IF (BREAD) 1971 cover

[albert_d]

This song has not crossed my mind in a while. I enjoyed it. I think of you as a bass but you showed your vocal range with this piece.

Also @KevinZ I was wondering if you have a regular gang with which you get to jam? I do not now since COVID, but I miss it.

[KevinZ]

Thanks I worked on the range and was apprehensive about posting it but feedback is a great learning tool. This range opens a whole realm of songs. I also was going to jams before the pandemic but now I am not like you. I got an app that lets me learn with the band track and have not ventured out to jams or open mics. Very much want to say your feedback is appreciated.

[petelanger]

Agree Albert! Them’s some high notes I’ll never reach! Nicely done, Kevin!

Big fan of those old Bread songs:
Sweet Surrender, Guitar Man, but especially Aubrey!

[KevinZ]

Thanks langerking my older friends had Best of Bread in 8 track I was the youngest would go cruising around with them before I could drive. It would be playing got to really like it along with many others they were all 3 to 5 years older than me. So when I started driving I spent all my pay for an cassette player lasted 1 week and burnt up. Then waited for the next payday spent again at a hifi liquidators sale for an autoreverse underdash cassette player already had the Jensen Biaxials. Bought tapes like they had and was cat on the walk. So I got exposed to 5 to 10 year old music and couldn’t wait to sing and play them but was never quite good enough to ever begin to think they were postworthy. Now I plan to tackle all of them thanks for letting me know I am going the right direction.

[KevinZ]

Thanks viewers for stopping by

[Loraine]

Dang this was good. I love Bread. Loved your vocals. I liked that you were able to raise your pitch. You really stretched them to reach the high notes, and you nailed it. I would love to have seen your hands. The intro was cool, and I’d love to see what you were doing. I like how you did percussive slaps. and would love to learn that skill.

[KevinZ]

Thanks @Loraine yes I stretched the range David Gates made it sound so smooth. So I just relaxed and went for it practice went even smoother but I kept getting mistakes in lyrics or playing. So I posted the one take that went better or good enough. Now that I did this a whole bunch of songs open up if I can pull it off haha. Thanks for listening in and commenting. Very much appreciated

[Philb]

Most excellent cover Kevin! Man you hit some high notes. Great job!

[KevinZ]

Thanks @Philb the clamp I had squeezing on body parts did the job haha. Thanks for listening in and commenting. Very much appreciated

[Bill_Brown]

Great demonstration of vocal range @KevinZ .

No way I could hit those notes unless I capoed up and sang octaves lower (LOL).

[KevinZ]

Thanks @Bill_Brown was not sure I could do it high played it back and thought it was a lot higher than I remembered. Tried it and thought good now more songs of vocal high range just opened up. I had nice smooth takes before this one but kept making errors. This take had less errors and I thought it would be postworthy. Thanks for listening in and commenting. Very much appreciated