Kids' Cover Of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's 'My Curse' Posted Online

March 11, 2011

Several students from the Aaron O'Keefe music-instruction school in Ohio recorded a cover version of the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE song "My Curse" on August 28, 2010 at the Saint Claire Recording Company in Lexington, Kentucky. You can hear the track as well as watch the accompanying studio footage below.

Commented O'Keefe: "In order to get multiple camera angles, I had the students record the song using a click track. Not only did using the click track help create a better video, but many professional recordings are laid down to a click track.

"Many viewers might wonder why the students aren't jumping around and delivering a great visual performance as well. Playing along with the click track requires a great deal of concentration, so that wouldn't possible for many musicians, especially a bunch of kids....in this case students ranging in age from 13 to 16.

"We only had two hours to record and videotape this performance. In a rush we missed a very important detail. The intro of the song is supposed to be two guitars playing with a clean tone. Although we dialed back the gain on the amps when we recorded the intro, there was still a little bit of distortion which you can hear in the track.

"We attempted to mix the song just like the original recording. All of the effects, levels, etc. are based on the original version."

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