If 'Every Morning' Was A Pop Punk Shoegaze Anthem (Sugar Ray Cover)

[@AlexMelton]

Hey guys! The PInk Guitar is made by the illustrious Balaguer Guitars - www.balaguerguitars.com/product/espadastandard2021/ Also go stream the tune on Spotify! open.spotify.com/album/7qaIxzbGw8BppLPmTslhZO?si=MdDGr2AqRO-q-SN2SAknXg

[@yamuda]

Dude, considering your label is in Nashville (not sure if you're here yet) you need to grab a Novo guitar, some Stringjoy strings, and maybe a Mythos Pedal or two.

[@punkemogeekrock]

@AlexMelton: What software do you use to create videos? I would love to know your equipment list......Put some affiliate links of something so we can pad your bank account my friend! :)

[@punkemogeekrock]

Also, What's your favorite song of all-time? Just curious! :)

[@punkemogeekrock]

Also, if anyone else has any ideas for a novice film creator post your ideas! Would love to just create something the fraction of how this looks! #AlexMeltonRULZ

[@strongboy7289]

Great job brother you did such a cool arrangement. Much respect from Australia.

[@darcyandrews8182]

That moment you realise you can’t see these guys perform live.. ever 🥲

[@AugustTha2nd]

he technically could. he just needs others to play the other instruments

[@DaveVoyles]

Sugar ray just toured last year

[@darcyandrews8182]

@@DaveVoyles(these guys meaning the Alex Meltons. They can’t all perform live because it’s all the one person)

[@alexhirsch2528]

Those drums drive the song. Nicely done

[@dikballistik]

Great example to show someone asking what "shoegaze" is. They'll know exactly what the sound is.

[@goatzee69420]

1:28 PLEASE SCREAM MORE!!!!!??? Please do more Hardcore stuff. btw, I can't even call this a cover anymore. The production value far outweighs the original, you've added an analog drummer instead of a machine, and just done so much with the song, and yet the 90s vibe is still in there. Absolutely phenomenal work.

[@bryanmayberry5593]

Opens up a ton more genres and songs to cover if he’s got that in his repertoire. It sounded greaaat honestly.

[@kevinboggan]

I second this!

[@kalebdombeck2108]

This. I had the same reaction

[@AaronBurnsVoT]

Exact same thoughts here. I love Sugar Ray and the 90s sound but they had a cheesiness I always noted and tolerated. This cover takes that out and it's great.

[@HslSoulsick]

Johnny cash/trent reznor effect??

[@ruata4cabin20]

Those who are a fans of Sugar Ray will know how cool this cover is. Hallelujah Alex❤

[@samuelpetts1367]

Loving the rebirth for some of my beloved songs growing up !

[@dlewis1701]

The production on this is insane. The sheer sound scape is genuinely mind blowing. So damn good. 👏

[@actuallyken8874]

Baby wake up, Alex dropped a new song

[@umitsever1692]

It's a old song a new cover lol

[@Kwright304]

@@umitsever1692🤓

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

Alex _might_ be the most talented musician on youtube

[@dangle456]

I was soooooper skeptical walking in. First words were “you have my attention” This is scary good. Holy shit. The tone, the timing, the phrasing, THE BACK GROUND VOCALS!!! Just wow.

[@corberus3119]

"you had my attention, but now you have my interest'

[@PunditMusings]

You changed the whole feel and vibe of the song, and yet you can still feel the original in there. Kick ass as always!

[@cptbeeeeee]

I have to comment on this one. The original song was in heavy rotation in eighth grade for me, then you take it to my early 20s. Your channel gives me the best kind of dopamine hit and its amazing. You are a true talent

[@eusouandreportugal]

The quality of the musical part is evident, but it must be praised the amount of work you put into your video editing. Thank you, Alex.

[@ViceFielder]

Sometimes it feels like I`m the only person I know that likes Sugar Ray, someone making a cover from them sure is nice

[@VitaEx]

Album worthy generational teen movie anthem cover of put it up there with the awesome vibe o always got from lots take on pictures of you. Would listen to a whole album of this vibe lol

[@the_Sarahnator]

I love when you show some of the work that goes into it. As consumers, we often just listen and appreciate the final result. As someone with music background, I love the behind the scenes!

[@MoreLikeDanny]

I loved sugar ray when I was a kid, the first time my friends heard the music on my little rca mp3 player they looked at me funny and were like "you listen to this kind of music but you don't smoke weed?" LOL memories.

[@crizkeeth]

Thank you for taking us through the production - adds a new layer of appreciation!

