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Here is my latest contribution to the Showcase: https://soundcloud.com/user-952388172/lazy-dayzIt's a slow-medium bluesy piece with a touch of country. The melody is carried largely by Hammond organ, with trombone/brass handling the middle 8 sections. The backing features great guitar solo work by Jack Pearson and tasty acoustic guitar backing by Brent Mason. There is also some nice organ accompaniment by Jeff Young and beautiful pedal steel by Steve Hinson. I would be grateful if you would give Lazy Dayz a couple of 'playz'. As always, comments, criticism and suggestions are encouraged. Thanks, Mike THE BAND: RT2622:Organ, Rhythm FunkSwing16 Sw16 085 RealBass 533: Bass, Electric, 12-8 Crystal Sw 065 RT2674:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Blues12-8Brent Sw 065 RealGuitar 627: Pedal Steel, Background 12-8 Crystal Sw 0 RealSoloist 422: Guitar, Electric, Soloist Blues Sw 120 (Jack Pearson) RealDrums-CountryShuffle128^7-Snare,Ride
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Hi Mike,
for a blues lover like me this is a very enjoyable tune. Great choice of solos. Very nicely done!
Cheers,
Stefan
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It's begging for a vocal track Mike.
Cool stuff but the organ carried melody is REALLY disorienting as it pans. I love Leslie speakers and univibe rotation but that's a little weird for a melody.
Cool stuff though - and PLEASE drop a vocal on it.
Cheers
rayc
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Hi Mike,
for a blues lover like me this is a very enjoyable tune. Great choice of solos. Very nicely done!
Cheers,
Stefan Thanks Stefan. Always great to hear from you. Cheers, Mike
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It's begging for a vocal track Mike.
Cool stuff but the organ carried melody is REALLY disorienting as it pans. I love Leslie speakers and univibe rotation but that's a little weird for a melody.
Cool stuff though - and PLEASE drop a vocal on it. Thanks mate for your suggestion re vocal track but there are two problems: 1) I'm not a singer 2) I'm not a lyricist But you might be right; despite local friends and family describing Lazy Dayz as one of my best songs/arrangements, it's only received a couple of views and plays since I put it up on User Showcase a couple of days ago. Ah well, back to the drawing board. Cheers, and thanks again, Mike
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Hello Mike,
This is a nice song to feel yourself lazy as can be! Very nice sologuitar, but also good playing of the other instruments. that makes this a good song. But... as Ray wrote it needs vocals in it!
To me you don't need to go back to the drawing board as you wrote, the song sounds really good. Well... maybe some more bass, a stronger melody for the piano, greater percussion and louder sologuitar (no, I'm joking!). It is a good song, only those vocals...
Hans
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Hi Mike,
I gave it a couple of "playz", I listened yesterday too but didn't have time to comment.
I see a few people mentioned adding vocals. I'm like you, I don't sing and I'm not that great at writing lyrics. I have done lots of instrumentals in the past, at one time that's all I did, and I find it works best if you keep them short, around 3:00 or so. Hard to keep up listener interest with an instrumental if you go much longer than that in my opinion.
Overall a well arranged song, enjoyed the listen.
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Nicely done! Love that classic blues vibe here, and the hint of country influence works well too. I can imagine a singer doing some justice to it for sure, but I definitely think it holds its weight as an instrumental as well. Great work and thanks for sharing 
Cheers,
Deryk
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Great tracks Mike...
I enjoy it as is...
Buuuut...
I agree with others about a vocal track...
There's a lot of talented songwriters & musicians around here...
Ever thought about adding a line to your post...
"Any songwriting, lyrics, & vocal collaborations would be greatly appreciated"...
Jim
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I agree with Ray on this one: The organ carried melody is REALLY disorienting as it pans. I love Leslie speakers and univibe rotation but that's a little weird for a melody. Other than that little nitpick, I'm good with it. Love the guitar songs on the track and they are mixed in nicely. Keep up the good work Mike!
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Mike, great job mixing this with your own instrumentation! It's a cool track! I love this bluesy vibe in this! At some point maybe a lyric/vocal could be added but still enjoyed as is! Love that instrumentation build up later in song with horn sounds! Thanks, Torrey
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Mike,
A good listen. Tasty stuff happening all over the place. Well mixed.
You keep it interesting throughout.
fj
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Sweet guitar playing. I'm feeling it. Tasty. Great tone.
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Wow loved the intro to this. Got me to sit up straight. Loved this tune. The organ was awesome. Excellent guitar track as well. Well done
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I didn't quite know what to expect, but was totally impressed with what I heard.
You nailed the blues here, no question.
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Hello Mike,
This is a nice song to feel yourself lazy as can be! Very nice sologuitar, but also good playing of the other instruments. that makes this a good song. But... as Ray wrote it needs vocals in it!
To me you don't need to go back to the drawing board as you wrote, the song sounds really good. Well... maybe some more bass, a stronger melody for the piano, greater percussion and louder sologuitar (no, I'm joking!). It is a good song, only those vocals...
Hans Thanks Hans for your encouraging words. I actually started trying to write words for Lazy Dayz today. Hopefully going “public” with my attempt to write lyrics will force me to persevere. Watch this space. Thanks again for listening, Mike
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Hi Mike,
I gave it a couple of "playz", I listened yesterday too but didn't have time to comment.
I see a few people mentioned adding vocals. I'm like you, I don't sing and I'm not that great at writing lyrics. I have done lots of instrumentals in the past, at one time that's all I did, and I find it works best if you keep them short, around 3:00 or so. Hard to keep up listener interest with an instrumental if you go much longer than that in my opinion.
Overall a well arranged song, enjoyed the listen. Thanks Dave. I have started trying to write a lyric for Lazy Dayz. I'm not sure how I'll go but i'll persevere for a while. I had a few reservations about the length of the song but to be honest I didn't want to cut anything out. Thanks for your considered comments. Much appreciated as always. Cheers, Mike
Mike Garry BIAB 2025/RealBand, UltraPak, Kontakt, EZmix, Ozone 9 Elements, Hybrid 3, Audacity, MSi PC, Windows 11, 64bit, 16GB ram, CPU: Intel i7. https://soundcloud.com/user-952388172
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Hi Mike,
I gave it a couple of "playz", I listened yesterday too but didn't have time to comment.
I see a few people mentioned adding vocals. I'm like you, I don't sing and I'm not that great at writing lyrics. I have done lots of instrumentals in the past, at one time that's all I did, and I find it works best if you keep them short, around 3:00 or so. Hard to keep up listener interest with an instrumental if you go much longer than that in my opinion.
Overall a well arranged song, enjoyed the listen. Thanks Dave. I have started trying to write a lyric for Lazy Dayz. I'm not sure how I'll go but i'll persevere for a while. I had a few reservations about the length of the song but to be honest I didn't want to cut anything out. Thanks for your considered comments. Much appreciated as always. Cheers, Mike Hey Mike, We have done a couple where I wrote the lyrics. It's very difficult (for me) but in theory the more you do it the easier it comes  Looking forward to hearing what you come up with!
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Nicely done! Love that classic blues vibe here, and the hint of country influence works well too. I can imagine a singer doing some justice to it for sure, but I definitely think it holds its weight as an instrumental as well. Great work and thanks for sharing Thanks Deryk, especially for the "instrumental" comment. I love the Steve Hinson pedal steel RealTrack. It adds such nice touches throughout. Cheers, Mike
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Mike,
Nice mix and it arrangement.
A tad long for an instrumental but interesting all the way through.
Well done.
Peter
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