Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Sergio Mendes, recent activities

Colin O’Donohoe
Pangean Orchestra

What’s new?
I have been very busy lately on some great projects!
First, I wrote and recorded my very first Country song that I’m very proud of. It was a lot of fun, and I like it.
Second, the website for the Pangean Orchestra should be up very soon. I’ve had a lot of fun finding cool video’s/songs to put up on it. It will be a great representation of the music and things that you’ll find when you come to a show, or watch online.
Finally, I finished another song for my upcoming album. The new album isn’t titled yet but is based on Buddhist Sutra’s.

I don’t think the whole multi-segment blog is working for me so well so I’m going to scratch it for now. I’ll still mention a song or band that I love though and write a little about it.

If you’d like to hear the country song I wrote send me an email and I’ll see what I can do.
codonohoe72@gmail.com

Songs I adore: Sergio Mendes Brasileiro
I especially love the first two songs.

This album begins with an amazing array of percussion. The song then breaks into a great groove and a upbeat dance tune that will make you move, unless you are dead!
My favorite song on the album is the second one: Magalenha
There is this one part of the song where a male singer is rapping/singing very fast and rhythmical. The best part of the song occurs when the women singers come in. They come in with these very straight eighth notes that completely juxtapose what you just heard from the male singer. They then break into a unison rhythmic figure and repeat the straight eighth notes one more time. I listen to the song just for that part sometimes! It is so worth it. It’s like being a kid and watching an R rated movie in hopes to see “romance”, and when there is, it’s totally worth the boring parts you just sat through. Not that I ever did that, but I’ve heard it’s like that.

1 comment:

Gilliam Arts said...

Not that you ever did that. :) I'm watching the big game and feeling nostalgic for the Burgh.