Ensiferum - Lai Lai Hei - Full Cover | Jack Streat
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2017
- Transcription and backing tracks available as always!
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I know I keep teasing about a new Blind Guardian song... it's still on its way!
I do not speak or understand Finnish. The pronunciation in this video may offend those who do... ;)
Ensiferum comes back in the meantime anyway - one of my alltime favourites, in fact this song has possibly my favourite solo in it... and finally I can play it! The song was requested a while ago but I had a bit of practicing to do first...
Continuing on from the Wishmaster cover, I've started videoing vocal takes, because why not. No miming, they're all live takes of course, and as usual no pitch correction or any shenanigans like that either ;)
You may remember Cameron from the Iron cover - he's made a reappearance, and his fantastic bass tones can be heard in many of the choirs... in fact between the two of us we had well over 100 voices in the chorus shouts! Possibly overkill but then what even is metal, if not completely over the top?
I'm also very happy with the way the rhythm guitar tone turned out - I've been tweaking the Triaxis preset once again. The Jackson SL3MG is back, because all the guitars are recorded for the Blind Guardian song (I'm just slogging out vocals now, am in for the long haul on that one...) so I was able to tune back to E standard. The SL3 was also recorded but wasn't videoed - it helped fill out some of the clean sections, as the classical guitar wasn't really able to get the tone I was after on its own.
Lead tone I'm also fairly pleased with, though possibly a bit scratchy in the folky sections, still a bit of work to do there. Sticklers may point out that I should have picked more of the scale runs in the solo (instead of just legato-ing them) but I'm not bothered ;)
Bass tones are also improved because I changed the pickup configuration I was recording with, very happy in this respect as well.
Modified MegaReaper drumkit for drum parts, Sonatina Orchestra and Korg microX for orchestrations as usual.
Enjoy!
5 years later and it's still a masterpiece of a cover
A personal landmark 😇
My favourite ever Ensiferum song and wow... this is amazing! Well done :)
And one of mine :) Thank you!
brilliant cover, the Finnish pronunciation was also very nicely done, subbed
Haha I'll take your word for it, thanks!
great cover but i disagree with the pronunciation but great try finnish is a very hard language
Rowan Kunelius well obviously it wasn't perfect but for someone who doesn't actually speak the language it was rather impressive
Jack Streat Where you from ?
@@turboromy he's British
Dude, you are awesome. You deserve to be successful. Great!
Haha thanks man - I hope so!
This is truly an epic cover. Love it and I'm so impressed. Also really enjoyed the random bearded guy participating in the "LAI LAI HEI" shout hahaha
Haha thanks man! The Random Bearded Guy very much enjoys your compliment :D
Greetings from Finland. Great cover! Pretty good job on the finnish lines. The british accent can still be heard though :D.
The finnish lyrics turned english
From the edge of the world she looked at the falling star,
Now her beatiful face is covered by a bare land,
Everyone has to gaze in to the eyes of truth,
Because time is victorius, but this land is eternal
Translated a little shit but hope you got some information out of it. Anyway, keep doing what you do.
Hey, thanks man! Glad to know I didn't totally embarrass myself ;)
Thanks for the translation!
Truly impressive! Congrats!
This is the best cover i've ever seen!!!!111
Brutal chicos, gran trabajo.
I am from Finland and think vocals are pretty awesome. goodjob dude!! Awesome band
Whereas I'm from the UK and think that Finland is pretty awesome \m/
Probably my favorite Ensiferum song. Learned it a while back and it's still one of my favorites to play. Great cover, keep 'em up!
Thanks! It's definitely one of the classics :D
Wow, this is one of the best covers that I've ever seen on UA-cam. You're extremely talented. I especially like the attention to the details in the song. Keep up the good work!
Thanks man! No half measures over here ;)
Holy! I know this is old, but I just wanted to let you know you blew me away. Unbelievable work! Cheers!
Thanks man! Old but still fresh ;)
This is simply breathtaking and epic!
