Hey Mark - Hope you are well. Always a joy to hear how you continue to develop and polish your beautiful tracks - that guitar work reminds me a little of my old steve kahn albums. How did I not give this a fav before - oversight for sure

You should consider giving that guitar some solo time. I really like the sound of it and it needs a spotlight

I mean what can I say that others haven't!

Great work lol.... Na!!!

This is music in its true form. Can I make this...

Probably not!

Can I enjoy it?

Fk Yahhh!

Legendary!

Oh Mark, if you knew how brutal I can be...... *lol. Have a nice weekend, too!

Hello Mark , even if this title is a bit older. He has lost none of his musical topicality. Almost timeless. The guitar is wow. But also the playing of the individual instruments with each other is brilliant. Therefore, it is not possible for me to highlight only one instrument in this production. Everything just fits together again. Good job!. As I can judge it today, mix and mastering are also well done. But I'll take a little more time next week and listen to the song in the studio. Maybe I'll find something to complain about with a linear playback *Smile. Best regards Manuela

Thanks Mark lol...We do need to have a convo about a collab sometime in the future maybe...Anyways until then JAZZMASTER! keep *shining* :)

Hiya Mark, still AWESOME!!! this sounds so, so, goooooddd! and it's simply remarkable, that guitar is like, ~Watch me now~ haha...splendid work here my friend & as you know I love the brass instruments, everything is right on! Loved hearing the updates. This is huge! Bravo!

The drums are killer in this, really a wall of sound with just the drums. The vocals and piano mesh well with them. Then the guitar comes in and it's a great vibe. Over all the balancing and arrangement of this sounds like some Persona 5 level quality. Quite a journey of a composition you got over all. The panning work on the rhodes. The amp guitar that comes in later followed by the rythmic rhodes pattern. It's some great sauce.

Then the trumpet, OMG. it's so fire.

This is def one of the highest level of compositions I've come across on this site. Great use of a wide variety of synths and actual instruments, it must have been a lot of work to balance everything together naturally. Brilliant overall nothing about this mix is bad TBH.

This is a certified BANGER.

very nice track , happy new year to you and family !
Michael

All I can say is SMOOTH!! Love it

Oh yeah - very nice (and I think some substantial) tweaking but the mix is sounding so spot on now

Great update M.T. I like the change in drum the hats are great it seems lighter to me even though you've added, the sax is class as is the bass droppin in the percs are great I love using them, another accomplished piece from our king of jazz and funk fussions

Yeah the beginning lead was a definite needed touch, and was executed pretty much spot on. The hats are definitely bright at first, but that could be due to a master compressor bringing them out when there is not much else happening. They dip back once everything gets going. I believe I'm hearing ducking in several sources, but I could be wrong, and if so it is not a bad thing. I like the feel of the "pressure increase" of side-chained percussion and occasionally bass as long as it is subtle.

Regardless of any nitpicking, sounds excellent, Already faved.

What's up Mark.

Did the first version have Vibraphone or the doubled Lead at the end? At any rate the track is smokin smooth. Absolutely excellent writing and arranging. No need to even mention the Mixing or Mastering. I do think this version is a few dB quieter than the first. Is this a less is more lesson:-)

Great track. Faved (again)

PEACE...

everything coming together sweet especially lovin the bass licks..

Nice auto-panned (rotary) Rhodes. I used to Emulate that effect on my Korg MS2000. Sax has a nice reverb on it. all the instruments sit nicely in the mix. A great composition as well. Always impressed with your work mate!

What's up Mark

Is it me, or am I the only one thats trippin on the "Hats"? They steal the show. Of course the whole kit is off the charts good. The Vocals & Guitar give the track a lighter more Progressive Jazz Fusion sound. I love it. The excitement created by the Guitar, which I think is absolutely tailormade for this track, is right on target.

Great track. Faved.

PEACE...

Great Track. Drum sound is awesome. Your mixes are so clean! Pleasure listening to your stuff. UE

Geezus! first time listening to your work and I have to say it's super classy and for grown up ears haha seriously what a deliciously groovy composition here and to top it all off there is a fave instrument of mine running through it & that is the sax. All very lovely to listen to Nice Work. Kudos!

Angelus

Very nice work (as usual) - i think at times some of the instruments are a little loud in the mix but I absolutely trust your ears (more than mine) to sort that out as you refine it. Another amazing track : )

Otro gran tema amigo Monte, me encanta el saxo y la guitarra eléctrica, son geniales, tienen mucha energía, y ese toque de reverberación consigue darle más vida, y hace que la disfrutes de una manera más viva. Buena batería, como siempre. Buena mezcla, de mucha calidad. Que tengas un buen día hermano. Paz y salud.

Sounds great man those vocals remind me of CARRTOONS check him out he’s great I’m sure you’ll find some inspiration from listening to his album. The guitar that you brought in from discipline was amazing as well, went so well with the keys. Keep it up MT!

I enjoyed the groove on this one. I'm curious to see what you'll add to this. Thus far it sounds great as is. The live instrumentation always does it for me. I'm so used to hearing fake/synth sounds, so it's always nice to hear the usage of real instruments or synths that come close to the real thing. Nice work per usual.

Since it's a WIP, definitely hearing some singing lead in the beginning (almost pink floyd esque), and about the time I imagined a "doubled-up" sax solo you pretty much did it. I'm liking the spacy synths as well. The chord changes (ii, III, i), got me thinking about the 2-5-1 jazz staple, and a bunch of other theory stuff.

Nice work.
Faved, looking forward to more.

I like it a lot. Especially the bass work is great. The saxes sound a little too reverbed into the background at 1:50 when they are featured. You could reduce it or mix back in the dry sax over the verbs to add some punch when they are featured. other than that I can't offer any advice. It really sounds just fine :)

Sounds absolutely great Mark lovely intro love the backing vocal wicked beat and cymbal love the 2 second bass drop 34 to 36 secs, I was waiting for it to come in,it didn't, then the keys. The sax is phenomenal, this is packed already and you wanna add more, amazing. Nice soft outro too M.T.

Very nice!