Originally Posted by DC Ron
Dan, think you're on the right track with the funkiness. Craig Chaquico's tune is to my ears inventive and playful over the course of four and a half minutes in ways that is sometimes challenging for BiaB over similar lengths. (I'm not familiar with Kontakt). I can see/hear you changing things up as the song progresses and that's part of it. The other part that is less obvious to me is building that sense of surprise without the human element. For example, I smiled a couple of times at Craig's choices in ways that BiaB only very seldom does. Think that's the genie we're all looking to chase into the bottle...

On the other hand, if you hadn't asked for a comparison with a very specific (and outstanding) funk tune, I would have thought your take quite good on its own. Love, love, LOVE funky minor vamps.

Thanks for sharing!

Ron, you have some insightful comments. I agree CC has captured a "sense of surprise" in his creation and I also smiled at his choices. But, I am a bit unsure what you mean by "human element"? Perhaps you are referring to incorporating human creativity which is difficult when working with a "stock / canned chord chart". In fact, for me getting the chords from this mp3 was truely the most difficult part of the project. Also, there is no BIAB Style used here. So the CC's chords and Rhythms are all "man-made". Thanks again, Dan

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