My cover of "Santeria" by Sublime

[Kalmah]

This isn't really my style of choice, I mostly prefer death metal or classical. But for some reason Sublime has always intrigued me. It's too sad that the singer/guitarist/song writer died of a heroin overdose. He is by far one of my favorite vocalists.

An old friend of mine who I havn't seen in years got stuck at an airport near me and gave us a few hours to throw this together. He had no prior practice at singing the song but it came together quite well.

Bass-guitar and drums are in midi played through my roland jv-1010 midi synth. I played guitar and my friend did vocals.

youtube video of song

Thanks for checking it out if you do.

 

[zerocool84]

I hate Sublime cus they are one of the most overplayed bands of all time but you guys did a good cover. :thumbsup:

 

[rocadelpunk]

nice vox

edit: it's a really fucking good cover man.

you should do a death metal cover of this : )

link

...i always want to hear death metal covers of emo songs haha.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Good shit :thumbsup:

 

[gorcorps]

Aside from the midi hi-hat on the drum machine it sounds solid. The vocals are pretty impressive.

 

[Modular]

Fake ass drums FT mothafkn L

 

[slackwarelinux]

Thanks, now I've got another week of having this song stuck in my head to look forward too...

Great job!

 

[Kyle]

That's really good, but the hi-hat ruins it for me...can't stop focusing on it- esp. during the guitar solo

 

[MercenaryYoureFired]

Like your voice, it's unique in a good way, great cover.

 

[chuckywang]

Had to stop in the middle cause the hi hat was giving me a headache.

 

[tasmanian]

The drums overpower the song.

 

[dwell]

Great playing. Shitty mix. Send me the drum midi and I'll run it through Addictive Drums.

 

[Red Dawn]

Great for Karaoke Bars

 

[A Casual Fitz]

How about covering some Kalmah. Then I'll be impressed.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Yeah, good, but too 'toppy'.

 

[Chunkee]

i like the bluesy flare on the little solo....

 

[Kalmah]

Haha, thanks guys.

Yeah, when we finished the vocals we had like 15 minutes to mix, burn to cd, and get him back to the airport.(it's an hour and a half drive) I wish I could have touched it up a bit.
Yeah, the hi-hat on my synth always sounds bad. That thing has over 200 hundred drum kits but I only know how to use the generic kit. (I've had this thing for years.. can't figure it out) I usually spend a couple hours manually adjusting every hi-hat hit in my recordings.. just couldn't do it this time.

Thanks for the feedback. This was a rushed project on a limited time-span. I still can't believe how well Allan was able to pull off those vocals with no practice.

 

[F1N3ST]

I know this song well. 8/10. -2 for vocals, the original has like epic range of vocals smooth and stuff. I paused my slayer to listen, lol.