[@andrewdambrose580]

This is 100% my latest hyperfix song. 100% need more sugar ray covers

[@inspectorvoid]

Love 90’s music covers 😎

[@Arrowverseredirect]

The scream tho omfg I love it

[@millerhxc]

As a Sugar Ray fan and an appreciator of this kind of pop punk - this slaps! And this is even one of my least favourite SR songs but you gave it new life 🥰

[@Pinks0]

I think this is my favorite cover you have ever made. Honestly I love the original but your version is so much better. You are incredibly talented man.

[@DaymanOurSavior]

The FX in the video and the slo-mo lends itself to the shoegaze style so well. Super nicely done.

[@fpl_cricket]

14:59 on cassette while my mom drove me around my hometown was such a critical part of my childhood. You’ve done this song justice and then some. Love this interpretation. Thanks for sharing!

[@markmoulin9009]

How is this under 100k views. Too good to not be more. I love what you’re doing Alex!!!

[@pastpatour]

The jump from Owl City to blink-182 gave me chills

[@entropytheory8875]

Pop punk shoegaze sugar Ray cover ?!??! Never clicked so fast

[@rinaldihikmatyar8243]

Alex 'NeverFailed' Melton

[@alankulb4608]

Can I just say I LOVE the fact that you zoomed in on your mistakes and owned up to them, then kept them in the video that you then shared with the world. Takes notes people, this is a sign of an extraordinary, grounded human who knows his efforts will shine through. Didn't know I could love Alex more than I already did, but here we are!

[@RadRuss01]

"Don't get freaked out about what's on the screen, we're not going super nerdy here." Um PLEASE go super nerdy

[@Fogoat]

Fantastic cover and excellent breakdown of the creative process at the end. Always fun to listen to all of the small tiny details you've put into these covers that aren't too apparent during the first listen through.

[@tyleryelito1492]

I don’t comment much, but absolutely amazing that you hit “shoegaze” perfectly. Pure talent brother.

[@stevelucero9047]

Definitely appreciate the production stuff Alex... really have enjoyed watching you mixes just keep getting better over the years... Would love to hear you "Blinkify" some early Police.....

[@jeffbecker5959]

I've been waiting for a judiciously placed scream 👌 More please :)

[@xMcWeenx]

Thanks for the production stuff

[@dallasbednar6959]

Dude, I am extremely impressed with every single thing you put out. You are incredibly talented! Keep up the amazing work bro. From musician to musician, it’s like an eargasm listening to your music!

[@krisnaarya4120]

I can't find a bad comment on your creations. All the process you did, motivate me to hustle in this horrible life. What a banger, Alex, always!

[@aboynamedvu]

This is so specific and I love it!

[@Stainsanity]

Always waiting for your punk covers.

[@Jebaskin1]

Literally listened to this last night!!! So wild! Yes more shoegaze!!!!

[@ANRQAngel]

Love this song, and even better, I love your rendition of it.. Stay awesome!!

[@xcoolthefoolx]

Man what I wouldn't give to have some homies to jam pop punk with again =,) it's nice to day dream while watching alex melton vids..

[@nathanthomson1931]

You need to rename your channel to "Alex Melton's Better Than the Original"

[@vincentshapland7250]

Love to see the creative process. You are mighty talented, Sir! Always super impressed with your interpretation of absolute bangers. Have to say, you always make them better!

[@evangeloevoxi]

You just took one of my favorite songs and made it better 💜🧡💚

[@toonpaulussen]

this guy should be a producer for a lot of the 00's punkrock band who wish to make a return to the seen! Just golden magic hands he has

[@technocolossus]

Can't believe I missed this one. Hits the same vibes as Everything Must Go by Taking Back Sunday and works perfectly for this

[@jordanhowe117]

Felt some DEFTONES vibes on this one ;) maybe we could use some deftony stuff???

[@JesseLord-r6z]

This is easily my favorite song you've put out, ever. Holy crap this is amazing. Please never stop being who you are.

[@justchillin9204]

You kill it every time !!! ❤ brb putting this on repeat for the next 10 hours

[@cameroncox6254]

I love it when you show the project! It definitely inspires us musicians when things are demystified, yet sound so great! I have the same Td-27, So it is cool to see you keep the midi info inthere and that it seems to work with it all tracked out in the vst.

[@blakecampbell5751]

Dude… everytime I watch your videos I get so motivated to start writing music. Great job… as always!

[@jayhova1776]

Taking us behind the curtain Mr. Wizard! ❤ Any production of art is like the proverbial iceberg, you only see/hear the small chunk which is the final work, not the art and/or skill in the making of it.

[@butiknowimissyou]

OMG sugar ray, one of fav song. Soon answer the phone and someday 😁

[@NicholsonStudios]

Seeing the Guitar Solo tracks are just labelled Audio 1 and 4 just make the session more relatable. Thanks for taking us through it!

