Description : Nice Jazz Tune featuring Chip Jenkins on vocals
Scott B on drums.
And me on everything else.
Please comment..
Description : This track contains only free loops from several Looperman artists. This one is especially sweet to me - i hope you will enjoy to listen it as much as me while making it. :) UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops (fully or partially):
FERRYTERRY: 0747210-0054759 (90 bpm spacetrip single guitar),
0747210-0054758 (90 bpm spacetrip double guitar),
0747210-0055660 (120 swing drum 2),
MIDISPARKS: 0479957-0059406 (bonang groove),
0479957-0047347 (sunrise percussion),
0479957-0047312 (sunrise riders),
PSYCHOTROPIC_CIRCLE: 0071878-0005564 (Fat Fusion 120),
0071878-0002790 (Fusion 01),
THEDREAMMERCHANT: 0431343-0040289 (Creepy Groan),
0431343-0040290 (Creepy Laugh),
ELASTROTOM: 0878928-0059665 (ElastronicallyYours Bass),
QWERTY12: 0460559-0058073 (101 Spacey Studio Kit),
NIGHTINGALE: 0207475-0035862 (Doll Tears),
VANTAGE: 0468737-0037624 (Vantage - Snow Drop Piano),
DANB10: 1137042-0069663 (Wasser rauschen),
THEPANTHERLAB: 0430930-0049010 (solo hats delay 2 - 100 bpm),
NGSBB: 0094137-0047984 (Cmin9 Bossa Nova Nylon Guitar 120 bpm),
SONICLEARNINGS: 0518158-0045674 (Above the sadness),
TEXARCANA: 0434810-0053253 (A 21st Century IPCRESS sound),
TONYRAY: 0481887-0039714 (Acrili choral over piano),
ACRYLIC: 0170043-0009506 (Swingshift 3),
SCOTTSIMS1970: 0867406-0057508 (Jazz Guitar),
TRANCEFER: 0052497-0001017 (Rhodes Lounge),
MEGAPAUL: 0448131-0065256 (Gorgonzola Burgers 80bpm Gm),
CRAIGBLACKMOORE: 0593331-0057231 (ambient-drums-80bpm), - (unavaiable loop?)
Description : "Sausalito Sunrise" is a smooth jazz track featuring SlapJohnson on flute and Eric Bustamante on guitar; I play all other instruments. "Da BassMan" is sort of a drum and bass / reggae track, lots of groove hope you enjoy it.
Description : Enjoy and let me know what you think about it!
Two first singles of my upcoming horror jazz LP are out on the most of streaming platforms. Go give me couple of spins!
Every instrument is performed and recorded live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Instruments Used:
-"LIRA" upright piano (MADE IN USSR in 1973)
-"KAY" upright bass (MADE IN GERMANY somwhere in 1950th)
-TAMA Imperial Star + Pearl OMAR HAKIM snare + Various Ziljian cymbals.
Description : Update Nov. 11.: Mastered
. We wish everyone a wonderful Time with our song "Our Love" in a Dixieland version.
Music and keys Angelica Schwanitz, vocals and guitar Manuela Boekels and a big thank you to "Olafs Jazz Kombo" who took part in this fun!
Description : Every instrument is performed and recorder live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Instruments Used:
-"WELTMEISTER" upright piano (MADE IN GERMANY in 1938)
-"KAY" upright bass (MADE IN GERMANY somwhere in 1950th)
-TAMA Imperial Star + Pearl OMAR HAKIM snare + Various Ziljian cymbals.
I just put together some old ideas to see if it will work. Some vocals and brass, or guitars is clearly needed. Let me know what you think about it. Tnx
Description : This song highlights a few different styles of jazz. First it starts with a kinda early 20s and 30s groove. Than it melds into a New Orleans style. Than into a sort of Maynard Ferguson big band jazz/rock groove, and finishing off with the 20s and 30s style again, all held together with some cool horns and bass. All n all, it's...Pretty Cool! Hope you like
Description : My last LP very jazzy, in the spirit of Bugge Wesseltoft, one of the best actual electro jazz man. And if you want more about me, my album is now available on my bandcamp!
https://bleep1.bandcamp.com/album/second-life
Description : Made with love from...
looperman-l-2968451-0165883-lo-fi-jazz-hop-piano
looperman-l-1319133-0108878-fanto8bc-dubuc-beat
looperman-l-1352219-0087174-jensmuse-indian-rhythm-vande-mataram
looperman-l-1684172-0089454-bjornchapman-ethnic-flute-key-of-c
120 BPM
Description : Do not freak out just because this is jazz! There's also blues, rock, funk and a little hip hop in it to break up the deep, chillout jazz sections - gets particularly rocking then funky at the end. Main bassline (the track's foundation) is recycled leftover slide resonator guitar parts detuned one octave to make a slide bass sound. Also features: piano, violin, hammered dulcimer, organ, ethereal pad guitar, bass guitar, jazz/blues/rock electric guitar and multiple programmed acoustic drumkits. This was difficult to make at times as I thought I needed more leads parts eg from sax or trumpet. But I'm happyish with the end result. I expect very little interest in this as it's both jazz and long jazz. But it's also an unusual type of genre-mixing jazz. So, leave your thoughts, good or bad, if you like...
