BECAUSE - DAVE CLARK FIVE (Cover, Beatles Style!)

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I did a cover of this song years ago (it's on KZbin), but I was never satisfied with it. So now, I did it again - but this time, Beatles-style! My main goals were 1) more emphasis on Vox Continental organ, 2) a melodic McCartney bass line, 3) closer Lennon/McCartney harmonies.
I screwed up the lens focus on the guitar shots, so I decided to include chord diagrams to distract my viewers from this obvious technical error. ;) I tried to provide two chord positions to show how you can use two different guitars to have variation.
As far as the harmonies, Mike Smith's original arrangement is wonderful. The only change I've implemented over the years (including my original from a decade ago) is that I like to raise the low harmony during the bridges on two sections - "I don't think of you" and "makes me blue." In my imagination, I feel that Lennon would have travelled upwards with McCartney, similar to "If I Fell." On the "makes me blue" part, raising the low harmony allows you to emphasize the augmented chord as well - a very tested Beatles technique.
Doubt anyone will notice this detail, but my violin bass changed. Yes, it's the real deal. ;) Hofner "Mersey" handmade in Germany, identical specs to Paul's. Only took me a decade to save up the cash! And a year of waiting for them to craft it. Really thrilled with the woody bass tone the Hofner provides. More details on this wonderful instrument coming soon!
SONGWRITER CREDITS: Dave Clark, Mike Smith
GEAR
Audio Interface: Motu M4
Microphone (Vocal): Audio-Technica AT2035 Condenser
Microphone (Guitar): Shure Beta 57A Dynamic
Electric Rhythm Guitar 1: Nick's Garage "Telecaster"
Electric Rhythm Guitar 2: Gretsch Tennessee Rose
Organ: Kawai ES110 + Vox Continental VST
Bass Guitar: Hofner H500/1-62 "Mersey"
Drums: Toontrack EZdrummer
Additional Plugins: Waves "Abbey Road" suite, Izotope Ozone
Software: Reaper
DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes ONLY under fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. My videos are provided as INSTRUCTION to help you learn how to play and sing these songs yourself. For this reason, many of my videos feature footage of a song's construction (both instrumentally and vocally) to aid you in this learning process. All audio tracks are intentionally mixed with louder instrument levels and further channel separation than the original recordings to help isolate sections when learning. They should NOT be sold, duplicated, or distributed without the original copyright holder's permission. Absolutely no audio from the original recording has been used in this video. If you enjoy this music, support the original artists and BUY the officially released versions.

[@Annymous7698]

Love that Bass

[@ricktomaski603]

Flash from the past. Well done!!!

[@cliffhughes6010]

Wonderful, as always, Nick. Thanks for the chord symbols too

[@johnbasos]

one of my favorites

[@theivory1]

I never clicked so fast. I always hoped you would do this one. It's a gem. I play it on the piano in the key of Aflat. Close enough. Great job.

[@GarrReynoldsInJapan]

Man, this is excellent, Nick. Perfect cover. Great talent. Fantastic video skills too. Keep it up!

[@alancurtis9155]

Great arrangement, and especially interesting to read all the background details; thanks.

[@seyoungpark8351]

Awesome stuff Nick! Keep it up!🎉

[@user-cv5oo8ln9h]

Thank you(≧▽≦)❕ Chord progression🎶 fromJapan🙌

[@MikeZero98]

Really enjoy your stuff, Nick. Keep it coming!

[@Fezzler61]

You nail it every time. A++

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

To be honest, the original already sounds very Beatlesque! But this is still a really good cover. I’m glad to see you’re still doing these Beatles style covers after all these years. You’re sounding great as ever :)

[@bjbell52]

The original sounded NOTHING like the Beatles. Some people refuse to give the DC5 any credit.

[@KGSnow2]

@@bjbell52 I was a huge fan of DC5, and still enjoy their music. But there is no denying that the original harmonies on "Because" are very similar to songs like "This Boy" by the Beatles. Noticing similarities between artists in no way detracts from either artist. DC5 filled the early to mid sixties with lots of joy! Actually, to my ears, Nick's version here still sounds a lot like the original DC5 track.

[@stealthbastard8837]

Didn't know the song but you did an excellent job Nick, sounds great. 👏👏👏👏

[@raymyhill2]

Wasnt keen on Dave Clark five but you have changed my opinion you nailed it great stuff.

[@John-Brown]

I loved it!

[@pgroove163]

always dug the DC5 and Mike Smith was incredible vocalist

[@johnm.9689]

I wish I could make an intelligent comment as a musician -- so as a non-musician I'll say, I loved it! Great work.

[@astronoybrasil7990]

Nice!

[@chrisgraham9203]

Now that is one cover, that is as good or better than the original!

[@ABCFORKIDSCOMEDIAN1998]

You finally got a Hofner

[@Skeletondome3696]

this video is here since 19th July, today is 18th September WTFFF¿?¿? CHECK THE DESCRPTIONS

[@raulalbertovelascosangeado3479]

It sounds like a Help song, great covers as always:D

[@enserio172]

Help" , nah

[@KaBoomChannel]

Nick, I'm a huge fan, you give a lot of inspiration to me. How did you learn to sing so good, did someone give you lessons or you just found out you could do it? The reason I'm asking is although I can sing in tune, my tone and projection are utterly horrible and I've tried everything to improve it but I still sound like crap, any tips on how I can improve?

[@NickMartellaro]

Thank you! I have never had lessons, I'm self taught. Unfortunately, I can't read music, either! The answer to your question is the typical boring one, but...just keep practicing. Sing everywhere you go, in the car, in the shower, enough to annoy your wife/husband, you get the picture. Oh, and don't forget that what you hear on my recordings is the result of multiple attempts - sometimes you'll be hearing take 19 or 20 as the final track! Before autotune, musicians would just sing it over and over again until they got it right. The Byrds' cover of "Turn Turn Turn" famously took 78 takes until the band was satisfied!

[@KaBoomChannel]

@@NickMartellaro - Wow awesome thanks so much! Yes I heard that as well about a lot of bands back then endless takes, 78 though is crazy!

[@omegajrz1269]

@@NickMartellaro Nick, can I share with you another Uruguayan band that you can cover? The songs are English.

[@richbailey8174]

Nice stereo butcher cover there on the wall! Looks like a 1st state one....mine is a peel

[@gdholmfirth]

I liked it, and it was well-done, but it didn't sound Beatles style to me. It sounded Nick Martellaro style.

[@enserio172]

The song on it's own is beatlesque

[@joestarr05]

How does it feel to have a Hofner bass? You said you like the Rogue more.

[@NickMartellaro]

I mean, it's not a fair comparison as the Hofner is expertly hand-crafted in Germany and the Rogue rolled off a factory line. The Hofner sounds absolutely amazing and is super light because it's hollow inside. You can even play it as an acoustic bass, it's loud unplugged. The Rogue is a great instrument too, but it has a sustain block through the middle - not a true hollow body. Much heavier. My Rogue is fantastic, but it's also a much older model made in Korea - the new ones aren't the same quality, unfortunately. All in all, though, the Hofner is definitely the "premium" instrument. One thing that most people don't know is that there's no fret markers on the neck, so "expert mode" is baked in. That's how Paul's is, too!

[@user-ge3oy1vl6v]

@@NickMartellaro can you make a video of you playing it plugged and unplugged

[@chipgaasche4933]

Sounds nothing like The Beatles. Sorry.