Hazard - Richard Marx

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Until recently when one of our local gigging musos sang this, I had forgotten it, so I was inspired to give it a go but also following some tips based on my previous AVOYP post I made some adjustments to the Fx levels, just reducing them a bit. Hopefully it sounds ok :wink:

Played around a bit with Resolve too just to add some movement and interest in the video hopefully.

Certainly happy to hear anyones tips tricks or otherwise :+1:

Hazard - Richard Marx

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Always liked this song. The main character swears he’s innocent but I always thought the lyrics are ambiguous about whether he did it or not.

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Great performance, enjoyed your singing and playing

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Nicely done Craig - sounds great!

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Hi Craig ,
Again an amazing performance :clap: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :clap:… really great voice and wonderfully played :man_bowing:

Greetings

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Bravo Craig.
I had forgotten it too and wouldn’t have been able to name it if I heard it again unannounced.
A solid performance, very smooth all round. I like the random-roving camera work … does that thing have a mind of its own!! haha

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Oh I ve always loved this song , one of Marx best song !

There’s a little story behind that song :

Marx thought the song was stupid but his wife told him : its gonna be a hit !
Marx only recorded it to prove her wrong

Guess who won the bet :smiley:

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Craig

Excellent cover!

Brian

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Yes, agreed Chris, definitely
a grey area but good story telling lyrics, which is probably why I get drawn to it. Thanks for watching.

Thank you Rogier, not sure I would fit it in the amazing category but I very much appreciate your feedback mate. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I wish Richard, hours slogging over Resolve just to get that :grin:. I really should use it more often. Thanks for listening.

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I really enjoyed watching and listening to this. Perfectly done, IMO. Thanks for introducing this unfamiliar song and artist. Loved it!.

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Great cover Craig, sounding great! Also really great vocal :slight_smile:

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Beautifully done Richard, wondering how you got the acoustic guitar to sound so well on the video; was it an acoustic/electric, or did you run it through an audio interface? I didn’t see a mic on the guitar to pick up the sound. Looked like there may have been an audio interface on the desk behind you?

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Thanks Pam & Molly for listening and the very kind feedback.

Hi Jim, thanks mate. The AI in the background was not being used.
The guitar is using the magnetic soundhole pickup that you can see. This goes through a TC Electronic Impulse unit and into the Nux Amp/PA, a little bit of reverb and chorus is added in the Nux then guitar & vocal is out via USB-C to the phone for recording. Hope that makes sense mate. :+1:

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Great song choice and well played

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Ah yes forgot this one too!

Great version! solid performance

The doubling is still a bit “sharp and upfront” which might have osunded more natural with the highs rolled off a bit?

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Thanks for listening Jeff, glad you liked it :+1:

Thanks again Lieven, apreciate you listening.
I think I can hear what you’re describing, I have actually been trialling 3rd above and 4th below in place of the 3rd & 5th above used so far.

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Excellent stuff, Craig :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:
You’ve squeezed all the low-hanging-fruit-juice out of this baby, and then added some nice garnishing yourself.
Recognised neither name of song nor artist, but once you started singing, I was: “Oh, yeah, I remember and like this one!” :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:
If you are looking for nit-picking positive criticism, you might want to place the camera as close to your lyrics/chord sheet as possible.
Some folk say you should memorise everything for a performance. I disagree.
However, if your prompt is in the direction of the camera, it often looks as though you are looking directly at the viewer, giving the impression you’re ‘communicating’ with us :rofl:

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Good stuff Craig. But in my opinion to many fx.

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Well, thanks heaps for listening Brian, and yes I don’ t post just to get a pat on the back and a “well done” so appteciate your input.

I have aligned them as you metioned in the past and then went away from it :thinking: I even think about prior to recording so thanks for the boot in rear to actually do something about it :+1:

Thanks Gordon, appreciate you listening and the feedback. Info like this is important to me as I am just feeling my way with the sound at the moment and half the time question my own ears :scream:

If you have 5 mins to explain what it is you are hearing or some more details, I’m sure it would go a long way to helping me with my setup :+1:

Either way, appreciate your input.

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Hi Craig. I’m a very simple AVoYP poster so probably shouldn’t comment on other’s fx. I’m just not wild on artificial vocal harmony. Hey, what do I know. :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: