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A little something I put together on my laptop while Di was going through a long series of tests at the hospital not too long ago. I spent about two hours with it at the hospital and then another hour or so with it when I got home. I just now found enough time to post it. It's a Smooth Jazz saxophone instrumental with a touch of 70s R&B. This was a pretty quick throw-together ... hope it sounds at least halfway decent. Not much spit & polish on this one ... right of the chord input page to Audacity - to Soundcloud - to the PG Forum.

Will visit as many folks as I can over the next couple of days.

Also, I think it's worth mentioning that Mark Douthit is the reference sax player on the track. He shares in any accolades the sax track might garner. Without his foundation, this track would never have happened.




All the other stuff:


File:Late Night.SGU

Key=C, Tempo 75, Length (m:s)=3:31

Style is _SMOOTHY.STY (Smoothie Soul and Smooth Ballad)

BassCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded
DrumsCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded
PianoCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded
GuitarCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded
StringsCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded
MelodyCustom Synth is Synth/Plugin Loaded

RealTracks in style: 908:Bass, Electric, SmoothBallad Ev16 065
RealTracks in song: ~1639:Piano, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkBreezy Ev16 075
RealTracks in song: 1403:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sWarmHeld Ev16 100
RealTracks in style: 1543:Synth Pad, PopBelieve Ev16 065
RealTracks in song: 2020:Sax, Tenor, Soloist PopCountryMark Ev 085 (Bluesy)
Loop in Song: Drums\ModernPopBallad16ths^05-SSy,OSy
RealDrums [in Song:MarkTreeFills[single]: a: MarkTreeFills[single]b: MarkTreeFills[single]

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Mr. David...

Late Night is as radio-ready an example of what makes 'smooth jazz' so smooth as I've ever heard in this forum .

The Real Style and Real Tracks establish the dreamy, eyes closed, cheek-to-cheek mood with the help of your lush chord choices rolled out at just the ideal tempo. The 'lectric piano notes, the ocean-of-sound synth pad, and the mark tree fills create the musical equivalent of Nirvana. The tenor sax solo curls itself around the ensemble in an unhurried, mellow and timeless way that speaks of a romance that enjoins the past, the present and the future into one beautiful forever.

Barry White would've loved to lay down one of his signature deep-voiced, cuddly vocal tracks on this one, I'm sure .

Ms. Di, your man's music must be good medicine for your ears, your heart, and your soul...

- bluage -

Hi Alan,

How smooth, smooth, smooth is that sax! When it started playing in the intro, not only did you capture my imagination but you gave me tingles up and down my spine.... goosebumps rose shortly after. What a sound!

This is a sensational listen.

I love your arrangement. You really are THE MASTER of chord progressions. One chord elegantly turns into another and then another and the journey of harmony is like drifting down a slow flowing river on a late summer afternoon.

As I'm sitting here listening, I keep on thinking over and over just how very talented you are. Exquisite music like this is never an accident. Thank you for posting it and making my day.

How is Di? Rarely a day goes by when I don't think about you both and send healing thoughts your way. I sincerely hope that you and she are travelling as well and as comfortably as possible. Please say "Hello" to her from me.

Kind regards and all the best,
Noel

Hi Al. You are always giving us something great.
I really enjoyed my listen, Sax is fantastic.
Hope Di is doing well. Rob4580

Loren ...

First, thank you very much for such a wonderful review. I've so seldom had the opportunity to post in recent months. Sometimes I feel a bit guilty when I post a new one as I often don't have enough time to properly answer everyone's review. But, taking care of Di and the mundane, daily requirements of life's obligations consume considerable amounts of time and constitute the priority on my daily schedule.

Reading your reviews, not just those you graciously offer my music, but all your reviews, is like reading a well-composed and utterly sophisticated story or poem. There's a non-frivolous flair to your compositions that is engaging and a true pleasure to read.

You mentioned Barry White. He also came to my mind as started my final (actually, only) edit for this song. I also considered the voices of Lou Rawls and, to a lesser but still significant degree, Joe Jackson. Lew Rawls' song "You'll Never Find" kept coming to mind, although the character of that song much different than this one. Yet, the timbre and resonance of his voice sounded like a good fit.

Again, many serious thank yous for your kindness and the time you give my music.

Alan

G'Day, Noel!

You are always so very kind with your comments. You know how to keep an old guy's spirits high! The analogies and similes you use in your comments/reviews always leave me admiring your composition skills. Thank you so very much for those very kind and encouraging words ... they truly mean a lot. You are gifted composer and arranger. Your praise of my work is one of the most significant fires that keeps burning in the pit of my musical fibre. Thank you for those sparks!

