Bee Gees while making Tragedy in the studio

 

George Martin, Celine Dion

 

It begins with Sir George Martin playing the piano:

The Making of the Song Lady - Lionel Richie

 

SONY TC-D5PRO II Internal Cabling Photograph

 

Gia Oti Xoreuei stous Dromous demo 3

 

A Cappella demo of Gia Oti Xoreuei stous Dromous

 

Lyrics: Nektarios Bessis

Music: Georgios Tsakiris

Andre Previn plays , Dinah Shore sings

 

Shure SM7 microphone - giafordgia

 

Nina Simone, AKG D20 Microphone,

 

Arrangement of the Song Για Ότι Χορεύει στους Δρόμους

At your risk.

For lyrics, melody, chords. please see previous posts.

A possible arrangement may be just the singer's voice. Beautiful lyrics and melody should stand well on their own. A voice perfectly recorded preferably outdoors with all little details, breath etc. Perhaps adding gradually reverberation as time increases.

Another arrangement could be as follows by inspiration from the lyrics:

Intro:

City traffic, city sounds recorded in binaural (in ear microphones)  (3D)

Sax solo for intro with melody:

E - -

- - -

- - -

E F E

E - -

- - -

- - -

- G G

G - F

- - E

- - D

- - C

E - -

- - -

D - -

- - -

Verse:

male singer on left channel

then female singer on right channel

then both possibly near center

Chorus:

Both singers

An egg with sand used as percussion for rhythm 

Verse:

Solo Sax, no vocals

Sustaining E major chord while boy, girl converse in a funny way, recorded in Blumlein  microphone pair (stereophonic):

Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους

Girl:  Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?

Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους

Girl: Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?

Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους

Girl: Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?

Chorus:

Both singers, few children choir

more and gradually more children singing in choir

parametrically filtered white noise possibly by mouth in order to create a space distant star effect

perhaps singers also singing some verse lyrics on endings of children's singing words

everything leading to a A major 9th chord as outro

Για Ότι Χορεύει Στους Δρόμους, Gia Oti Xoreuei Stous Dromous

Date Time Code: 25101517

Location: Lilian Voudouri Music Library Rehearsal Room

Lyrics: Nektarios Bessis, Νεκτάριος Μπέσης

Music: Georgios Tsakiris, Γιώργος Τσακίρης

                                                                                  Chords

Έχει περάσει τόσος καιρός                                       Am9       G6   (Em/G)

Κάποιος χορεύει πάλι στο φώς                                 F9           G6         G

Μέσα στους δρόμους στα σιωπηλά                          Dm7       Dm7/G

'Οτι υπάρχει φεύγει ξανά                                          Fmaj7     Dm7    E45      E

Θα δω που πηγαίνουν                                               C9

Τα δέντρα τα αστέρια                                               Em

Θα φεύγουν οι σκέψεις                                             F9

Πετούν στον αέρα                                                     C9     G45

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                 Cmaj7

Πετούν μακρυά                                                         Em7

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                 F9

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                 G56   G45   G

melody:

Έχει περάσει τόσος καιρός                                                        Am9                G6   (Em/G)

E  D C E        E    E   G  E                   or                 E  E  D  C  A  A   A B   C   E

Κάποιος χορεύει πάλι στο φώς                                                 F9               G6         G

E     D     C  E  E   E  E  G   E               or                 E  F  E  G  F  E  F  E  G  

Μέσα στους δρόμους στα σιωπηλά                          Dm7       Dm7/G         Cmaj7    Fmaj7

E    G   E        A    A    G      G   A  G

'Οτι υπάρχει φεύγει ξανά                                                   Dm7    Fmaj7    E45      E

G F  E  F   F   F   F   G  E   

Θα δω που πηγαίνουν                                                                         C9

G   C    D     E   D   C

Τα δέντρα τα αστέρια                                                                         Em

G   C   D     E  G   G  

Θα φεύγουν οι σκέψεις                                                                               F9

G     G    F     E   F   F

Πετούν στον αέρα                                                                                   C9     G45

F     F      E   D E   F E D

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                                                Cmaj7

G    C  D      E   D   C

Πετούν μακρυά                                                                                     Em7

G    C     D  E  G

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                                                  F9

G    G  F  E       F   F

Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια                                                                          G56   G45   G

F     F  E  D      E  F   E  D

Rythm:  12/8

verse

E D C

E E - - - - - - - E E G   Έχει περάσει τόσος και

E  - - - - - - - -  E D C   ρός                     Κάποιος χο-

Ε Ε -                             ρεύει    etc

chorus

G C D E                        Θα δώ που πη-

D C - - - - - - G C D E  γαί νουν               Τα δέντρα τ΄α-

G G - - - - - - G G F E   στέρια                 Θα φεύγουν οι

F F -                              σκέψεις     etc

1st  manuscript drafts:

Haufe Transformers

 

I heard this name for the first time when dinning at Pizza Hut in London with Brian Sowter, manufacturer of the excellent Sowter transformers. just after an AES meeting on mastering.

https://www.haufe-uebertrager.de/

Searching for transformer shrouds, Asco components came up

 

https://ascocomponents.co.uk/metalwork/shrouds/

A single vacuum tube (electronic valve) small power amplifier in class A using the EF183 in triode connection

 At your risk. Potentially lethal voltage present.

This is continuing from previous posts on the Pleiades EF183 power amplifier using an input transformer making unnecessary the use of a voltage step up driver electronic valve (electron tube). 

It sounds fantastic and loud.

Resent time is devoted in building it into a small box just fitting the following.

A small power transformer placed as half shrouded. 

The very important fuse holder.

An octal base connected 1:12 input transformer.

An 1MΩ potentiometer. It may be possible to connect the wiper directly to the control grid of the triode connected EF183.

A cathode resistor of say 130Ω in parallel with 100μF.

The air gapped output transformer.

A few more bits and pieces.

The very interesting and unusual thing about this amplifier is the use of only one active device from input to output. The EF183 electron tube.

So it is only the euphonic distortion products of just one electron tube. The the distortion products of one electron tube feeding another electron tube creating new distortion products for each distortion product of the 1st electron tube.

So hopefully it may take the smoothness of the electron tube to its limit.

Waasner. A very interesting manufacturer of transformer laminations, tape wound toroidal cores including split ones for air gap.

 

www.waasner.de

I had the pleasure of learning about them on Sinadinos shop for transformer manufacturers in Athens.

Alphaville

 

Number of Syllables in Lyric's

 At your risk.

Moon River   8?

Annabel 5?

There is Nothing Wrong With Money But...

 (At your risk)

There is nothing wrong with money but make sure you don't pay the price.

Michalis