Velour Crucible...Jazz Fusion

 
  Recent music I'm working on. Crits welcome.Hope you enjoy it.
 
http://soundcloud.com/starise/velour-crucible 
 
 Recent remix.

There seems to be too much echo on the guitar for the riffs to really cut through. And while many things took turns jamming, it seems like there needs to be something solid holding this together from a melody perspective. The keys feel like they were played at a different time than the guitars, like here's a BPM and a key, "go!" I would say pick either the guitar or keys and make a melody, and then build things around that. But I like structure :-)

I love to noodle around with this kind of groove... the EP sounds fine to me... Good one... 

Pretty cool song.

Yea, really like the mix too.  Everything sounds really separated.  Love the Hi-hat.

Cool tune.  I like the tempo and the performance.  The mix is good, too.  

 ohgrant- Thanks for listening. Appreciate the feedback.

 Theband19-  I also questioned some of the moves between the guitar and keys. I was thinking about making one stronger. They seem to be more interwoven here. In a few places it could be understood that they are maybe even playing over one another. Not usually a good thing. I understand what you mean to say and thanks for listening and commenting. The number is highly improvisational  but I maybe could do something with those parts.Thanks again!

guitartrek- I wondered how much the keys panned would stick out. I will remove the panning and repost. Thanks.

notnat- Thanks man. I love to hear you noodle around with those grooves lol.

Marcus- Thanks, I did have fun with it.

Metaltech- Thanks for listening and your comments.

CLEAN- Thanks! I have so much fun at it I loose track of the time in the studio, ever happen to you?

OLD55- Thanks for listening and commenting. Appreciate it!

Lynn- Thanks for listening. I see the  auto tos must have blanked a word but I get the jist of it.

 Have a great day guys.

Really cool jam session!  I too think there's a bit too much delay on the guitar.. it doesn't cut through as much as it should.  Also, maybe if it had a bit more low mid in it's tone and were turned up a dB or 2 I think it would sit just right.  I get the panning thing from the Rhodes... I think it's OK.  I'd like the horns to keep their staccato flavor by reducing their reverb time quite a bit...it's too long for this tune IMO.

Hey, I enjoyed the listen Starise.  Good job...send us more!

This sounds great, Tim!  Sounds like it was fun to play and it's fun to listen to too. :) 

nice tune and groove.. sounds good

 Janet- Thanks for listening :)

 tbosco- Yep I think it would be for sure.

 Makke- Thanks for your comments and for listening here.

 Bob- Thanks man! I appreciate you taking the time to listen to this.
 

 

Great sound on the mix and arrangement. The instruments came up very nice and clean. The guitar is a bit unsteady on the solos. Excellent variety on the song that kept it very interesting.

This was a lot of fun to listen to.  I think it fits together very well and the mix sounds nice on my system.  Sometimes having a prominent effect on the guitar doesn't turn out so well but I think this works pretty good.  Sure the tone is not quite a wide as some of the other elements but in my head this gives a nice contrast within the tune.

Loved the keyboards! -  What are you using for horns?  Daryl