'All Tomorrow's Parties' by The Velvet Underground - Cam Forrester ft. Caroline Dawson (& Tutorial) 

Thanks very much!

I really appreciate your comments - thank you!

It would be easy to slip into a pastiche of Nico when singing this song. Caroline made the correct tasteful choice to sing it straight with only a hint of Nico’s unique accent. Really an impeccable performance, and the perfect match for the exquisite attention to detail and love for the material what you were brought to all the previous covers you’ve published here.

@@mjlotus Thanks so much for your continued support and praise my friend...indeed I'm really happy with this one particularly; Caroline's contribution really has taken it to the next level! I'm so glad it has moved you so - I hope one day we can perform this on a stage for you!

Should add ... I think it's actually better than the original.

@@robtalbot3852 Thanks so much for re-posting your lovely comment - there were some technical issues with the previous upload which are now fixed in this one. I've forwarded your comment to Caroline! ;)

@@CAMFORRESTER It was fortuitous that the original window was still open when you posted the new version (missing the false start I seem to note). So it was just a copy / paste.

The drums should be left and the guitar on the right, so yeah you have them reversed. Thanks for the kind words! 🙏🏻

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@@franklinrwful Thank you!

@@CAMFORRESTER I prefer Carolines vocal to Nico's .

Glad I could get it to you...and I'll be releasing three more over the next few Sundays...I'll let you guess which one you'll all be getting for Christmas! ;)

@@CAMFORRESTER my first tought is Sister Ray, we’ll see soon!

Most certainly Cale would've been, having grown up in Wales...and Reed in turn, being influenced by Cale's musical prowess!

There are definitely similarities in the equipment the two bands used; David Crosby played a Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins (the single-cutaway version of the Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman which Lou Reed played), but I'd say the main likeness would be the jangly sounding Rickenbacker 12-string that Roger McGuinn used, and the 'Ostrich'-tuning that Lou used on his Gretsch for this song, which created an even more extreme jangle effect. The Byrds pre-date TVU, so if there was any influence it would be the other way around...Lou particularly disliked West Coast bands of that period, but his reasons were more political/literary than musical. I do also remember reading that Sterling Morrison liked The Byrds, so it's possible TVU could have borrowed the jangle effect and made it their own!

In both cases the tone comes from two strings playing the same note - since the strings are inevitably tuned slightly differently, you hear interference effects from the two very close frequencies. Nowadays you can get more exaggerated variants of that using chorus or flanger effects, but they don’t replace the beautiful sound of strings in unison.

@@mooseyard Exactly!

The specific Byrd's cover of the song - "Mr Tambourine Man" - which - of course - leads back to Bob Dylan who Lou Reed was imitating with his early version of this wonderful song... I still don't know what the heck it's about! I certainly never thought it had any connection to folk music till I viewed/listened to this analysis of it. Tenakoe once again for this - it really is such an amazing tribute to this wonderful band.

Definitely! Really really good.

It's not yet uploaded; but will be next Sunday, when Caroline returns from vacation. The link to her channel appears in the top-right-hand corner of the screen as soon as I mention it in the background section, but if you're on a mobile device it may not show. In any case, here it is: www.youtube.com/@carolinedawsonmusic I've also now added it to the description in case anyone else doesn't see it on the screen.

@@CAMFORRESTER A thought occurs to me. You have provided directions for the instrumentation of the songs, but said nothing about the vocals. Perhaps there is little there of a technical nature to share. Nonetheless, here is a request. At some point do an interview/conversation with Caroline and discuss the singing, on the original records, and on these covers. You obviously have sophisticated training as a musician, but do you have technical training as a vocalist? It would be interesting to hear from Caroline how she approached learning and performing Nico's idiosyncratic vocals, including whether she, like you, was already a fan of the Velvet Underground. That conversation would be a worthwhile addition here, and would be relatively easy to do, would not require a lot of set up, practice, etc.

@@mjlotus It's a valid point indeed, but I am not trained as a vocalist, and as such there is little I can offer in terms of technical information regarding Nico or Caroline's voices, other than the obvious facts such as that Nico had a Contralto vocal range, and Caroline's vocal range is similar, albeit with a different timbre and overall character. Caroline lives in Portugal, and she was recommended towards my VU project by a friend we both have in common. She generously took the time to contribute her vocals on these tracks during a vacation to the UK - it was quite brief session, and there was not the time to do a separate discussion video unfortunately, but if we get the chance to meet up again (which I hope we shall) in the future, I shall certainly propose the idea. What I can tell you is that, while she was aware of TVU & Nico, Caroline had not really explored their music to any great extent, but many people over the years who were fans of Nico particularly, had mentioned how much Caroline's voice reminded them of her, so she became increasingly aware of Nico's music, and said during our session that the collaboration [with myself] seemed to be something that was fated to transpire all along.

Venus In Furs is DGCFAC

Like, what lesson. The steeple can't see it AINT A LESSON. Time wasting cnuts

A great deal of effort went into making it sound as faithful to the original as humanly possible! Your comment is much appreciated - thank you!

It's been recorded! Just have to film the video...

@@CAMFORRESTER Legend! i've always loved that driving riff, look forward to the tutorial..

It's certainly not a stretch to hear that!