We don’t hear a lot of pink cover songs so i thought I’d throw this one out there for everyone. I’m still not fully recovered from illness so my voice sounds off lol. Anyways here’s a one take stab at it for a Friday.
Thank you for listening
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Hey Jeff think that song is much slower then what you where playing it and didn’t sound much like the pink song but for a first try it was a good try.
Hey man,
I appreciate you always being honest in what you think. You give full credit if you enjoy a song. This one was an example of how my week went so I connected with the song When I play these cover songs I don’t try to sound like the original artist and kind of make it my own version. Maybe it needs work though. Have a good weekend.
Jeff
Hey Jeff I would want you to be just as honest with me for the truth will help build a better you ,but if you are lied to you can never work on what is needed. I always feel bad when I don’t get things right but it makes me work so much harder for the next time. So I hope you are not mad at me for being honest .
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Not mad at all bro. I’m on cloud nine today because Rick Savage of Def Leppard liked one of my Tik-tok videos and started following me. He said thanks for being a fan for 35 plus years. I’m sure it could be just someone who represents him but still the thought was really cool. He challenged me to do a cover of my favorite Def Leppard song so I’m trying it again. So far sounds decent. “When Love and Hate Collide” is what I’m practicing. I was awful at it a year ago but who knows. I just started tik-tok about a week ago and get several hundred views an hour vs minimal on you tube. Putting myself out there more in 2024. Hope you have a great week and of course no hard feelings if I’m needing improvement. Sugar coating helps no one.
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Hi Jeff! 
Dont know pink at all so i have nothing to compare with.
Nice and steady strumming as always. Still some more work to do with dynamics, but im sure youll get there…
love that Strat by the way, looks so cool
Hi Trond,
Thanks for stopping by…yeah nor my best one but still around enjoying playing. You would probably like my country song better that I did in the farewell 2023 post. My daughters reaction was hilarious.
Hi everyone,
This is a very rough draft of my latest song so looking for feedback only. It obviously is not the final product. This song was very hard for me and I couldn’t play it at all early last year. My 2024 goal is to explore the whole fretboard and not just stay in that 4 fret safety zone of most open chords. This is just the tip of the iceberg for me. Thanks for the feedback.
Jeff
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Great chord work and singing Jeff, looking really good. Perfect rhythm even without a backing track.
One point since you asked for feedback: I’m not sure the guitar’s quite in tune - that very first chord for example, sounds slightly off somewhere. Easy fix!
Jeff
A good performance. You will probably spot things that can be tweaked when you watch the play-back. The balance between voice and guitar - quieter guitar, louder vocal - could be improved. Otherwise a really good cover.
Brian
Hi and thanks for taking the time to listen. I’ve had a busy week so just getting around to check back in. Since posting this I’ve actually got the whole song down pretty much and sounding better and better now. I’m a big Def Leppard fan since the 1980s so this was a big deal trying to cover one of their songs. Their music is not easy at all lol.
Jeff
Hi Brian,
This was my first unpolished version I uploaded so glad to hear areas to fix. I’m just about ready to do the full song standing with a microphone and all. This is my favorite song from them so really wanted to play it like forever and finally getting there. Have a great day.
I’ll not comment in here Jeff, I’ll now just wait for the full version.
Here is the full version, I just did. Still a hard song for me but loved trying it.
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I would call that a progress Jeff! Have you added a little bit effects this time?
Keep it up
Hi Trond,
Thanks for stopping by to listen. This song still needs some work but getting it down better and better. I wonder if Def Leppard is just not as popular in the UK since not a lot of people listened. They were #1 in the USA when I was younger. I posted this on my tik-tok and got 200 views in an hour and a few added it as a favorite. That was a good feeling. I have a brand new amp to try out to add effects- boss katana. I haven’t tried it yet since I’ve been working a lot.
Anyways hope you’re staying warm out there. Today I was working on a song from the star is born movie. I remember you doing Bradley coopers song from that movie. Take care mate.
Jeff
Nice stuff Jeff.
Oh they were pretty big back in the days over here as well. And probably still have a hard core fan base in UK and rest of europe. Belive they still touring. I would certaintly go if they come by my neck of the woods.
Nice. They are coming to my area this summer. I hope to see the show if I can. It’s been 20 years.
That was great Jeff. It is always beneficial to get out of our comfort zone and practice new things than just playing/repeating what we know. I think you could add some more variations (accenting, up strumms and similar) to your strumming to make the song better.
Well played, Jeff, you looked and sounded like you were having more fun on Take 2 … 
This Sheffield band were well established in the UK during the 80s. Albeit line-ups change over time, the fact they are still gigging suggests there popularity continues .
I’m not clued up on the technical “lingo bingo” but do know it’s always a bit of trial and error getting the instrument to voice balance/mix optimal.
Dunno what kind of mic, or any gain control you have for it, but maybe test raising your mic nearer to your face while you play standing ?
Keep it fun … 