A “Tipsy” Recording. :)

Hi there, how have you been?

Just wanted to share another instrumental theme, “Suco de goiaba” (stands for “Guava Juice”). A memento of small, simple happiness. :)

Another Oldie–A Mysterious One. :)

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Another lost piece of music found! This one was composed by influence of the book “Les marins perdus” by the French writer Jean-Claude Izzo. Wonderful read, made me think of a “floating mystery” if I can describe this recording that way. :P

Have a nice week, take care! :D

Digging Deeper… New Fat Acoustic Theme. :)

Those effect racks are going to kill me someday… :P But it’s getting more and more interesting. ;)

Jobim/Gilberto’s Way of Doing Music

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Lately I’ve been on preparations for a special gig based on Vinícius de Moraes‘ work and that inevitably led me to some Bossa Nova harmony studies.

It can be quite interesting to get into Tom Jobim‘s mind while composing those terrific songs and into João Gilberto‘s as an acoustic guitar player. The first has merged jazz and samba harmonies in unprecedented ways; the second has crafted a particular way of defining rhythm into a single guitar.

This time I want to share the chords progression of Chega de Saudade, a song that starts in minor tone for Vinicius missing his distant girl and then shifts to a Major one when he mulls over her return. A true masters work. I hope you like it! :)

[chords taken from this João Gilberto’s recording]

Chega de saudade
2/4
Cm

Intro:		Cm7
		IV

1ª:		Cm7 Aº Abm6 Cm7
		II  II  II  II

2ª:		Cm7 Aº Gm7(9) | Ab(13) G7 G7(b13)
		         II   |   II

1ª':		Cm7 Bbm6(11) Am6 Abm6 Gº
		             II   II  II*

3ª:		Fm7 G7 Cm7 Cm7(9) | Aº Abm6 Cm7 Dm7 G#º
		                  |              ½   ½
=========================================================================

1ªB:		C7M A7(b13) Am6 Am(b6) | G4/Ab G7 B7/F# C7M/G
		                          7

2ªB:		C F#º Dm7 | Am6 Fm/D G#m6(#5) G#m6
		      II  | II          ½      ½

1ªB':		C7M C7M(9) Am6 | E7(9)/B E7(9) Am7 Abm7 Gm7 Gº
		           II  |                ½   ½    ½  ½

Concl.:		F7M Fm6 E7(9) A7(13) A7(b13) | Am6 Am(b6) E7(9)/B A7(b13)
		                ½       ½    |

		                               Am6 G4 C7M/G
		                                    7   II

Wandering.

A new quick recording on, as the title states, wandering. lol I hope you like it. ;)

Have an awesome week! :D

Celebrating Death… In a Certain Way. :)

Hi there, how are you all doing?

This week I want to share a song about death… But not necessarily in the dark sense of the word. After losing things in general during my lifetime–objects, places, people, love–I’m finally (at age of 32 lol) managing to realize (AND put into practice) a feeilng of… rebirth. I’m trying to see death as the end of a given cycle instead of just complaining about losing things… that actually were never mine since we don’t OWN things the way we may think we do.

‘Nuf said, here’s the song. :) I hope you like it.

See ya!

Commented Portfolio: A (Theatre) Play. (Tracks #6 & #7)

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Getting on with our commented portfolio here we go with two tracks from a theatre play soundtrack.

In this work I needed something… fantastic, though concrete to some extent. In order to achieve that I decided to keep an acoustic, folk mood when it comes to instrumentation (nylon guitar, mandolin–both traditional Brazillian/Portuguese instruments) in one hand and a more vanguard harmony for the “surprising”, magic feeling in the other–se the major chord striking the final blow in “Não esperou o dia seguinte”.

Enjoy is, see ya next week!

Portfolio Interlude: New Theme. :)

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Just wanted to share a new little piece of recording I’ve just done (like, REALLY just now, a few minutes ago lol)… Its intent is to help us to cleanse our soul. :)

Next week we’ll be back with our commented portfolio. See ya!

Sleep Images. (Sounds? lol)

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Sometimes when you’re too involved with music you can get messages from the beyond while you’re sleeping. Call it subconscious brain work, a spiritual wander, madness… lol Name it at your will, but stuff like that really happens.

Well… As for myself I’ve got two of those this week. :) Not sure how it works; I just wake up, grab the guitar and simply play–as if I always knew how to do it. -.-

Weirdly enought they’re quite diverse one from another… I guess that’s how dream-made things go. :)

Hope you like it, see ya! :D

(More) Feelings Turning Into Music.

Hi there, how are you all doing?

Just like an older post on the matter I’m here to share a new recording filled with emotional significance to me. It’s like… seeing something you love going away while recognizing the good things it left behind. Not sure if the sound matches the feeling but it’s just the way it came out at the moment.

See ya, God bless us all.