Description : This track made me just stop working on it and listen to it for enjoyment.
Smooth Mellow funky Jazz. Uses: 0111003-djrumplestiltskin-swung-funk-drum-beat, 0087009-mrroads442-guitar-line, 0072485-michiel555-mellow-funk, 0058934-ferryterry-90-bpm-soprano-sax. Is this Funk or Jazz?
Description : This track contains only free loops from Stayonbeat.com and several loops from Looperman artists (listed below). I "made a promise" that my next track will be use a lot of jazzy loops - well, i done with this track, for the great sadness of jazz lovers or experts i think - i fear they will never forgive me. :) While my ISP launches my internet out of the Earth system for a long time, i had to face the fact that i dont have too much downloaded jazz loops on my computer, so i think no wonder that this one is sounds like if i smoke some marihuana while making it. But hey, who cares, i like the result - it reminds me the (maybe only) really funny episode of "Breaking Bad", where Pinkman uses some heroin and flyes up with an idiotic smile on his face - that chapter is priceless. :D
I dont think this one needs a vocal, but ofcourse you can use it if you want, and as always, just write and i will give any support as i can. Any feedback welcomed too as always. Enjoy! UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
STEVEJAZ : 1118799-0068664 (The Jazz Vehicle), 1118799-0068713 (A Lydian Chords 1),
TUMBLEWEED : 0498019-0068255 (G Sharp Acoustic Rhythm), 0498014-0068257 (120 A Tele Rhythm),
JOEFUNKTASTIC : 0630386-0055418 (MrF - Great Scott - Set 1 - Piano 120 A), 06300386-0054520 (MrF - South Bronx Ghetto Piano 92C),
DANKE : 0671112-0066558 (Heaven Calls), 0671112-0067503 (Reggae Sax),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005229 (Rei Smile03 D 120), 0039029 (Rei - Plain3 D 100),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-00000076 (Chilla Do Do Vox Fx),
DJFREDVAL: 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2)
Description : Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim. This particular piano arrangement is from one of jazz sheet piano books I found on scribd. The electric piano is MrRay22 plugin which I played on Casio CDP220 digital piano. This is also a new piece that I learned today so it was quite tricky to get a proper touch at places and overall make the entire thing sound anywhere realistic. I tried many times and this was probably the best take. Also I am relatively new to playing latin piano music. I didn't manipulate any notes after recording - instead I added few virtual vintage amps. I choose jazz but it is a bossa nova latin style. Enjoy and feel free to comment and download.
Description : Jazzy trip hop.
Every instrument is performed and recorded live. Piano, double bass, drums.
Description : This jazz fusion track contains loops only from looperman artists. UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops (fully or partially) :
JFW : 0226904-0060572 (JFW - Bassline 1), 0226904-0060573 (JFW 1 - Bassline 1 - tonal variation),
TRANCEFER : 0052497-0001085 (Jazz Club Sound Perc Loop), 0052497-0001086 (ChillLounge - Piano Riff),
MEGAPAUL : 0448131-0059455 (D-C-130bpm-Delayed-Guitar), 0448131-0059581 (The Melon Bass Riff 100bpm),
MWRATRIDGE : 0631933-0052906 (House be home), 0631933-0052980 (The Final Hour),
ARTEMKUK : 0267945-0022097 (Simple jazz ish loop),
RICKMAL : 0300400-0026909 (Guitar woofin),
CRYPTIXIC : 0538582-0043542 (Lemon Guitar only),
FERRYTERRY : 0747210-0059379 (Guitar steps 5),
SLAPJOHNSON: 0067443-0007179 (Jack Russell Flute loop 2),
PSYCHOTROPIC_CIRCLE : 0071878-0003640 (Double Bass g 118),
SHORTBUSMUSIC : 0500098-0052359 (End of World Choir in Gm-Cm),
SOUNDLI : 0402590-0052498 (Karolis Soundly - Beat),
3rdNIPPLEMUSIC : 0609523-0059038 (visher lonely b note 112),
MRFUNKSTASTIC : 0630386-0054433 (Mr Funk beautiful pianos series session five 150f).
