Summertime ... a bluesy take

[doveman]

I cut this a while back on my home computer using a backing track. I sang the lead ... I have a bit of a rough voice ... but I think it worked ok. The intent was to play a "clean-ish" guitar on the front of each solo spot ... then a "driven" P-90 guitar in the last half of each solo. As you can tell, not well thought out on the guitar parts ... jamming basically ... blues or just what I felt.

Summertime (Gershwin Cover) by Ken Dove

Apologetic almost ... although I enjoyed the process at the time. I will be trying to do better and working on some more jazz concepts ... the reason I'm here actually. But here is where I'm beginning.

[augusjazz]

You sing very well, the guitar part I think that sounds like rock.
I also enjoyed how.

[doveman]

Originally Posted by augusjazz

You sing very well, the guitar part I think that sounds like rock.
I also enjoyed how.

Thanks on the singing comment. I like singing but have to really work at it. It does sound like rock guitar ... or at least heavy blues. When I recorded this I had just finished my first and only amplifier build. That amp is NOT a jazz amp. I just HAD to "push" it a bit and this was what was in the recording process at the time. I wanted to see what a bit of clean and a bit of dirt sounded like so I split each solo. I actually quite liked it in the end ... but it's not a jazz solo at all.

I may post a 3 minute video that shows that amp being built with a proper backing track of it in action. I loved building it ... but I've only built one.