Bob Michel Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Wikipedia tells me that Eydie Gormé's hit was in '63. So by the time I was in full adolescent-tribal mode (musically speaking) a few years later, it had probably migrated to lush orchestral arrangements on the dreaded WMNI--which is how I remember it. So I'd have pigeonholed it as unacceptable Music of the Older Generation, which it certainly wasn't. I felt the same way, as a kid, about the actual Brazilian music that was in vogue in the early '60s: Jobim and Gilberto and all that. Now, of course, I love the real Brazilian stuff. Eydie Gormé, not so much. Bob Michel Near Philly
Jim Besser Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 Wikipedia tells me that Eydie Gormé's hit was in '63. So by the time I was in full adolescent-tribal mode (musically speaking) a few years later, it had probably migrated to lush orchestral arrangements on the dreaded WMNI--which is how I remember it. So I'd have pigeonholed it as unacceptable Music of the Older Generation, which it certainly wasn't. I felt the same way, as a kid, about the actual Brazilian music that was in vogue in the early '60s: Jobim and Gilberto and all that. Now, of course, I love the real Brazilian stuff. Eydie Gormé, not so much. Bob Michel Near Philly It was a funny time - there was a lot of crossover. Some singers like Edie Gorme were popular on the teen-focused rock stations, but then became wildly popular with our parents, which of course made them totally unacceptable to us. Bobby Darrin is another example. And even Andy Williams; I can't get used to losing you was a popular song on the teen-focused stations in the very early 60s, but by the late 60s he was firmly entrenched in the Muzak sector. Blame in on the Bossa Nova wasn't a very good song, a cheap attempt to capitalize on the Bossa Nova craze.
cboody Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 So here's my first more or less new contribution for this month, two tunes I had recorded separately in the past but use to play paired as a set: Menuett - LändlerThe main reason for re-recording the tunes was my renewed view upon the first one after having learnt more about the Minuet, both in terms of music and dancing... I succeeded only partly with emphasising this pattern, but at least it's partly hearable to my ears... About the - well-known - pieces please go for the information on my SC page if you like...Best wishes - Wolf Very nice playing Wolf. Sensitive and nice musical shapes. Where did you find the Patzold a scripting? I'm well aware the it might not be J. S. but never saw it assigned to someone else.
Jim Besser Posted July 7, 2015 Author Posted July 7, 2015 So here's my first more or less new contribution for this month, two tunes I had recorded separately in the past but use to play paired as a set: Menuett - Ländler The main reason for re-recording the tunes was my renewed view upon the first one after having learnt more about the Minuet, both in terms of music and dancing... I succeeded only partly with emphasising this pattern, but at least it's partly hearable to my ears... About the - well-known - pieces please go for the information on my SC page if you like... Best wishes - Wolf Very classy. For some reason I've had a hard time loading Soundcloud in recent days. Since nobody else has reported trouble, I'm assuming it's a problem on my end, or my ISPs.
Bob Michel Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 This seemed pretty unlikely when I first thought of doing it, but I kind of like the way it worked: http://youtu.be/WdsvQvo89D0 Bob Michel Near Philly
Jim Besser Posted July 8, 2015 Author Posted July 8, 2015 This seemed pretty unlikely when I first thought of doing it, but I kind of like the way it worked: http://youtu.be/WdsvQvo89D0 Bob Michel Near Philly Very nice. We actually played this at a jam at my house just last week, with a couple of concertinas, banjos, flutes and fiddles. 40 buttons really give you a lot more chording options for this kind of tune.
bellowbelle Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 This is from about... 5 years ago? At least? The Foo Fighter's 'Walking After You' by Dave Grohl. https://app.box.com/wendywalkingafteru It's not very good, but... I can't take the time to do it over, right now. I do like this song but I think the Foo Fighters (much loved by my daughter, Rainy) do a WAY better job! ha ha. And here's wishing that Dave Grohl's broken leg continues to heal well. I'm probably the only concertina solo of this one... but you never know!
