Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (Guitar Version)

[Jim Soloway]

Just beautiful. Really wonderful tone and feel and very expressive.

[btg]

Just a few weeks ago I ordered the lead sheet for this song with the intention of working up an instrumental version of this song. You beat me to it. Your version is beautiful. Great tone and mood. Thank you for posting it.

[ChrisBuckGuitar]

Thanks guys :-) I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

@Jim: I LOVE your guitars man! Just being checking on your site now; you make some beautiful instruments. Nice one :-)

@btg: Ah man! I'm glad you liked it, but don't let me stop you getting something up! I've yet to see many cool guitar versions and I'd love to see what you could come up with.

[scottl]

Hi Chris,

Another super track! I actually listened yesterday but forgot to comment. The vibrato wasnnot a big deal for me, although I personally use it only sparingly. I prefer slower fwiw.

Keep them coming bud!

[Strung_Out]

I can't stop listening to this and your other videos, Chris. Fantastic stuff!

[Catoogie]

Originally Posted by btg

Just a few weeks ago I ordered the lead sheet for this song with the intention of working up an instrumental version of this song. You beat me to it. Your version is beautiful. Great tone and mood. Thank you for posting it.

Why wouldn't you just listen to the recording and transcribe it yourself? You can have it done in 10 minutes.

[Guitar Dave T]

Amazing. Simply amazing. I played rhythm on this song with a very talented singer and pianist for many years and am ultra familiar with it's subtleties.

You found a whole new set and put your own voice to it.

Really enjoyed this!

[Catoogie]

It's not so much the pitch of the your vibrato as it is the speed. It sounds slightly pushed and nervous. It was just my opinion that it didn't sound like it fit the mood of the song.

Someone commented about how vibrato is an individual expression so it's unique, I agree... to an extent. The greatest singers are able to choose which vibrato they want to add so it fits the mood of song. Same with great instrumentalists. Singers and instrumentalists who are singular in the vibrato they use are rarely considered great. In my opinion. B.B. King is the undisputed master of left hand vibrato and he has a multitude of them to choose from. It's the same way with vocal inflections, you don't use the same ones every time you say something.

Listen, bad vibrato happens to LOTS of guitar players who are otherwise quite accomplished players.

[brookshubbert]

You guys who want to tell a cat how to use vibrato are stupid.
Do your own versions and post them and shut up - the nerve

[ChrisBuckGuitar]

Hey guys :-)

@Scottl, Strung_Out and Guitar Dave T: thank you very much guys! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I'll try and do some more pretty soon. They're great fun to do and I love taking on songs that are slightly different/not my usual thing. I'm glad it seems to have paid off! Thank you :-)

@Catoogie: Look man, far be it from me to walk in here with only a handful of posts to my name and proceed to pick a fight with a 'senior member' but I honestly think that (similarly to my left hand warbling...) it's not what you've said, but how you said it.

I found 'slow down the vibrato son' slightly comical and patronising all in one breath and I thought it was uncalled for to question btg's method of learning a song. If vibrato is individual expression, then why not one's method of learning? Some of us listen, some of us look. I personally prefer to listen too, but as far as can see (or hear...) there's no right or wrong way. And by the way, my name's Chris ;-)

Joking aside, it's all down to personal taste, is it not? If there really is a right way to use vibrato, try telling Buddy Guy…I think that honestly though, people take exception with negativity and your contribution to this thread just seems to have an air of needless cynicism, whether it's in the way you called me 'son' or questioning what btg does in his free time. Just my two cents.

[Catoogie]

I found 'slow down the vibrato son' slightly comical and patronising all in one breath

Things don't always translate well via the internet, I honestly meant 'Son' in a light-hearted, Jerry Reed-type of down-home comical way. Sorry if it came off as dismissive.

[ChrisBuckGuitar]

No worries man. My bad...I've come a cropper myself many a time. The British sense of humour doesn't always come across well in text! Haha

[btg]

Originally Posted by Catoogie

Why wouldn't you just listen to the recording and transcribe it yourself? You can have it done in 10 minutes.

I usually transcribe the melody by ear because I almost always find differences between what I want to hear and what the sheet music says. But having the piano and bass parts are handy for me to create backing arrangements in Band in a Box which I just got and am trying to learn how to use by inputting items off the sheet music.

Chris - I hope to get a recording system set up soon. I am looking at several options since I am just getting into this whole computer/recording thing. There are so many options. Earlier you said you were using Logic. Why did you choose this over Pro Tools which seems to be the industry standard. Also - what interface do you prefer. I have been leaning towards an Eleven Rack into Pro Tools as soon as I can figure out which Mac I want. I know Pro Tools is looking down on by some people but I have friends and family that are very experienced in Pro Tools that can offer a lot of help.

[dannopelli]

Originally Posted by btg

I usually transcribe the melody by ear because I almost always find differences between what I want to hear and what the sheet music says. But having the piano and bass parts are handy for me to create backing arrangements in Band in a Box which I just got and am trying to learn how to use by inputting items off the sheet music.

Chris - I hope to get a recording system set up soon. I am looking at several options since I am just getting into this whole computer/recording thing. There are so many options. Earlier you said you were using Logic. Why did you choose this over Pro Tools which seems to be the industry standard. Also - what interface do you prefer. I have been leaning towards an Eleven Rack into Pro Tools as soon as I can figure out which Mac I want. I know Pro Tools is looking down on by some people but I have friends and family that are very experienced in Pro Tools that can offer a lot of help.

You won't go wrong with either PT or Logic. (Sorry to hijack the thread). Logic's learning curve is a bit easier, and it is inexpensive at $199. Plus it works seamlessly with a MAC. But if you have people who will actively support you, PT is an excellent choice.

BTW, Chris, as I posted earlier, I really like what you did here. I am a pretty critical listener, and I think it is just fine as it is. And if Jim Soloway likes it, I think that is pretty safe to say it is well done.

[ChrisBuckGuitar]

Thanks dannopelli! I'm glad you liked it. And I'm glad that Jim does too - I've not heard him play but if his guitars are anything to go by...damn! :-)

In regard to ProTools vs Logic - I've always found Logic more user-friendly, but maybe that's because it's all I've ever known. I bought myself an MBox Mini a few years ago and PT actually came free with it, but I've never really been able to get my head into it. Plus, just through the amount of work I've done with Logic, I'm very familiar with it and subsequently, quite quick with it. I've just not got the energy to start afresh with different software...in a nutshell, it's laziness on my part!

That said, as I understand it, I think Logic may be better option for software instruments/MIDI etc. Again, I've never used PT so I'm not that clued up but from what people have told me, I think Logic's a little more proficient when it comes to all things MIDI.

In regard to interface though - a big jack to little jack converter on the end of a regular guitar lead into the back of my iMac does the job for me. The MBox does the same job, but I never really need to use an actual microphone so there's not much need for me to have one cluttering up my desk!