Dro_1 - January 2023 - My Immortal - Evanescence

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Hi all,
I thought it was about time that I did my first one for 2023 :slight_smile:
This one is based off their old live acoustic performance at aol sessions. However I decided to pick the main melody for a couple of bars during the intro/pre-verse and outro rather than strumming it all… just to keep a little bit more of the vibe from the original piano version.
I also threw in a very short acoustified variation of their original version’s solo after the bridge, since that brief interlude felt a bit bare without vocals and only my strumming.
Hope you enjoy, and feel free to leave any feedback or general comments. ta

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Very pleasant unplugged version, this nylon strings add something extra to it :slight_smile:.

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gorgeous well played

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Well done Sandro. Just love that song and Amy’s vocals. Thought you played it very well sir. Loved the solo. Been looking at a couple versions of the acoustic but not committed fully yet, as I am not sure where my vocals sit on this one. So lots of capo experiments :rofl:

Thanks for sharing.

:sunglasses:

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Well played and sung! I got inspired to pick up the nylon guitar.

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@RadekSiechowicz Thanks radek. Glad you liked it mate.

@RobDickinson thanks for listening rob.

@TheMadman_tobyjenner cheers Toby. Yeah her vocals made me a passenger in this one :slight_smile: hope you do find an arrangement/key that fits your voice and keen to check it out if you do end up recording it.

@FrosoLars thanks Lars. nice to know that it inspired you in some way.

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Very nice Sandro. Beautifully played and very smooth and comfortable barre chords and barre chord changes. Great job!

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There are a few Evanescence on the To Learn list ! :+1:

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Well done Sandro. That was very well played. I’m not familiar with the song but I thoroughly enjoyed your cover.

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Great acoustic version!!!. Very pleasant :+1:!!

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I liked that. Very nice.

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Well played Sandro. What a lovely song. I enjoyed your little solo part too.

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Gordon

Think you will like the original which is mainly piano but shows what a great cover Sandro has done here. :sunglasses:

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@Eddie_09 @Socio @JasonBuk @TheOldGuy @sairfingers Thanks everyone for listening and for dropping by in the comments. This forum is pretty much my main audience atm, so I’m glad that you guys enjoyed this cover :slight_smile:

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That was well done Sandro. Really smooth bar chords, and the solo added in was excellent.

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Very beautifully done!

The main feedback I would provide is to consider increasing in volume and intensity at the bridge (around 2:50ish) building up to the solo to match that of the vocals.

I thought the solo was a great touch, and added a lot! Does seem to be considerably ahead of the beat around 3:14 - 3:15, which sounds a bit off to my ear, but the rest of it sounded beautiful!

Overall, very nicely done. Indeed, I feel rather foolish trying to give you feedback, as I seriously doubt I’d be able to play this so well, but I hope it’s useful.

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@TheCluelessLuthier thanks for listening and for the compliment Mark.

@perfectlyGoodInk cheers Felix, definitely appreciate the useful feedback.
Good point for the bridge part, where I could’ve built it up a bit more.
For the solo - I probably jumped into the 2nd phrase a bit early. I was trying to match hitting the two A notes (on the 10th fret) to the first couple of strums of the F#m chord, and then hit the sustained F# note (B string, 7th fret) for my main down strum of the D chord.
Solos are not really my thing though, so I probs got a bit ahead of myself. Definitely room for improvement in that area for me, ta.

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Sandro that was excellent. A great interpretation of the song. Your solo was great as well.

I’d looked a while back at having a crack at this one but wasn’t sure how it would be done.

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@SgtColon thanks Stefan. Glad you enjoyed it mate.

my strategy was to play it with Amy’s voice over it so that she could help carry this one for me :rofl:

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Man you absolutely smashed that, perfectly captured the mood in all the sections. It almost demands to be listened to with eyes closed . Loved the solo in there too :clap: :clap:

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