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Smooth Sunrise Things have been a little hectic here so I thought that I would just chill and have a little jam. BiaB style - Smooth Jazz - Pop Lat Tempo - 95 PBM Bass - Ample Bass - P-Bass Piano - Lounge Lizard - Tine Bassed - 1BFly1 Guitar - Kontakt - Jazz L4 Strings - UJam- USSynth - Core - Big Bad Benny Percussion - various Kontakt patches I am playing my Jay Turser Jazz Box Guitar and via my MIDI controller keyboard the vibes: Vibes - Kontakt - Pure Jazz Vibes As always all comments are welcomed.
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Another fine Mari-O-Rama from the resident groove guru. ♬♩♪ Mariolujah........Mariolujah..... Mario-lu-u-jah ♬♩♪♩
loved it.
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Mario,
Smooth...
Love the keyboard / vibes. Your guitar is also excellent. Awesome mix.
Loved it!
Bob
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Mario, very fine track indeed. Love the stereo, especially the percussion. That EP(?) sounds nice, too. Nicely mixed. Super jazz guitar tone, elegant theme and tasteful licks. Nice one!
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If peaceful and smooth was your objective—bullseye! I esp liked the perc…at times it takes conscious effort to step away from a “packaged” drum track, but when you do, you usually get something really worthwhile, like the tambourine/bongos, or whatever they are. Wonderful groove.
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Smooth sunrise indeed. Very much a soundtrack piece.
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Smooth indeed! Love the melody you came up with. Nice tone on the guitar, nice phrasing too.
Enjoyed!
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Successful bet for relaxation, Mario. Beautiful use of percussion. Laurent
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Nice to get away from the hectics of life and no better way to do it than a bit of a jam. Well done.
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Thanx everyone for those extremely nice comments. I appreciate all comments. Thanx for listening and commenting.
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I've never actually seen a bumpy Sunrise, but your song is really smooth, even if there's a bit too much percussion (at least for my taste) to be 100% smooth. I still like it though...
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Nice to have that sun on this snow day in Virginia. That's a smooth tropical sunrise by the sound of it. Nicely done!
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I've never actually seen a bumpy Sunrise, but your song is really smooth, even if there's a bit too much percussion (at least for my taste) to be 100% smooth. I still like it though... Thanx for listening and commenting. I was a little apprehensive about the percussion but I left it in. Maybe I should have deleted it. Nice to have that sun on this snow day in Virginia. That's a smooth tropical sunrise by the sound of it. Nicely done! Thanx so much. We have just a little snow right now but this week it is going to be very cold the next few days, single digit temperatures with wind chill around -15F (-26C) and 6" (152mm) of snow.
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a very nice jam, mario. and cool tambourine... fj
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Hi Mario.
This is wonderful listening. I love your choice of instruments. The ambiance that the percussion created worked really well for me. Your ability to improvise in a meaningfully musical way is exceptional. I envy your talent. As I listened, you and your music took me to nice places inside my mind.
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a very nice jam, mario. and cool tambourine... fj Thanx Floyd Hi Mario. This is wonderful listening. I love your choice of instruments. The ambiance that the percussion created worked really well for me. Your ability to improvise in a meaningfully musical way is exceptional. I envy your talent. As I listened, you and your music took me to nice places inside my mind. --Noel Thanx so much Noel for those very kind words. I'm glad you liked it.
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Hi Mario,
I don't know if hectic times are good. Mostly not, but when I hear what those hectic times did to you... A very relaxing, lovely song, you made! I think I can agree with all here. The hectic pace has a special effect on you. I just don't know if this hectic should continue... But knowing you, you can get your inspiration from anything, right?
Hans
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Great performances, mix and arrangement. A chill jam is perfecto for us given the weather situation!
Thanks and we enjoyed it,
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Hi Mario,
I don't know if hectic times are good. Mostly not, but when I hear what those hectic times did to you... A very relaxing, lovely song, you made! I think I can agree with all here. The hectic pace has a special effect on you. I just don't know if this hectic should continue... But knowing you, you can get your inspiration from anything, right?
Hans Thanx so much Hans. I try to get inspired by everything I see, read, or hear. Getting down so it sounds good is another story.
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Great performances, mix and arrangement. A chill jam is perfecto for us given the weather situation! Thanks and we enjoyed it, J&B Thanx Janice an Bud. If you think your cold come up here right now! Today's low was 3F (-16C) and the wind chill has been -15 to -20F (-26C to -29C). Tomorrow, Jan. 21, it is going to be colder. We only have about 6 inches (25.4mm) of snow. The big difference is we are used to it and prepared to handle it and your area is not so stay safe and warm.
OK, a random thought; Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?
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