Bob Michel Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) 40 buttons really give you a lot more chording options for this kind of tune.Thanks, Jim. The extra buttons are indeed great for chording, but for what it's worth, this particular tune makes scant use of them. I did play a push Bb in the C#dim chord, but one could leave it out (or, in the Jeffries 30-button layout, play it on the draw). I took advantage of the C drone on the draw to play a Bb9 chord, but I could also have played the C, albeit a bit awkwardly, an octave higher on the G row. Otherwise, I think the only chord where I couldn't have dispensed with a 40-button fingering option was the plain vanilla G7, which I played several times on the push, taking advantage of one or another reverse F natural. But of course that chord is easy enough to play, in whatever inversion, on the draw. So 30 buttons should be plenty to duplicate the arrangement. (If--Groucho voice here--that's your idea of a good time.) Bob Michel Near Philly Edited July 8, 2015 by Bob Michel
Wolf Molkentin Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 This seemed pretty unlikely when I first thought of doing it, but I kind of like the way it worked: http://youtu.be/WdsvQvo89D0 Bob Michel Near Philly Bob, altough not being happy with every single chord myself this is nevertheless a pretty cool rendition as for me, highlighted by very fine vocals! Best wishes - Wolf
Wolf Molkentin Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Chuck and Jim, thank you so much for listening and your affirmative comments! Jim, Soundcloud is known (or notorious) having its issues from time to time, but I didn't experience an extended downtime during the last weeks, however lots of trouble accessing the pages via my iPhone... Good you could make it in the end... Chuck, I don't seem to recall my primary source for the information about the author and can't verify my ascription, but I was of the impression that naming Petzold here was pretty much common these days (as f.i. Wikipedia has it this way)... However, Bach seemed to like this Minuet, and for a reason, as it is so well-structured and charming as for me. IMO it should still have the Bach name to it anyways because it holds its place among his smaller works - similar to that early "Haydn" quartett which had really opened my ears for his music albeit included in his publication (was it opus 3?) from another man's (most likely) writing back then... Best wishes - Wolf
StuartEstell Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Serendipitously I have been working on a cover of Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York" on Jeffries duet, complete with comically misheard lyrics. I'll try and get it done within the necessary timeframe... Edited July 10, 2015 by StuartEstell
Jim Besser Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 Serendipitously I have been working on a cover of Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York" on Jeffries duet, complete with comically misheard lyrics. I'll try and get it done within the necessary timeframe... We will wait with bated breath! Should be fun.
Stefan Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Here is an excerpt of the recordings for my upcoming concertina cd. I play that song live regularly but not with drums and bass, so the mix is not finished, I´m still experimenting. https://soundcloud.com/squeezer-stefan/highway-hell-test1
StuartEstell Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Hooray for overdriven concertina! I need a smiley throwing devil horns. \m/
Jim Besser Posted July 19, 2015 Author Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68325595/C.net%20Tune%20of%20the%20Month/Ga_Camp_Meeting_besser.MP3 I guess this is an unlikely concertina tune - it's been recorded by lots of dixieland jazz bands, but also blues greats like the Rev. Gary Davis, jug bands and marching bands. There's a cracking good oldtime version on the CD "A Henry Reed Reunion" by a group that includes concertinist Bertram Levy, but he's playing banjo, not concertina. At a Georgia Camp Meeting was written in 1897 by Kerry Mills, who wrote lots of ragtime tunes and cakewalks. I play another of his tunes, Whistling Rufus. According to Wikipedia, he was also the composer of Redwing, which I always assumed was traditional, but - according to Wiki - was adapted by Mills from a Robert Schumann piano composition. Who knew? And who knew that it was sung in three different movies by John Wayne? I had a hard time with the intro and the end of the A part. Played on a Morse C/G hybrid Anglo. Suggestions for how to improve this tune welcome! Edited July 19, 2015 by Jim Besser
Wolf Molkentin Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Well that's really lovely Jim, quite succesful as it is to my ears, and reminding me at Jeff's "Whisling Rufus" video. Maybe just the last theme could benefit from more sophisticated rhythm, but I'm not sure and will come back to this matter after repeated listening... Best wishes - Wolf
DaveM Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 How about tunes from video games? So far I've worked on Tetris, which could be a traditional Russian tune for all I know, and the Lost Woods Theme from (one of) the Legend of Zelda games. I also came across this in looking up the song: Lost Woods on accordion...on a unicycle...in ths woods , which I find amusing.
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