Hi Guys , 
 
I thought I might step in here and offer a few explanations on what is going on here with the song .
 
Olhos De Gato , the song itself is very new to me .
Like most folks ..i thought this song was dissonant ....
I've actually gotten to the point where I can hear the simple beauty of how the melody and chords interact ...
one of the things I noticed after recording my version of the song was the song actually sounds like a cat meowing and doing some of the vocal guttural cat sounds in the melody ...
I know it sounds crazy ..yet I can hear it in the first 40 seconds of the song
 
The first time I heard Olhos De Gato played by professionals is when I did a u tube search and saw this video  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Rg6BtOJ9o 
 
I don't expect to change anybody's opinion of the song by stating my observations here.
I'm very glad that Olhos De Gato ..was my homework ...
it is possible , I would have never found out about the song to begin with and my whole opinion has changed drastically about Olhos De Gato ...
 
I really dig the song and want to dig deeper ..
 
if you dig you dig , if you don't you don't  it's totally OK w me ...it took a while for me to dig 
 
the important thing to me is that I DIDNT Quit and hung in there and did my assignment ....whew...
 
If I may say so ..I do like what I played 
 
thank you for your patience
 
Kenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unbelievable story! It sounds like something from a communist regime! If a teacher tried something like that with my kid, I believe I would have to meet them in the parking lot after school to administer a beat down. And it was supposed to be a simpler time? "Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night..." 

kennywtelejazz
Hi Guys , 
 I thought I might step in here and offer a few explanations on what is going on here with the song .
 Olhos De Gato , the song itself is very new to me .
Like most folks ..i thought this song was dissonant ....
I've actually gotten to the point where I can hear the simple beauty of how the melody and chords interact ...
one of the things I noticed after recording my version of the song was the song actually sounds like a cat meowing and doing some of the vocal guttural cat sounds in the melody ...
I know it sounds crazy ..yet I can hear it in the first 40 seconds of the song
 The first time I heard Olhos De Gato played by professionals is when I did a u tube search and saw this video  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Rg6BtOJ9o 
 I don't expect to change anybody's opinion of the song by stating my observations here.
I'm very glad that Olhos De Gato ..was my homework ...
it is possible , I would have never found out about the song to begin with and my whole opinion has changed drastically about Olhos De Gato ... 
I really dig the song and want to dig deeper .. 
if you dig you dig , if you don't you don't  it's totally OK w me ...it took a while for me to dig  
the important thing to me is that I DIDNT Quit and hung in there and did my assignment ....whew...
 If I may say so ..I do like what I played 
 thank you for your patience
 Kenny 

I appreciate that... what you are doing, requires will, dedication, & determination... admirable qualities you exhibit... above all that, it takes time, desire, & focus... my hat is off to you Kenny...
 

The Band19
 "Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night..." 

Very nice playing and tone. I love this kind of music. I can't remember the last time I did anything in a day....so hats off for that!

Kenny. I wish I still had the gumption to pursue studies like this.
It's a long never ending road. One step at a time. 
Just be happy with where you are.
You're doing great.

Nice playing Kenny - you are good my friend.

Hi Kenny, that's one ugly tune ; ). You make it sound better in the second half though !
 
Rik

Hi Guys ,
I'm finally done w my end of the work and waiting for my grades ...whew that gives me  chance to catch up 
 
 

evadianepug
I heard what Frank is talking about and figured that you were probably going for that.  I also love the tone and enjoy seeing someone who is already gifted going for more.  Nice, buddy!

thanks Warren   with  a song like this where it has a melody that might seem odd or a little quirky 
I just played it as written since that's what is expected . 
thank you for saying nice things about my tone and playing 
 
Kenny

The Band19
Unbelievable story! It sounds like something from a communist regime! If a teacher tried something like that with my kid, I believe I would have to meet them in the parking lot after school to administer a beat down. And it was supposed to be a simpler time? "Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night..." 

it's all true Robbie, 
 
many years later when I was an adult I wound up living only a few miles from there ...
One day I went back to the church and school to try and put my feelings into perspective ...
While walking around the school and the church I saw that that they had put barbed wire up along the top of the roof of the school ....( a couple of storys )
 
the neighborhood itself was tough even back in the day , the passage of  time had only severed to let the neighborhood go down even more from what I had remembered .
Any way , I decide to walk up to the church .
in my mind I'm thinking maybe I can go take a look inside and say a quick prayer , I was hoping to find some sort of closure and release since I had been carrying my hurt feelings around for a number of decades .
I go to open the door and I see that is chained shut with large chains and a padlock ...
(this is in broad day light on a week day and this place was still a school that was teaching )
 
I walk back down the stairs to the street level , light a cigarette and I just stand there looking at the school to the left (covered in barbed wire on the roof  )  and I just stand there looking at the  church right dead smack  in front of me ...
while I 'm standing there having my cig ,
I'm feeling a little bit confused inside myself and I'm wondering how do i deal with this ? 
so I say to myself , I'm doing the best I can and I want to let this thing go so I can find peace ..
I'm not making up what I'm about to say next ...
I'm standing there looking , I feel a little breeze and I hear a soft whisper of a voice in side my head that says to me 
" don't worry about it Kenny , I can't get in there either " 
true story my friend 
 
Kenny