| I missed out the quote in teh post above - "I was videotaping out of a train window while listening to Train In The Distance on headphones and singing along, and when I played it back I was so horribly and ridiculously off-key"
and my reply in itallics was to that quote. However that means that html works on this site
WOW |
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Manus
Aug-30-2006, 15:24 GMT
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Netherlands
| Some folks lives..., Silent Eyes and Bridge Over Troubled Water are very hard to sing, but Train In The Distance is almost the only song that I don´t have to transpose.
Wouldn´t it be nice to have a tracklist that is spread out over the whole career? Some S&G songs, some from that Eskimo-album, ROTS (which will be the hardest I think), Surpise, There Goes Rhymin´ Simon etc.
For those who are unexperienced with recording... What you need is a decent soundcard and a recording program. I use Cool edit pro. |
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matthewsemple
Aug-30-2006, 15:33 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Eskimo album LOL - can you say that anymore? Isn´t it Inuit or something?
I presume you mean ´Paul Simon´ or ´Mother And Child Reunion´ in some countries. |
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Bodo
Aug-30-2006, 15:49 GMT
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Austria
 | I learned to play The Coast some years ago...learned and unlearned.
It wasn´t that hard, and sounds good with only 1 guitar too. |
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Manus
Aug-30-2006, 15:57 GMT
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Netherlands
| LOL a friend of mine and I always used that term (eskimo) if we meant that album... The doggy style album would be very inapropriate (I know, misspelled)... but you know what I mean.
The Coast is excellent. Simon says that it´s easier to learn than unlearn (´cause we´ve past the point of no return) so it shouldn´t be a problem Bodo. Personally I like that song very much |
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Björn
Aug-30-2006, 16:15 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| Hi!
i have recorded " The Boxer, Kathy´s Song, scarborough fair and mrs. robinson".
it´s a great idea.
Björn |
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Bodo
Aug-30-2006, 16:16 GMT
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Austria
| Well, it is Gracelands 20years anniversary
So it would be really fun to have the complete Graceland album sung by fans.
But the songs aren´t that easy to record alone... ? |
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