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Nina Simone-Feeling Good duet with harp

Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 08:27 by Luis Marques
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Nice opening 'trades'.

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by hank stefaniak - 06/16/2011 - 13:10

Nice opening 'trades'. Stepping on the vocalist seems to vary with the groove and the singer. Some like it and some don't. To me the key is whether the harp distracts from the vocalist or simply adds to the overall song. Most of the time I thought you were fine but in a couple of cases the volume and riff lines seemed to compete for attention ( last third of the song) Its a fine line and dependent on personal likes. Other than those couple of spots I thought your harp fit in well.

It's always great to have the

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by Luis Marques - 06/03/2011 - 08:40

It's always great to have the chance to dialogue with great stars but the border between better or improved or even just different and terrible is very subtle I know.
Was a only take normally in my case the second take never comes better(maybe the 4th or 24th will work better if I try it :-)
Anyway give me your opinions.
Thank you
luis

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