Description : "Oh no - not jazz metal! You're not supposed to mix those genres together." Yes, but someone's got to and the musical gods have chosen me for the difficult task. 9 mins of instrumental jazz metal - damn I sure know how to write a hit song - US No 1 here I come. Anyway - there's some dark, swinging groovy jazz, with Rhodes and guitar as the main instruments, for a few minutes and then some haunting, thumping evil breaks loose. Look out for the powerful synth horn sound. And then it just gets heavier and heavier before returning to some nice chillgroove funky mystery jazz. Instruments played and/or programmed: electric guitar, bass guitar, electric cello, multiple programmed acoustic drumkits, filtered strings, Rhodes, big synth bass, evil synth horn and a few other assorted synths. I assume this has too much jazz for metallers and too much metal for jazzers. So, only for weirdoes like me who enjoy both. This will surely be too odd for most people but I like to think it's pretty interesting and powerful. Let me know how its weirdness worked for you...
I am impressed of how ubalance this is, but i still enjoy.
Hiya Midiman. Okay, I love the rhythm section, very easy to listen to, so well done to that! As far as the vocal, it's not quite in the pocket as it should be (I am re-listening the track as I write). It seems as if she is racing ahead of the musicians, not breathing the song or really connecting with the lyric. This is especially true of the last few bars where she is (and I am assuming) improvising. Improvisation and Jazz can be a magical thing, but in this case it seems rushed and a bit disconnected. With all that said, I do really like her voice. Of course my comments are based on the assumption her vocals were recorded either "live," or to your track, and not dropped in.
Love & Light,
Mykael
This is really good stuff, though not exactly my kind of thing.
I first must say that I see no problem with Windycity's comments. They're not just abuse and/or condescending or mindless rubbish and he's written them out perfectly intelligently. They're just minor suggestions, though I don't necessarily agree as I think the mix is pretty good.
But we can all disagree over any mix all day as it's such a subjective. indefinable thing.
Actually, my main problem was with the bass drum hits at various points as they are too loud/too high a velocity. I can give lots of specific time references, if need be (eg 2:35, 3:19). I would go back in and lower lots of them (something I do a lot in my own music) as I'm convinced it will help. Otherwise, the drums are good.
Sax solo is cool.
Interesting musical coincidence: guitar intro to excellent song Elephants by the band Warpaint (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFxb0F2F2A) can be heard quite strongly in the part starting on 0:35 of this track. No problem, just thought I'd mention it.
Chip, Scott and midiman,
This was fabulous. I really enjoyed it.
Great sultry vocals, drums with deadly timing and precision and your parts midiman, were also as superb. The stellar solo was pulled off well and seemingly effortlessly. Bravo all around for a fine performance. Encore!!!!
Fav'd.
~ Mark.
Nice to catch up with such a fine jazz number on the loop (we could use more n the genre)...aside what others may say midiman...I love your mix and especially the fact the you have brought it up to the perfect level, clean & clear and with all the dynamics intact...I hate to see those wav graphs that look like a ruler with the life compressed out of them...a very fine bit of composing for the accompaniment and nicely played to feature and support the vocal (and its an excellent vocal)....a big well done to all....keep doing it....Ed
Good song. Really enjoyed.
Highlights:
- drums (I am more and more impressed by Scott... this one sounds again perfect)
- guitar work (specially the solo, really enjoyed)
- vocals (a bit laid-back, but that fits well the song)
I have also to disagree with Windycity on the mix: maybe there is some room for improvement (easy... there is *always* room for improvement) but I think it is very good.
The only point where I would invest some time if you want is the piano-chords loop: it sounds a bit too "loopy", like if you have recorded a small phrase and looped it over and over.
The song has a nice jazzy feeling and a bit more improvisation on the chords as well could be nice ... or not. It's always a matter of taste :-)
Again: great song!
Ciao, Domenico
PS: You made me curious... I'll go and check your other songs as well.
Windycity's head must be somewhere other than his neck or he's listening to this track on a shoulder held boom box! The mix is perfect on my Studio Quality system! I think this is just another example of jealousy. Also, did I read anywhere in your comments that you wanted help from anyone less qualified than you? I don't think so. Remember, Those who can...Do. Those who can't...put down those who can!
I like this tune- I like the musicianship (technical performance) and the song is interesting. Having said that I feel the mix doesn't do the song as much as it should. It feels just a little bland in the the mix. May I suggest the vocals, bass, and drums need to be louder overall? The lead vocal could use more presence I think in order to stand out and in front of the rhythm section (more volume maybe a little compression). The bass and drums both sound a little faint next to the keyboards (more vol) The keys were recorded at a good level however. I imagine the keys were not recorded using a microphone? ...just a quess.
Overall I like the tune and would like to hear it with more vocal bass and drums in the mix. Thanks!
Still one of my favorites! We'll have to do another one.
Cheers,
Scott
Great composition, James. Loved working with you.
Cheers,
Scott
Ahh classic jazz, this takes me back to going to the blue note in NYC!