kingmt77

77, I mean kingmt, you tightened me up at 3:41 then at 4:39 you hit me hard with that guitar track. As I was listening I developed ugly face syndrome. You know how it sounds so good to you, your bottom lip has the appearance of being pushed up hard into your top lip, this track took me there. Again I submit to you and fellow Loopers that in fusion there is no orthodox song form method. Most fusion artist are accomplished dimensional thinking writers not to say that an RNB writer isn't, FUSION is more of an instrumental level of creating. If you can twist my face with a track, Its got to be good. You did your thing on this. I'm glad I caught it. PEACE. T576 OUT.

into your top lip

As always it's off the charts good. Rock solid, or maybe I should say jazz solid (despite the great guitar).

However.

I have a producer friend/teacher who helps me with songs and structures and he almost always tells me to simplify stuff. In your tracks I hear that too; you have so much musicality and so many amazing ideas - any 15 seconds of your track are more interesting than entire tracks (or the entire life work) of some of us.

Eg the first 5 seconds are this awesome drum rhythm plus bass, then at 0:04 you have the sax, then horns, then a Rhodes, then after 2 min you introduce this amazing guitar which you got straight out of the steely Dan studios (who is that amazing guitarist???)

So what I would set you as a challenge is:
- decide what the top 3 ideas are in your track (to me: the drums, the guitar and the horns)
- build a 2-3 minute track out of that to make sure the core is exactly how you want it
- then add some of the other elements.
- then see if it needs to be longer
Oh btw the drop/break at 4:45 needs to be part of the essentials

I should add that I already immensely admire anything you do - it's easily a 11 on a scale of 1-10. I just think that if you make that next step from jams to songs, you can be a major recording artist (if you aren't already). It's just that good.

70s cop movie. nice

Dammnn its good as always, just a question Who plays guitar Mark ?
Michael

Love it Mark. The moments of silence are a great punctuation for the busy moments. Lovely jam on that corner of funk and jazz where you like to hang out.

I can always leave it to you to talk to my soul with your music. The lovely sounds work for a rainy day at home but at the same time makes me want to put on a jiving suit and go down to the disco dance hall. Wonderful as usual, adding to favs.

Sick track! The atmosphere is killer along with the super catchy organ. Great work :)

Great track nice composition. Did you play and instruments on this one? Fits well together.

another classy piece of work Mark, great Sunday morning listen great instrumentation and space as always, i like that continual cymbal ride bussing in the back ground, nice drums and the sax is stellar, i like the organ too, great production mate nice groove

Hola Mark,

What a track, I absolutely love! that sax as you know one of my fav instruments but honestly all of the instruments in this little piece of jazzy heaven are definitely in their rightful place & just singing to me, such a zealous! and wonderfully crafted track. I particularly like the arrangement of the instruments through out also. This is one of the most grooviest, silky smooottthhhh! jazz ensembles ever & you certainly hit a home run!!! with this one my friend. A masterpiece indeed. Quality all the way, totally enjoyed every minute of listening time wow! NICEEE work here indeed! Bravo! OUTSTANDING!!! :)

WOW I'm so loving this

woo hoo - warning genuine muso at work

lively, lovely, spirited jazz, wonderfully playing, masterfully constructed and beautifully mixed

for me it really lifts off at 303

fire bro

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