Jazz Padd
Roadie
- Messages
- 220
The classic Jobim song "Dindi" is often done as a vocal ballad, but I found that it also works nicely in other contexts.
The first of my two takes is with a moderate tempo Bossa/Latin groove. Perhaps that's the sign of a good song, it can be adopted to different approaches and still retain its character. This version is with a guitar trio played live at a small local venue. The guitar is a Tears made in Japan nylon stringed electric acoustic, with on-board electronics. The percussionist is my brother, who was visiting Japan from the US. Off camera, students from a local university were in attendance. The video recording was done by one of the students on their smart phone, though it doesn't include the entire performance.
Prior to this performance, I had actually been working with "Dindi" for quite some time in various contexts. Originally, I worked it up as an acoustic solo guitar piece to play for friends and at open mics. The version of "Dindi" below was the third section of a half-hour suite of tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim that I put together for a live set entitled "Echoes of Jobim" at a local venue. To arrange it as a solo acoustic guitar piece, I transposed it to the key of A Major to make better use of open strings and harmonics, although I also migrate to the key of Eb major (which was the key of the above trio version, which IIRC is the key from the Real Book). The guitar here is my 2002 Taylor Grand Concert 712CE with a cedar top and a rosewood body. I installed a K&K Pure Mini transducer under the bridge plate, and it's through a number of pedals (see the description below the video) and into the venue's PA system. The video is from an audience member's smart phone. The other two sections of the suite, performed before this, were "Look to the Sky" and "Girl from Ipanema."
The Taylor is strung with a set of Thomastik-Infeld Plectrum 11s. Pedals used on this performance include an Effectrode PC-2A photo-optic compressor, followed by three pedals from Game Changer Audio--the Plus sustainer, the Bigsby pitch bender, and the Light spring reverb--run into a T-Rex Binson Echo Rec and an EHX 720 looper. The pedals are laid out on an Iranian wool carpet that I use on stage rather than a pedalboard, and at the front of the stage are a few small artworks.
The first of my two takes is with a moderate tempo Bossa/Latin groove. Perhaps that's the sign of a good song, it can be adopted to different approaches and still retain its character. This version is with a guitar trio played live at a small local venue. The guitar is a Tears made in Japan nylon stringed electric acoustic, with on-board electronics. The percussionist is my brother, who was visiting Japan from the US. Off camera, students from a local university were in attendance. The video recording was done by one of the students on their smart phone, though it doesn't include the entire performance.
Prior to this performance, I had actually been working with "Dindi" for quite some time in various contexts. Originally, I worked it up as an acoustic solo guitar piece to play for friends and at open mics. The version of "Dindi" below was the third section of a half-hour suite of tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim that I put together for a live set entitled "Echoes of Jobim" at a local venue. To arrange it as a solo acoustic guitar piece, I transposed it to the key of A Major to make better use of open strings and harmonics, although I also migrate to the key of Eb major (which was the key of the above trio version, which IIRC is the key from the Real Book). The guitar here is my 2002 Taylor Grand Concert 712CE with a cedar top and a rosewood body. I installed a K&K Pure Mini transducer under the bridge plate, and it's through a number of pedals (see the description below the video) and into the venue's PA system. The video is from an audience member's smart phone. The other two sections of the suite, performed before this, were "Look to the Sky" and "Girl from Ipanema."
The Taylor is strung with a set of Thomastik-Infeld Plectrum 11s. Pedals used on this performance include an Effectrode PC-2A photo-optic compressor, followed by three pedals from Game Changer Audio--the Plus sustainer, the Bigsby pitch bender, and the Light spring reverb--run into a T-Rex Binson Echo Rec and an EHX 720 looper. The pedals are laid out on an Iranian wool carpet that I use on stage rather than a pedalboard, and at the front of the stage are a few small artworks.
