Need feedback ASAP for my Nirvana covers - practice for my live perfomance

Thoughts_Arrive

Hi all,
I am playing at a Nirvana tribute open mic night tomorrow and need some feedback, how do I sound?
I am going to play Come As You Are, Drain You, School and if time permits Floyd The Barber.
Here are recordings I did of my rehearsal on Sunday.
Honest constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

ehbacon

I'm being 100% honest here because I think that's what you want.

Come as you are:
Your guitar is out of tune, your singing is pitchy and off beat, and you just couldn't keep the beat very well.

Drain you:
singing is off key, tone is weak for this song. I would try increasing treble to make the distortion tone sharper.

The rest is pretty much the same. Need to get a better tone, and if you have to sing in key if you are gonna sing at all. do you have a drummer? Because the songs are a bit dull with just the guitar and the vocals, maybe doing acoustic renditions?

Thoughts_Arrive

ehbacon said:

I'm being 100% honest here because I think that's what you want.

Come as you are:
Your guitar is out of tune, your singing is pitchy and off beat, and you just couldn't keep the beat very well.

Drain you:
singing is off key, tone is weak for this song. I would try increasing treble to make the distortion tone sharper.

The rest is pretty much the same. Need to get a better tone, and if you have to sing in key if you are gonna sing at all. do you have a drummer? Because the songs are a bit dull with just the guitar and the vocals, maybe doing acoustic renditions?

Thank you for your honest feedback.
Yeah I didn't tune my guitar before playing, I know I should've. Was rushed.
I know it wasn't the best singing, ah well, aiming to have fun more than perfection.
Nah it is not for a band, for solo performances. I am playing guitar and singing.

ehbacon

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thank you for your honest feedback.
Yeah I didn't tune my guitar before playing, I know I should've. Was rushed.
I know it wasn't the best singing, ah well, aiming to have fun more than perfection.
Nah it is not for a band, for solo performances. I am playing guitar and singing.

Definitely have fun, don't give a shit and just have fun. I would consider doing either a quieter song, or a quieter version of a song. It's a lot harder to pull off that hardness that Nirvana has without any drums or bass, so a soft song would sound pretty cool solo.

Thoughts_Arrive

ehbacon said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thank you for your honest feedback.
Yeah I didn't tune my guitar before playing, I know I should've. Was rushed.
I know it wasn't the best singing, ah well, aiming to have fun more than perfection.
Nah it is not for a band, for solo performances. I am playing guitar and singing.

Definitely have fun, don't give a shit and just have fun. I would consider doing either a quieter song, or a quieter version of a song. It's a lot harder to pull off that hardness that Nirvana has without any drums or bass, so a soft song would sound pretty cool solo.

Yeah it is so hard to sing like Kurt. I am not the best singer, I haven't had many lessons but I love Nirvana so much I don't want to not perform. Want to have a blast.

Thoughts_Arrive

Btw, did you mean my guitar tone or voice tone is weak?

ehbacon

guitar tone

Thoughts_Arrive

I did well last night, got a lot of praise

rollings

good for you!

is there a video?

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rollings said:

good for you!

is there a video?

Sadly not. I was hoping someone would film or that my friend would come to film.
My only regret about last night.

evsgjamm

NO REGRETS!!!!!!!

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evsgjamm said:

NO REGRETS!!!!!!!

haha I still wish I had it for memories sake.

2-feign-reluctance

Thoughts_Arrive said:

evsgjamm said:

NO REGRETS!!!!!!!

haha I still wish I had it for memories sake.

Do it again and bring someone to record it!

PJfanwillneverleave1

Did you charge for your performance?

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PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Did you charge for your performance?

No it was at open mic which is free.
Why do you ask?