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#502016 11/18/18 08:35 AM
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Another little experiment of mine I've deemed worth sharing ;-)
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The BIAB style is: _ASHBURY.STY (Ashbury San Fran Jazz Soul)

I've added a Sax solo in the middle (~~1056:Sax, Alto, Soloist, SmoothJazzCool sw16 100), and the trumpet melody is done using Sibelius and NotePerformer.

It's nothing major, just a small tune, but feedback is always, always welcome - thanks!

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Very nice tune James. Cool back track. Loved the sax


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I really likes this one James smile It isn’t anything super fancy, but I loved the groove and though you did an excellent job with the horns here. Sometimes less is more, they say!


Got my toe tapping for sure - thanks for sharing!


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Thanks Scott and Deryk!!! Yes, it was just a little bit of fun, nothing more, but glad you liked it all the same!

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Great work on this musician17! This is excellent. Fantastic selection of instruments here and the vibe is very appealing. Great tone with the saxophone too really helps keep interest. Well done!


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Really enjoyed the use of the saxophone in this song. Definitely gives it some flavour. Thanks for sharing!


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Dear James...

I'll think I'll take the liberty of subtitling "Day Out" as "Time Machine", because it pulled me back into the musical sound of the 70's!

It's got a snappy, upbeat rhythm, courtesy of the Real style you employed, and the trumpet melody is bright, lively, and has a sunrise feel to it. I think you must have worked on the trumpet part quite closely, particularly in the way you handled the subtle volume changes in your attack and release curves, because it approaches the sound of the actual instrument in a surprising number of places throughout the composition.

I never visited the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco, but I believe you definitely channeled the aura of the place and time that it captured the public's attention -- if that's what you were attempting to do, that is.

Carry on your merry, musical way, James. i'll be happy to tag along!!!

Looking up,

LOREN


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A very nice tune, musician17. I especially love the way you integrated the sax solo.

Cheers,

Stefan

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Thanks again, everyone ... really nice comments!

Loren: much as I'd love to claim credit for it, I wasn't really going for replicating that particular sound per se, i.e. as it relates to the Haight-Ashbury style itself. What I did have in mind was a reasonably clear idea of the sound I was trying to achieve, and found that this particular BIAB style met my needs the most. But it's always great to find out the history of a particular style and movement - I spent a little time online researching this, following your comment, and came away enriched for it - so thanks!

I'll do my best to carry on having fun with music and BIAB ... I'm currently preparing a few BIAB arrangements of some public domain Christmas carols ... so I may post them on here when I'm done? Regardless, the main thing is, as you say, to have fun with music, I think ... so let's hope we all carry on doing that. Cheers once more!

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James… I really liked this… Especially the initial basic theme that you stated.

If I had to give you some constructive feedback, it would be that I think the nice pleasant phrasing got lost a little bit with the diminished chords about 2/3 of the way through. I would have just stuck with restating your main theme in various ways.. good results from your experiment though!

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Thanks Tano Music so much! You are, of course, absolutely spot on - I did feel, myself, that the initial tune got a bit lost exactly at that point during the song ... but, being the lazy man that I am, I was hoping no-one would notice. Scant hope on here ;-) - so thanks for rightly, deservedly pulling me up on it!

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Really sweet listen!! I'll have to check out that style. Very catchy and uplifting! Love the trumpet melody....immediately memorable!! Take care. Greg

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Very pleasant.


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Hi James,

Really, really nice. I love this style and you've morte than done it justice. That was really nice listen - thanks for the listening pleasure. Best to you.

Alan


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Thanks all :-)

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