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Old Swedish melody. The origin is unknown, but was given with lyrics around 1650. The lyricist wrote that he "found the melody among Swedish antiques" and nothing more.
This is my second post of 'Om sommaren sköna'. Here in a new rendition. Don't know if it is jazz or bluegrass or something else. Hope bluegrass lovers don't get offended for the choice of genre and jazz lovers for the choice of song title.
I probably haven't mentioned how much I love to play around with this particular song. Can sit for hours and play it round and round with new variations popping out of the guitar. And it makes me feel good. This recording is from one such occation. I found it at the end of a long recording session and it seems almost like if I forgot that the recording was on, because it is so freely played.
Maybe it sounds awkward when I write (as I often do) as if I don't remember what I've done. The reason is that I keep doing new recordings all the time, and it takes time to go through the recorded stuff in order to sort out what is worth saving. The work is lagging many months (nine at the moment). So this recording was made nine months ago.
You can hear the guitar move within the stereo field (most obvious when you listen in headphones). This is not an intended effect but because as usual I didn't sit still on the chair while recording. Sometimes I suddenly move from side to side. Sometimes the music gets me like dancing .. while sitting .. eh .. awkward maybe .. don't ask for a movie .. I have no camera, haha.
Hardware:
Furch D-24 dreadnought acoustic guitar
Two Golden Age Project R1 mics
A Presonus Firebox interface
BowerBook G4
Software:
OS X
Logic Express
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Om Sommaren (the jazzy) &mdash 07/28/07 - 03:13:21 PM
emm I dunno why you call it jazzy...but it certainly
has a sence of agressiveness ...a willing ..
charming ...as usual ...! [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:18:04 PM
Thanks Feter for a thoughtful comment!
.. "jazzy" .. maybe for no other reason that it bitwise has jazzier phrasing than any of my other music .. thought I heard something there .. but jazz is one of the musical genres I know the least..
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
more .. &mdash 07/28/07 - 03:45:16 PM
tasty than the 1st one, charming playing as usual and always the suitable word for you is YOUR FINGERS ARE FLYING in YOUR MELODIES !!
Really greatest piece, thanks for sharing this with us.
I'm surprised that every time i open your page i fund new song, YOU'RE POSTING GREAT PIECES DAY AFTER DAY !!
but still enjoyable ..
Take Care
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Yeman Auf Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
Thank you Birdman &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:26:36 PM
Thank you Birdman. Your comments are great to get. You know, sometimes I wonder why I am doing all this ... you know the "why-don't-I-get-myself-a-life-instead"-feeling. But as long as my music makes anyone happy then I am happy and I will keep on. Appreciation like yours makes the journey worthwhile. Thank you for expressing it so generously!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
I wouldn't &mdash 07/28/07 - 03:54:44 PM
like to categories this music except to say that it's so pleasurable and listenable. I'd love to be able to play like this, but my fingers never seemed dextrous enough. Great playing from you and a modern sounding tune too, saying that it's so old, M [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:31:35 PM
That's perfectly satisfying classifications to me .. pleasurable and listenable :)Thanks a lot!
And the reason it sounds modern, well that's my fault, I don't even try to get it sound oldish.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Awesome &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:04:59 PM
I wouldn't call this jazz or bluegrass... but it would seem presumptuous to place it simply in the category of "great music," which is where it belongs. There's several different moods in this and some fine fretwork as well. Defnitely a downloader. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:39:18 PM
Thank you Rob .. well I am still waiting for the genre "Curry Style Guitar" to come up. But I guess it's so narrow that they may never adopt it. Meanwhile I am happy that you digged this and call it great music. Thank you!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Even with minor chords, &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:26:14 PM
you make this a happy tune. You are great at imporov! I like how the intensity builds, then softens. Really nice playing...:-) [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:42:03 PM
Thank you Roxanne! I kind of knew (can at least hope) you were gonna like this one.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
and it makes &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:29:07 PM
me happy too. I can almost picture you moving around the room while you play. Its indeed a beautiful melody and you keep the listener involved by travelling though all the excellent variations. A wonderful sense of improv as well. Like the way it winds down. [ Reply to This ]
Thank you &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:47:43 PM
Before I've usually winded my tunes UP instead of down as they go. But this may be a better way to to it .. makes it more interesting from the start. Thanks for showing your appreciation!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Masterful! &mdash 07/28/07 - 05:10:53 PM
As always Curry, played with a masterful touch. What is really important here is that your playing makes you happy.That joy comes out in your playing and makes others happy too. Well done my friend.
