The Sun, the Moon, and Mexico

I got this crazy idea to use all "live" players in a recording. Talk about innovation.

The Sun, the Moon, and Mexico

http://www.artistcollaboration.com/~johnny-boy/smm.mp3

Lyrics: Cal Francis DiFalco

Music: John Lawrence Schick

Sung by Joe

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Thats very good.....a big change from your typical south of the border tropical song. Its kinda like ordering a manhatten in a beach side polapa bar lol. rat

Sort of "The Lush Life" goes south of the border...

There probably aren't too many watering holes in Acapulco where the locals drink that they serve margaritas... but I can just about taste the salt on the rim of the tear-stained glass...

PS... not entirely sure about the final, "

You guys are busting me up!:lol:

Thanks for the comments! I can't stop laughing.

Best, John

sun, fun and nothing to do

come on baby i love you

sun, fun and nothing to do

only you my ducky and the air mattress

the whole day we do the body grillo

and look at the girls through the sunbrillo

i jump in the water very cool

and then i go back to the liegestuhl

i come and make me it lazy

and you give me from your sun cr

"Look what he's done to my song"

100% certified hit !!!!

very barry manilow.

i hate barry manilow.

aside from my personal prejudice, i could see any number of people that my theater friends adore recording this and making you a lot of money.

i tried to listen, but i couldn't stop looking at the picture of the latina. (my weakness)

this song is fantastic and a great fit in its niche....it's a bullseye. i don't like it, though. that's pure taste, but a little bit of that taste is based in execution. and as mickeydean said up there, it's barry manilow...i hate that guy for the same reasons.

one of the things that gets me is the totally gringo feel. once we cross over into a latin feel music...even tex-mexey stuff, it's gotta be authentic or nothing....the whole thing is too rigid...but i think the main culprit is his voice....too, too gringo (siestaaaahh....hehehe). for me too, that OLAY needs nixing, man. b2b's right...people who aren't hung up on the feel like me will be taken out of that 'tristeza agridulce' (love that, btw. ) that you're trying to get.

if you're feeling bad about my listen, go back to my first sentence.....wait...my SECOND sentence. (unless the latina's your wife!) it is fantastic for what you wanted...i just don't know if a guy like me would have wanted it! overall, good work....again.

Thanks Angelo! I

I like Britney Spears. :poke:

B2B blogged listening to her newest album the whole way through.

And I am pretty sure that the first music I ever purchased was the 45 RPM single of "Mandy".

But I do prefer St. Mallarme's version.

jhonny - your shrink would be proud, my friend. that's not an easy admission!

Okay, you've given me the courage to go all the way Blues. I still enjoy watching "The Lawrence Welk Show" re-runs.

John

sometimes recovery starts with tears, my friend. it starts with tears.

(i figure these nonsensical 'back and forths' will work to get you some well-deserved bumps)

nice song

Thanks for listening Hugh!

Alright, brace yourself Blues. I love Doris Day movies. My favorite is "Young At Heart" with Frank Sinatra as the lead man.

John

Um, your preferences are your own, but if you break out the Judy Garland we will definitely be entering the "too much information" zone.

Well, there was that wonderful film "The Wizard of Oz". Yeah, I own the dvd.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.....

How much difference does the weighted controller make? I really like your piano sound and I am wondering what I could do to get my piano parts a little closer to yours (ignorning the inconvenient answer of "practice, practice, practice").

I use Reason Pianos for my piano samples (which I am pretty happy with) and I play a Roland XP-10 controller, which is supposed to be semi-weighted but doesn't really provide any tactile resistance. I've been working on my technique, and I am definitely reaching different levels in the velocity sample mapping with some level of expressiveness, but I am wondering if a weighted controller would mask some of the inconsistencies in my technique/touch. I haven't pulled the trigger on a new keyboard because (1) I am pretty cheap, (2) I've been playing this controller for many years and have probably adapted to it quite a bit, and (3) because I also use this controller to play many other keyboard/synth sounds, and I'm not sure if those sounds would be more or less playable with a weighted controller.

Not sure how to answer. So much depends on the style, articulation, technique, etc.

As far as piano samples, there are many good ones today. I like the Yamaha samples. I purchased K-Sounds piano1 & 2 samples (about $300)