Solo Tunes, Tracks & Mixes

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Description : During my visit to Manhattan in January, I got inspired to do a series of tracks based on my impressions. This is the first part on The Village.

Many thanks to FerryTerry for the guitar and sax solo's!

Apologies for the 190 bit mp3 upload.

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Description : The idea to do something with the powerful voice of Delta blues musician Son House (1902-1988) came after I watched the documentary ‘It Might Get Loud’. Jack White (The White Stripes) played a record called ‘People grinning in your face’ by Son House. An a cappella song with handclapping; ’one man against the world’. You can find this magnificent fragment of the documentary on YouTube. Please watch it. Be awed. After that I listened to a lot of a cappella by Son House and was overwhelmed by ‘John the Revelator’. Even if you are not religious (like me) or familiar with the Bible (I am), this traditional gospel blues in a call and response-style is everything the blues is about. I realised it was almost ‘sacrilegious’ to put a drumbeat under this vocal track, but it gave me goosebumps the first time I tried it. So I composed a dramatic housetrack together with STAX (Hans Clevers) on sax. I took almost a month or two to split the original voicetrack in enough pieces to re-align them with the basic beat without losing the original feel. Where possible, I eliminated the handclapping because it was mostly out of sync. After I got the basetrack right, STAX played his solo. Afterward the grand piano, choirs and strings where added plus the noise-percussion. The project and mixing took approx. five months.
‘John The Revelator’ (this is from Wikipedia) has been called ‘one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... [which] has been hugely influential to blues performers’. The song's title refers to the Apostle John as the author of the Book of Revelation. A portion of that book focuses on the opening of seven seals and the resulting apocalyptic events. In its various versions, the song quotes several passages from the Bible in the tradition of American spirituals. Son House recorded several a cappella versions of this song in the 1960s. His lyrics for a 1965 recording explicitly reference three theologically important events: the Fall Of Man, The Passion of the Christ and Resurrection. This is the version used here.

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Description : Just finished a track using two guitar solo's by Ferry Terry. Many thanks for that!

Don't ask about the name :-).

As always, feedback is more than welcome!

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Description : Got further into the song finally and mixed it down a little more solid. currently working on it solo now. the only thing it lacks is the ending breakdown right after the build up. Currently no vocalist at the time and is taking me longer to finish it since im going to school and working graveyards. i'll make a 3rd post once its finished. i hope you all enjoy it. please feel free to give me constructive criticism.

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Description : A song I created using one loop from Centrist (olympus piano solo) And the rest I created using Reason 5 and recorded using Cubase LE4 and Audacity.
Thru my experience of being a peace maker and righteous man this is my expression of the way people treated me for having these qualities in life.

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Description : Last week I finished a new kinda lounge track in which I used the beautiful vocals of Patricia Edwards again. The quality of her recordings makes it very easy to use them. I also used a few wood wind solo's by Ferry Terry. Thanks a million to the both af you!

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Description : Esto es solo una prueba.

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Description : I have had some great support on this track from my very old friend Steve Wright (check him out here)

http://stevewrightcomposer.com/

Not only a stunning guitar solo and end section he also put the cello part on and helped me a lot with the mix. Thank you. A shout out too for Stephanie Kay and a really powerful vocal line.

Hope you enjoy and as ever your comments are always appreciated.

Richie

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Description : Post Post Disco tune with Wicked distorted sounds and wah effects and a rippin solo, chaque Roxy Music A La Angel Eyes Manifesto Era.

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Description : my first solo project with my new gear played everything sang everything wrote everything metaled self produced

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Description : This track started as an easy listening lounge kind of track. When I put in JJ Weekz's vocals, it turned into another direction. Next to JJ Weekz, I used vocals of Shamoozey and a flute solo by Mhyst. Thanks to you all for this!

I am not sure if the vocals go together very well, but I liked the atmosphere of the combination. I received feedback on the drums, they could be spiced a bit from the second part of the track on. Let me know your thoughts, I'm very willing to learn.

Best, Doc

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Description : Here is a song that I dug up out of the archives ! The only reason that I posted it is because there is a ripping guitar solo in it that I improvised and nailed it on my first take. That does not happen often. LOL. The mix is not my best work but I hope you enjoy it. All was made by me.

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Description : I downloaded the original acapella and started putting a track together. I thought some additional vocals might work well so I asked if it was possible to have some "oooohs and aaaaahs". What arrived brought me to tears and once again demonstrates the immense talent that is Patricia Edwards. Thank you so much.

The track contains an upgrade to Superior Drummer, the trusty Ovation Celebrity, EZkeys doing the piano part and the Godin Xtsa with a patch from Logic for the solo. The strings, choir and additional percussion also from Logic.

Hope you enjoy it and as always comments always welcome.

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Description : This song envelopes what my father, Ike Turner. portrayed in his book of the same title, "Takin' Back My Name". I wrote this in his loving memory.

