Nuages by Django (New recording in full)

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Jan 2013 8:27 am

I got around to recording a full version of Nuages, though this is still in the demo stages. Not entirely pleased with the full track, but it sound pretty good and, in honor of Django, I tried to be playful with it. Don't mind the drums and bass....

http://soundcloud.com/mdneer/nuages-arr-mike-neer

This recording features the new tuning I've been working on: C6/A6.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 26 Jan 2013 8:52 am

HI MIKE,

The Voicings Sound A Bit Different On This Tuning, But In A Good Way.

Pretty Good For A Quickie.

Roger

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 26 Jan 2013 9:14 am

Very cloudy, Mike.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 26 Jan 2013 9:14 am

. double

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 26 Jan 2013 9:46 am

I like it...cool voicings.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 26 Jan 2013 11:20 am

Mike, can you list your new tuning? I agree with Roger about it soundin a little different but in a good way. Keep up the good work.

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 26 Jan 2013 12:30 pm

You really caress a sweet tone out of that steel that perfectly complements those voicings.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Jan 2013 1:10 pm

Andy Sandoval wrote:Mike, can you list your new tuning? I agree with Roger about it soundin a little different but in a good way. Keep up the good work.

Top four strings are C6: E C A G
Bottom four are A6: E C# A F#

BTW, I transposed the tune a 1/2 step to Gb. Was hard for me to get the G and D9 voicings I wanted, so I lowered it. That's like cheating, right?

I like some of the more dissonant voicings I can get, but this is pretty tame!

I'm going to have a full version soon. I don't want to spend my whole day in my studio--the wife will have my head!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 26 Jan 2013 2:17 pm

pretty cool. Great tune, just the right tone.

Jerome Hawkes · Post by **Jerome Hawkes** » 26 Jan 2013 3:41 pm

Neat arrangement - love that tune
I had accidentally stumbled across something similar one night when I attempted to tune (6sting) from C6/A7 to A6 and just raised my C >C#, forgetting to lower the G>F#. I found it was a neat tuning with a lot of possibilities, yet I'd never heard anyone mention it. I guess that's just A7.

Matthew Dawson · Post by **Matthew Dawson** » 26 Jan 2013 4:11 pm

Sounds great. Very nicely phrased. That tuning has a nice sound.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 26 Jan 2013 8:20 pm

I just finished a full version of the tune.

http://soundcloud.com/mdneer/nuages-arr-mike-neer

John Rosett · Post by **John Rosett** » 26 Jan 2013 9:01 pm

Very nice!

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Jan 2013 11:34 am

Thanks for listening and for your comments.

I've already got another few versions of this swimming around in my head....(wife rolls eyes).

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 27 Jan 2013 12:30 pm

nicely done......love the dark moody voicings that you're pulling out of that tuning.......thanks for all of your selflessness and contributions to the non pedal world.......

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Jan 2013 1:03 pm

How's about a samba?

Changed the tuning, changed the groove, changed the chords.... The steel guitar will make you crazy.

This one is real raw--only took one crack at it, not sure it's worth more than that.

http://www.mikeneer.com/Nuages-samba.mp3

Mike Anderson · Post by **Mike Anderson** » 27 Jan 2013 1:52 pm

That is really pretty, Mike. "Nuages" makes a damn fine samba in your hands!

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 27 Jan 2013 2:33 pm

Wow......that samba version really cooks. Great playing on both tunes but the samba really got me.....I guess because it's more danceable. lol

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 28 Jan 2013 10:47 am

The steel guitar will make you crazy

You got that right!

Cool version, Mike. I think the steel's inherent legato can sometimes work against the groove in Brazilian music. In the spirit of I'm-not-really-fit-to-carry-your-guitar-case-but I dig-your-playing, I'd love to hear some more off beat accents and less legato. Walter Wanderly was a big influence on me for samba and Bossa grooves. If you mentally remove all the cheesy, lounge-easy listening aspects of his stuff and just check out how he comps, man, could he groove!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuzBAFOrys

Another interesting record is Joe Craven's Django Latino where he takes the hot club repertoire through all kinds of latin grooves and surprisingly, it sounds like this music was composed to sound that way.

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/mus ... Latino.htm

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 28 Jan 2013 10:53 am

Hey Andy, I agree. It was just a laboratory experiment--I just had to try it! I think this treatment would roil too many feathers.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 28 Jan 2013 11:06 am

Feather roiling is a noble calling when it comes to art! How many high-velocity yet highly-boring Django clones are running around Europe right now? There's the beginning of something really great here Mike, don't walk away too soon. As for any roiled feather responses, the great Mad artist Don Martin said it best: Pfffttt!

Mark Roeder · Post by **Mark Roeder** » 28 Jan 2013 11:51 am

Wow.........really nice version of one of my favorite songs

Mike Anderson · Post by **Mike Anderson** » 28 Jan 2013 1:02 pm

More samba with steel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDp63Qav-70

Not bad, eh?

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 28 Jan 2013 7:29 pm

Not bad at all.

This was the more polished version I recorded a little while after the first before putting it to rest:

http://soundcloud.com/ionahoopii/nuages-samba

Mike Anderson · Post by **Mike Anderson** » 28 Jan 2013 7:55 pm

Mike Neer wrote:Not bad at all.

This was the more polished version I recorded a little while after the first before putting it to rest:

http://soundcloud.com/ionahoopii/nuages-samba

Beautiful! I am finding the samba/steel marriage highly simpatico.