Di has undergone so many tests, medicinal trials and various therapies that my calculator would fry if I attempted to number them. But she's a trooper ... she's hanging in there, although she is physically and mentally exhausted. She's having minor surgery on Tuesday and six more appointments between now and the 20th of October. She's currently taking 17 medicinal pills/capsules/tablets daily plus to injections in her stomach weekly. She's been on that regimen for about a year now. I appreciate you asking about her as does she. Your kindness and thoughts are encouraging to both of us.

Wishing you everything good, my friend ...

Alan & Di

G'Day, Rob!

Thank you so much for the very nice comments ... sure do appreciate them. This was a pretty quick composition and I guess it turned out okay from what you and the others have had to say about it.

I have to admit that I, too, was shocked ... in the most pleasant of ways ... when that sax played back. I couldn't have asked for more. Everything else just fell in place behind it. The only track I had a little difficulty finding was the main drum track. I'm still not perfectly happy with it, but I could find no other track sounded better ... I tired a total of 13 other tracks before settling on this one.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for letting me know.

Wishing the very best ...

Alan

PS: Di has been doing reasonably good in the recent two weeks or so. Although she feels noticeably better, she's still confined to bed the majority of the time. I'll let her know you asked. She will appreciate that a lot. I do, too!

Smooth jazz at it's best!

Sounds great to me, Alan, loved everything about it.

Really good to see you with a new one, and happy to hear that Di is doing a bit better.

Alan,

What a great listen! You are SO good at these...

Your instrumentals always seem to "tell a story".

That mix SPARKLES! Jumps right out at ya...

So fine.

fj

(best to Di!)

That sax is really amazing and you have mixed it superbly. Enjoyable relaxing chord progression, and the arrangement is perfect with mark tree etc. Professional sounding all the way.

Janne

Boy was that sax cool. I love clicking on your track. Never know what genre you are going to slip into. Really learning to love jazz. Best wishes to your and Di

Al,
Beautiful smooth and sumptious...easy to float away on that sax.
Extraordinarily good production,especially considering the circumstances you worked in.
All the best.

Robert

Hi Floyd ...

Thank you very much. Sure do appreciate the nice review! I particularly enjoyed your comment that my instrumentals often "tell a story". I believe that's would a decent instrumental should do. The character and intonation of the instruments, along with their placement and blend, should have some coherence that wanders through a progressive movement. I'm not sure I expressed that well, but I hope you get the idea of what i was trying to say.

Again, many thanks! Wishing you & yours the very best ...

Alan

Hi Dave!

So great to hear from you! I'm delighted you enjoyed your listen. Sometimes these things just pop into my head and I try to translate them to a coherent and interesting sound. It's quite pleasing to know that sometimes I get it right!

Many thanks, my friend. Di says "Hi!" and appreciates your thought.

Alan

Janne ...

Hello, my friend! I always enjoy hearing from you. I'm glad you liked the song. I sincerely appreciate the very nice words you have for the song. Thank you very much! I, too, like that Mark Tree set of chimes. I might use it more often!

Wishing you the very best ...

Alan

Good Evening, Robert ...

Thank you for the listen and the very warm comments regarding the song. There is never a complicated set of steps in my mixing and arranging. Audacity is the closest thing I have to a DAW. I do almost everything on the chord input page them move it over to Audacity for a little massaging and that's about it. The mixing and mastering programs everyone talks about totally baffle me. I'm primarily a guitar player and a when-all-else-fails vocalist. the engineering side of it is a foreign language to me! But I do work very hard on the songs before I finish them on the chord input page.

Again, many thanks ...

Alan

Skipped right over you, Scott ... sorry! Some day you'll be old and you'll understand!!!

Glad you enjoyed it! Well, I do compose in multiple genres. I guess that's because I like almost all genre's of music and they all speak me in their on peculiar ways. I sometimes change genres in midstream!

I've always enjoyed Jazz, particularly Smooth Jazz. Glad it's making a bit of a mark with you. Wishing you well, my friend ...

Alan

Yep, sax to the max.
it plays well over the changes and bed you created.
there was a time in the 80s when sax was everywhere in pop rock.
Well done.

Wow - what a tune! Delightfully smooth, and the groove is phenomenal. It flows like butter and makes for a really enticing listen. The sax really pushes it along nicely, and I like how sparkly the backing instrumentation sounds.

