Originally Posted By: MarioD
Excellent smooth jazz.

Super instrumentation - no overlap that I could hear.

Your best bass playing to date - excellent chops.

I didn't care for that ultra quick transition. FWIW I don't think you even need that intro section. The rest of the track is brilliant.

Your best to date.

Hey Mario, really appreciate your comments, especially on my bass playing. Coming from a master of music like you means a lot.

As of about 2 or so months ago I needed a chord sheet for every song and days of laboriously working out a bass line. Now it seems I don't need the sheet in front of me anymore (at least for the stuff I write) and the bass lines seem to spring up organically. I feel some chains are dropping off me and I can taste freedom. I hope that's called progress. Indeed, the melody (if that's what it is) on the vibraphone came to me within just 5 minutes. I can't imagine being where I am as a bass player without BiaB.

I thought I needed the intro to give it some variation since it's an "AB" form. But then again smooth jazz is quite repetitive and predictable. I need to think more about this.

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