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Grooving at the Holiday Inn Circa the late 1960's. Place, the jazz lounge at the Holiday Inn Band, Mario and His Mystical Merry Music Makers I did this just for the fun of it. BiaB style - Jazz Rock 16th Quartet w/Elect Tempo - 100 BPM I deleted the guitar and string tracks Bass- Ample Bass - JII Piano - Lounge Lizard - tine based - 12 Warm Model V Drums - RD from style I am playing my Jay Turser Jazz box guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the Swam Tenor Sax. As always all comments are welcomed.
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Next stop Howard Johnson's! I feel like I am in the middle of a period piece. I can see ladies with bouffant hairdos sitting in a haze of cigarette smoke. You've got a knack for putting it all together. The sax solo is notable and brilliantly understated.
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Love the Swami working out on tenor, gets my attention every time. Sitting back with a Tom Collins and a pack of Luckies, thinking about that gal who got away.
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Mario,
Wow! No one does these period pieces like you. You completely put the listener in the scene. Love the sax and awesome mix.
A new favorite!
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Mario, Super smooth tune. Love guitar work, such a cool tone and fx! Good job on wind controller. To my taste sax needs a bit more body..., bass? I know little about the subject to give meaningful suggestion. Overall listens very well and mix is clear. Fun title. I attended a few concerts that were staged at local motels / hotels fairly recently  Thank you for sharing. Misha.
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Enjoyed my return visit to Marty's musical time machine. That's a fun BiaB bass track, and your guitar and breath controller work are super nice over the changes. Love the middle eight section, too. Very cool!
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"Mario and His Mystical Merry Music Makers", I like that!  Sounds great, Mario, nice playing and great tone from your jazz box! Sax sounds fabulous also.
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Next stop Howard Johnson's! I feel like I am in the middle of a period piece. I can see ladies with bouffant hairdos sitting in a haze of cigarette smoke. You've got a knack for putting it all together. The sax solo is notable and brilliantly understated. Thanx so much. I remember those smoke filled lounges. I had to have my asthma inhalers ready at all times!
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Love the Swami working out on tenor, gets my attention every time. Sitting back with a Tom Collins and a pack of Luckies, thinking about that gal who got away. Thanx Bob. I quit thinking about the girls that got away when I found one that wouldn't run away!
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Mario,
Wow! No one does these period pieces like you. You completely put the listener in the scene. Love the sax and awesome mix.
A new favorite!
Bob Thanx Bob I'm glad you liked it. I try to set the stage for the listener by posting what I was thinking as I composing. Sometimes it works!
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Mario, Super smooth tune. Love guitar work, such a cool tone and fx! Good job on wind controller. To my taste sax needs a bit more body..., bass? I know little about the subject to give meaningful suggestion. Overall listens very well and mix is clear. Fun title. I attended a few concerts that were staged at local motels / hotels fairly recently Thank you for sharing. Misha. Thanx so much Misha for this wonderful review. The live music scene around here is all but dead; it's all DJs and Karioke.
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Enjoyed my return visit to Marty's musical time machine. That's a fun BiaB bass track, and your guitar and breath controller work are super nice over the changes. Love the middle eight section, too. Very cool! Thanx so much Ron. "Mario and His Mystical Merry Music Makers", I like that! Sounds great, Mario, nice playing and great tone from your jazz box! Sax sounds fabulous also. Thanx Dave, I'm glad that you liked it.
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I always look forward to your dreamlike atmospheric pieces. Aside: whenever I think of you I think of Aimee Mann's "Pavlov's Bell". You could call your fictional band "The Oh, Marios!"
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Hi, Mario. Makes for nice background music. I thought the sax was a touch distant in the mix. If only tenor sax players could play that quietly.  For a moment, I was a bit sad about the loss of lounge music, but your comment about your inhaler fixed that.
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Just hearing the electric piano takes me to another planet. A beautiful atmosphere and great bass and guitar.
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That definitely takes me back and had the exceptional ability to also relieve some stress. Thanks.
