NARCOS

Hi Dave! I really enjoyed listenig to this one. Super marching bassline, a little bit of guitar lines are great as well. Sometimes linear, melodic; sometimes somehow comping in a jazzier convention. Very hard and clean-out drumming.

Section from 2:39 sounds very much like a repetition of first section using different instruments only. Both sections are in the same mood, to me. Hard to explain - maybe I expected something more positive after hearing nature on the intro...

A really melancholic mood/mode of this song but so very nicely produced! Sounds very powerful. Very fine piano playing too!

Best to you, Alex

Very much enjoyed this song my friend! You bass is one fantastic sound to behold, a bit like I'm seeing it. I am not familiar with the TV series you mentioned, as I have not had cable in twenty years. I try to keep most of my viewing back about five years or more. Drugs are an odd subject, and it gets more muddled by the day. With the pharmaceutical and medical industries being one of the main guiding forces in the US, I honestly just assume that everyone I meet is on drugs. Then there is addiction, which is a word which seems to suggest "drugs" to most people. I try to see the addiction as separate, since many people can get addicted to almost anything... shopping, television, eating, exercising, pain, pleasure, and whatever you can think of. When it all comes down to it, addiction is a neurochemical reaction in an organ of the body, the brain. Most people who get off of drugs will quickly replace them with some other addiction. An addiction to anything can be disastrous, and it can also have the same effect on personality and behavior. Life as we know it would be completely alien if addiction did not exist, since it is common to all creatures on earth... I would wager that it is the largest driving factor in this industrialized, media driven life we know now. I've been watching a few episodes of "Hoarders" again, and I think this is a great example of what I'm talking about. It is pretty uncommon when drugs are even mentioned in the show, however these people are definitely addicts. I will be the first to admit that I love a good neurotransmitter cocktail, how I get it varies from day to day, and season to season... I suppose one could say that I am addicted to living. Sorry for rambling here... I guess I found very little to say about the song itself, because I know that you know it's AMAZING. There seems to be little argument about that, from reading the comments. A "signature" seems to come naturally in your work. Excellent song! Fave!

this is pretty epic bro pretty epic indeed. I have only seen a single episode of narcos but being a man of many interests, Mr Escrobar and the many delights of his native land have been of particular interest to me. I can feel the vibes man. really feel them. I dam near had to powder my nose after the first min and a half just to bring back those fond memories....i digress....

Strong arrangement and excellent instrumentation on this piece. Bass is dripping with swag and going fretless really allows a smooth flow of that low energy.
Cheers for a great track.

having listened to this track and downloaded it, i feel a review is long overdue! ill try and keep it short...

i had never watched narcos before (don't really watch anything outside espn or sports really LOLOL). this definitely got me curious though, since your track reminded me more of something id hear in an intro to the earlier episodes of "breaking bad" or "better call saul" (something my roommate forced me to watch since, again, i don't watch anything outside sports LOL).

and wow, you definitely nailed the theme.

if i can give you one slight piece of advice, it'd be regarding the high-end on your fills, rides, etc at places like 0:43, 1:07, etc...it's too screechy at times... or maybe this is my opportunity to re-calibrate my headphones and revisit all my mixes =P...

great job otherwise! have it downloaded for repeated listens on those days i just wanna kick back and chill out... ;)

I always have to listen to your stuff more than once! I get lost in them. I've never seen Narcos, but this strikes me of something that could very well be heard on a television show. I don't know how to describe your work, but it makes me think of a relaxing Saturday, lounging around in the pjs, drinking coffee, reading a good book, not really worried about anything for the day. Always a pleasure to listen to your work Dave! :-)

Thanx for this track Dave!!!

I'm a teacher and social worker...we help children who use drugs or living in adversity...there are lot of work from the governments and the society in every country...imagine, I had a boy age 20 who stepped down from drugs...uhhhh...

Handshake and hats off, Danke,

Heya Dave! Been awhile. Nice bounce to the drums here man. Kinda has a hip hop grove going on. They finally converted you? Def sounds like some stuff id sample though. Kudos bud.

Great sounding bass on this track. Honestly clicked the track bc I just finished the first season of the series. :D
I play bass too, from one to another your bass playing is killer.

Ahaaa now i have found you i will stay on the track like a musical bloodhound sniffing for jazz riffs blues runs and all good things guitarwise oh yes my droogish brother this glassy guitar which lived in the first half of the track made me go back and repeat the experience. Hail to the stratocaster and its brother the telecaster. :)

good job as usual man. you never cease to amaze me when it comes to your creativity . keep that bar high my friend...
peace
Dj Swindla

Love this, great atmosphere!

Once you understand them building guitars is quite simple. I still need to build my cbg bass and violin though :p I love watching border wars, and stuff on you tube about the mexican drug cartels, very fitting tune. Never seen narcos but looking it up after this.

Really reminds me of Narcos haha

Planetjazzbass " my acoustic electric fretless 5 which I built " i stand in awe it sounds amazing. nice keys :)

Had my undivided attention from guitar note 1...thought I caught a wee touch of Spanish in the guitar but that bass walking along with everybody was just taking us on a trip...hard to avoid noticing the little embellishments that cast additional interest into the music...very cool work on the keys...it would fit perfectly in the "Thinking Persons Music" if there were such a genre....a treat for the musical mind and ears Dave...not a surprise when PJB is the artist....Bravo......Ed

You know Dave, just an aside, I just did a Halloween tune, that has that New Orleans funeral kind of drone to it on a funk basis, and I had been listening to this tune (your tune) earlier in the day before I made that tune, so there is definitely an influence in sound strategy going on subconsciously and I did not realize that till you commented back. Music is awesome sometimes ehh?
Steve

I like this one. There is a lot of space to explore in this one. Always a fan of alternative percussion. Song just takes you along at it's own pace. At 2:37 is a tasteful piano string bridge, invoking the emotion of the wreckage in the lives of people around, near or using drugs. I feel the bass line represents the never ending progression of time and is the anchor of this tune.
great work as always.
Steve

Great sound! I totally love the fx and foley in the intro. Afterwards it just gets better and better.

That kick drum is interesting, definitely goes well with the overall dark sound. I really like how open the guitar sounds and how well it works with the rest of the instrumentation. That bass is really deep, I love it's sound, there is something about that simple bass line that just drags you back into the song.

Very well done! I really like this song!

Wow, that's some tight mood music PJB, very film noir. The bass track is so f'n swanky, sounds like is it played on a fretless ? Such a killer production wise, you really schooled us with this one bro. I know we don't get to see stuff from you so frequent so this is really a treat. Big props and much thanks for the DL !

there´s some dark shady mystical energy to this one, am diggin it man keep it flowin!