jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
http://tinyurl.com/ad4lpco
This song features Mike Bagasao - Tenor Saxophone, David "Fingers" Haynes - drum programming, Jim Lownes - bass, Jonas Aras - keyboards.
The song goes back and forth between basic 4/4 and a 7/8 Greek groove, just because we can.
All comments and suggestions welcome.
Thanks,
Jonas Aras
post edited by jsaras - 2012/11/12 21:10:46
|
CLEAN
Max Output Level: -47 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2842
- Joined: 2003/12/07 14:51:04
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/12 22:38:02
(permalink)
Wow Jonas - that is some great talent. I could listen to that all day. Great players - well recorded - this is just a great tune.
|
daryl1968
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 10984
- Joined: 2010/06/01 22:51:43
- Location: Englishman in deepest, darkest Wales
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/13 08:08:27
(permalink)
this is excellent - brilliant playing.
Anyone coming here to listen, stay with it - it just gets better and better as it goes on.
Wow
|
vechung
Max Output Level: -74 dBFS
- Total Posts : 818
- Joined: 2008/02/05 19:51:39
- Location: Austin, TX
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/13 09:31:21
(permalink)
Really great stuff! Very nice and clean production. Excellent performance.
|
Lynn
Max Output Level: -14 dBFS
- Total Posts : 6117
- Joined: 2003/11/12 18:36:16
- Location: Kansas City, MO
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/14 11:03:03
(permalink)
Very professional, Jonas. The performances and production are first class. I love this style of jazz, and it's great to hear someone so proficient. SO well done.
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/15 16:48:36
(permalink)
Thanks for the props everyone. I'm going to get a guitar player friend to double the saxophone for parts of the melody. The cymbals still annoy me (more automation needed) and I'm thinking about adding some percussion to emphasize the exotic quality of the song.
Cheers,
Jonas
|
drumstixkev
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2709
- Joined: 2007/09/08 10:41:32
- Location: CHICAGO
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/15 18:25:11
(permalink)
Excellent performance! The mix sounds excellent on my end. Love the way the sax is sitting in the mix and it sounds stellar. Really cool walking bass line at 1:16 The music is so good I didn't even notice an annoying cymbals KUDOS GENTS!
Kev
|
eko
Max Output Level: -84 dBFS
- Total Posts : 308
- Joined: 2012/08/02 18:23:38
- Location: Home or out
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/15 18:48:30
(permalink)
This is usually not my bag but everything sound so well done that its hard to be stubborn. The sax is outstanding the drum programming need a star to and synth and ..ahh all is good. Very nice indeed.
|
Janet
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8094
- Joined: 2010/01/02 19:04:11
- Location: Missouri
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/15 22:18:05
(permalink)
Really, really nice, Jonas! :)
|
eric paul
Max Output Level: -86 dBFS
- Total Posts : 241
- Joined: 2011/12/24 14:05:17
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/11/17 11:25:38
(permalink)
hi jsaras this is brings back memorys great stuff thanks for sharing eric
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/12/07 20:11:49
(permalink)
This song now has guitar (Ray Ferretti) as well as some percussion sweetening programmed by David "Fingers" Haynes. The original link still applies.
J
|
foxwolfen
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8256
- Joined: 2008/03/29 23:41:47
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2012/12/07 23:46:28
(permalink)
Is that a Bossa Nova beat? Very chill. You won me over completely with the sweet synth. Kinda just want to go kick back on the couch and listen to stuff like this all night now. Well done.
post edited by foxwolfen - 2012/12/07 23:49:58
A scientist knows more & more about less & less till he knows everything about nothing, while a philosopher knows less & less about more & more till he knows nothing about everything. Composers Forum
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/25 20:01:30
(permalink)
FWIW, the CD project (entitled "Late Bloomers" has been completed and is available at CDBaby (physical CD) and Amazon (download; search for "Jonas Aras"). Everyone's input along the way was very much appreciated.
