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Ohhh friends,
I have just received great news! Last week I have played a Spanish guitar solo on a remix of a female house artist. She is already pretty well known in the house scene and plays around the world and the record company asked some friends of mine to create a chart compatible single for her. The label was blown away by the remix and by the S O L O! They loved it! The artist has already shot the video that will be published on all big music tv channels in Europe and maybe in the US too, and the single will hit the European market officially on 24.06.09! I AM PROUD LIKE HELL! With a tiny bit of luck, my name will be on the booklet/CD. The singer does completely other music than my taste but the single will be much mellower with real instruments - music that you and I would listen to when having a glass of wine and watching the sun go down ;-) Believe me the single is awesome and it will hit the charts for sure! I will post links to her site and to the video as soon as the single is published. The record label asked for discretion (no names, blablabla), so please understand that for now I can only share my excitement with you. I already have the song here on my computer in the non mastered version...comes time comes video - promissed, but please bear in mind that she has a touring band and I will not appear in the video, obviously there will be a guitarist faking some moves to my notes, hahahahahaha!

For the solo I have played a Washburn Nylon electro acoustic (great guitar), I have played 14 takes in a row and the producers have picked out one of the middle takes. The solo has some sweep spanish arp stuff and some little faster lick. When recording in the studio I first didn't know that they were already recording so I played all the "2 many notes" stuff to get warm, later on I changed to more melody versions and in the last third I offered some bluesier takes so that the producers had a big bowl to chose from.

:rockon:

Jimi75
 
Congratulations Jimi. Looking forward to hearing it.:bravo:
 
Man, that's GREAT, Jimi! Mucho congrats! Hope to hear it on this side of the pond! Very proud of you! Salute and a :AOK:
 
Thank you guys so much for your kind words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Official release date ofthe single is 24.06.09, I will then post a link to the song and as soon as the video is out a link to the video.

Jimi75
 
Jimi, that's simply wonderful news, congratulations to you :bravo: :beer:
Jimi75 said:
... I will not appear in the video, obviously there will be a guitarist faking some moves to my notes, hahahahahaha!
A stand-in for you this time, but maybe not the next time...and here's wishing you all the best, that there will be a next time. :) You caught a terrifc break here, Jimi :AOK:
For the solo I have played a Washburn Nylon electro acoustic (great guitar)...
Just curious (and perhaps some of the other 'Washovers' here are, too): did you happen to make note of which model Washburn you used? Borrowed it for the gig?
 
wingsdad said:
Jimi, that's simply wonderful news, congratulations to you :bravo: :beer:

A stand-in for you this time, but maybe not the next time...and here's wishing you all the best, that there will be a next time. :) You caught a terrifc break here, Jimi :AOK:

Just curious (and perhaps some of the other 'Washovers' here are, too): did you happen to make note of which model Washburn you used? Borrowed it for the gig?

Thank you Wings,

From what it looked like it must have been the C 104SCE. Really a wonderful guitar.
 
BIG Congratulations Jimi!!

Please, send us the link for the video when it's ready, if possible :D
 
That's cool Jimi I can't wait to hear it.Well I guess I'll have to wait,dang it I hate waiting.Sumi:D
 
Ha folks, thanks so much really! Well the solo is complementing the song, so please do not expect some Paco De Lucia, it's a little nice solo...but I think you'll like it :-)
 
Just read this......that's great news, Jimi! Congratulations, I knew you had it in you, glad you caught a bit of good fortune on your way up the ladder.:AOK:
 
Bravo Jimi , cool stuff , lookin forward to check this vid..
 
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