Thanks man!
best cover so far for lai lai hei
So far? ;) Thanks man!
Awesome! I really like your covers of Ensiferum :)
Thank you! I guess I just really like Ensiferum ;)
Really enjoyable, well done man!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this, hands down the best cover on the internet. keep up this amazing work of yours. :)
My pleasure! Glad you like it and hope I can keep it up :)
Keep doing it with so much passion and im sure you will do more thn just keep up :)
That's the plan ;)
man, u deserve 1 mil views at least. u are amazing :O!!!
It would be nice!
Absolutely stunning. Quality stuff right there. Subbed
Thanks man! :)
This is such an awesome cover! Vocal harmonies, guitars and solo were especially nailed. Epic!
Thank you! Had a lot of fun with this one 😎
Beautiful! No words.
Thank you :)
Epic cover man! One of my favorite songs from ensiferum..you just played perfectly.. great sound , great voice..just amazing..keep going 🤘
Thanks man! Had a lot of fun on this one
Great cover, as ever! Well done, man! ;)
Thank you! :)
Awesome! Just discovered this band today, I saw that they're having a gig in my city in 3 weeks :)
great job with all parts of the cover!
Thanks man, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen them :D enjoy the gig!
Amazing job man!!! Really enjoyed that🤘🍻
Thanks man!
Wow respect man!!!! this is awesome!!!!
Thank you! :)
Nailed it! A great Cover!
Thanks man!
Man you were right, this one is perfectly recorded, great job, and cover selection! keep on working!!
Thanks man! Sounds like we share good taste in bands ;)
Wow! Excellent playing, vocals, and recording! Nice job man!
Thanks man, glad you like it :)
Great cover! Especially the vocal parts sound awesome!
Cheers man! Singing performances are definitely improving ^_^
Man, you are the best!
Cheers dude :)
this is incredible!
Thanks!
bellissima cover, great work!
Thank you! :)
This cover is awesome. Well done brother!
Thanks man!
Holy shit, you got a new sub ;).
Thanks man, glad you liked it!
oaw! what a solo, man! great!! amazing!
One of my favourites from the Ensi catalogue ;) thanks man!
I loved. Your covers are excellent. I subscribe, keep it up
Hey thanks! More to come ;)
Wow, what an excellent cover! Best of luck with your future work!
Thanks man!
Truly insane. An inspiration for me to get more practice done in the future
Thanks man!
But not in the future. NOW 😉
best cover I've ever seen, no joke
Best comment I've ever read, slight joke ;)
well done!!! really nice cover!!
Thanks man!
Dude, that solo was awesome ^^
Thanks man! It took quite a lot of work to get that one up to speed :D
Awesome work dude!!!!
cheers man \m/
Yes yes yes awesome job sir! Excellent cover 😁
Haha thank you :D I'd been looking forward to it for a long time, finally was able to play the solo so started recording almost immediately after :D
I love your cover especially when you harmonize with yourself. The guitar is spot on!!!!
Thank you! Just trying to recreate the original harmonies ;)
You sir need more recognition... much much more! Not only are you supremely talented with all these instruments and with vocals as well, but the editing job is fantastic. Well done, blown away. You perfectly executed one of my favorite Ensiferum songs!
Haha thank you very much! I'm always after new subscribers and viewers, fingers crossed for a sudden spike in popularity ;)
Hahah well you can count me as one!
Excellent :D
Ok bro, you have skills! This is fantastic.
Haha thanks man :) this one turned out pretty good ;)
Well doneee!!! Amazing!!!
Thank you!
Great cover. Thank you.
Thanks man!
Flawless cover🤘
Thanks man!
Great, especially love the beginning when you sing in Finnish. Awesome!
People tell me the Finnish came out okay but I have no way of really knowing how I sounded 😅
@jack street your cover videos amaze me. keep up good work
Thanks man! More to come...
Holy shit! This is awesome. Masterfully done. 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks man!
Great cover of this amazing song!
