I am Still Here ...

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 12:50:42 AM4/7/12

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Something different ...
I like this piece ... Tom waits is unfortunately an unsung great musician and actor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z2hhFG2QG4

Critics and comments welcome ... (not a run to 100 + thread though [;o)

Alain

JPD

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Apr 7, 2012, 4:28:24 AM4/7/12

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Yes you are here, it sounds just like you. Bravo, Alain! Beautiful.

Douglas Seth

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Apr 7, 2012, 10:14:24 AM4/7/12

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Nicely played. It sounds like it should be on a Charlie Brown
Christmas special. Is this your arrangement?

John Nguyen

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Apr 7, 2012, 10:22:06 AM4/7/12

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On Apr 7, 12:50 am, Fadosolrélamisi <rei...@telus.net> wrote:

Groovy, Alain! Just enough a hint of lamenting but light-hearted mood
to start a Saturday morming. This goes well with my cup of green tea.
Cheers,

John

P.S. The guitar sounds very sweet, BTW.

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 10:30:27 AM4/7/12

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Heu ...Yes I made that transcription from the score (which is in Eb)and the youtube Tom Waits version (the real thing beside the bass at mm 3 (on the C nat.) which should be an octave lower (and the intro, that I threw in at the last minute) the music is quite within the range of our instrument.

Alain

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 10:32:11 AM4/7/12

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I meant Tom waits (the real thing) ...

dsi1

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Apr 7, 2012, 11:21:01 AM4/7/12

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Loved the fingering. That's certainly your own style. I like playing music like that cause it makes me look smarter and more sensitive... 👍

florenc...@gmail.com

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Apr 7, 2012, 1:21:19 PM4/7/12

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Well ... I had no choice ... I took the gig and I had to prepare it as the performance will be next week (and that my luck to dicover this piece and do the transcrp..) ... I'll be backing up a mezzo soprano voice ... now if you haven't heard the original ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLB0VEUerBY ... it's quite a step up in voice register!

Alain

Matt Faunce

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Apr 7, 2012, 1:58:13 PM4/7/12

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Alain, your music is very good, but your videos suck! If you need the
mike to be that close then instead of cutting off your head it would be
better to cut off your right hand.
--
Matt

Cactus Wren

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Apr 7, 2012, 2:09:27 PM4/7/12

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That's very true, unless Alain is looking for RH feedback. I am not
sure what is accomplished by featuring the neck of a middle aged man
on a video! Let's face it, guys, our necks are not quite what they
used to be.

dsi1

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Apr 7, 2012, 6:38:42 PM4/7/12

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Thanks for the introduction to this great tune. I was a little put-off by Waits' vocal but when he sings that last line, it just kills me...

I've seen Waits in movies cause I like independent film. "Down by Law" is one of my favorite flicks. I also think "Mystery Men" is a real hoot but don't tell anybody. :-)

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 8:59:00 PM4/7/12

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I scream for ice cream (forgot the name of that film ... but that scene is memorable!)... he was the perfect choice for the imaginarium of Doctor Parnassum to play the Devil!
yeah ... the smoky voice ... the alchool ... the bars... not the sooth after role model!
I too love independant movies ... but since the demize of Bluck Buster (which desapeared without a complaint)they are more difficult to track ... it seems that globalization is closing in ...

Alain

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 9:00:27 PM4/7/12

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My aging neck is the logical thing to offer here!

Alain

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 9:01:37 PM4/7/12

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Anyone has tried the (not so) new H2n? I would gladly go visual - less!

Alain

dsi1

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Apr 7, 2012, 9:03:50 PM4/7/12

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Is this your card..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rK3s_BP9kE

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 10:32:40 PM4/7/12

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Yeah! That's the scene ... I've seen the scene were they all scream for ice cream!

Alain

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 7, 2012, 11:25:13 PM4/7/12

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And use this to play incognito!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u8WJu6MNfSg

Cactus Wren

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Apr 8, 2012, 12:40:31 AM4/8/12

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You could do this if you don't want people to see you :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52RpxoQsuaA

JPD

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Apr 8, 2012, 5:33:48 AM4/8/12

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On Apr 6, 9:50 pm, Fadosolrélamisi <rei...@telus.net> wrote:

Matt Palmer's version, also beautiful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLkGloB1m6w

Fadosolrélamisi

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Apr 8, 2012, 10:32:22 AM4/8/12

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Yes! (And ... in the original key!) It's been in my favoritas (found it when I was doing the transcription).

Alain