Hold Me Down (Motion City Soundtrack Cover) by Kevin Lange (of Handsomely Dishonest)
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
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I can't thank everyone enough for the overwhelming amount of kindness and positive feedback. You guys are incredible and you've really rekindled my aspirations of recording music again. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU. THANK all of you!! ...even you. =)
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Rather than be a responsible human being and spend my Thanksgiving break finishing the mountain of homework I had accumulated, I decided my time was better spent attempting to videotape myself playing all five parts of Motion City Soundtrack's "Hold Me Down". All music and lyrics written by Motion City Soundtrack and performed by me.
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I started by recording the drums, then used in-ear monitors to listen to what I'd already recorded while playing the next instrument.
Every note you hear on the audio track is the take you see in the video track, save a couple of very minor touch-ups... also the backup vocal "ahhh's" beginning at 2:47 were extended.
I did NOT use Auto-Tune at all, only compressors, EQ, and reverb.
The audio was recorded through Shure SM57s, Shure SM58s, and Audio-Technica AT4041s into a PreSonus FP10 using the Sonar XL 8.5 digital audio workstation.
The video was recorded using a Panasonic HDC-TM55 camcorder and edited using Adobe Premiere CS5.
The colors are from sound-activated PAR lights with colored gels.
I used a bit of fog from a fog machine to make the lighting more prominent.
I put a pillow on my ride cymbal to hit so I could keep time without making noise. Originally I was using my leg, but that became unpleasant rather quickly.
I looped part of the lead guitar part played from 4:14 -- 4:46 (adding distortion and reverb) over the final chorus and entire ending.
No, I am not a witch or a practitioner of black magic.
The ambient noise at the end is a loop of the C# played during the verse run through unimaginable amounts of reverb. 
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Motion City should be proud.
Great song and you performed it well. I moved to a new city and can never find anyone to play with. This is one solution.
This is actually one of the saddest songs that I know, and the shakes and fades on your voice makes the lyrics feel so alive. You did an excellent job. I hope you're still up to covering more songs.
i came here searching for a good performance of MCS playing this live and saw your video and clicked your video not knowing id see the greatest magic trick ever. props to you sir. you have talent
I'v got a feeling it is going to become impossible to thank everyone now that this is on reddit lol Great Job Dude!
When they posted it to their FB page... my jaw about hit the floor. I couldn't believe it. Thank you!!
Hey Dude! You did our song justice. Very Nice Job.
very cool shoutout from mr cain
Really awesome! I loved it, you've got amazing talent....look for you in the future ....awesome!
So I've never heard of this song or band, came across this video on reddit, and I gotta say, you are a pretty damn good singer, not to mention musician. Must of took a good while to make this video, because the was awesome!
i honestly dont remember what the epiphany was but i do have a girlfriend and am coping better with my depression and the work load of school better since i left that comment. its probably been the best month of my life so im gonna attribute it to you, have an internet gold star
One of my favourite songs, by my favourite band, and you did a good job (:
Totally awesome! Great job, screw homework!
Kevin, You are awesome. This video is awesome. I love it. Rats off to ya.
Is this really Joshua Cain? :o
Also, really good work on this video Handsomely Dishonest! Love every bit of it! :-)
So much love for this.
I'm not easily impressed when i see someone try and cover my favorite bands but this is very very good!
Ah this is amazing man! And MCS posted this on their FB about 30 minutes ago! Congrats :)
Why can't I like this video more than once?
Noah Burrow Haha, thank you! =)
Absolutely awesome. I was hesitant to watch this at first seeing that this is my absolute favorite song ever. But damn! You did awesome.
Holy crud, THANK YOU thank you thank you!! =) =) =)
I've been a huge fan for over a decade, so needless to say this means SO incredibly much coming from you.
PS - I really dig "Inside Out", and can't wait to hear the new record! Good luck on tour, and give everyone my best!!
Josh - "Hey guys, that dude who did that cover of Hold Me Down sends his best."
The rest of MCS - "Who?"
perfect.
it may be becaues im extremely high but i really enjoyed this, i think i had an epiphany. im not quite sure about myself. i feel a bit changed.
Awesome job dude, looks fantastic!
Ah!! You did such a good job! I love it!
Love Love LOVE it. This makes me so happy :)
Dude, this is amazing. Great work.
wow... so good.
Fantastic, man!
You are very, very correct. I was blown away by the reddit bump, and even MORE blown away by everyone's kindness on there and here. Thank you very much!!
Awesome!!!!
great!
Brilliant :D better than most c overs on the whole youtube :)
Nailed it
Awesome job!
This is actually better than the original version.
Alaric Jenssen Haha, THANK you, sincerely! I worked really hard on it, but I respectfully disagree and still believe the MCS version to be superior.
Your very kind compliment totally made my day, though. Thank you, again!
-Kevin
Well, thank you very much! That really means a lot!!
It took 2 or 3 evenings of actual recording. Then many sporadic hours to edit it all together. I was trying to accomplish all of this during the last 2 weeks of my final semester of college, haha. "No time for meeting up with classmates regarding final group project... must edit video..."
Thank you thank you thank you!! ALSO - Yeah!! Homework be damned! ::secretly also got all the homework done somehow, but doesn't want world to know I'm not the rebel I masquerade as::
See you at New Years tomorrow!! =)
awesome dude (:
Oh, THANKyou! You know, one cover song every eight years isn't too bad, right?
I'm quite proud to be the potential catalyst for someone's epiphany. Do you happen to be able to recall what it was??
A thought now that I finished watching your video: It must really suck if someone moved your camera accidentally.
Yayyy!!!! I'm glad that it did so. Thank you!!!!1
Thank you!!
sexcellent