Thanks man!
awesome dude!!!! impressed
Thanks man!
great job :) this song is like drug, I´m listening it for like 8 months, every day and still don´t have enough _D
The whole album is fantastic, Ensiferum truly know how to rock \m/
yeah :) please do also Victory song, that would be great!
ooh that's another long one... probably not in the near future I'm afraid, but might have a look into it!
Woaw, it's amazing ! If the band see this video, I'm sure they will enjoy it !
And if not, UA-cam will have to do ;)
Still the best cover of this song! I love it! Bravo!
Thanks man!
jól mondod, komolyan tolja a csávó :D
one of my favorite songs .. cheers from Lima - Perú
Thanks man!
That’s my favourite song. Dude, you awesome 👏 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks! It's a classic
My hero!! well done
Haha thanks man... Maybe I should go kill a dragon or something to fully earn that title :P
woooow amazing cover!!! greetings from brazil
Greetings to you too - cheers dude :)
Just perfection... can no longer drive my car without listening to this wonder. Thank you 🇨🇵
Thanks man! It's here to be listened to 🔊
this certainly is one of the best covers I've ever seen on UA-cam. And that is true for all the tracks you've recorded in this cover. I wish I could do 50% of it......
Thanks man! The only way you'll be able to is if you practice ;) I can send my transcription if you'd like to give it a go?
Already sent you a request for tabs :-)
Great stuff, will be able to access PM's when I'm back in the UK :)
Sent! :)
Awesome cover dude!
Cheers from France
Hey, thanks man! And back from NL \m/
this is amazing! :D
Thanks man!
Well done really !!!
Cheers!
Amazing.
Cheers dude!
great job dude!
Thanks man!
Dude, its very technical, awesome, unreal, amazing cover! Thanx for your job! From Russia with love! Очень круто, нереально, технично и шикарно! Однозначно лайк и подписка!
Thanks man!
There are some even more technical ones floating about if you're interested ;)
Damn, way to go! All the little details are there, all 'smaller' singing parts in the final chorus, this all totally fits together very nicely. And btw in my opinion you did a very good job with the singing as well. Congratulations!
Thank you! We're all in debt to the original for the fantastic arrangement haha, all I've done is reverse-engineered it ;) Glad you liked the vocals! I'm still relatively new at this whole singing business so good to know I'm on the right track :D
Totally on the right track :D Hey, it just popped into my mind: have you been considering making a full cover for Tale of Revenge? If not yet... well, think about it :D That song would be totally awesome.
Haha you know at one point I wondered about covering the full Iron album :D (except Tears, that doesn't count :P) I'm probably going to slow down a bit on the covers front for a while though, I as working on And Then There Was Silence for so long and I need some time off :D
Wow, full Iron album would be a huge project! :D Well after lotsa hard work, one gotta take that well-earned rest :)
Luckily I've got no more incredibly difficult solos to pull off if I do try it, just got to deal with the intense speed of the Slayer of Light riffs ;)
it's just annoying that I'd have very different mix qualities haha, especially in the case of Into Battle, which would almost require re-recording as well, at least on the rhythm guitar front...
Awesome!
Cheers dude!
Nailed it, love ya
😘
two thumbs up bravo! Ensiferum fan hails from Hong Kong
Thanks!
Nice one thanks
Your vocals are awesome bro! Great cover!
Thank you! Not been seriously practicing singing very long, glad it's well received :)
REGR1T Looks like you have some kind of gift then, haha
Haha maybe, though it probably helps that I've been practicing my ass off :D
I like the way you play the guitar as well. May I ask you for the tabs? Bass and guitars... Thank you! You're brilliant!
Damn son. Killed it!
Cheers dude \m/
Wow this is something man!
Cheers dude!
great!!
Great job, bro.. You've got a new sub :D...
Greetings from Mexico :)!
Thanks man! Fingers crossed for new content but it might be a while off haha
No problem man, with vids of this level of quality, undubtedly, it will be worth the wait... lml
Haha I hope so! :)
BEST solo that I've heard so far, can I please have the tabs?!?!
