This is a song I wrote just a few weeks before going into the studio to record my second album A New Kind of Fool.
It was one of those moments when I'd been doodling on the guitar for hours until I got annoyed that nothing was sounding good, I got up and put the guitar on it's stand, but for some reason I reached back and sat down and immediately started playing the riff that became Tudo Bem Tudo Bom.
In my mind it had a kind of Gilberto Gil 1970s feel but by the time we got into the studio it was moving to more of a groove. Domenico Lancellotti moved from percussion to drums for this song and has his idiosyncratic samba groove. I had wanted a clavinet sound for this track with the feeling of the classic 1977 Orlandivo album with Joao Donato arrangements.
Piotr 'Pedrinho' Zabrodzki found the Panda 49 organ lying in the corner of the studio and immediately started riffing some staccato clavi sounds. Suddenly the song took off.
The lyrics were a feel good anthem from before anyone but the Chinese had really heard of Covid and it seemed an appropriate message song to release for New Year of 2021.
from
A New Kind of Fool,
released November 20, 2020
Gary Corben- Vocals
Kassin - Guitars
Alberto Continentino - El Bass & Horn Section Arrangements
Piotr Pedrinho Zabrodzki - Eko Panda 49, Moog and Rhodes
Domenico Lancellotti - Drums
Macio Moretti - Percussion
Leonardo Reis - Percussion
Chiara Banfi - Backing Vocals
Ian Continentino - Backing Vocals
Laila Continentino - Backing Vocals
Gustaw Moruś - Backing Vocals
Wanda Moruś - Backing Vocals
Marlon Sette - Trombone
Diogo Gomes - Trumpet
Jorge Continentino - Saxophones
Written & Composed by Gary Corben P and © 2020
Produced by Kassin
Mixed by Kassin at Studio Marini, Rio de Janeiro
Engineered by Adam Askew
Asst Engineer - Bernardo Pastor
Recorded at Estudios Namouche Lisbon
Vocals & Overdubs Quarantine Studios, Rio de Janeiro, Warsaw, Lisbon
Additional Credits:
Mauro Araujo - Assistant Engineer, Studio Marini, Rio