Cheesy Velho Nova

[danglybanger]

Means Old Nova. (in retrospect I should have wrote "Bossa Velho... Cause the Girl from Ipanema is an old song.

First recording here. Only took me 2 years. using Microsoft Sound Recorder on a crappy laptop with an even crappier mic, with a semi crappy but usable Takamine acoustic (broken string on my good takamine, and it's too late to go out and find a replacement).

I've been liking Antonio Carlos Jobim alot, so I decided to pick his easiest, cheesiest song to learn before I tried to delve off and create my own Bossa... I really like all the crazy chords that are used in Bossa nova, all the 7+/9s, major sevenths, sixths etc...

I used to be just a major, minor, seventh kinda guy

Anyways, here's the girl from Ipanema, Slade style. I tried to sing. It kind of fell apart at the last verse, but I kind of caught it I think Tell me what you think, I only seem to know deaf people so I need to know how much my singing/playing sucks. I think I at least got the refrain to kind of not suck, but I reallize the transition is abrupt...
http://www.putfile.com/danglybanger

slade

 

[larry_emder]

Re: Cheesy Velho Nova

This is good stuff!

You have a good voice i reckon. Nice bass/chord work.

ya just needed to stuff up less basically! :yourock:

 

[Animal]

Re: Cheesy Velho Nova

This is good. I love the chords used in bossa nova music. So dark and yet sexy.

 

[StrangeSound]

Re: Cheesy Velho Nova

Great take dangly! It´s not easy to sing it though you did a great job!

 

[danglybanger]

Re: Cheesy Velho Nova

thanks for the feedback Might even impose more on you now.

Yeah. Stuffing up is a problem for me. Frustrates me to no end, but every once in a while I can almost get through a song

slade

 

[Guest]

Re: Cheesy Velho Nova

I dug it. Liked the bit at about 1.00 with the bass strings. And you don't sing that bad. You should hera me lol.