Great work Jack...best wishes from India
Thanks man! Back at you from The Netherlands
@@NeverusBand really amazing work....
Awesome job buddy
Thanks man 🤘
very good job, man! Greetings from Germany
Thanks man! Same to you from the UK :)
AWESOME!!!! SUPER AWESOME!!!!!
Haha thanks dude!
Bro, Can you please cover Nymphetamine - Cradle of Filth, or Sadness and hate, or land of snow and sorrow- Wintersun???
seriously man, I'm 1000% sure, you'll be able to do some awesome covers!!!
Love from Bangladesh!!
Not familiar with the Cradle of Filth one, will have a listen! The wintersun songs are long ones, they wouldn't be happening any time soon haha, do you'd be in for a bit of a wait ;)
No problem bro! Subscribed your channel, I'll get notifications if you upload something :D
Great stuff :D Next one might be a little while, I'm taking a small break after having had so many on the go for so long - I've had at least one cover on the go since well before Christmas!
Oh yeah!!
deberias tener 10000 suscriptores minimo ! haces un gran trabajo ! saludos desde Colombia
That would be nice, wouldn't it? Hopefully more people will come and watch eventually :D
Holy shit you're talented! Amazing cover!!!
Your vocals are my favorite part about the whole cover for sure!
Thanks man! Was a lot of fun
Man, the rhythm guitar tone is extraordinarily close without using ensiferum's exact setup. Very well done, did you mix this yourself?
I'm also curious what pickups were used to achieve that rhythm tone, perfect amount of punch with practically the same tonal qualities. Nice job!
Thanks man! Indeed I spent a lot of time trying to replicate the punchy "duggada" that they have on the fast palm muted sections on this album, glad to hear it paid off 😇
Pickups on the Jackson are emg 81/85, and then I think it was probably run through a Mesa Mk IV or Mk V (or possibly Triaxis) model in the Axe Fx 👍
@@NeverusBand Very cool! I run an 81/89 setup on a schecter hellraiser atm. I've got access to a Few Mesa Amps/Cabs on Amplitube, ill have to mess around and see if I can get a close tone (doubt it will be as close as yours). If not I might try Axe Fx, I've been wanting to for a long time.
And yes, your tweaking definitely paid off because my jaw dropped when I heard how close it was. I'll have to check out more of your channel, keep it going 🤘
@@floki5605 good luck man!
The mesa architecture is a great one to dive into. Having two different eqs built in to different parts of the signal chain is invaluable when balancing the dynamic response and the overall tone. Would recommend 😁
(And yes, the Fractal has a fantastic model of it. I'm still going strong on my Axe Fx II Mk I, so don't feel you need to drop several paychecks on the latest and most expensive version haha)
one of the best metal songs EVER masterly covered. And the solo, I always struggled on the sweeps! You play it amazingly!
Do you have solo tabs also? Great work, man, will watch also all of your other videos!
Haha thanks man, love the enthusiasm! Yes, I've made transcriptions of all the pieces I've covered - if you get in touch via Facebook or Instagram I can set you up :)
@@NeverusBand thanks man, I'll contact via fb since I don't have Instagram! Support!
you deserve more views
good job
I'm at the mercy of the internet :P
Great cover
Thanks man!
Impressive cover man! Excellent under every aspect, especially the solo! Would be possible to get the tabs of the solo somehow?
Congratulations again, you rock!
Thanks man! Get in touch over messenger/insta and I can hook you up 👍
@@NeverusBand thank you man! I'll contact you via facebook! Again big congratulations for your music and your band!
Duuuuuuuuude this is incredible !!! Is there the possibility to have the guitar transcription pretty please ?
Thanks man! Transcription available for sure 👍
immaculate
Muy buen video amigo, saludos desde México.
Thanks man!
sooo gooooooooooodddd
Thanks man!
the solo was perfect
Thanks! One of the fastest I've ever done for this channel o_0
Super