From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V9 #69 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, April 22 2004 Volume 09 : Number 069 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Replies for my friends [Bill Roberts ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:35:48 -0500 From: Bill Roberts Subject: Re: Replies for my friends Quoting "Desianto F. W." : > > > > As a pastor, it is heartwarming to hear the words of The Prayer Of A > > Happy Housewife. Makes me smile to know that whether that is exactly > > how Basia herself feels, or whether it is just a "song", those > > thoughts are inside of her. > > A pastor? Wow! It seems that Basia fans come from various backgrounds. > I'm sure that other singers also have fans from various backgrounds, > but a pastor? BTW, Phil, what do the people in your church think when > they see you "dancing" with Basia music from your earphones? Do they > think, "Hey, look at Pastor Phil! What does he do? Dancing like that! > Is he OK?".... :-D > > > Talking about bringing/adapting Basia music to religious music, I have > to admit that I have done it during these last 3 years though I have > played Bossa Nova for many religious songs longer than that. FYI, many > religious songs sound really great in Bossas. I can see the smiles on > people's faces when they sing it and oftenly, they follow the tempo > by "swaying" their bodies back and forth, waving their legs, and some- > times making a little dance, even for the "serious" songs! I myself > enjoy this very much because of the dynamic chords without tiring my > fingers. Sometimes, I can go more than two octaves, from the low B to > the high C or more. And when I do this, the keyboard player sometimes > asks me, "What chord did you use? I tried to follow you but I couldn't > keep up with it." My answer, "All you can do is just play the natural/ > normal chords and leave the variations for me." Funny isn't it? The > normal way, bassist follow the "rules" of the keyboard player but for > Bossas, I can't stand if I stay "calm" - though I still follow the > main chords. But of course, I have to lift up my heart to the Lord, > Jesus Christ, when I do this because He has given me fingers and talent > to play bass though not being a professional one. The funny thing is > that, I always play religious songs better than other "worldly" songs > though I also do it in Bossas! Don't know why..... > > If you want to check out Christian music with a Latin flavor, try the band Salvador. They tend to do Salsa style. ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V9 #69 **************************