You should be proud of this one. Thanks for sharing

This song exemplifies the power of Biab in the hands of a talented user.

The best compliment we can give is that it sounds like a great "gig honed" band.

An amazing use of realtracks as you selected tracks that sound so "together' both rhythmically and melodically.

Smoooth, smooth, smooth......

Best to both of you!

J&B

PS We would play to see that band.

Hello Ray ...

Thank you very much for the kind words. Glad you liked it. Wishing you the very best ...

Alan

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Hi Deryk ...

Thank so much. Always a pleasure to hear from you and the other PG Music staff. Glad you liked it. And yes, I take a bit of pride in this. It was a very quick "throw-together". But it seems to have come out okay. Thanks for the visit. Best to you and your colleagues @ PG Music.

Alan

Howdy there, Folks!

Aw ... you guys are just too nice! Thank you for the kind comments and encouragement. My time to work on music (and visit here) is very limited. So, I have to make the best of the time I have. I have to take Di to the hospital for a treatment ten days each month plus all the other stuff you already know about.

I'm delighted this quick effort resonated so nicely with you. That "gig honed" comment was particularly nice - much appreciated! Again, many thanks for the props!

Hope both of you have a terrific week ...

Alan

Hi, Al & Di !:))


Hard to believe one
can achieve so astounding
music using these BIAB tools ?
But,we have to believe our ears
even when we have difficulties
believing it ! What a program
and what a superb tune you´ve
created using those tools !

Absolutely stunning !

Cheers Dani

So easy to listen to. The harmonies really tell a story and just made me feel good about things. The sax solo was well-wrought and jazz without being overblown. All in a very sweet mix that sounded great on the phones. Much enjoyed.

Hi Dani ...

You are very kind with your comments ... thank you so much! It's nice to know one's efforts are appreciated by his/her peers. I appreciate all those nice words! Best to you ...

Alan

Tangomo ...

I truly appreciate the listen and those wonderful comments. I';m delighted you liked the song. It's already one of my own favorites of the instrumentals I've written. Much appreciated, my friend! Wishing you everything good ...

Alan

Nice one !

Late Jazz paradise well done and produced.

Thanks

The BIAB RT is superb in this song. I don't know if it was your chord sequence or arrangement, but it flowed perfectly with no apparent glitches that give away that the sax player is not playing your song directly. I played sax in from middle school through high-school, so I'm a bit partial to it. Really enjoyed this listen.

Beautiful production. Luxurious!

Thank you Beatmaster. I appreciate your kind words. Wishing you well ...

Alan

Hi Mark ...

Thanks for the listen and nice comments! The arrangement is m mine. I spend a lot of time playing around with unusual and unexpected chord patterns. Chords fascinate me!

I'm delighted the sax presentation came across as seamless. thank you for noting that and commenting on it! Wishing you well ...

Alan

Hi Jimmy!

First, welcome to the forum. Good to have you with us. Hope you enjoy it here as much as I have.

Thank you very much for those kind comments. I sure do appreciate the! Wishing you the best ...

Alan

I really, really, really needed to hear a track like this tonight. I've had a crazy day and this is just balm for spiritual "wounds", so to speak. Thank you, more than you may perhaps imagine - great job ... beautiful, beautiful track.

Very, very SWEET Alan!! Production is great!! You have such a knack for instrumentals....love this!! Take care. Greg

Hello James ...

Sorry you had a trying day ... but delighted this song helped to make it a little better at the end. I'm very happy you enjoyed it. I appreciate the very kind words. Thanks for the visit and giving me a few minutes of your time. Wishing you everything good ...

Alan

Greg ...

Thank you so very much. I do appreciate those very nice words. Your comments and support sure do put a smile in my heart and on my face. Again, thanks so very much! And your recent posts, like all the ones before them, are simply fabulous. You are one fabulous singer, my friend!

Wish you & yours the very best ...

Alan


PS: Will be sending you a PM later today.

Dear alan,

three hours? Can hardly believe it.... This is just another very fine piece of music like you've written so many others. Very nice harmonic progressions, and the sax playing is of course just awesome. Al, I know that you are so modest, but you are a heck of a song-writer !!!!

Makes me sad to read thet Di still needs to have tests, so I hope that they brought sufficient insight to help her recover as much and as soon as possible.

Very warm regards to both of you,

Stefan

Wow, this is sensational.

Al, you talk as though you just threw it together, but the finished result tells stories that much more had to be involved.

