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Willie Colón - El Gran Varón

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)
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Published on 13 May 2021 / In Latin / Latin

"El gran varón", (English: The Great Male) also known as Simón, el gran varón, or Simón is a salsa song written in 1986 by Omar Alfanno and sung by Willie Colón. The song narrates the story of Simón, a transgender woman who is rejected by her father for her lifestyle and dies presumably of AIDS, alone in a hospital in New York. The song addresses homophobia and transphobia.

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

Owenks thanks so much for the excellent track!

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Owen Kellie-Smith
Owen Kellie-Smith 3 years ago

Thank you Daniel!

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brian mcallister
brian mcallister 3 years ago

Owen . Well Done . Awesome track ////

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Owen Kellie-Smith
Owen Kellie-Smith 3 years ago

@brianmcallister: Thank you Brian :)

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Albee
Albee 3 years ago

Great job

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brian mcallister
brian mcallister 3 years ago

Thank You Al :-)

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brian mcallister
brian mcallister 3 years ago

Hi @dan00075 . Hi Daniel , here is a track for you , Thank you for your patience . ( Sync setting maybe @ - 00 : 00 . 116 ) I adjusted mono setting , as my recording went to single channel , and I gave recording a ' boost ' . Hope its ok ,

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

Excellent track Brian! Thank you so much for your time and effort on this one! Great job! :)

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Nuxradio
Nuxradio 3 years ago

I did the second track, the cymbals are still missing ... I'm sweating :-)

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

@Nuxradio TIMBALERO!!! Very nice, my friend! No problem, I will ship some ice cream to you tomorrow!

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Nuxradio
Nuxradio 3 years ago

@dan00075 : Three ice creams, one for each track, LoL ;-)

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Nuxradio
Nuxradio 3 years ago

Daniel I also did the third track, didn't you notice it or you don't like it?

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

@Nuxradio: haha! I did not get a notification. I will ask Dennis to see if he can change the notification settings to the way they were before. Thanks Sante, it sounds really good!

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

FelKeys , hi Fel, what do you say? tu y yo doing backing vocals??

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FelKeys
FelKeys 3 years ago

Ok, should I learn some keys?

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FelKeys
FelKeys 3 years ago

+ Bvs?

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Daniel Ramos (@dan00075)

@FelKeys : if you can do keys, that would be awesome! But yes, BVs would be great. I just need to find some time to do mine. There is no rush with this collab, Fel. It is just for fun!

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