Loathe - Is It Really You? (Cover)

Original Song by Loathe
Decided to do a full cover of this song in more of an ambient style, with vocals as well, this is the first time I've published my singing to KZbin or any public platform for that manner, it's something I've been quite self-conscious of so I'm gonna work hard to get used to hearing my own voice, improving my singing and my vocal mixing!
This song means a lot to me, It makes me think about all the old friends that I've made and unfortunately lost touch with, makes me wonder if we'll ever meet again, and how happy it'd make me if we did in hopes that they'd feel the same.
If you've read this far thanks so much for reading and listening :)

[@coda1786]

this is the best cover ive heard omg what those guitar tones are insane with the ambience, and the vocals are crazy! please post this to spotify or something

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

Aw thanks so much for the kind words I really appreciate it! For the left ear, all the ambience and the little bits of lead guitar etc 0:32 I used Neural DSP Plini, for the right ear I used the Archetype Gojira Clean amp! I'm also heavily using the SoundBetter Butterfly Effect plugin which is essentially doing a lot of the work for ambience. I might post this on Spotify in the future along with some other covers!

[@_joapa]

Very well done lad. Amazing production, like it's a whole package. Having this less subs is almost criminal. Glad I stumbled upon this channel before you blow up 👌

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

@@_joapa aw thanks so much dude! I really appreciate it ❤️

[@yahboijoz]

just hearing the intro already has me hooked, ik this is gonna be good Edit: that was exquisite, please don't be afraid to show off your voice and talents, this is the best ambient cover of this song!

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

Aw thanks so much dude that means so much! Hope you have a lovely day ❤

[@johncarlson2632]

The layering on the guitar is crazy. Really good job. The vocals and the guitar mix great with the ambiance running in the back. Your voice is very good and the tones are balanced well, I would recommend rasing the low end on the vocal track to bring out some of the warmer tones of your voice that you have coming out at 3:02 & 3:22. You're 3 for 3 with having the best Loath covers out. Keep it up man!

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

Thanks so much mate you're so kind! and cheers for the advice I'm definitely less experienced with mixing vocals than I am with mixing full instrumental tracks etc so I've got a bit to learn with it, eventually I'm hoping to do a lot more original stuff making full songs with vocals and videoing the creative process and everything so I'll defo be learning new vocal recording techniques and stuff. Really nice to see you again mate!

[@farica12]

Heya, i clicked on this by chance because i love the original and i'm glad i did so. I think you really managed to capture the feeling of reminiscence and hope that you describe through a more tender sound. Your voice sounds great and fits well with this style, as does the artwork. In my opinion, you may benefit from thinking about the consistency of your vowels (i.e. "pain" 1:25 and 1:41) and what you want to convey with your breath for an even more coherent sound - that's just my two cents though. Looking forward to more covers for sure! :)

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

Hiya! Thanks so much for the kind words and the advice, I'm very much not a professional when it comes to singing or recording vocals for that matter but I'm very much looking to get a lot better at it so I really appreciate your thoughts! Have an amazing day :)

[@Suz9-xyz]

This is gorgeous, well done.

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

Thanks so much!

[@sebastianmenoni3753]

Oh my god...... 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

[@slimshady9055]

tuning?Do you have tabs? we can contact I can write tabs for you

[@JoeAnthonyCourtney]

I believe I recorded it in Drop D Flat but I don't have tabs unfortunately, you're welcome to give writing tabs for this a go!