SILVERBIRD - SMOOTH ELECTRONICA JAZZ

James, you got this year off to a good start!  This is moody, sophisticated, and something that I would want to listen to again just to let it soak in.  I hear a lot of depth in this which shows off your engineering skill quite well.  Way to go, bro.

Nice vibe and tones.  Michael Franks uses that sound a lot, almost trumpet like.

The intro seemed abrupt, just an observation.   I like heavy back beat.

Daryl

I think this might be your best yet James. The mix sounds nice and clear, and you've made good use of the stereo field. I like the little touches like the arpeggio sequence that pops in at 1.00. Nice change of feel around the 2.00 mark before the sax comes in. Good stuff.

What do you call this genre modern jazz? Its a little bit Dizzie Gilespie here, good vibes on the brass and over all an interesting song.

Thanks to those who commented on this tune of mine , I think my next song will be something with lyrics & vocals in it .
UMMMMMMM guess it will be a surprise , maybe an old song I wrote back in 1996 using old recording gear I had back then .

Be back in the next three months , Cheers - James

BACK IN THE SADDLE ! Just ordered my new electronic drum set today from SweetWater , my next song will hopefully have me playing drums live instead of using drum patterns to create my drum tracks so thats going to be cool as long as I can get everything hooked up correctly so this new electronic kit works like they say it does with music software .

COOL time to open up my drum stick bag and wipe off the dust and start working on my chops again COOL!

Bob Oister


Hi, James,
 
Very nice, creative piece of electronica with a very smooth group of interesting melodies over a punchy vibe, all in a clean, fresh sounding mix!
 
I love the bubbly bass synth and the sax lines, and the smooth textured synths all sound great together.  This is definitely my new favorite from you, James!
 
Great stuff, buddy, and have fun when you get your new e-drums, you'll have a blast with them!
Bob

          Hi Bob ! Thanks , I enjoyed working with this one , always like the trumpet and Sax .
          I been messing around with some new sounds and trying to piece together
          new and different next time around but so far its been slow trying to get the
          creative juices flowing because of my newest electronic drum kit order . Been
          watching alot of different youtube electronic drumset setup videos and other
          drumming videos too most of them by RUSH . Neil Peart has always been one
          of my all time favorite drummers , I love the energy he adds to their music when
          he plays .
          My new E-Kit has been shipped and should arrive sometime next week on Thrusday
          they said the last time I checked the tracking . I'm cleaning up my room to
          make room for that kit when it arrives , its going to be nice to be able to play
          drums again after all these years of not playing . Shouldn't take me too long
          to get back into it again , sort like riding a bike once you learn you never forget .
 
          Hey thanks again Bob for taking time to listen to this song , next song project I
          hope to have my own drums added to whatever new song I create and thats
          going to be fun to work on .
 
 
          Thanks Buddy -James

blipp


Hi James.

Yeah i'd agree with James when he says this might be your best bet.  I've noticed that you now incorporate more changes in  our tracks and there are some interesting ones in this one. 

Nice work.

          Thanks John , great hearing from you . Hey thanks for checking this one out , yes
          I took the extra time to make those changes you talked about and with the mix .
          Not totally perfect but the mix I did for this tune is better then then in some of
          my past songs , sorry for the slow reply back .
          Today I setup my new electronic drum kit , very happy with the kit ! For a few weeks
           I have been messing around trying to create something new where I can add some
           real drums to the song . Right now I'm trying to get this kit working where I can
           trigger some of the drum sounds from my Addictive drums . The mapping is off so
           I'll need to edit the pads in the DTX400K module so all the pads play the correct
           drum sounds in Addictive drums.
           I tried it with my Steven Slate drum software and the mapping is correct for that
           drum software .
 
           Anyway been busy with this stuff and other personal stuff at home , days fly by
           when your busy !
 
 
           Thanks again John  - James