kingmt77

love that sax

nice track , i like it ,for me perfect job !
Michael

You know, one of my most favorite 70's funk bands is RUFUS (the group that brought us Chaka Khan). They produced some amazing instrumentals on some of their albums, and this track definitely takes me back. You have a very keen sense of story telling through music, in my opinion. Your outtro here is brilliant. But, there is a "but" coming...LOL. You sort of lost me from 3:14 to around 3:47. That section seems (to my ear) out of place and a bit disconnected. I don't think it moves the "story" forward. Luckily, though, you brought me right back to the groove, and as I mentioned earlier, the outdo does not disappoint. Overall, how can I not say job well done? The track is a "Killer" in every good sense of the word!

LovePeace&Light,

Mykael

Hey Mark, hope every thing is going well for you. Just want to say, I agree with you on bringer's reply on this one. With out textures there is no element of surprise in a song. I consider song form and textures one in the same. I try to keep my distance between predictable moves in Jazz productions, and who's going to listen to a track that they know what's going to happen from minute to minute. The door to perfection is eternally open to musicians, which is why we are able to endlessly create. You proved this on this track. PEACE. T576 OUT.

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

I'm liking the 8 bit foley. Nice guitar solo (and keys later), very fitting. It does feel a bit sparse at times (in the first 2 or 3 min), like you are not finished, but you gotta be careful, the cost of perfection is infinite.

I think BaoBou was my first collaborator...

Faved, keep it up.

Just when you think it couldn't get any funkier or jazzier, it gets funkier and jazzier!

Hey Mark! Just back from a long trip, so please excuse my recent absence. Knew I needed to swing by and see what you've been up to. As always, the funky man with the funky music had something new.

Most folks have been remarking on the composition so I'll just mention that the mix is absolutely pristine! As always, every little element is SO well balanced with every other. The drums are especially punchy and forward while never being overwhelming. Oh and I just lived for that slippy/slidey synth solo around 4:20.

Hope all is well with you and yours!
Cam

Clean smooth and Beautiful.. Awesome work

hyperactive, hell, hyperbolic af attack of the 50-piece jazzfunk arkestra sun ra left a burning fragment of behind upon his return to saturn.
you’re reaching for the mythic and nailing it, man!

Mr. James Brown would definitely APPROVE!!! I hate to say it, but it's true...many folks on this platform (and others) totally miss the mark when it comes to FUNK music. They don't understand the language. From the very beginning your intro sets the stage...the horns are so in the pocket. Then the funky guitar and baseline come together and it is magic. As if all that wasn't enough, you throw in jazz influenced keys. The percussion is sitting right where it should be... I hate that horns are not as predominant in music as they were in the 70's. It is so refreshing it hear a horn section arrangement done as flawlessly as you have here. The synth is Currrrazzzy. There is nothing NOT to like with this polished version. Well done, you!!!!

LovePeace&Light,

Mykael

Goodmorning Mark.
I just wake up and the first thing that i do is get my coffee and most of the times listen to music.
This morning it is your track.
A nice funky wake up and that intro is so cool.
That high guitar sound ohh my god !!
then the piano and sax and everything so smooth into eachother.
I dont know how you do it but you are the king of jazz thats for sure.

love that muffled intro then the breakthrough, it reminds me of the intro to an Avalanches track 'since i left you' that Ian put me on to, although its totally different genre, and the intro is longer also but similar start
https://youtu.be/wpqm-05R2Jk
great changes throughout mate but my previous comment is still valid no need to repeat just quality. hope you liked the Avalanches link :)) gorgeous track and vid

Nice funky groovy track Mark!

Lovely warm organic sound and the funkiest thing I can ever remember hearing - every instrument is brimming with such smooth funk and the sound is gorgeous right up to and including the ringing cymbal on the outro. The only thing I wanted was some finger clicks for a bar or so right at the start. Masterful. : )

Funktastic, I love it, keyboards and guitar superb. Can't wait for the finished product.

I love this! I can hear James Brown-esque vox on this one.

This song is definitely groovy, no questions asked. :)

I was about to say "Mark does lo-fi".
Then the Tower of Power showed up. Syncopation is a understatement, I knew the Drums were going to be "Nasty Funky" on this one and you delivered.
The Keys were extra tasty especially @ 2:34ish.
The outro is smokin.
This track definitely has a spot in your top five.
Great Track. Faved..
PEACE from the East...

Nice filtered intro. cool entrance. love the g-tar, cute synth underneath then the organ with that brass is sublime. Cool Mix. percussion add-ons are a treat, this is a masterclass. After that old school synth solo, the guitar tone was awesome. was it a vst amp? Cool waka wakas at the end, and then gone. I like that ending. great job as usual.

Fantastic stuff Mark. I was just about to ask if you needed a guitar solo and then I heard you actually found Jimi Hendrix around 3:25 :D
Awesome as always!

nice swing in that intro, then drop into that funky groove, its got bounce, love the twinkle of keys and the tamborine and shaker the delicate cynbal make a mark, pardon the pun, just the right loudness same with the hat, the guitar is fly and the brass is always standout with you, like the wah wah feel at theoutro great job mate faved