Guitar solo by veteran "Looper" AllenV. Please take a moment to hear more of his talent:
https://www.looperman.com/users/tracks/400188

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Description : Back to basics, pop, r&b, or easy listening. Following is the song format: Start: Drum 1 bar, Intro/chorus 8 bars / keys play Bm7 CM7 Verse 1 8 Bars / keys play Bm7 CM7 Bridge 8 bars /keys play Bm7 CM7/CM EM . LIKE THIS: Intro /(chorus), Verse 1, Bridge , Verse 2 , Bridge , Chorus for instrument solo, Bridge , 2 bar instrumental break, chorus to fade out. I would like lyrics and vocals, if this tune appeals to you give it a try. The instrumentation may change, but the basic melody will remain.

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Description : Harold Ginn: Piano\Bass\Flute\Percussion
Anthony Grant:Electric Guitar \Lead\Rhythym\Solo
All Rights Reserved, non commercial use, contact me for permissions.

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Description : This track describes the love our Lord has for us, from His perspective and depicts the type of love we should have for one other.

My our Lord bless you through this song.

I would also like to give a shout-out to those whose loops assisted in making this track possible:

00531700 - harp solo - Loopfreak
206886 - guitar - Cannot find the member on looperman
0284916 - synth guitar = Lionel422
111346 - strings - Planetjazzbass
110102 - Atmosphere - Raya
0500098 - orchestral drums Shortbusmusic
0674881 - hip hop strings - SceptikDeejay
0159051 - Minor2go

Thank you all so much for making your talent available.

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Description : This is a track by SBM, who was kind enough to let me mess around with it. I added some Drums, guitar (rythm and lead) and bass. I had to put a little solo right in the middle, because the theme and chord prog. SBM made just told me to. Hope I do right by you SBM :-)

Downloads will be enabled as soon SBM says ok...

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Description : This track is heavily inspired by the the French noir movie Le Samourai (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville) starring Alain Delon as a lone wolf gun for hire in Paris. I wanted a melancholic, moody, big city-ambience, referring tot the solitude of the main character in the film. I could not get the track right untill I found the saxophone-solo's by Italian jazzplayer Sandro Marinoni who gave me permission to embed his fenomenal melodies in a rythmic, multi-layered structure. I am very grateful to Sandro and I expect to collaborate more often with him in 2013. The voice you hear in the beginning of the track is Alain Delon, citing (in an interview for French televison at the time of the premiere) the Book of Bushido, the code of honor for the Samourai. The English translation is: There is no greater solitude than that of the samourai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps.

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Description : This is version 2. It's i D major
The form is:

intro
verse
theme (as ½ intro)
Verse
Bridge
Solo
outro

There's no keys or lyrics, and the bass is midi, so if anyone would like to mess around with these things, you are very much welcome.

Check out Marty's place. He added some very cool sax to it and deserves a listen to some of his other stuff too :-)

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/138749

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Description : Covering a band like Floyd is extremely challenging but you learn so much while playing and mastering; not to mention how much fun I am having. I think I am hooked.
I am using my PRS Custom for the main rhythm part throughout. The accent rhythm and solo are performed on my Les Paul.

Copyright 1979 Roger Waters

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Description : Like Waterfalls is an up-tempo lounge track that I finished in August this year. It is about love and having lost. Lyrics and vocals again by Carrol. The beautiful flute solo in the break is from TZA 1800. Many thanks to the both of you!

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Description : JUST A TIGHT GROOVE.WOULD LIKE 2 HEAR SOME SCAT OR SOME KIND OF SOLO WORK ,PEACEFULLY DONE.

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Description : It's been so long (too long) since a collaboration with the outstanding talent that is Farisha Haque. You can find more of Farisha's amazing work here.

https://www.looperman.com/users/tracks/394401

So a bit of a departure here in that it's a real bass guitar (apologies to Dave Marshall in advance!) My trusty Ovation Celebrity provides the acoustic which is spread across the stereo image, EZ drums and EZkeys (I should be on commission) and some other patches from Logic. The solo is on the acoustic setting of my Godin XTSA.

Hope you enjoy and comments always welcome

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Description : It is once again a stunning vocal performance from Patricia. Listen carefully to the lower range of notes this lady is capable of singing with ease and amazing texture. She is truly gifted and talented and it's is always a very rewarding experience collaborating with her. Thank you Patricia.

I have used EZkeys for the piano (a recent acquisition) and EZdrums for the kit. The remaining patches are from Logic Pro 9. The single note pick guitar rhythmic thing is my Casio MG510 and the solo (with a patch from Logic) my Godin xtsa. There is a guiro, some congas and a triangle for additional percussion too.

I have tried to be as minimal as I dare with this and hope the lazy feel and mix provides a nice backdrop for the vocals. I've put the genre as pop but I'm really not sure!!

Your comments and feedback are always welcome. Enjoy.