Heartache Vs. Heartbreak Acoustic Cover

[Brent]

Hey everyone,

I recall some people mentioning that they were having a tough time getting good-sound chord voicings for acoustic and wanting to hear an acoustic version of this tune a while ago and I thought it would be cool to give one a shot.  I altered some of the chords on the verse to give it a slightly different flavour and improvised on the main verse melody during the solo.  Anyways, I have it posted on my myspace currently (for lack of a better place):

www.myspace.com/brentwirth

Let me know what you think.

Thaks and all the best,
-Brent

[Brady]

Nice dude, I dig it.

[icecreamman]

This is very good.  Nice voice!

[Scott Peltz]

I like it.

[varnon]

Cool.
It really makes me want to hear live or acoustic versions of all the songs.

[Brent]

Thanks.

And I totally agree...I'm really intrigued as to how Heartache vs. Heartbreak will sound live, seeing as the foundation of the arrangement is electronic.

[FireAarro]

Sounds great, love your myspace picture too

[Brent]

haha thanks friend!  that picture was from my band's promo shoot.

[Kyosho]

Hey man, this is great. I really like the changes you made. After hearing the "acousticish" mix of the original that hipsun posted, I thought it didn't quite fit exactly. Certain parts. But yours fixes that. Love it.

[Brent]

thanks i appreciate it!

[Fantastic Max]

Is that you doing Star's part? Haha, nice falsetto's

[Brent]

haha thanks...ya i layered the vocals myself.  i managed to pull off a lot of the high G's on the pre-chorus pretty softly and on key without having to break into falsetto with the higher octave part, but falsettos were a must on those choruses.

[Fantastic Max]

I think that cover would'a been a bit better if the guitar was recorded on a separate track, and boosted a bit, also I think your voice is too tense/constrained, I suppose. You should sing with some more passion, loosen it up try to give it some more vibrato. Just some suggestions. I know you'll probably reply with something like "I did this in 5 minutes real quick just to show people what it sounded it like" I know, just givin some critique-ish-ness.

[tom]

Great Cover.
My only suggestion: try and hide your Canadian accent.

[Brent]

hahaha...i didn't know i have one.  can you actually tell that i'm canadian, or was that just a joke?

[tom]

well i can tell, but i'm usually pretty good with regional accents.

[Seb]

Pretty neat.

[rockintomordor]

Wait, Canadians have accents? Sweet.

[Fantastic Max]

Wait, Canadians have accents? Sweet.

The worst.