Slide Man Slim & Penny Hanna - "The Girl From Ipanema"

Antônio Carlos Jobim's timeless classic, "The Girl From Ipanema" (or as done here: "La fille d'Ipanema", filmed live in our project studio, with a bit of live looping, programmed drums and percussion, and French lyrics! (The French lyric was written by Eddy Marnay and popularized by singer Jacqueline François).
Penny Hanna: Vocal, Double Bass
Slim Heilpern: Chromatic Harmonica, Guitar, Drum & Percussion programming

[@hrvojeeror4948]

Thank you, ..you two always amaze me , where your creativity and love for music, can go, turn the melody upside down and around and come back to where you started the song! In between first and last note...there was a lot of pleasure for us listeners and , pleasure for you, as music creators :) Great moments! Your smiley during playing are so precious! Long life to you both!😊

[@ElizabethGS]

J'adore! Merci, Penny and Slim. Love, Scotty (Elizabeth)

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Elizabeth!

[@markmccornack7983]

Very nice! I don't think I've ever heard that sung in French before. English and Portuguese yes, but never in French. Very nice job.

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Mark! From 1964: ua-cam.com/video/8F_yJvc8N74/v-deo.html

[@mpharpsax]

Slim, you and Penny are so damn groovy-•

[@valc8650]

Terrific job, Penny and Slim!

[@AllThingsSeydel]

Great.. very entertaining.. just a pleasure to listen to..

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Greg!

[@harplayer22]

Wow that’s great playing and singing. Masterpiece. Come on down to West Palm Beach and play a club here. I can learn a lot from listening to you.

[@ScoreStyles]

Beautiful! Great arrangement, groove, vocals, solos. Thank you!

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Terrel!

[@canUpasstheacidtest]

Fantastico!

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Sublime.
Thanks from Jacksonville, Oregon.
Formerly Aptos and Pacific Grove.

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Jeff!

[@scottharris3680]

Very nice.

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Scott!

[@My2be4u]

WOnderful! Love the gentle tone and approach on the chrome. Great Git comping and licks too. Penny Hanna, high on the vocals, laying it down low on the Bass!

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Marty!

[@wendellguy]

Excellente...

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Doug!

[@dgrebin]

Very nice!
What instrument model are you using on the DM48?
It's beautiful!

[@SlideManSlim]

Thanks Dave! Interesting question :-), It's an actual harmonica, not a DM48. In this video I'm playing a Kongsheng Lyra Gold chromatic, but I have an audix M1250B mic attached to the back and that's covered by a homemade thingy to simulate hand cupping around the mic (I used to use my hands for this, but after all these years my shoulders started to not like that approach).

[@My2be4u]

@@SlideManSlim I was wondering what chrome you are using here and am surprised you are using a KongSheng Lyra. I have a Lyra too which I like although i find it bright, so you must have EQ’d the harp, or perhaps the “thingy” you have attached to the mic to simulate cupping is helping with the mellow tone?

[@SlideManSlim]

@@My2be4u I do use some EQ (usually just pulling down the high mid's a bit), but I've never found the Lyra Gold to be particularly bright compared to my other harps (and I have quite a few!). Cupping (either hand or simulated) does fatten the tone considerably, and even more so when cupping around the mic due to the proximity effect. One of the reasons I love recording with the Lyra is how little EQ it needs, it just sounds good (to me). Having said all that, as I know you know because you get a great sound when you play, most of the tone is in the mouth of the player.

[@My2be4u]

@@SlideManSlim Thanks SLim! Yes that is true about tone and the player. But I am always looking for a little help to project that in recording or a band setting. I'm going to look into the M1250B mic, but perhaps I will reach out to you via PM to ask about the "Thingy" :)

[@SlideManSlim]

@@My2be4u Feel free to continue the conversation elsewhere (email's good: [e-mail]). As for the M1250B, I use it specifically for our "live" setup, since it's small and the mic must be attached to the harmonica so I can switch quickly between guitar and harmonica. It's not cheap and requires phantom power, but I like using condenser mics (for a little buzz in the high end) and it also can take very high sound pressure levels (so no distortion when put in close proximity to the sound source). For multitrack studio work, I use Peluso's U47 copy (large diaphragm tube mic) and I hand cup in front of the mic (which warms up the sound considerably).

[@quepelotubo]

Sounds great!