Blowball - Micky

I haven't had a chance to check out what's going on on Looperman in weeks. I am very happy that you are listening to my old compositions and I am really honored. I'm trying to sound "jazzy" and yet I really have no idea about chord progressions, harmony and all that... I've always been a quitter on that one... shame on me! Now I "only" have my feeling, and thank goodness it seems to be a good navigator. Really, really...I'm very happy if you can relate to my simple "creations"...thank you!

Micky

Thank you so much. I updated this again now. You know: much passion and euphoria about making music but a big lack of mastering know how here. So I'm thankful for both: your compliments and your tips - both is very helpful. THX

Hi crucethus,
thanks for the tip. I had fixed that compression problem already but did not know about the option to update tracks here. But I found out and uploaded this in better quality.
Thanks for your careful listening.
That note about the guitar made my day ;o)

Hey RAPREscENT,
thank you so much for the compliments.
Well, the modus operandi was as follows:
The DAW I do almost everything with is (believe it or not) Garage Band.
First I had this beat which consists partly of an apple loop that comes with Garage Band and then some additions like shakers, tambourines and cymbals, all pasted one by one. I always do that manual because to me the results sound more lively and real.
Then built some chord structure with keyboard so I could follow with my bass (custom made, Alembic pickups).
I remembered the combination of vibes and traverse flute from "All Night Long" by MARY JANE GIRLS (I guess that was Rick James) which I thought would be cool here. I played the melody via master keyboard manual again.
The flute solo in the first part is a mosaic of little samples from apple loops, a real piece of handicraft work.
Then the most pleasant part: my guitar solo in/for two voices – first take, spontaneously.
Well, all of it finally got mastered just with "LoudMax", a wonderful tool if you can't afford better equipment.
But really - I don't know how and why something like that works in the end and I surely am as surprised as anyone else how they sometimes groove like hell. You know – a friend once told me "Remember, Funk is a reward in itself" and I guess that is kinda true.

I just listened to some of your great work and it seems to me, we could do interesting stuff in collab ...

Best regards,
Dr.

Hey CAP
glad you like it, thanks.
I wanted to have somebody singing or rappin on it, but what can you do in this musical diaspora that I'm living in here ....
Michael