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Smooth Sunrise

Things have been a little hectic here so I thought that I would just chill and have a little jam.

BiaB style - Smooth Jazz - Pop Lat
Tempo - 95 PBM
Bass - Ample Bass - P-Bass
Piano - Lounge Lizard - Tine Bassed - 1BFly1
Guitar - Kontakt - Jazz L4
Strings - UJam- USSynth - Core - Big Bad Benny
Percussion - various Kontakt patches

I am playing my Jay Turser Jazz Box Guitar and via my MIDI controller keyboard the vibes:
Vibes - Kontakt - Pure Jazz Vibes

As always all comments are welcomed.


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Another fine Mari-O-Rama from the resident groove guru.

♬♩♪ Mariolujah........Mariolujah..... Mario-lu-u-jah ♬♩♪♩

loved it.

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Mario,

Smooth...

Love the keyboard / vibes. Your guitar is also excellent. Awesome mix.

Loved it!

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Mario, very fine track indeed. Love the stereo, especially the percussion. That EP(?) sounds nice, too. Nicely mixed. Super jazz guitar tone, elegant theme and tasteful licks. Nice one!


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If peaceful and smooth was your objective—bullseye! I esp liked the perc…at times it takes conscious effort to step away from a “packaged” drum track, but when you do, you usually get something really worthwhile, like the tambourine/bongos, or whatever they are. Wonderful groove.


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Smooth sunrise indeed. Very much a soundtrack piece.


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Smooth indeed! Love the melody you came up with. Nice tone on the guitar, nice phrasing too.

Enjoyed!

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Successful bet for relaxation, Mario. Beautiful use of percussion.
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Nice to get away from the hectics of life and no better way to do it than a bit of a jam.
Well done.

Vic

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Thanx everyone for those extremely nice comments.
I appreciate all comments.
Thanx for listening and commenting.


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I've never actually seen a bumpy Sunrise, but your song is really smooth, even if there's a bit too much percussion (at least for my taste) to be 100% smooth.
I still like it though...

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Nice to have that sun on this snow day in Virginia. That's a smooth tropical sunrise by the sound of it. Nicely done!

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Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
I've never actually seen a bumpy Sunrise, but your song is really smooth, even if there's a bit too much percussion (at least for my taste) to be 100% smooth.
I still like it though...

Thanx for listening and commenting.
I was a little apprehensive about the percussion but I left it in. Maybe I should have deleted it.

Originally Posted by Ezekiel's Storm
Nice to have that sun on this snow day in Virginia. That's a smooth tropical sunrise by the sound of it. Nicely done!

Thanx so much.
We have just a little snow right now but this week it is going to be very cold the next few days, single digit temperatures with wind chill around -15F (-26C) and 6" (152mm) of snow.


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a very nice jam, mario.
and cool tambourine...
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Hi Mario.

This is wonderful listening.
I love your choice of instruments.
The ambiance that the percussion created worked really well for me.
Your ability to improvise in a meaningfully musical way is exceptional. I envy your talent.
As I listened, you and your music took me to nice places inside my mind.

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Originally Posted by floyd jane
a very nice jam, mario.
and cool tambourine...
fj

Thanx Floyd

Originally Posted by Noel96
Hi Mario.
This is wonderful listening.
I love your choice of instruments.
The ambiance that the percussion created worked really well for me.
Your ability to improvise in a meaningfully musical way is exceptional. I envy your talent.
As I listened, you and your music took me to nice places inside my mind.
--Noel

Thanx so much Noel for those very kind words. I'm glad you liked it.


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Hi Mario,

I don't know if hectic times are good. Mostly not, but when I hear what those hectic times did to you...
A very relaxing, lovely song, you made!
I think I can agree with all here.
The hectic pace has a special effect on you. I just don't know if this hectic should continue...
But knowing you, you can get your inspiration from anything, right?

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Great performances, mix and arrangement.
A chill jam is perfecto for us given the weather situation!

Thanks and we enjoyed it,

J&B


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Originally Posted by Birchwood
Hi Mario,

I don't know if hectic times are good. Mostly not, but when I hear what those hectic times did to you...
A very relaxing, lovely song, you made!
I think I can agree with all here.
The hectic pace has a special effect on you. I just don't know if this hectic should continue...
But knowing you, you can get your inspiration from anything, right?

Hans

Thanx so much Hans. I try to get inspired by everything I see, read, or hear. Getting down so it sounds good is another story.


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Originally Posted by Janice & Bud
Great performances, mix and arrangement.
A chill jam is perfecto for us given the weather situation!
Thanks and we enjoyed it,
J&B

Thanx Janice an Bud. If you think your cold come up here right now! Today's low was 3F (-16C) and the wind chill has been -15 to -20F (-26C to -29C). Tomorrow, Jan. 21, it is going to be colder. We only have about 6 inches (25.4mm) of snow. The big difference is we are used to it and prepared to handle it and your area is not so stay safe and warm.


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