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I always look forward to your dreamlike atmospheric pieces. Aside: whenever I think of you I think of Aimee Mann's "Pavlov's Bell". You could call your fictional band "The Oh, Marios!" Thanx Chay. I had not heard of Aimee Mann so I looked her up. That is a great song. I'll think about remaining the band's name!
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Hi, Mario. Makes for nice background music. I thought the sax was a touch distant in the mix. If only tenor sax players could play that quietly. For a moment, I was a bit sad about the loss of lounge music, but your comment about your inhaler fixed that. Thanx David. I did have to beat that saxophonist in to playing quietly, they are almost as bad a guitarist when it comes to volume  I don't miss those smokey bars or lounges at all!
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Great sounds from an outstanding band. Man, I wish they played in a Holiday Inn near me. Mario is surely the guitarist because he steals the show with superb playing. And Swam(i) the Saxman is a fine treat as one of the front men in this grea mystical group.
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Just hearing the electric piano takes me to another planet. A beautiful atmosphere and great bass and guitar.
Laurent Thanx Laurent. I also love the sound of a good EP. The bass credit goes to PGM as it is their bass track.
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That definitely takes me back and had the exceptional ability to also relieve some stress. Thanks. Thanx so much Beth. I'm glad I was able to relieve some stress.
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Excellent tune Mario. I can see the ladies sipping Tom Collins and the men three fingers of bourbon and ice. Super mellow and relaxing. Well done
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Excellent tune Mario. I can see the ladies sipping Tom Collins and the men three fingers of bourbon and ice. Super mellow and relaxing. Well done Thanx Scott, l'm glad you liked it.
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"I did this just for the fun of it."
Thank you!
I (Bud) used to drop by the Holiday Inn while in grad school (1969) to see who was playing.
I was managing some rock bands at the time was a lover of many musical genres.
But the Inn introduced me to jazz. And man did this take me back to that.
Played to perfection by you, great supporting session folks and a good mix.
Enjoyed it!
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"I did this just for the fun of it."
Thank you!
I (Bud) used to drop by the Holiday Inn while in grad school (1969) to see who was playing.
I was managing some rock bands at the time was a lover of many musical genres.
But the Inn introduced me to jazz. And man did this take me back to that.
Played to perfection by you, great supporting session folks and a good mix.
Enjoyed it!
J&B Thanx Janice and Bud. I'm glad that this brought back some fond memories Bud.
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Mario,
You have quite the talent for titling your instrumental tunes . . . they really capture the vibe your song gives off, as well as tick at one’s curiosity. Production and mix is excellent, as is the instrumental and sound choices. Good stuff!!
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Mario,
You have quite the talent for titling your instrumental tunes . . . they really capture the vibe your song gives off, as well as tick at one’s curiosity. Production and mix is excellent, as is the instrumental and sound choices. Good stuff!!
Deej Thanx Deej. Sometimes I name my instrumentals first then compose while other times it is in reverse. This one started out with a different title but the song led me to the current title.
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Nice song, guitar and sax, Mario!
I enjoyed the mellow 1960s lounge vibe, you captured it well.
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Nice song, guitar and sax, Mario!
I enjoyed the mellow 1960s lounge vibe, you captured it well. Thanx Bob, I'm glad that you liked it.
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Mario, you reminded me of the times living in a smaller town where the only place that the real players could stretch out was the local hotel lounge..usually wasn’t very crowded, but the small-town jazz masters were really good, just no high profile venue. Thanks for “painting” this late-night memory.
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One of your best. Relaxed me so much. Much more complex than it seems at first glance, and made to sound easy. Loved it - bravo.
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Mario, you reminded me of the times living in a smaller town where the only place that the real players could stretch out was the local hotel lounge..usually wasn’t very crowded, but the small-town jazz masters were really good, just no high profile venue. Thanks for “painting” this late-night memory. Thanx Tom. A number of years ago we had a few jazz lounges around here. Unfortunately they no long exist. In fact there are very few live music places left and those that do don't pay a lot to play there. Karaoke and DJs have taken over.
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One of your best. Relaxed me so much. Much more complex than it seems at first glance, and made to sound easy. Loved it - bravo. Thanx James I'm glad you liked it.
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