|
timidi
Max Output Level: -21 dBFS
- Total Posts : 5449
- Joined: 2006/04/11 12:55:15
- Location: SE Florida
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/25 20:59:00
(permalink)
The requested URL /LateBloomers.mp3 was not found on this server.
|
theguitarplayer
Max Output Level: -40 dBFS
- Total Posts : 3523
- Joined: 2007/05/04 22:59:59
- Location: Kissimmee, Florida
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/27 23:16:19
(permalink)
Sonar X3 Studio, Acid Pro 7, Sound Forge Pro 9, Sonicfire Pro 5, Kinetic 2, Cinescore, HP Pavilion dv7, CORE i7, Q-740, 8gb Ram, Windows 7- 64 bit, 4 tb mem , Audiobox USB, Digitech GNX4, Gibson SG1 & SG3, Martin J65M, Washburn Custom Cumberland, 3 Marshall Amps, Casio 365 Keyboard, M-Audio Axiom AIR Mini 32, Behringer Truth Monitors, Garritan Aria, EWQLCC, Alloy 2, Ozone 6, Melodyne http://www.soundclick.com/JohnRKennedy
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/28 19:37:49
(permalink)
The link is live once again; the first three minutes of the title track.
Thanks for listening,
J
|
Walt Collins
Max Output Level: -69 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1054
- Joined: 2003/11/12 14:33:30
- Location: Harleysville, PA
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 07:32:42
(permalink)
I know this is an older post, but it still sounds great to me. :) Pro sounding jazz! Nice work!
Walt Collins - Downtempo & AmbientBandcamp: https://waltcollins.bandcamp.com (FREE downloads), SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/arcanor blog: "Seeking Enlightenment Through Electronic Music" - http://waltcollins.com/musicI use Ableton, NI, AAS, Arturia, Spectrasonics, Cakewalk, Akai, Yamaha, Fender, Sony, WavesWindows 10, Tannoy, KRK, dbx DriveRack
|
Freddy J
Max Output Level: -52 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2348
- Joined: 2009/03/09 21:05:54
- Location: Lutz, FL
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 14:08:25
(permalink)
Excellent number. The performance is stellar and production sound clear and balanced. Cymbals what cymbals -- I got caught up in the music? However, it did cut off on me and I didn't get to hear the finish :>(
|
alkie
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2706
- Joined: 2008/04/18 20:03:03
- Location: kitchener, Canada originally fife, Scotland
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 16:28:46
(permalink)
Mix sounds great, nice job on all counts.
Whoa.... to you ...oh...earth and sea...
for the devil sends the beast with wrath.....
because he knows the time is short.....
let him who hath understanding.....
reckon the number of the beast.....
for it is a human number...
it`s number is.....
666 So if JESUS rose from the DEAD Does that mean he`s the ORIGINAL ZOMBIE?
|
Bob Oister
Max Output Level: -47.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2766
- Joined: 2008/01/10 00:34:27
- Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania USA
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 17:07:13
(permalink)
Hi, Jonas, Excellent work and a fantastic mix on this great sounding Modern Jazz instrumental! Wonderful performances and a stellar job on the production.  Best wishes! Bob
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 18:29:08
(permalink)
Thanks for the props everyone. I appreciate it very much. @FreddyJ, the cymbals were from Superior Drummer. David Haynes, who did the "finger drumming" on an electronic drum pad, constructs custom kits using different pieces from a variety of ToonTrack's sample libraries. The downside is that when he creates custom kits the sampled room mic channel(s) is not available. I had to create the sound of overheads and a drum room using a variety of early reflection reverbs, etc. Hopefully I sold the illusion of an acoustic drum kit reasonably well. Cheers, J
post edited by jsaras - 2013/09/29 18:30:40
|
Noisy Neighbour
Max Output Level: -81 dBFS
- Total Posts : 460
- Joined: 2011/06/12 15:33:41
- Location: Amsterdam / NL
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/29 20:20:57
(permalink)
Daniel LAVA LAMP, Sonar Platinum Intel Core i7-2600 CPU 3.40 GHz, 16 Gig Ram, Windows 10 x64 M-Audio Fast Track C400 A-500 Midi Keyboard Controller, Yamaha MSP7, Yamaha HS50 Monitors, (a bit of room treatment) plugins, guitars, Take a Look Inside
|
evadianepug
Max Output Level: -30.5 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4477
- Joined: 2008/07/11 20:53:21
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/09/30 11:58:58
(permalink)
Just because we can. I like that!! Your tunes always showcase top notch music and musicians. This one is no different.
