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Virtual Music Studio => Finished Works => Topic started by: Mimmo on August 12, 2010, 01:51:48 PM

Title: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 12, 2010, 01:51:48 PM

Here goes another great collaboration.
Thanks to all of you guys.
Hope you all enjoy


Lyrics:                    John Scunziano    (Mr. Mom)
Music and Vocals:     Domenic Mercurio (Mimmo)
Bass:                      Matt Lewin          (Hazz)
Guitars:                   Dave Patterson    (Studioplayer)
Additional instruments, final arrangement,
Mixing and Mastering: Billy Playle


              GINA
As she glides across the floor
Moving ever so softly
All the people stop and stare
When Gina starts dancing
A thousand moves, and the wings...
The wings of an Angel
How can a common man
Dance with such a real beauty

Gina lights up the room
every time she goes dancing
Leaves all of the younger men
with dreams of romancing
As she takes to the floor
She is so lonely
Wonders where is the man
Who will ask her to dance

Gina feels like a dancing Queen
Yet the young men all fear her
They're to shy to make a scene
So they never go near her
Every night she goes home
So sad and lonely
She brings people much joy
But has none for herself

Gina lights up the room
every time she goes dancing
Leaves all of the younger men
with dreams of romancing
As she takes to the floor
She is so lonely
Wonders where is the man
Who will ask her to dance

 Her smile will melt your heart
Yet her eyes show such sadness
And alone in a crowded room
She must deal with the madness

Gina lights up the room
every time she goes dancing
Leaves all of the younger men
with dreams of romancing
As she takes to the floor
She is so lonely
Wonders where is the man
Who will ask her to dance

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Paulo on August 12, 2010, 01:54:53 PM

Very nice tune, guys... Very Latin sounding  ;)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on August 12, 2010, 02:32:30 PM

Thank you Mimmo, Hazz, Dave, and Billy for a surprisingly smooth collaboration. I've only been here since the end of May, and was wondering which collaboration I'm a part of would actually make it to the Finished Stage first. I can honestly say that I got the easy part in all this - only supplying words - but since I was a part of this baby, and as it is my first OFFICIAL baby - I'm passing out cigars to everyone!! 8) 8)

John

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Studioplayer on August 12, 2010, 03:13:22 PM

Quote from: Paulo on August 12, 2010, 01:54:53 PM

Very nice tune, guys... Very Latin sounding  ;)

Latin? I thought I was working on a rock song?  ??? Boy... did I get lost.  :D ;D

Thanks for the fun guys. It's really nice to try something different for a change and it really is a nice song to listen too. I think it turned out quite well. Great job everyone!!  8) 8) 8)

Dave

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: soulfrontier on August 12, 2010, 04:58:27 PM

Hey Mimmo,

wonderful song and vocals! Congratulations to you all, especially to Mr. Mom because its his first one  ;)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 12, 2010, 05:21:50 PM

Thank Guys

John, I didn't realize it is your first complete collaboration, congrats

Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on August 12, 2010, 06:49:13 PM

Thanks guys, thanks Mimmo and Holger - I didn't want to jinx whichever collab was going to be first. In the little time I've been here, I see that sometimes a song is 95% finished and gets "forgotten". Then there are songs like this, where everything just fell into place and we cruised to the finish line. 8)

John

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: PVD on August 12, 2010, 09:32:07 PM

Everyone:

Well done, enjoyed the listen.

John, congrats on your first here, I am sure there will be more.

Paul

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Hazz on August 13, 2010, 05:39:23 AM

Nice when things fall into place, sounds great fellas and nice work by all.
My first completed tune in a long while, feels good, now back to my dark corner for a while.  ::)  Maybe not but I am gonna step out and check out the meteors whizzing by.

Hazz

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Donna on August 13, 2010, 06:56:05 AM

Way to go, John! :)  What a lovely tune. Really pleasurable, smooth listening. Great music/melody and vocals.
Fine collaboration all round, gentlemen.  ;)

Donna

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on August 13, 2010, 07:39:36 AM

Thank you Paul, Matt, and Donna. :) I appreciate all the kind words and encouragement.  8)

Hazz, stay away from the dark corner - come into the light!  :)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Tricia41 on August 16, 2010, 08:43:12 AM

Congrats John! Excellent. 8) Great work everyone!

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: snowdoguk on August 16, 2010, 09:18:59 AM

Very cool song ..... very well sung with some great lyrics, playing and production.... my wife also likes it and is dancing along at the copier

Mike

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 10:16:21 AM

Thanks Mike and Tricia

Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on August 16, 2010, 10:25:50 AM

Thanks Tricia and Mike,
This all started as a nice little tune by Mimmo, which began to develop its own personality with the addition of each new collaborator. It was nice being one of the pieces of the puzzle.

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: AndyG6508 on August 16, 2010, 10:45:42 AM

Guys,

very nice - super write, vocal and instrumental performances and a wonderful production.

sounds absolutely pro.

enjoyed the listen!

Andy

PS - John, congratulations on completing your first collab.

