In case any A-Ha lovers are interested, I just covered "The Sun Always Shines on TV". This once was tough!
https://youtu.be/5RZBpt7ms_8
A-Ha's The Sun Always Shines on TV cover with hardware and software
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
"It is better to compose than decompose."
www.SeanDockery.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6k45d ... J5eCnhNbfA
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- KVRist
- 236 posts since 18 Mar, 2003 from Jacksonville, FL
Wow. One of my favorite songs done incredibly well. Such a tough song with so much depth. You nailed it.
Even I was offended by what I was going to put here.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
Thanks! I love the challenge of doing more complicated covers. A-Ha and the producer(s) of the original track did such a stellar job with it. Even though "Take On Me" will always be their staple track, "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is the track of theirs that always impresses me the most.
"It is better to compose than decompose."
www.SeanDockery.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6k45d ... J5eCnhNbfA
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- KVRian
- 697 posts since 18 May, 2007 from Berlin
Very impressive recreation! If I may ask, what did you use for the drums (kick and snare specifically)?
Cheers!
Cheers!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
I have thousands of percussion samples on my DAW that I access through Battery 4 or Maschine. I don't even know which one's I used, as I just quickly found a kick and snare that sounded good to me. If you really need to know though, I guess you can get me your email and I'll just email you the kick and snare if you want, as they are very small samples.The unshushable Coktor wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:38 pm Very impressive recreation! If I may ask, what did you use for the drums (kick and snare specifically)?
Cheers!
"It is better to compose than decompose."
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- KVRAF
- 2590 posts since 19 Mar, 2008 from germany
Well done cover, now only the vocals are faulty. 
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
Thanks! I sure with I knew someone who had the vocal range of Morten Harket to have sung on my cover.
"It is better to compose than decompose."
www.SeanDockery.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6k45d ... J5eCnhNbfA
www.SeanDockery.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6k45d ... J5eCnhNbfA
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- KVRAF
- 6325 posts since 18 Jul, 2008 from New York
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 15959 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
I've never heard this song before in my life but listening to it and your version back-to-back on YouTube, yours seems to lack some of the bottom end depth of the original, which makes your piano part, in particular, sound a bit weak. Their guitar sound is also more interesting than yours. Your arpeggiated parts are also a bit brighter. Of course, the vox are such an integral part of A-Ha's sound, it seems weird to do any of their songs without them. Overall, it's OK but nowhere near the original (which I don't much like, TBH).
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