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The View From Nowhere is the title of an important book by philosopher Thomas Nagel. For Forum members intrigued by the title, here is a sampler of what Nagel is thinking about:

http://www.amazon.com/View-Nowhere-Thomas-Nagel/dp/0195056442/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398433745&sr=1-1&keywords=the+view+from+nowhere+thomas+nagel#reader_0195056442

I chose Nagel's title not for deep connections to the tune (although I am interested in the same questions that he is), but because I thought it sounded so coool !

Composer, arranger, keyboards: Luca Grim Caddeo
Bass: Alberto Baldacinni
Sax: Massimo Caddeo
Guitars: Aleck Rand

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THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand/the-view-from-nowhere-in-collaboration-with-luca-grim-caddep

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Hi Aleck
I guess that here you are mixing Live Sax and Trumpet with the RT equivalents to get this superb spread.
Great guitar work - sounds a bit Gibson335?
"Interesting" end chord.
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ian


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Dean,

One of your best! I think... Love the drums! Keys are tasty. Bass is cool. Guitar is funky. Saxes are sexy.... All fits together nicely.

The middle section - bass and guitar was very nice.

Cool stuff. Well done. A good listen... very musical.

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Hi, Dean !

Definitely one of your best (if one really
can say so- I mean, that all you do is
so high level stuff) !:))Just came home
from Goldstein & Co trio´s concert at april
jazz ! Not bad at all but then I ran into
this !!:)) Wow !:))

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Complex piece. Great musicians and atmosphere. Masterful production. Cheers.

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Hi Dean,

great musicians have come together to deliver
a masterpiece.
After listening I found out it was 5:29, but no second
boring. There is so much happening.
You have granted me a beautiful listen.

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Guenter,

This is a very profound compliment. You have my warmest thanks.

There is no denying that the combination of human players plus BIAB has awesome potential, as proven often enough by you, yourself.

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Originally Posted By: RichMac
Complex piece. Great musicians and atmosphere. Masterful production. Cheers.
Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Dean,
One of your best! I think... Love the drums! Keys are tasty. Bass is cool. Guitar is funky. Saxes are sexy.... All fits together nicely.The middle section - bass and guitar was very nice. Cool stuff. Well done. A good listen... very musical.
floyd
Thank you Floyd and Rich. Just shows once again the limitless potential of BIAB to say nothing of the RealTracks.

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Very hip!!!
I love it all. Very well done

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Wow cool song. Incredible group of musicians. Very enjoyable..


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Originally Posted By: Blues1952
Very hip!!!
I love it all. Very well done
Originally Posted By: Scottt709
Wow cool song. Incredible group of musicians. Very enjoyable..
Hey Fellas, thank you kindly.

Blues, what's that instrument you're playin' on there in your pic?

Scott, your arsenal looks a lot like mine except for the jumbo flat-top. And a handsome instrument it is - what make?

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Hm,almost missed this one! well Dean, this is fusion at its best, then again, what can one expect from fine musicians. Fine production as usual.
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Originally Posted By: sixchannel
Hi Aleck
I guess that here you are mixing Live Sax and Trumpet with the RT equivalents to get this superb spread.
Great guitar work - sounds a bit Gibson335?
"Interesting" end chord.
cheers, Ian
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Hm,almost missed this one! well Dean, this is fusion at its best, then again, what can one expect from fine musicians. Fine production as usual.
Regards.Mike B.
Thank you kindly gentlemen.

Quite right, Ian, but not about the 335. It's an Ibanez hollow body jazz guitar with a sustain pedal in the first solo and my Eastwood 12 string in the second (don't need no sustain pedal with that baby).

Oh yes, the ending chord, in the key of L, is Lmi17#11 with possibly a flatted square root of 2 thrown in - can't remember ...

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Very cool. Wonderful musicianship from inside and outside the box!! Really nice tune! Take care. Greg

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Hi Greg,

All of us appreciate these kind remarks. Thank you.

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Hi Dean

The jumbo was a Takamine but it was too big for me so it got traded off for grand concert Taylor.... Yes they are all my adopted children :-)...

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Awesome -- and that's a word I rarely use. What a sound stage! I can see the group right in front of me and everybody is in the "right" place. I'm miles from a sophisticated jazz fan but I do listen to a fair amount and this just sounds super to me. As Guenter mentioned there's not a tedious or lackluster moment in this 5+ minutes.


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Hi Janice and Bud,

Sustaining interest. So hard to do in a long tune. You can thank my pal Luca for that. The guy is a harmonic genius, i.e., changes and voicings. In that one department I think he's the equal of, say, Herbie Hancock. He developed and recorded the basic tune structure in 20 minutes. Everything after that consists of footnotes. And that's him on nylon guitar in the middle. Mamma mia!

And, of course, thank you for those kind words.

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Quite possibly the most innovative use of this software I've ever heard!


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Wow! Now there's a compliment for you.

Icelander: Are you an Icelander? Then you know the name of my favorite Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indrittason (Jar City, Silence of the Grave, etc.) Man, is he good! I noticed a strange accent mark used in the Icelandic language when the name is spelled IndriDason. I've always wondered what that mark was.

I know three things about your country: (1) it is volcanic, (2) people do not have "surnames" as Americans know them: every one is "son of" or "dottir of"; (3) Icelanders somehow turned into very bad bankers. I hope that last sad episode has corrected itself. Last I heard, Iceland was ... am I getting this right? ... for sale?

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