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 11:06:59 AM

Thanks Andy
It was very enjoyable to do the hole thing
Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: stoman on August 16, 2010, 02:30:09 PM

Nice song. The vocal mix is perfect for this kind of music - and so is Mimmo's voice.

Congratulations to your first (or second?) collaboration at MCS, John!

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 02:52:38 PM

Thanks Steffen.
It's been a wile...How are you?


Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: McLovin on August 16, 2010, 03:50:34 PM

Really smooth song people.  Really nice job everyone!

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 03:55:22 PM

Thanks  Jay
how are things in Kitchner/Waterloo?
Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: McLovin on August 16, 2010, 03:58:16 PM

Pretty freaking humid,... other than that,..business as usual ;)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on August 16, 2010, 07:06:40 PM

Thanks Andy, Steffen, and Jay. :) :)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: SWANSONG on October 29, 2010, 09:12:19 PM

Very Nice. well executed and preformed by all. super sound
great lyrics agree with all comments. thumbs up again NEIL!!!!

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on October 30, 2010, 08:08:27 AM

Thanks Neil.

Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: AviR on November 24, 2010, 05:50:24 AM

Very nice 60's sounding ChaCha!

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on November 24, 2010, 06:31:45 AM

Hi Avi , thanks
welcome to MC.
Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: stoman on December 08, 2010, 03:27:48 PM

Hi, Mimmo!

Quote from: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 02:52:38 PM

It's been a wile...How are you?

Getting older but not wiser. ;) :D :P

... and actually just trying to bump this thread. ;)

I hope we'll do a new song together soon, Mimmo.

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on December 08, 2010, 05:24:28 PM

Quote from: stoman on December 08, 2010, 03:27:48 PM

Hi, Mimmo!

Quote from: Mimmo on August 16, 2010, 02:52:38 PM

It's been a wile...How are you?

Getting older but not wiser. ;) :D :P

... and actually just trying to bump this thread. ;)

I hope we'll do a new song together soon, Mimmo.

Regards,
  Steffen

thanks Steffen
Looking farward to a new collab....
Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 02:05:27 PM

Wish us luck :)
Mimmo and I have restructured the lyrics for this song, as a tribute to the Ellen Degeneres Show, and will soon be submitting one or both of the following videos:

animated version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEFHNp8PWo
Mimmo - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECV1lbFvwk

Cheers :) :)

John

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Studioplayer on January 19, 2011, 02:21:41 PM

Quote from: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 02:05:27 PM

Wish us luck :)
Mimmo and I have restructured the lyrics for this song, as a tribute to the Ellen Degeneres Show, and will soon be submitting one or both of the following videos:

animated version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEFHNp8PWo
Mimmo - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECV1lbFvwk

Cheers :) :)

John

;D ;D ;D That's friggin hilarious!! I hate to say it but I'm a closet Ellen fan. She's such a goof ball. I watch her show when I can. She's one of the few talk show hosts that I like.  :)

Both are good. You should have one the goes from Mimmo to clips of her on the show dancing.  :) Great idea!!  8)  :D  ;D

Nice to see Mimmo singing. I like seeing a face to the collaboraters here. You should post those in their own thread where they might get seen.

Dave

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Errol on January 19, 2011, 05:10:58 PM

Great stuff guys! And yes, it's great to see Mimmo sing!  :)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on January 19, 2011, 05:57:22 PM

Thanks Dave and Errol, it is a fun song.

John are the videos  public yet?
 a lot of work but you did a great job with both.
Thanks
Mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 06:12:26 PM

Hey Dave, you would have loved the version where I had an animated "Dave" playing the solo part alongside Mimmo, but twice when I was working with Muvizu my PC shutdown and I lost all my work - so I went with the current "more simplified" version, which still works well. 8)

Thanks Errol, and I think we all agree it was nice to see Mimmo in a live setting.

Whenever you want the videos set for public viewing, let me know Mimmo, and I'll change the setting on them. :)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on January 19, 2011, 06:16:54 PM

Quote from: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 06:12:26 PM

Whenever you want the videos set for public viewing, let me know Mimmo, and I'll change the setting on them. :)

I don't Know...if they're done  go for it.
Do you have to do anything so the people from the show will find them?

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 06:19:59 PM

I'll check their website and let you know Mimmo. :)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on January 19, 2011, 06:26:51 PM

Thanks John

mimmo

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on January 19, 2011, 07:52:42 PM

OK Mimmo,
I submitted the animated link at the show's website, and mentioned the 2nd link in the comment section. Maybe you should do the same - more is better, right? ;)

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on January 19, 2011, 07:55:59 PM

Ok

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mimmo on January 19, 2011, 08:06:40 PM

John
How do I find it, can't seem to find it

Title: Re: GINA (cha cha cha)
Post by: Mr. Mom on January 20, 2011, 08:47:02 AM

Hi Mimmo,
On this first link, you should submit the animated video:

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/?PlugID=15


On this link, you can send the video you sent me, plus a photo, plus the link of you singing on youtube.

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/eleveneleven/?adid=menu_music


Keeping my fingers crossed :)

John