Bob and I 10 05

My friend Bob came over last Sunday, October 5, and started jamming this chord progression. We liked it so we recorded it, hence the very clever song title. Bob is on the acoustic guitar and I am on the electric guitar. This is a one-take jam that we thought we would post, warts, and all.

BiaB style - Heartfelt MIDI 60's Brit Pop Ballad
Tempo - 70 BPM

I deleted the strings, guitar, and utility tracks.
Bass- Ample bass - preset - upright bass
Piano - Velvet - preset - MKII - 02 MKII Tine default
Drums - SSD 5 - ballad kit

As always all comments are welcomed.

Sounds great. Very easygoing feel with nice melody and guitar that kept me listening all the way to the end.

Very dreamy! Nice playing and melodic invention as the tune moves along. Really well recorded for a "jam", too! Enjoyed the listen, THANKS for posting!

Mario,

That's one awesome atmospheric jam!

Great stuff!

Bob

Mario, that is a very listenable jam. It must be great to have Bob close by. Tom

Sounds great. Really like the way the instruments play together.

Mario and Bob...you guys have composed a very relaxing and soothing jam mix...nice tone Mario and very nice chord progression...well done!

Hi Mario,

I very much enjoyed listening to your track. Very chilly and relaxing ...

Ahhh! Peace at last.

Vic

Thanx Joe I'm glad that you liked it.


Thanx so much. The jam part was Bob and my guitar parts. I brought Bob's rhythm track into BiaB, had it read the chords, then I chose a style that fit. I brought those BiaB MIDI tracks into my DAW and mixed everything.

Thanx so much Bob.


Tommy, thanx for listening and commenting.

Thanx Joe.


Thanx Dan. That chord progression is strictly Bob's work. I just jammed along with him.

This reminds me of a Grateful Dead show I went to once.

I don't remember anything, but there was a 4 hour guitar solo.

You nailed it Jerry!!



I am now working on a 45 minute song titled:

I Listened to a Song by Mario and Bob on November 8th and Ate some Acid and Went on 12 Voyages Around the Sun and then Ate Some Cornflakes.

Is that catchy???

Thanx David, I think.

Acid? At our age isn't it antacid?

Yes it is very catchy. I can't wait to hear it!

The October 5 fell on Sunday last time in 2014 and it will happen next time in 2025, so this is really a time-travelling experience
Calming song, very beautiful melody and intriguing chord progression lead me to colorful flower fields in a gentle summer breeze. I enjoyed your guitar playing. The rest of the band plays smoothly along, nice piano sound.

Janne

Mario & Bob,

A pleasant jam.
Kiwi and Raspberry, I think
Enjoyed the listen.

fj

Oh, yeah, Mario. Writing progressions and jamming with friends was always one of my favorite things about BiaB long ago, and you and Bob do it so well. I like the progression and, wow, your guitar sounds great --especialy the tasteful way you're playing.

Thanx so much for this very nice review.


Thanx so much Floyd. I'm glad that you enjoyed our jam.

Thanx Marty. The jam part is just our two guitars, i.e. we were recording live. We liked it so I brought into BiaB, found a style we liked, imported the style into my DAW and selected the BiaB MIDI tracks' instruments. It was an educational thing for me as I have never brought a wav file into BiaB before.

FYI - Virtually all of my instrumentals start with a chord progression and a BiaB style. All of my leads are based on those chords.

Nice chill vibe......hypnotic and melodic!!! And if 25or6to4 can be a song title, why not yours? Very cool Mario!!! Take care. Greg

Very nice Mario, I liked it.

Mike B.

Thanx Mike.

Melodic and pretty!

And even better knowing it started out as a jam!

There is some excellent guitar tones and chops happening here.
Lovely and melodic.

The acoustic/electric interplay is very engaging ... could've jammed on for a while longer.

Nice listen on a lovely fall day here at the homestead!

J&B

Thanx David. Yep, it started out with Bob and I just Jamming. I added the BiaB track after the jam.


Thanx Janice and Bud for thie very kind review.

Boy do I like this chord progression. Lots of placed to go with the melody. Really cool song Mario. Guitar melody was excellent. Well done

Mario, I love the hypnotic vibe you guys created in this jam. Your controlled tremolo work is impressive, especially at the end as the guitar brings the listener out of the trip.
Cheers,
Mike

Thanx so much Scott. Bob does come up with some very good chord progressions. Thanx for the melody comment also.


Thanx for this very kind review.

A lovely jam session, if I can say it this way.
I can see the both of you playing your guitars. Your heads kept nodding while you look at each others fingers to follow the chords.
I don't know if it went that way, but it's a nice picture.
I liked it very much Mario. You played that lead guitar very well!
Bob never got nervous, I think.

Hans

Mario

Hypnotic jam well performed.
Very nice.

Peter

Mario,

I was thinking Neil Young at the start! Love the melody! The guitars both sound great!

Thanks, TB

Hans, our jams are exactly as you described! Thanx for this very kind review.


Thanx Peter!

Thanx Torrey. Bob will love that Neil Young comment as he is one of Bob's favorites.

Hey Mario ...

Aren't impromptu jams the best??!! I haven't been involved in one in many years. Relaxing and so enjoyable. You guys did good - really good!

Alan

Hi Mario.

This is really pleasant to listen to.
It's easy to tell that you and Bob have done this many times.
The two of you playing sits so comfortably together.

I enjoyed it!
--Noel

Thanx Alan. Yes impromptu jams are the best and Bob and I do a lot of them, we just don't record most of them. Maybe we should record more?

Thanx Noel. Yes Bob and I do jam a lot. In fact he comes over almost every Sunday afternoon and many times we just jam. Other times we do covers and/or have a couple of beers and watch youtube!

Hi Mario well done love it, I say when words fail music speaks