My Cover of “The Long and Winding Road”

[Peter DeLegge]

A quick, partial version of The Beatles “The Long and Winding Road.” I’d be interested in thoughts / advice on the mix. This was just me googling the song’s chords and lyrics and then pushing record, track after track without practicing, so it’s not anything refined.

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[Peter DeLegge]

Years of speech therapy as a kid and still, it sounds like I sang, “lead me to your DAW.”

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[Jaap Visser]

I should not have read your follow up post first haha, now I can’t unhear it! But enjoyed your cover Peter, it’s one of my favorite tracks from the Beatles. For a raw take you have already a solid foundation. The voice and the instrumental parts sounded a bit “disconnected” mix wise. They don’t sound for me like they are 100% in the same room/atmosphere. That is a thing that I noticed while listening the first time.

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[Peter DeLegge]

On Jaap Visser said

I should not have read your follow up post first haha, now I can’t unhear it! But enjoyed your cover Peter, it’s one of my favorite tracks from the Beatles. For a raw take you have already a solid foundation. The voice and the instrumental parts sounded a bit “disconnected” mix wise. They don’t sound for me like they are 100% in the same room/atmosphere. That is a thing that I noticed while listening the first time.

Thanks for the kind remarks and feedback. I make no secret about really not knowing much about mixing and mastering (I worked professionally as a drummer for around 12 years, but learned very little about mixing and nothing about mastering), so I very much can learn from your advice. Are there any specific actions you could recommend that I could take to make the voice and instrumental parts sound more connected? I’m guessing pulling back on the reverb on the vocals is one step, right? Anything else?

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