[@johnnydaugherty11]

Another banger for the books.

[@ithryn]

This is outstanding, this was like the first song on the radio I ever learned all the words too, this cover is fantastic

[@joepautz8442]

Great videography! Loved a well-time slow-mo.

[@joeangiello9784]

I enjoy this so much it makes me a little emotional lol

[@nastyt471]

The breakdown at the end was cool

[@sabrinabuckets]

Alex... level with me, how does it feel to be an unparalleled genius?

[@nigellokai]

Keep doing the behind-the-scenes of the production!

[@TheMoatsy]

makes me want to find some old burned CDs in that zip up cd binder everyone had.

[@hunterpatterson4382]

I wore out this Sugar Ray album when I was a kid. This is so much better. You continue to rock.

[@aliyahburnette8018]

This cover was so good.

[@camward957]

Hell yeah. Loved this one

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Wow, just comes in slamming heavy but so chill at the same time

[@djalien1057]

Mad respect for another talented multi-instrumentalist and self-producer. Really good quality stuff. Digging it!! Now the real question is.... how can we clone you so you can take this talent on the road?

[@jwelch2819]

Love this cover!!!

[@LithicKing]

hey man, i think what your doing is seriously great - don't be too hard on your self, your not a big label producer with executives breathing down your neck, your too hard on yourself is what I'm trying to saying. its that spotlight affect. your killing it out here and vast majority can learn a lot from ya. keep sharing - humility is great, just hope you aren't beating yourself up or too self conscious cuz this is good shit.

[@boobonet9088]

These covers are literally better than the originals. I am eating your music up bro.

[@edwardponder66]

Pretty incredible job but as a fan of both pop punk and Sugar Ray I would say the OG s still the best with it's white guy island and cholo vibes. Mark McGrath may not be the most technically skilled singer but his voice oozes with charisma. Obviously though, each to their own

[@slash196]

Great to see how the magic is made. More and more I'm seeing that incredible-sounding mixes are mostly not the mix, it's the incredibly layered composition that makes the sound full and rich.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

Ahh pop punk and shoegaze, my first love and my current one finally meshed together at last. This was beautiful, Alex, it was double the nostalgia and double the beautiful melody. SugarRay was always a guilty pleasure of mine until recently, now I'm proud that i still love listening to them

[@DukeLP]

I really like the closer look at the production side of things! Don't get to see that much from artists and creators!

[@AcornDrippworth]

Beautiful

[@TeflonSega]

ur mixes gettin way crispier

[@nate1mizzou]

More sugar ray covers!!!

[@jakeworm4178]

Incredible stuff

[@Jonathan-gj1rl]

Sugar Ray is the encapsulation of spring break lol

[@jamiemicheff8798]

Thanks for showing the editing that goes into the songs. Really great version of this song from my teenhood.

[@thrawl]

Loving that orange amp in the background. Orange isn't equipment you ever see being used in punk and I fail to see why considering you can get amazing punk tones with Orange amps

[@festerburg87]

So great.

[@jayyrod1]

Exactly how I remember it the first time I heard it! Edit: is my man wearing a starting line hoodie!?

[@JeeliBeeli]

This one has been on repeat since it came out

[@iLikeHamburgersAndMusic]

Definitely your best recording. Can’t stop listening!

[@GusAndTheControllers]

Yea! Loved the production lesson on the end! Never stop doing that!

[@mikeokeefe5328]

yes yes yes YES YES YESSSSS

[@urza374]

Hoo lawdy that made me feel things

[@SpudNickFPV]

What a strange way to experience nostalgia. I have a suggestion for you. What If “That Thing you Do” was a pop punk song.

[@jeremynarvaiz6081]

More 90s covers please. This is incredible!!

[@thegrim418]

Sugar Ray is a guilty pleasure of mine. Might like this more than the original.

[@patrick.s3356]

You captured so much pop punk nostalgia in this and sent me way back! I'm gonna be blasting this in the car like crazy. So sick!

[@BrockMcGoff]

Loved this! And the behind the scenes portion is very cool, keep it up 👏🏼👏🏼

[@turkoizdog]

When you played the background vocals all at once, you could really hear that early morning glow that shines through the song. It's beautiful!

[@jakebrkr7886]

Please do more Sugar Ray, they are my biggest guilty pleasure! 😁

[@orange-micro-fiber9740]

If you haven't heard 10 seconds down by them, it's a trip. "Sugar ray made this?!"

[@woodlandscrew-pa8568]

Dude… this take couldn’t have been put together any better, especially that move into the 2nd verse.

[@wrifraff]

Dude seeing the mix of everything is awesome! Thank you for sharing and great job!!!

[@BLZNCRZYCHKEN]

Keeping this sound alive, one song at a time! THANK YOU