|
Chandler
Max Output Level: -81 dBFS
- Total Posts : 477
- Joined: 2012/11/02 08:56:21
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/04 13:41:07
(permalink)
Cool tune. I love fusion. The arrangement is nice and the production sounds good too.
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/04 20:06:34
(permalink)
@Noisy Neighbor: I'd love to make some noise in Amsterdam sometime!
|
markno999
Max Output Level: -62 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1450
- Joined: 2007/08/27 18:09:30
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/04 20:46:52
(permalink)
Jonas,
Sounds great, really liked it until the point it ended abruptly at 3:00 during the sax solo;( This is really a quite spectacular production and the musicianship is out of this world.
Regards
|
tagruvto
Max Output Level: -86 dBFS
- Total Posts : 221
- Joined: 2003/12/03 17:21:29
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/06 09:51:29
(permalink)
Really enjoying this tune - like others - especially the sax. Any tips you would care to share on how you recorded (mic. choice and placement) and mixed ( eq and any other considerations) on the saxophone?
|
Rimshot
Max Output Level: -29 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4625
- Joined: 2010/12/09 12:51:08
- Location: California
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/06 10:11:22
(permalink)
I would love to try live drums on this. You guys did an excellent job. Sounds super.
Rimshot
Rimshot Sonar Platinum 64 (Lifer), Studio One V3.5, Notion 6, Steinberg UR44, Zoom R24, Purrrfect Audio Pro Studio DAW (Case: Silent Mid Tower, Power Supply: 600w quiet, Haswell CPU: i7 4790k @ 4.4GHz (8 threads), RAM: 16GB DDR3/1600 , OS drive: 1TB HD, Audio drive: 1TB HD), Windows 10 x64 Anniversary, Equator D5 monitors, Faderport, FP8, Akai MPK261
|
M_Glenn_M
Max Output Level: -65 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1276
- Joined: 2011/09/13 10:58:11
- Location: Comox BC
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/09 00:45:07
(permalink)
Loved it. Fine talents there. nicely produced
Producer Exp x1d Win XP, intel Core2 Duo CPU E4600 @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GHz RAM Nvidia gforce 8500 GT BR800 controller , DR880 drum machine. GR20 guitar synth, Alesis QX25 KRK 6 + 10" sub. Sennheiser HD280pro cans 2 Yamaki acoustics, Korean Strat, 60's Jazzmaster, 60's BF Deluxe Reverb,
|
jsaras
Max Output Level: -49 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2642
- Joined: 2003/12/07 10:40:00
- Location: Pasadena, CA-The Center of the Universe!
- Status: offline
Re:Late Bloomers (Jazz Fusion)
2013/10/09 12:07:44
(permalink)
@Rimshot: I would have like to have used live drums as well. I know of several well-known drummers that would have done it for a very reasonable rate (I'm not going to drop names) but renting a studio worthy of their talent would have doubled or tripled the cost of the production. I got the 11-song project done for about $2k (most of which was paying for drum programming) plus $1K for duplication. Perhaps next time I can get a label to drop the money for studio time.
@tagrufto: The saxophone was recorded in his home studio which had a large isolation booth. We used a Groove Tubes GT-66 tube microphone. His preamp was something cheap and it was a MOTU converter box.
On the mix end of things I used the UAD Studer A800 plugin (using a variation of the "Classic Rock -15IPS 250 preset), the UAD LA2A compressor in compress mode and the UAD Lexicon 224 using the PercPlate algorithm. It was panned 12% to the right.
|