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Sunday's Groove

Just having a little fun last Sunday.

I'm taking a short break from my New Age/Ambient stuff and jamming with various BiaB styles. My next song will probably be back to those genres, but no promise.

BiaB style - Funk at T70 - Slow Funk
Tempo - 65 BPM
I deleted the string track
Bass - Ample Bass - YingYang - slap setting
Piano - Lounge Lizard - Reed - Rockin' Roots
Guitar - Kontakt - SoundProp - Direct P90 - Palm Mute setting
Drums - the RD from the style

I am playing my Kramer NightRider guitar and via my breath and keyboard controllers the Swam Tenor Sax.

As always all comments are welcomed.

Sunday's Groove


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Cool one, Mario. Love those changes! Nice band and that's a FUNKY tone on your Kramer. Super feel on the tenor sax, as always with your nifty controller work. A+!


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Mario,

Love this! I can't get enough of that Swam Sax - it sounds tremendous. The Kramer sounds great as well. All wrapped up in an excellent mix.

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Nice one, good groove, but was your guitar a little bit out of tune?

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Fun little jam, Mario. Man, that sax especially sounds amazing!

Nicely done.

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Very cool jamming groove. I thought that was you on bass until I read further. Yeah, used that Yin-Yang slapper once too. I really like the drum intro. Cool changes with enough variation to keep the solos fresh. This ain't the New Age I've heard --it's Mario better. I dig that guitar and the sax adds a nice touch. Any genre you play you make your own. Well done.


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Originally Posted by DC Ron
Cool one, Mario. Love those changes! Nice band and that's a FUNKY tone on your Kramer. Super feel on the tenor sax, as always with your nifty controller work. A+!

Thanx Ron, I'm glad you liked it.

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Mario,

Love this! I can't get enough of that Swam Sax - it sounds tremendous. The Kramer sounds great as well. All wrapped up in an excellent mix.

Bob

Thanx Bob. I really like those Swam instruments.


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Originally Posted by Brno
Nice one, good groove, but was your guitar a little bit out of tune?

Thanx Brno. I always tune my guitars prior to playing them and according to Melodyne they stayed in tune. Maybe it was the effects?

Did anyone else noticed that the guitar wasn't in tune?


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Originally Posted by BlueAttitude
Fun little jam, Mario. Man, that sax especially sounds amazing!

Nicely done.

Thanx Dave for taking the time to listen and comment on my little song. I appreciate it.


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Originally Posted by BabuMusic
Very cool jamming groove. I thought that was you on bass until I read further. Yeah, used that Yin-Yang slapper once too. I really like the drum intro. Cool changes with enough variation to keep the solos fresh. This ain't the New Age I've heard --it's Mario better. I dig that guitar and the sax adds a nice touch. Any genre you play you make your own. Well done.

Thanx Marty. I always try to put some me into my songs, otherwise they would be like an AI song. The drum is just a B fill count-in.


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Hi, Mario.

Nice backing tracks, and good playing on the sax - melodic and catchy! smile


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Really like that drum roll intro. It's interesting how the instrumentation can make a track sound faster or slower than it actually is as this at 65 bpm sounds faster than my new one at 90! I realised that if I used purely Latin samples it would appear to be a lot faster than it actually is.


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Originally Posted by dcuny
Hi, Mario.

Nice backing tracks, and good playing on the sax - melodic and catchy! smile

Thanx so much David.


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Originally Posted by WaoBand
Really like that drum roll intro. It's interesting how the instrumentation can make a track sound faster or slower than it actually is as this at 65 bpm sounds faster than my new one at 90! I realised that if I used purely Latin samples it would appear to be a lot faster than it actually is.

Thanx so much Chay. Yes the density and rhythm of the rhythm section has a direct bearing on how fast the song sounds.


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Reposted below.


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Enjoyed that one, too...
Cool growl on that sax!
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Originally Posted by floyd jane
Enjoyed that one, too...
Cool growl on that sax!
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Thanx Floyd. I'm glad you liked the growling sax.


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We enjoyed the jam.

The guitar and sax (ever how you do it smile ) always work together so well.
Reckon they ought to given you are playing each one!

Even before we listen when we see your waveform on SC it's obvious it's gonna be a nice mix.
Open, plenty of space for each track and nice dynamics. Right in our wheelhouse.

Enjoyed it!

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It's Saturday today, but it works just as well! Fun little groove...kinda reggae to my ears...at least the bread, not the filling. Really liked that change at 1:15.

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Cool laid-back jam. Sound turns whimsical at :49. Fun! Love the sax.

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