"Poughkeepsie" by Over the Rhine (Cover)

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"Poughkeepsie" by Over the Rhine (Cover)

A singer I know (Calysta Cheyenne - calystajazz.com) was experimenting with AI generated song lyrics on IG. She asked it to create a song about Oregon (where we live) in the style of Frank Sinatra. It created a really, odd, funny, and interesting song. I'm a baritone, originally from New Jersey, and grew up listening to tons of Frank Sinatra and others from that era, so naturally I thought I'd try to come up with something with those lyrics.

** Disclaimer: I'm an amateur singer and would never claim to sing or sound like Frank Sinatra. Simply, I love the style from that era and hope to get better at it.

"Oh Oregon" (a cappella)

"Come Rain Or Come Shine" Frank Sinatra (Cover - a cappella) - Take 1

"I'll Be Home For Christmas" Bing Crosby (Cover - a cappella)

"Come Rain Or Come Shine" Frank Sinatra (Cover - a cappella) - Take 2

"Amie" Damien Rice (Cover)

Unfortunately I recorded this a little hot and some of the audio clipped, but it was such a good take I had to continue!

Sometimes the good stuff is a bit rough!

"Latter Days" Over the Rhine (Cover)

"The Cat Came Back" Traditional

I over-processed the original upload and it was driving me crazy so I re-processed it, re-uploaded it and deleted the original I posted on 1/4/2023.

Also, sorry about all the plosives. I use a pop stopper, but I had it positioned a bit too close to the mic.

"Il vecchio e Il bambino" by Francesco Guccini (Cover - a cappella)

I definitely have to work toward better pitch accuracy, but I'm happy I made it through the whole thing without messing up the lyrics or chords. Hahaha!

"Wild Horses" The Flying Burrito Brothers, Rolling Stones, The Sundays (cover)

My name is Damian and thanks for checking out my Soundcloud! 

I started playing violin when I was 9 and took private classical lessons until I was 14. I then started playing electric guitar and took private lessons for two years. Since then I've been a solo home musician.

Over the years I've played many different instruments (even the bag pipes!), but acoustic guitar and singing have mostly been my default. In January of 2021 I started taking voice lessons to unlearn all the bad habits I reenforced over many years of singing badly really well.

Since I understand the value of performing, occasionally I'll be posting here some very raw recordings of me sining, with or without guitar (and possibly piano). 

To record, I mostly use Adobe Audition (and sometimes GarageBand) with as minimal processing as possible...with maybe a touch of reverb, noise reduction, and mild eq adjustments from time to time.

If you like what you hear, cool. If you don't, cool. I'm not here to make it big, I'm here to get better.

Either way, thank you for listening.