Bob and I on 3-24

My friend BobH came over on Sunday, 3/24, and started to jam a chord progression that I immediately recorded. As I was adding effects to said progression he started to play a lead. It was a super lead but since he does not use picks the recording of his lead was extremely low. Instead of messing around with preamps and such I gave him my Harley Benton fake Gretsch guitar, which is always ready to record: I wanted to get as close to a first take as I could. I played my SX Fretless bass and via my keyboard controller the violin. Band-in-a-Box supplied the piano track.

BiaB track - 2056:Piano, Rhythm CelticAir, EV 085 Super MIDI track
I only modified two measures on this track.
Violin - Kontakt - Amedeus - solo violin

As always all comments are welcomed.

{edit} - I forgot to add the piano sound is EZKeys2 - upright - saloon.

Hi, Mario.

Nice and mellow.

Thanx David.

Hi Mario,

That's a real nice listen! Nice guitar work - and some terrific backing tracks! Nicvely dione!

Best to you,

Alan

Nice little jam, Mario! Violin sounds great. I like Bob's style, very melodic.

Sounds like you're enjoying life, Mario. Relaxing tune.

Vic

Man, you gotta start charging admission to your Sunday jams, Mario. You and Bob have so much fun and in shows in the music. I like Bob even more now since we both don't play with a pic. His approach really brought out the relaxed feel of the progression, and that fretless is always a good choice in your hands. The violin was an interesting intrusion that was also most welcomed.

Mario, nicely done, again! Your tune sets a cool mood and all the instruments sound great. Really like the FX chain on the guitar: Lots of pleasing ambience without excessive airiness, but not muddy at all. You guys have WAY too much fun, and I'm a little jealous....

Thanx Alan. That's Bob's guitar work. When he played as a duet with his brother-in-law he never got to play any leads. Now he is excels at it!


Thanx Dave. Adding that drone violin was Bob's idea and it was a good one.

Thanx Vic. Yes I am enjoying life.

Thanx Marty. Yes Bob and I do have a lot of fun on Sundays. Bob is an excellent finger picker guitarist. Thanx for the fretless comment and that drone violin idea was also Bob's idea, and a good one.

Thanx Ron. I'm glad that you noticed the guitar's tone. I was surprised that the BiaB's piano track fit so well; sometimes I just get lucky. Yes we do have a lot of fun and if you are ever in our area you are welcomed to join in!

You guys are a great team.
I liked this a lot and didn't even notice (or mind) the lack of percussion.
The lead guitar was particularly well done.
Great job.

Okay Mario this is great and I really like it, and it's really peaceful and relaxing. Ultra groovy.

But I swear to God I don't understand why you don't get the Grateful Dead references I have made before. This is straight up Jerry Garcia. Who is a great guitarist by the way.

🙂

I'm also saying it as a huge compliment.

If I walked into any new age and/or hippie bar in Chapel Hill North Carolina right now and played this song women would start dancing around in their tie-dye dresses and sandals and crying and saying oh my God I didn't know the Grateful Dead were back together.

When are they going on tour?

Thanx so much Steve. I'll be sure to pass on your comments to Bob.

Mario...this is why jam is better than jelly...jam has the chunks of real tasty stuff in it....a very enjoyable improv...good stuff.

Hello Mario. There's nothing like old friends to make great music.
Laurent

Thanx so much Dan.


You got that right! Thanx for listening to our little jam.

I can almost see the smile on your face as you guys were recording this. Great jam. I think a little percussion would add a lot too, but that may not be the feel you're going for. Regardless, it was cool to have you bring us into the room to listen to you guys pick a little.

Brad

Thanx Brad. We tried a little drums and percussion but thought it sounded better without it.

Hi MarioD,

nice chord progression. Pleasant ambient music.

Jani

Thanx Jani for listening and commenting. We appreciate it.

Great collab and performances by you both.
We always love a fretless bass. Jack Bruce got us into that years ago.

Mellow and engaging --- not the easiest task.

The MST sounds excellent. MST's are our only venture into Midi ... we often use them.
They are great in our opinion.

Nice!

J&B

Thanx so much for this very kind review Janice and Bud. MST's sound so great as they are not quantized and they are played by musicians. I prefer them over RTs.

Nice. Smooth.
A good listen.

fj

Thanx Floyd.

I had to look up the definition of 'soliloquy' as it was the first word that came to mind when this instrumental began. It's not quite the right word, but it sort of is a musical duet soliloquy - like 2 musicians playing to themselves, yet in harmony with each other. I soothing drift-along or float-along tune.

Thanx so much for listening and commenting. "like 2 musicians playing to themselves, yet in harmony with each other", that accurately describes Bob and I to a tee!

Such a relaxing and soothing song, I love it!!