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Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
This musical collection came up by random selection on YouTube while I was watching "Top Ten Sci-Fi Bikini Babes" or something. I have no idea what it is except that it's Vietnamese. Although the music itself is pretty pedestrian, I was was totally mesmerized by the recording quality and in particular the instruments' tones. There are a couple of sax parts where if it had been a demo for a sample library I'd have gotten my credit card out on the spot, plus there are acoustic piano tracks that embody an elusive smooth sound I've always sought but never achieved. The strings and horns also sound great, even in places where they're clearly synthetic. Maybe somebody familiar with Vietnamese pop music can fill me in on the backstory. (Note: the good stuff starts about 10 minutes in)
post edited by bitflipper - 2015/04/27 20:26:00
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/27 21:07:06
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I wish I could.
The sound really annoys my wife. :-)
We have a phrase we made up when we lived in So Cal and made a u turns where we shouldn't.
We say "A-Ta-Cow!". which could be Laotian..... I don't know.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/28 09:23:25
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Very good sounds indeed........clearly the sax/horns/guitars are from Dim Pro and the percussion (song 2) is from Brio (Indigenus). 
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/28 17:58:29
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bitflipper
This musical collection came up by random selection on YouTube while I was watching "Top Ten Sci-Fi Bikini Babes" or something.
I have no idea what it is except that it's Vietnamese. Although the music itself is pretty pedestrian, I was was totally mesmerized by the recording quality and in particular the instruments' tones.
There are a couple of sax parts where if it had been a demo for a sample library I'd have gotten my credit card out on the spot, plus there are acoustic piano tracks that embody an elusive smooth sound I've always sought but never achieved. The strings and horns also sound great, even in places where they're clearly synthetic.
Maybe somebody familiar with Vietnamese pop music can fill me in on the backstory.
(Note: the good stuff starts about 10 minutes in)
Yeah, yeah very interesting...........now tell us more about the Bikini Babes.......... I only skip-listened, but that sax does sound the business, even on lappy speakers.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/29 13:41:38
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Sci-fi bikini babes... I shoud probably use Dogpile to search this.  (oh and "in-private")
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/29 13:42:25
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Actually, stop by any nail salon and ask...
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/30 09:04:16
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Tried that. Wouldn't you know it, the closest hair salon is run by Ukrainians. The business to the left of it could supply a Korean translation, the one to the right Japanese, the next one over, Spanish. It's the frickin' United Nations on the corner, but no Vietnamese.
But it turns out I'd forgotten that a friend's wife is from Vietnam so it's possible there might be some insight to be had there. Of course with my luck she might be totally into Lada Gaga and have as little a clue as me about these mystery recordings.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/30 12:56:43
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Hey Bit, we have a forum member living in Vietnam. Scoot, or whatever his/her name is now, lives there and posts frequently. Have you tried a pm?
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/30 13:02:56
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What do you want to ask? The pretty sure manager here was playing this CD to me the other day, but to be honest I didn't like it. I'm pretty certain it's the same guy, the manger said he was well known in Vietnam, and I didn't really see Saxes here, so I can't imagine it's a big scene. EDIT: Just saw AmpFixer's post, I am one and the same.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/04/30 21:17:40
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Le Tan Quoc - the next big thing? ... or the result/warning of a Frenchman who spent too long under a sunbed? No Viet language skills - just Google Translate, iTunes,Wikipedia ... Sad City (2008, Saigon Vafaco) is the 5th studio album by saxophonist LeTan Quoc. One assumes recorded/mixed/mastered under the Vafaco umbrella. Biography Vafaco ( Facebook) iTunes - $9.90
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 10:01:23
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Thanks! I wasn't clear on whether that was an album or just a playlist somebody put together.
Google Translate is a hoot, isn't it?
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 10:13:27
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Kamikaze, thanks for offering to help. I'm just curious about the studio and producer, and whether this is a popular genre in Vietnam. I'm sure most people there listen to the same generic mass-produced pop as everybody else in the world, but there are pockets of idiosyncratic and anachronistic styles around the world. For example, I recently discovered that there are still people performing 60's folk in the Philippines.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 10:58:40
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bitflipper
Google Translate is a hoot, isn't it?
It cracked me up (with full respect to Mr.Quoc, his near blindness and motor scooter accident). I started write my response in Google Translate-like prose ... but thought it might be a bit too obscure for most who might not get the joke. I got the impression from my 'research' that there was is still a market for emotive Sax in VietNam ... but equally the same production house has (/had) pop artists signed to them ( My Tam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGNl0hqAbU). It appeared that historically, if not now, Vafaco has some Government ties and has a stated aim to produce and support 'cultural material'. Not sure how much of that is just lip service to the authorities though.
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 17:52:51
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Hey Bit, we have a forum member living in Vietnam. Scoot, or whatever his/her name is now, lives there and posts frequently. Have you tried a pm?
I think you mean scook ?
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 19:55:30
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 20:15:57
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/01 23:05:43
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Thanks, I made it from  inspired by 
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Re: Anybody here speak Vietnamese?
2015/05/02 06:19:11
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Kamikaze
Nah, means me, Scoot was my previous account Paulo.
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Profile/39730/
There was often confusion between the two names.
Yeah I know, I was joking - referencing your old sig!
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