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Originally posted by Dnj:
Instead of criticism why not post your own versions for comparison....this way we all learn, or is that too much to ask.


No, Donny, it's not too much to ask, at least speaking for me, but actually I don't understand your reaction because I liked this song a lot, to the point that compared it with the original recording -hence my criticism- and this is a thing that I seldom do with songs posted here, because in the majority of cases they are miles away from the original.

To my ears is 100% evident that this is not a style, because I know all the bossa nova styles from all the most common arranger keyboards and none of them comes so close to the flavor of an authentic -brazilian- bossa nova. All the styles I know are more or less derived from the bossa novas of the seventies, the kind made popular by Quincy Jones and the likes, and they are way overdone and "noisy" as hell. But listen to the simple perfection of the drum track of this song: just a hi-hat in the beginning and a cymbal ride in the second part, exactly like Milton Banana (the drummer in the original recording) did.
And, since you asked for it, if someone, commenting a song I have posted, would write something like: "Excellent [Andrea] WOW what a sound [your keyboard] has!! Its so live"
I would think that he simply trying to please me because is a friend, but a comment like yours would be totally useless to me, because:
a- would mean that the listener didn't take the time to listen with care
b- wouldn't help me a bit to improve musically.
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