God bless,
Rick
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. &mdash 07/29/07 - 01:51:08 AM
Thank you Rick. Glad you point this out because I didn't forsee this piece making anyone happy, but it makes me really happy to note that it is so! Your comment spurs me to start trying to record more in the "happy"-genre.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Another masterpiece! &mdash 07/28/07 - 06:56:24 PM
You have a style that is totally unique to yourself!
Total pleasure.
Thanks
Steve [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/29/07 - 02:03:32 AM
Glad to hear that you percieve it that way. Sometimes I've felt it is a bit presumptuous to set the genre to "Curry-style guitar" - which I often do on the mp3-versions for download from MJ. Well mostly it is bit of a a pun of coruse, so I've not felt too ashamed, haha ..
Thank you for your supportive comment!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
I love this stuff, as you know... &mdash 07/28/07 - 08:12:46 PM
It feeds right into my fantasy that at some point in my life I'll end up with you on my back deck playing just like this...
I'll hang out over morning coffee or tea, reading a book and sneaking guitarist-style peeks at whatever the heck your fingers are doing... although I suspect what I really want is a peek at what your MIND is doing...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/29/07 - 02:20:06 AM
Dear Ed,
After having "net-known" you for more than two years now, my mind is still very curious to meet your mind. Well I quickly got very curious about you from the very start, and still today I jump to read every comment from you wherever I see them. Maybe slowly getting a bit of grasp of you, but most of the curiosity still remains, think you're not a predictable kind (take it a as a compliment).
Apart of curiosity, and maybe more important, I also have come to see you as a friend, and having a friend I never met in reality is a bit frustrating. I am often imagining me and my kids coming to your country, your world, meeting your family and having a cup of tea on your porch.
And a JAM!!!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Inspiration &mdash 07/28/07 - 10:56:33 PM
Hove many arms and fingers do you have my friend.
Your playing is very awesome.
Thanks for this one.Bro
Take care
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Kenta
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Tack broder &mdash 07/29/07 - 03:23:49 AM
There is something about,... &mdash 07/29/07 - 04:09:45 AM
this that it has the quality of mystery one would expect from a hidden treasure. I sense you recognize that and bring it out that essence. Apart from that your playing is phenomenal. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/29/07 - 11:27:06 AM
Thank you for a nice and poetic description .. well maybe not only poetic .. there is some hidden treassure within some pieces ..
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
I don't think... &mdash 07/29/07 - 06:42:30 AM
...anyone minds that you keep playing around with this tune. You bring such delightful skill to your keyboard and your dancing fingers seem to find every groove at just the right volume and intensity. What a great jam session a bunch of us could have on a quiet afternoon (as Ed says above). I agree with others about the jazz thought, though. This is just in its own category and exists there without help from any purely defined style...I wonder if you'd consider possibly dropping into E major in the last 1/2...Might lighten up the overall feeling of the piece. Just a thought. As it is, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Your playing is supurb!
Peace.
Paul [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/29/07 - 10:32:22 AM
Ah that's a good idea .. the E dropping .. Thank you Paul..
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Nice &mdash 07/29/07 - 07:14:52 PM
drive to the tune. Like the transition to the lower sequence as well as the first. Like the variations to the slow sections.
Nice recording to-boot! [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/30/07 - 01:50:00 AM
Yes! It is as Yeman said above... &mdash 07/29/07 - 08:52:59 PM
..."your fingers are flying in your melodies." So many gems written so long ago. I love to hear them resurrected and given new life. Although this is very old you've definitely given it a contemporary feel. But then, great music always has a timeless quality doesn't it? Like it just dropped down from Plato's World of Forms, or came fresh from the Creator's hand...
Excellent as always Curry, Bravo!
Be well bro! [ Reply to This ]
The timeless quality &mdash 07/30/07 - 01:58:43 AM
The timeless quality .. yes that's true. It is something special with those. It is a wish to one day be able to compose such a tune. Wonder why it is so difficult to create something with timeless quality, which doesen't sound watered down but meaningful and pregnant.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
"Why don't I get a life instead?" feeling &mdash 07/29/07 - 10:39:17 PM
Ah yes Johannes, I know what you mean. BUT, surely this beautiful music you make is a life in itself.
I really enjoy the emotional aspect of your music as much as the technical - somewhere in a mix of classical, folk, jazz and flamenco, you sit very comfortably in your own little genre-space. The one constant in your playing is that it is beautifully done and with a quality of tone that others rarely come close to.
Liked it!
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Amen! &mdash 07/30/07 - 02:31:16 AM
I second that emotion!