You conducted 'the band' with masterful skill. 10 out of 10 for this one

Just lovely Alan. That sax just flows and flows.
The arrangement and the instruments gives this a real "Late Night" feel.
Cheers,
Mike

Hello VT ...

Thank you so much. But, really, just a little over three hours were spent on this recording. I don't even use a DAW, mixer, or mastering device. All my songs come straight off the chord input page. Now, I do a lot of massaging the song on the chord input sheet! From the chord input page, I send the song to Audacity and do a littler playing with it there. After that, I load it onto the SounCloud and link it from SoundCloud to the PG Music User's Forum and a few other online sites. That's the entire game!!!

Anyway, thank you so much for the very kind words ... much appreciated.

Alan

Wow.

I was expecting something nice, but this really impressed me. From the first beat to the end, it just sound good.

As blueadge said, "radio ready".

Many thanks to all who have commented so nicely since my last "Thank You" reply. Pressed for time right now, but will get back to everyone personally over the next day or two. So glad everyone is enjoying this. I guess it turned out okay for a three-hour process. Best to everyone ...

Alan

Hi Alan,

I think I'm a little late hearing your song. Very nice one and that sax is marvelous, as I also wrote on your SoundCloudpage.
You can picture yourself easely in a pub listening to the last song before closing...

Bye,
Hans

Guten Abend mein sehr gut Fruend ...

Thank you so much, Stefan! Yes, just a little more than three hours from first effort to posting it at Soundcloud. Sometimes, everything just falls into place. That's what happened here. And thank you for the song-writer complement. I sure do appreciate that!

Di's daily trips to the hospital are actually a good thing, although they are very time-consuming. She has to get an infusion of a very, very strong antibiotic that takes about an hour. They have surgically inserted a port (like the one they gave me for my cancer chemo treatments) just below her right shoulder. But with the travel time to and from the hospital, the prep she goes through, and the after-infusion follow-up, it's about three hours total. The good news is ... she's getting stronger and in better health with each visit. Right now, she feels better than she has in 4 or 5 years. But the daily trips, including weekends, are very tiring for her. I go for a three-mile walk with her twice a day, almost every day. She rides a battery-powered scooter most of the way but walks the last 50 meters. That';s longer than she has walked in many years. So, as we say here in the States ... It's all good! Thank you for aksing.

Again, many thanks for your kind words. We hope Maha is getting better, too. You two are special friends to us.

Bis spaeter ...

Alan & Di

Hi VT!

Thank you for those very kind words. They sure do make an old heart feel good! But, as I've detailed to previous reviewers, I actually spent little more than three hours putting this together ... start to finish. My process is super simple ... chord input sheet, Audacity, save. That';s it. I do not use a DAW, unless you want to call Audacity a DAW, which I would not. As I said, it's a quick and simple process for me. But, I do a lot of work on the tracks on the chord input page.

Anyway, I thank you very much for your kindness. Wishing you nothing but the best ...

Alan

PS: All that empty space before your comment will not go away when I try to delete it. Who knows why??!!

HI Mike!

Always a real pleasure to hear from you! I';m delighted the song sounds good to you. Thanks for letting me know! Wishing you the best ...

Alan

Hi David ...

Thank you very much! I'm more than delighted you liked it. I really appreciate those very encouraging words! Wishing you nothing but the best ...

Alan

Hello Hans!

Thank you for your time to listen and for your very nice comments. I appreciate all that very much! A late night, smokey, dark club setting is exactly what i had in mind. I'm very happy it came across that way to you! Thank you for letting me know!

Wishing you the best ...

Alan

My daughter and I are sitting here enjoying your composition. Tenor sax is one of the instruments she plays. She was really digging the sax solo.

Alan

Wonderful work on this, superb sounding sax and a great overall mix and progression.

Lovely work all round.

Peter

Smooth & beautiful...
It would fit well on the play list on our local jazz station...
I'm also happy to hear Di is doing much better...
Give her my love!

Howdy!

Thanks so much for the kind comments. Can't get here very often for any length of time - hope that changes soon. Si, please accept my apology for the late reply. Glad you and your daughter enjoyed it! Best to you ...

Alan

He Peter ...

Sorry for the tardy reply but can't get here very often these days. I sure do appreciate those very nice comments - glad you liked it! Wishing you the best ...

Alan

Jim ...

Many thanks for the nice comments. I appreciate them very much. And I'll pass on your kind words to Di ... we both appreciate that! Wishing you the very best!

Alan