Valentine's Day Bri-Bri Bonus
Hey Gang! I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day. I'm a little late on this, but better late than even (I always say). I haven't really shared much of my musical background with Deity fans, but I started playing guitar at 8 and then began playing professionally at 13 — got my first record contract at 19. At seventeen, I switched to keyboards because I was more interested in composing. So my guitar skills are no longer what they use to be.
Anyhow, my girlfriend and I (she's an accomplished classical pianist) have been learning the love theme from "Cinema Paridiso" together on the piano.( That really means I'm learning it. She can sight read anything. It's nuts!!)! So, for Valentines, I recorded her this very sexy guitar version. What's most impressive is that this was recorded with Apple's Logic Pro X, a 46 year old (fairly inexpensive) classical guitar, an equally inexpensive acoustic guitar, and a $100 USB microphone. If I'd had access to this kind of powerful equipment when I was young, I may have stayed in music.
Anyway, enjoy! And of course, this is a freebie. B
P.S.: For those of you wondering about my quest to relearn all the songs from the first Van Halen album, I've been held back by some fairly severe arthritis in my left pinky finger (of course it had to be the left). Still going to work on it. But much more slowly.
Comments (11)
Lovely. Thank you 🙂👍🏼❤️
Very beautiful. I'd be interested in hearing a version of it with a piano track from you or Stephanie added to it sometime!
Okay, you just freaked me out a bit. How did you know her name was Stephanie?
You’re my favorite serenader, signore BriBri. Thx for sharing. (And good luck w your girlfriend. None of us will spill the beans about your past!)
Ennio Morriconne is a genius!
Agreed. I think I’m most impressed with his ability to go right up to the line of being overly sentimental in his melodies and chord structure, without ever crossing it. It’s an astonishing feat, and makes his compositions truly and deeply beautiful and profound. Genius indeed!!!
Wonderful! I'm so impressed! And depressed… that I don't play my guitar much anymore. I used to be pretty good, but nowhere near this level. Well, as they say in Spanish: "Algunos nacen con estrella; otros nacen estrellados." (Roughly translated: "Some are born with a shining star; others are born star struck.") Hope we get to hear more in the future!
"If I'd had access to this kind of powerful equipment when I was young, I may have stayed in music." Same here. Fortunately I didn't. In recent decades I've spent tens of thousands of €:s into instruments and equipment ... but still the best music I've ever recorded was in late 1980's using few cheap and BAD microphones, a 8-track reel-to-reel tape deck, a simple mixing console and some self-build equipment. There's no way I could reproduce that old sound with my current state-of-the-art equipment. This means I'm not talented enough and fortunately I chose another career.
Perfect Valentine's Day theme, Brian. Very well done. Any more music likely in the not too distant future?
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I really enjoyed it!