>>> Two, camping on the wrong notes. One example I have is where the progression is moving chromatically from C#m7 - Bm7 over the span of three bars. What happens is the soloist will hit the "Ab" while in the Cm7 chord causing an awful conflict when holding it for a the entire measure.

In general, the solos sound better the more "typical" the chord progression is. This is not much different from real musicians in this regard.

For example, you'll get a better solo from this
| Dm7 | G7 | CMaj7 | <------ typical chord progression

than this
| Dm7 AbMaj7 | Gm7b5 | Eb7 | <-------- atypical chord progression

Of course it depends on the genre, the above example is jazz. If it is country, then typical country progressions will have the best results in solos.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.