"Zambra" by Kenny Vehkavara & Silvio Simon - arr. DAyala

[Diego Ayala]

phew i'm glad to hear that it wasnt done in a oney, i was beginning to think you either had magical powers or was an octopus.

i originally thought when you said you did it in your setlist, that you where playing guitar and tapping guitar body for rhythm and whistling through some mad digital delay effect

Funny Jim!!!  you had me laughing my arse off...  No, I usualy have a song in my head all day long and will be either whistlin or tapping or making some kind of noice - even @ work, and have to be carefull as some folks are easily anoyed by my constant noice making = they should consider themselves lucky as I could have been blessed like the frenchman known as the "peto"man - who could flatulate musicaly to any tune and @ will...  Take care!!!!

[Diego Ayala]

Hi D.A, Just fantastic love the guitar playing and the whistling,At the momenrt I have a broken front tooth and every word I say comes out with a whistle but nothing as tuneful as yours . Great stuff    Alex

Thanks Alex!  Man, I hope you still have some whisky left over...

[Wiley]

You guys are just to funny. StevieM  I would have never guessed. I can sing and play but I cannot get my lips to form a whistle. LOL And it really pisses me off!! I have tried, and tried, and tried,  It just don't work.  One of these days I will show you my poor attempt. LOL I could never mind.

[Blooby]

The Talkamine sounds great. Your notion of compression could be spot on as I find strummed acoustics so unwieldy and boomy.  This realy sounds good, though.  Now you need to tackle "The Whistler" by Jethro Tull (although I think the whistling parts in that were from a piccolo or something).

Nice post.

Blooby

[Diego Ayala]

The Talkamine sounds great. Your notion of compression could be spot on as I find strummed acoustics so unwieldy and boomy.  This realy sounds good, though.  Now you need to tackle "The Whistler" by Jethro Tull (although I think the whistling parts in that were from a piccolo or something).

Nice post.

Blooby

Thanks Blooby!  Trying to get the sound that Tharek gets out of his classical when recording, but think i need me a different mic --- my radioshack special, although it works okay i don't seem to get the sound i want...  a bit picky now that i'm recording my guitar sound - expecting to hear via headphones/speakers the same sound that my ears hear when playing acoustic.

[Satchwood]

CooL song Diego !!!  Luv the strummin guitar, bongos, echoy whistling - cool melody !!!  Your an accomplished guitarist, percussionist, & whistler - some of the whistling parts sound really difficult - great job !!!

[Diego Ayala]

CooL song Diego !!!  Luv the strummin guitar, bongos, echoy whistling - cool melody !!!  Your an accomplished guitarist, percussionist, & whistler - some of the whistling parts sound really difficult - great job !!!

Thanks a lot Tommy!  I guess that I have been whistling for so many years --- man, i remember my Dad at the farm while working or doing something would whistle all the time-- and while at the house on Sundays when we could get together Dad would be the cook and always had classical or operas and whistle to the tunes - so I suppose maybe that is how i got my roots...

I have been trying to spend more time with scales and arpegios, but just don't have the dexterity - would love to do the melodies like on their cd...

Take care Tommy!

[Frank53]

A little late on this one, but very nicely done. The whistling is a perfect fit here. I'm not familiar with it either, but you are certainly a versatile artist. Nice work!

[Diego Ayala]

A little late on this one, but very nicely done. The whistling is a perfect fit here. I'm not familiar with it either, but you are certainly a versatile artist. Nice work!

Thanks a lot Frank!  It is a song that hit me when I 1st heard it a few years ago, and picked up what the guitar and saxophone were doing as far as the melody --- then got my classical and figured out the rythm, which in actuality is only about 1/2 the speed of the actual song.

[launched]

Wow, what a lush, smooth flowing tune. I keep forgetting to come listen to your posts, but when I do it's like getting a mini concert!! And I'm in the first row!

Bravo, bro!!

Mark