bringerofDOOM

Yeah, that solo is intense, especially when the left hand is doing the chords and the right hand is still soloing.

Thanks for the listen. Similar collaborations to come.

Thanks. I usually don't spend more than a couple afternoons on a project, so digging deeper into the mix and composition was an eye opener.

And the contrarian in me would call this a mashup of jazz, rock, and funk :P

Thanks for the listen and kind words.

Mixed and arranged (wrote the chords progressions and outlined the parts). The solos are all improvised.

It started as an example to explain that you could have a melody using unrelated chords (just ask Kurt Cobain), and it turned into a song.

I listened to a bunch of you stuff. You have gone rap accompaniment crazy, but you're nailing it. I have two projects with the content you provided a while back in the works. I've arranged one, I'll get it on here soon enough.

Also, I could use more wub dubz...TTYL

Thanks, I would love to find a bar in the US rural mid-west that would play it :)

Thanks, I've been a funk addict lately.

Yeah, I know a quote hasn't been used since the late 40s, but I bringin' em back!

Thanks for the listen and comment. This one moved the bar for me, now I gotta step up my game from this point forward.

Thanks. The drummer is badass and holds it all together. Felt good to work with real drums on real separate mics (even an ambient mic).

Hopefully similar works to come.

Thanks. I don't normally spend more than a couple afternoons on any one project, so dealing with the logistics of "bandmates" and their various parts was a new experience for me. I appreciate the props.

Thanks. Jazz/funk is about the only place where I can find musicians that don't mind when I flex my music theory muscles. The song is called "tricky business" for several technical reasons, a kind of inside joke.

Thanks. Working with really good musicians was a treat. Glad you liked it.

Thanks for the comments. Jynxz is badass on the keys. Santana is quite a compliment.

BTW, ever considered doing death metal vocals? just a thought

Thanks for the kind words. I decided to break out the sax recently, hadn't played it since I was a kid in school.

Had to take a break to get some career advancement lined out, but I got new stuff coming.

Yeah, had to get some career stuff lined out (my job got too easy so it was time to increase complexity). I have 2 projects of yours half done that ended up sitting for a month. I will wrap them up soon. Feel free to send me ideas like before and I will sketch them out. You've got a grasp of the wub dubs and "808s" that is hard to beat (pun intended).

Talk to you soon.

Fluffy is a great word choice. I was thinking "fuzzy" or "saturated." I was going for that "wall of sounds" from back in the day.

Well, had to get some work stuff lined out and ready to bring the madness back after the "period of reflection" (you pretty much nailed it). Also if been messing around with a cover band so I learned like 90+ songs in a week. I used it to study song structure, which I had never actually done, because I never bothered to learn any songs (since I know most of the theory). I have a new respect for learning simple songs.

I do the guitar and sax work on my tracks most of the time, depending on the context (I do all the lead). If I use a guitar loop it is usually rare and I give credit to the artist. I do a mix of sax, guitar, keys, drums, loops and samples, chops, pretty much wherever the mood takes me. I've watched way too many production tutorials :)

Mentioning Miles Davis is a high compliment; I appreciate the kind words.

Sorry I missed this one. Nice use of the track; it provided some context.

Thanks for the comment. I've been hard core technical death metal for years, and just recently got in to the fusion idiom (other than jazz band in grade school and a robust music theory background).

I blame jynxz :P

Thanks. Classy is a great compliment. I'm still fairly new to production, but I've absorbed a ton of tutorials and read a couple textbooks.

Glad you liked it.

Thanks. I'm addicted to the Neapolitan second.

Thanks, I took about 6 songs worth of incomplete material (between me and Jynxz), chopped it all to hell, arranged it, and soloed over it. The spastic-ness really kicks in at the end.

I might have to get a tenor, low notes on the alto can be tough. I played in school also, marching and jazz band, and a theory elective.

Looks like more to come, thanks for the listen and comment.

Thanks. Jynxz made the atmosphere, I gave it my 2 cents. Thanks for the listen and comment, more to come.

Thanks for the feedback.

For the first part I ran my sax through my Boss ME80 pedal with lots of clean gain, reverb, "terra echo" delay, and I was using a freeze pedal to create intervals with endlessly sustaining notes (a trick I use on the guitar a lot with live improv).

The second sax sound is ran through my Digitech Whammy with octave mix turned on (the pedal range was one octave below to one octave above, which I played like a wah), then ran that through my ME80 pedal with distorted gain, reverb, and tape delay.

There is very little post effects on the sax (a little compression and saturation for the mix). I like my performed parts to be a true single take, which meant deleting and re-improvising till the whole take was "right" (my lip was sore). I'm the same way with guitar and MIDI. I don't like "humanizing" things when I can just play them. In live settings I may have 15 pedal parameters going at once, that change with whatever direction the jam goes.

Not sure what it sounds like to you, but I have been getting Prodigy comparisons lately. Thanks for the compliment.

Jynxz is responsible for the atmosphere, his song originally. I'm just moral support :)

Thanks, it took a bit to build up the courage, I can hide behind my guitar all day :)

More to come.