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Vinnie's Vamp

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I heard this kind of eighth-note walking bass in an old mystery movie, and that was the basis for this track. Brass and saxes would sound alot more realistic if I had a 'big band' type of sample package, like Garritan, which I don't!

I spent alot of time 'wrestling' with RB on this one, after I got it all done, trying to render it to a WAV file. My primary sound source, SampleTank3, was continually 'late' in starting...to solve it, I had to copy in 4 'throw-away' bars at the beginning to give ST3 enough time to 'start', otherwise I wound up with a bar or two without those midi notes sounding...anyone else ever have this problem?

Thanks in advance for checking this out!

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Sweet jazz/lounge piece. I like the trade-offs. The basic backing was sparse and cool-sounding. My only beef is the mix. It's a bit uneven, to my ears.


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Thanks Tangmo...it's always good to have another pair of ears to hear where improvements can be made..thanks for the feedback!

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Musically, it's wonderful.

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Nice work Tano smile The walking bass worked perfectly here. I thought the progressions were nice, and I like the minimalist approach to your backing track selection. It works very well.

Great job, and thanks for sharing!


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Wow! I really like this. Great composition. Such a cool vibe.

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Marty, Deryk, gruverider...thanks for listening in!

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I absolutely loved listening to this piece of music! It reminded me of movies like "The Pink Panther" or "The Party". It got a bit of 1960-movies-feeling to it which is very nice. :-)

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The composition is cool - the gradual build kept my attention and your use of the various solo instruments is creative ( especially for this non-midi guy).
Its not my genre, but I did think the walking bass could come forward in the mix.

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A really nice piece. Truly keeps the ear interested start to finish. A lot of nice surprises with instruments in and out.

Enjoyed.

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Will, Robert, Floyd...thanks for listening..I think there's still a little work to be done on it, but glad you enjoyed it!

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Sounds like a theme for a Pink Panther reboot.


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1960-movies-feeling


Totally agree with the comment above, by no means that was the best era for movie scores. Enjoyed.


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Ray and beatmaster..thanks for listening..your comments about Pink Panther are probably right-on...I would say this track is "Mancini" inspired.

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Hello, Tom

As others said, this is Henry Mancini.
Horns are extremely good.
I rememberd that I had studied the arrangement with Henry Mancini's "Sounds and Scores" at Yamaha Music School when I was young.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

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Very cool...and classy.

Yep, it definitely has that 60's film theme feel to it.

A Bud as a upright bass walker (back in the day) has gotta love it!

Most enjoyable.

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Sounds great man. Really smooth.

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Shigeki, J&B, David..thanks for listening and commenting!

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Great, original.
Liked a lot.


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Really evocative, interesting and clever.
An excellent musical journey.

Peter

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Thanks EMG and Peter!

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A 1960's mystery, spy or TV theme. This is extremely well done. You had me hooked from the first measure!

Great song!


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Tom,

I agree with the others who said this would sit really comfortably in a 60s movie or TV show. Your composing and arranging are excellent and very creative! You really know your stuff.

I really liked how your used the stereo field to introduce ear-candy. You had me sitting here wondering what I was going to hear next and where it would come from!

This was a very enjoyable musical journey.

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Mario/Noel...thanks for the feedback. I'm not entirely happy with the arrangement; I think it needs a more logical movement from section to section--in places it just seems random and unconnected, and I'm going to work on that to improve it. Thanks again!

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