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#241080 02/23/14 09:43 AM
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My good friend and super keyboardist JonD came over and we came up with this chord progression. We fiddled around with Band in a Box and came up with this rhythm. We replaced everything except BiaB’s drums. Jon is on the keyboard and I am playing the guitar and bass parts.

An interesting thing happened with the bass line. I originally played it on my Squire P-Bass but I had two many fret buzzes in the part. So I copied the part into MIDI with Melodyne Editor, took out the fret buzz and selected a MIDI bass sound.

We hope you like it.

BiaB style – SlowBossa w/pno & NyGuit (85RS)

Drums = Realdrums BossaBrushes#1 – the RD that came with the style

PS-do to a number of people having problems getting to my songs I am now posting them on SoundCloud.




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Hi Mario,

nice tune and nice playing. The panning effect on the keyboards distracts me a little. After a second listen I feel a little dizzy now.

Guenter

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A nice jazz style with interesting progressions. Is there tremolo on the keyboard that might be a little strong? Like 100%? If you could reduce the range and soften the EP, it might be better balanced.
Guitar playing really nice though.


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Good call gentlemen!

I didn’t listen to this with my headphones, my bad. On my monitors that effect sounds ok, but now that you brought it to my attention I can catch what you are saying. When I listened with my headphones I can really hear it.

I will be back with a toned down version.

Thanx for critically listening and pointing this out to me.


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The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?"
I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"

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Wonderful but I too was spinning from the keyboard pan my friend. Overall very smooth jazz indeed, man you were pampering those notes on this one . . . I like!

Later,

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Jon's Tune

I have revamp the EP part and eliminated the tremolo.

I think it sounds much better.

Thanx for suggesting this change.

PS - I pasted the link here so you would not have to go back to the start of the thread. The original has been replaced so both links are the same.


I arrived early to a restaurant.
The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?"
I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"

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Hi Mario,

you're right. It sounds much better now.

Guenter

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Originally Posted By: boehm
Hi Mario,

you're right. It sounds much better now.

Guenter


No my friend you were right!


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"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"

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Nice work all around, nice work around on the bass, thanks for sharing!


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Feels great!! Wish I could play like that!! Take care. Greg

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You've nailed it this time, Mario

Yep, much better. I really like the easy flow. Very 'listenable'

Thanks again for sharing

Trevor


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Hi, Mario & Jon !:))


I like this great improvisation by
two pro musicians !!:))

Cheers
Dani

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Very nice listen. Excellent playing. Loved the tone of your guitar..


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Thanx all for listening, your comments and especially the constructive criticism that helped make this one a much better song.


I arrived early to a restaurant.
The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?"
I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"

64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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Hi Mario, I must've caught the revised version because it sounds good to me, maybe, if I may say so, the end cymbal roll might be a little "hot", at least at my end. Other than that, very dreamy and evocative, I can almost hear sea waves rolling toward the beach and some seagulls flying around. Good stuff as usual.

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Hi Mario...

This is our kind of music...we totally enjoyed our listen!

Interesting way you got the bass line...it worked perfectly. And the guitar plyaing is so smooth. Thanks for a terrific listen!

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Mario, Sounds good to these ears. Bass and Guitar sound good, Nice playing. An enjoyable listen.

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Mario,

A very enjoyable listen. That bass sounds terrific. Everything does, for that matter. Nice tune and nice mix - good balance to everything..

Enjoyed it.

floyd

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Hi Mario,

This is a really really pleasant listen. It's the kind of smooth jazz that I find so very easy to sit back and relax to. Kudos to you and Jon on a fine work of aural art.

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