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Topic: Nuages by Django (New recording in full) |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 8:27 am |
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I got around to recording a full version of Nuages, though this is still in the demo stages. Not entirely pleased with the full track, but it sound pretty good and, in honor of Django, I tried to be playful with it. Don't mind the drums and bass....
http://soundcloud.com/mdneer/nuages-arr-mike-neer
This recording features the new tuning I've been working on: C6/A6.
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Last edited by Mike Neer on 26 Jan 2013 8:53 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Roger Shackelton
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 8:52 am
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HI MIKE,
The Voicings Sound A Bit Different On This Tuning, But In A Good Way.
Pretty Good For A Quickie. 
Roger |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 9:14 am
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| Very cloudy, Mike. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 9:14 am
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Last edited by Andy Volk on 27 Jan 2013 8:36 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 11:20 am
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| Mike, can you list your new tuning? I agree with Roger about it soundin a little different but in a good way. Keep up the good work. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 12:30 pm
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| You really caress a sweet tone out of that steel that perfectly complements those voicings. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 1:10 pm
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| Mike, can you list your new tuning? I agree with Roger about it soundin a little different but in a good way. Keep up the good work. |
Top four strings are C6: E C A G
Bottom four are A6: E C# A F#
BTW, I transposed the tune a 1/2 step to Gb. Was hard for me to get the G and D9 voicings I wanted, so I lowered it. That's like cheating, right? 
I like some of the more dissonant voicings I can get, but this is pretty tame!
I'm going to have a full version soon. I don't want to spend my whole day in my studio--the wife will have my head!
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 3:41 pm
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Neat arrangement - love that tune
I had accidentally stumbled across something similar one night when I attempted to tune (6sting) from C6/A7 to A6 and just raised my C >C#, forgetting to lower the G>F#. I found it was a neat tuning with a lot of possibilities, yet I'd never heard anyone mention it. I guess that's just A7.
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Matthew Dawson
From:
Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 4:11 pm
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| Sounds great. Very nicely phrased. That tuning has a nice sound. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 26 Jan 2013 9:01 pm
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Very nice!
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 27 Jan 2013 11:34 am
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Thanks for listening and for your comments.
I've already got another few versions of this swimming around in my head....(wife rolls eyes).
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HowardR
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Posted 27 Jan 2013 12:30 pm
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| nicely done......love the dark moody voicings that you're pulling out of that tuning.......thanks for all of your selflessness and contributions to the non pedal world....... |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 27 Jan 2013 1:03 pm
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How's about a samba? Changed the tuning, changed the groove, changed the chords.... The steel guitar will make you crazy.
This one is real raw--only took one crack at it, not sure it's worth more than that.
http://www.mikeneer.com/Nuages-samba.mp3
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2013 1:52 pm
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| That is really pretty, Mike. "Nuages" makes a damn fine samba in your hands! |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 27 Jan 2013 2:33 pm
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| Wow......that samba version really cooks. Great playing on both tunes but the samba really got me.....I guess because it's more danceable. lol |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Jan 2013 10:47 am
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You got that right!
Cool version, Mike. I think the steel's inherent legato can sometimes work against the groove in Brazilian music. In the spirit of I'm-not-really-fit-to-carry-your-guitar-case-but I dig-your-playing, I'd love to hear some more off beat accents and less legato. Walter Wanderly was a big influence on me for samba and Bossa grooves. If you mentally remove all the cheesy, lounge-easy listening aspects of his stuff and just check out how he comps, man, could he groove!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuzBAFOrys
Another interesting record is Joe Craven's Django Latino where he takes the hot club repertoire through all kinds of latin grooves and surprisingly, it sounds like this music was composed to sound that way.
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6917394/a/Django+Latino.htm |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 Jan 2013 10:53 am
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Hey Andy, I agree. It was just a laboratory experiment--I just had to try it! I think this treatment would roil too many feathers. 
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Jan 2013 11:06 am
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| Feather roiling is a noble calling when it comes to art! How many high-velocity yet highly-boring Django clones are running around Europe right now? There's the beginning of something really great here Mike, don't walk away too soon. As for any roiled feather responses, the great Mad artist Don Martin said it best: Pfffttt! |
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Mike Anderson
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British Columbia, Canada
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 Jan 2013 7:29 pm
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Not bad at all.
This was the more polished version I recorded a little while after the first before putting it to rest:
http://soundcloud.com/ionahoopii/nuages-samba
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 28 Jan 2013 7:55 pm
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Beautiful! I am finding the samba/steel marriage highly simpatico. |
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