Listeners have been recommending a lot of videos lately, which all fit into a common theme: For lack of a better term, I’ll call them Solo Multitrack Covers:

And there’s no denying the expertise associated with putting these together. In most cases you have to be able to sing or play an instrument well, and you have to have know-how to know which track to record first as a foundation track.

My solo multitrack cover vid recommendations. Let me show you them.

First off, Julia Nunes (thanks to listeners Pete H. and Steven S. for telling me about Julia’s vids). She’s awesome on a ukulele, she puts her own spin on the songs she covers, and she’s cute as a button. She’s got a TON of tracks – both covers and originals – and this is easily one of my favorites:

Thomas C. sent me this one today. Toto’s “Africa”, performed by Jimmie Inch. Not a note out of place, just beautifully done.

And one I _just_ got from David M. Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” performed on kazoo by Mister Tim.

Looking at Mister Tim’s website, I see that he’s part of Moosebutter, the a cappella band that recorded the brilliant medley of John Williams songs that I blogged about last year (which have subsequently been taken down due to legal threats) And in looking more at Mister Tim’s website, I realize he’s a member of Toxic Audio – who have been nice enough to send me their CDs for the show, and whose cover of “Voices Carry” graced the 2008 Coverville Countdown. Amazing how it all comes together.

Want to know if they’re good covers? Listen to any of the above track without watching the video. They all stand on their own very nicely, and the video, showing the technical prowess of the performer, is just icing on the cake.