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"We are put upon this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love." (William Blake) [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:04:28 PM
Thank you Neil. I appreciate your comment because it it positiven and because I have noticed that you're not always necessarily positive, but honest to tell even when you don't like it so much. I dig that.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Feeling it &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:30:45 AM
You're really cooking here! Your playing is just filled with feeling. For me the jazziness here is in the ragtime-like feel and the way you decorate the line.
Wonderful. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 07/30/07 - 03:57:13 PM
Thank you Clark. I feel honoured to get a comment like this from a musician of your caliber.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful hometown. . &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:23:28 AM
Beauty of common sound to all nations.
It puts a girdle round the earth.
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. &mdash 07/30/07 - 03:54:10 PM
Thanks a lot my friend from another side of the world!
I take your comment to my heart.
You give me hope that music can unite.
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
Jazz &mdash 07/30/07 - 08:48:36 PM
Well maybe you aren't using traditional jazz chords, but this definitely has jazz elements.The old blues/ragtime players like Blind Blake,Tommy Johnson,Gary Davis,etc.were masters at improvising in the same type of alternating bass patterns that you are using here.Most guitarists don't consider that "jazz" but I think it should be.
I love the way you articulate the notes-some are cut short,others slapped or strummed.It's a really hard thing to do and you do it amazingly well.
I must also mention that you play with tons of feeling! [ Reply to This ]
Greener grass &mdash 07/31/07 - 09:24:12 AM
Another marvelous performance and recording. Consider placing this under Fingerstyle Guitar since it isn't Bluegrass at all, nor jazz. As for cross-genre pieces, they are often the best expressions of ourselves, and I'm glad you play across the fields. I enjoyed how you won't be rushed in the final variation. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 08/03/07 - 09:19:29 AM
Yes your suggestion is worth considering .. guess fingerstyle is a genre that covers well what happens here.. at least on a practical level.. though I feel it doesn't tell much about the spirit of the music..
.. and strangely enough, I can't let go of the feeling that the piece has lots of bluegrass in spirit..
Thanks a lot for your enduring support Tobin!
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Johannes Curry [ Reply to This ]
This is &mdash 07/31/07 - 10:05:54 AM
. &mdash 08/03/07 - 12:34:10 PM
very very great playing... &mdash 08/02/07 - 06:32:26 AM
well my friend... I love how you've orchestrated the guitar part around the melody... very complex and accomplished fingerstyle guitar you've offered here... I love when you play it slow at the end, so that we can hear all the delicate chord structures, that earlier you were flying through... I do wish we had a video, not to see you dance, but so that i could watch your fingers [ Reply to This ]
Amazing &mdash 08/02/07 - 08:11:49 PM
I wish I could play guitar half as well as you! I like this version too. My mood would probably dictate which one I prefer. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
chip [ Reply to This ]
late evening dessert &mdash 08/03/07 - 09:57:10 AM
There's something about this that feels warm and cozy and timeless. My mind wanders off while listening... I'm relaxing by a warm fire in the fireplace listening to this with my love, sipping a dessert wine, and we're feeding each other little spoonfuls of vanilla ice cream topped with shaved dark chocolate and orange peel. As usual, your gorgeous rich playing, super recording (9 months ago, before your new mic?) and even in headphones I didn't notice your swaying, I was lost in the swirl of music. I loved the way you gently slowed to play the last variation... very well performed. I agree this should be on your CD, but I'll just have to download it and add it to my Curry iPod playlist myself :-)
As far as Genre, I think you are correct in the MP3 file, labelling it "Curry-Style" :-) And is a great style.
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
certainly &mdash 08/04/07 - 10:59:23 AM
a more aggressive approach.....still great tones for the ear.....nicely improvised with the tempo changes......very kool.... [ Reply to This ]
clean &mdash 08/06/07 - 05:10:50 AM
very clean and well done. kinda like really, really good coffee...wakes you up but doesn't leave an aftertaste. nice. i needed to hear this this morning.
kent [ Reply to This ]
Excellent! &mdash 08/06/07 - 06:31:19 PM
what can i possibly say that hasn't already been said? Mighty fine playing and songwriting skills. Great work. [ Reply to This ]
awesome playing &mdash 08/09/07 - 02:13:14 PM
I ain't a guitar player, but I can hear u bluegrass on it! Sheez! Warm sounding, a lot of melodies and plucking going on in this place. I stand in awe (again, never mind).
Jb [ Reply to This ]
Amazing &mdash 08/21/07 - 07:03:09 PM
This is seriously impressive. It's the type of song that I would play when driving late at night with the sun roof open. You have an obvious skill for getting incredible emotion out of your guitar. This is the 1st song I've downloaded from here! [ Reply to This ]
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has a sence of agressiveness ...a willing ..
charming ...as usual ...!
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