Originally Posted By: Jim
Perhaps I'm in the minority...
But I don't think you should shorten it at all.

There's a lot of melodic variations
That keep it interesting throughout the piece
And it sounds pleasing to me as it is!


Thanks Jim. I've now re-arranged the song and you will be pleased to hear that it is exactly the
same length as before.
I have made quite a big change though, by taking out the flugelhorn melody after the Spanish Guitar solo and replacing it with a 16 bar bridge which uses a different chord structure and features some tasty electric guitar.
I think that this builds and leads nicely into the delayed guitar solo at the end, which I've left unchanged.
There are a few other cosmetic changes but I'm happy with the result and very appreciative of all the help and suggestions I've received here.

I'm going to finish mixing and mastering today and will post the finished article in a new thread later.

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