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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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Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?
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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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Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?
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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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Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?
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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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