i dont know what the original sounds like but you sound pritty good to me bro. the accent helps alot to

Ta :) The original has a Scottish lilt to it, which fits better than my BBCish accent, but I thought it was better to sing in my own voice.

Never heard of The Delgados before now, but this does stand apart from the original! I've noticed I like covers in the opposite gender, so maybe I'm biased.

Can you upload the artwork so I can add album art to my library? Totally saving this :3

Thank you! And cover art is not a problem.

Awesome. This looks very cool when it pops on my iPod now :3

This is GORGEOUS oh my god. Please sing more goodness gracious you have a nice voice. Also, rad little icon as well !

I mean for real make a demo and send it to record companies, this is your calling.

"I can even do my own cover art!" will be the nail in the coffin to seal the deal!

I think your calling is in publicity :) Thanks so much for the journal link! and for enjoying it, of course.

This is lovely.

Also, I am going to humbly request some good songs by this band.

this is so lovely <3

You have a nice voice. (:=

Good job, and it doesnt matter if you had to correct the tone in the edit.
Then again, theres nothing wrong with going out of tune a little unless its completely NOT the sound youre looking for.

Theres always the live performances for people who really want that raw sound.

I think you need soul to pull off a properly out-of-tune vocal, and James Brown I ain't. But yeah, a little bit of wobble adds character.

Thanks!

For this one, I started by laying down the basic chords from end to end and singing vocals to that. Then I played around with instruments and production on the chorus until the sound seemed to gel. After that it's an iterative process of recording, mixing, rerecording and remixing as I home in on what I had in mind/what works and pare away what isn't/doesn't; usually over several nights, mixing down at the end of each and listening with fresh ears (and taking notes) the next day.

It's also a process of lots and lots of takes. Sometimes to layer up sounds; more often because I generally can't go more than eight bars without screwing up :)

Kit-wise, a POD is a boon: I can record my raw guitar tone (while listening to an effected one) via USB, and then fiddle around with amps and effects in the plugin to my heart's content. And BFD2 deals very well with drums. But all the arrangement, mixing and programming happens in Buzz, a freeware tracker app; really not meant for this sort of thing, but it's what I'm used to.

See, it's dangerous to ask me about recording.

Urgh, I wish I had the equipment to record live instruments well.
I just end up with serious amounts of buzzing, stupid wiring

This is a pretty thing, well done :}

Never heard the original, but this is beautiful.

There's definitely the same feeling your Album(s)-a-Day had (I still listen to them regularly), I like that a lot. Except now I can hear your voice, and it's indeed very BBC-like.

I've always had a hard time getting into the Delgados, but I love this song, and so this made me sit up and listen really closely.

You've got a good voice - calling it BBCish makes me laugh but it's more than a little true, and it really lends a lot of charm to the tune. Lovely stuff.

I really enjoyed this, your voice has a lot of character.

You did an awesome cover.
Your voice fits the sing very nicely :3

ah man, I wish I could favorite this 100 times over. It's so amazing.

this is such a pretty song!