I'm Back

After a couple of months of not playing music due to circumstances beyond my control I just thought it is time to have some fun. This is just me jamming on my guitar with Band-in-a-Box.

I hope you enjoy it for what it is.

BiaB style = Bushwick MIDI SW Smooth Funk

Deleted guitar and strings

Bass- Ample Bass-Yin Yang - Slap bass - effects = Presonus Pro EO, and compression

Drums - Addictive Drums - Mr Funker - effects - Waves CLA drums

Piano - Kontakt Library - upright piano - effects = Waves JJP keys and strings

I played the brass via my keyboard controller using Kontakt - Megabrass (3rd party patch) - no effects

I also played my jazz box guitar - effects Presonus compression and BlueCat ReGuitar.

Cool song with some cool licks Mario! That section at around 1:45 was my favorite. Good spread in the mix! Fun song! Thanks, Torrey

Mario,

This is good - real good! I love the guitar in this one - a great mix as well.

Bob

Sounds great Mario! Really like the bass groove

Good guitar work, kept my interest.

Hey, this is really great Mario.

Boy, I'm glad you're back, in more ways than one, too.

I like the vibe you got going through the song. A great jazz fusion funk feel. Nice one.

Hello Mario,

VERY interesting and ear-catching. Love your guitar playing an awful lot. Had a lot of pleasure listening to this one. A really good job!

Take care,

Stefan

Yeah! This is great, Mario! Love the track, great groove and killer bassline.

But most of all I love your guitar playing! Great chops. Good to see you back!

Mario,

Love that bass! Cool guitar. Horn stabs are neat.

Glad you found time to give us another....

fj

Man, production wise you used a little bit of a lot! Makes my head
spin thinking about how to produce something like this.

Love that funky bass and your guitar is superb.

And a great mix also.

Welcome back,

J&B

Good to see (and hear) you around again Mario!! Always like your stuff! Nice jam!! Take care. Greg

Good to have you back, Mario! I really like the track... it is funky and engaging!

Don't react to those people who wants to "help" you go viral (in the comments on SoundCloud) - they are scammers... if people like your music it will go viral by itself!

Will

Very cool jazz box tone with ace licks all over the place.

Wow, Mario! What fun. Expressive and innovative phrases everywhere.

Very good funk for a comeback song Chording is warm-hearted. Nice guitar playing and the dialog between piano and brass is very enjoyable. Nice mix also, especially the brass has magical smooth sound.

Janne

Loved this Mario. Some very cool phrasing . Excellent backtrack. Glad to hear your back playing again

Thanx so much for listening and commenting. I did have fun doing this one.

Thanx Bob. That ReGuitar is a lot of fun to use for changing guitar tones.

Thanx Marty. That bass groove is strictly from the style. The only thing that I did was to pick the bass sound.

Thanx for listening and commenting. I appreciate that.

Thanx VT. That vibe is all BiaB. All I'm doing is jamming along to it.

Thanx Stefan. This old arthritic fingered hacker appreciates it.

Thanx Dave. That groove and bass line is all BiaB as all I did was to pick the sounds.

Thanx Floyd. That bass is straight from BiaB. The horn stabs are from a free bee that I just picked up. I'm glad you like it.

Thanx J&B. If I can do this so can you, it ain't that hard.

Thanx so much Greg.

Thanx Will. I know all about those scammers. I gave up being a big rock star many years ago. Now I'm happy just to be breathing!

I really appreciate this Ray. Thanx so much.

Thanx for listening and commenting on this simple jam Ed.

Thanx Janne. That brass is a free bee that I just picked up. It has only one sound with just a few modifiers but it does an excellent job on stabs IMHO.

Thanx for commenting Scott. I'm glad that you liked it.

As we say here in Oklahoma: "You done good!"

As we say here in New York "Thank you".

Welcome back to playing! And what an amazing re-entrance you've made. It definitely sounds like you had a lot of fun with this tune. Thanks for sharing!

Thanx Ember. But you should give all the thanx to BiaB. All I did was to jam along with it! I love jamming with BiaB!

I'm always up for fun!

Some nice melodic guitar ideas in there.

Glad you're back!

Thanx Dave, I appreciate that.

Extremely smooth & nice...
Everything about it is outstanding & pleasing to my ears...
I must say...
When you decide "I'm Back"...
You certainly do it with style !

Jim, thanx a lot for these comments. They are appreciated for sure.

I'm a little late, but welcome back Mario! Love the funky vibes on this one, and as always really fantastic playing on this. It's a really engaging piece and had my toe tapping the whole way through.

Thanks for sharing

Thanx so much Deryk for listening and commenting on this jam.

Man, I really enjoyed this instrumental.. Great Guitar playing!! I agree with the above the bass was awesome!!

Mario

Some very nice playing on this engaging composition.

Really good work.

Peter

Thanx Ronnie, I'm glad you liked this little jam of mine.

Thanx so much Peter.

Love the bass groove and your guitar work Mario.
It's got such a happy vibe. I've played it a couple of times now and it just brings a smile to my face.
Welcome back.
Cheers,
Mike

Thanx so much Mike for listening and commenting. I'm glad you like it.

Your guitar work kept the attention of my ears throughout the song. Very enjoyable to listen to!

Thanx for the very kind comments.

Hi Mario,

Welcome back!!!

I didn't catch this one until now. (I'm a bit slow at the moment.) This is fantastic!!! It's a great instrumental interpretation of the theme "I'm Back"! To me, it sounded like a guitar fanfare that's been mixed with funk, cooked to perfection and then iced with a ton of fun! Loved it!

All the best,
Noel

Whoa! I didn't see this coming. Man, that was wild! I loved it! Nice playing Sir Mario!

Neat tune Mario, welcome back!

Mike B.

Hi Mario, Long time no songs. It's great to be back and see you back.

Love that guitar tone. George Benson watch out.
I fully understand the arthritis comment, I can't play like I used to.

Oh the pain, the pain.

Keep 'em coming.