Hi guys,
 
I haven't posted songs here for a long while and thought I would let you know what I have been playing around with.  I have been testing another DAW which is good for me since I have only used 3 DAWS in my life before checking out S1 (Amiga Soundscape, Peformer on a Mac SE, and Cakewalk). 
 
Back in December, I bought EZ Drummer Nashville and tried out the brush kit on this jazz tune I wrote.  I kept adding instruments and out came this piece.  I need to work on the lyrics (you'll see).
 
Anyway, hope you enjoy and your comments welcomed.
 
Rimshot
  
Update:  I apologize but I loaded the wrong mix (this first one didn't have an ending).  I have added the new mix here:


https://soundcloud.com/ji...d-you-loved-me-2-12-13


  
 

Feels a bit cluttered to my ears Rim. I say this because generally your mixes are sparse (in a good way).

A good effort none the less.

I like the vibe and it seems well recorded. What is doing the Saxes? 

I like it. didn't seem cluttered to me. The horns were a little out of tune here and there but I kinda liked that too:)

Sounds great to me. Enjoyed the listen.

Thanks for the good vibes you guys!  I appreciate it very much.  I uploaded the final mix just now with a proper ending (well an ending anyway!).  I meant that to be the one you heard.  Everything else is the same.

Bapu:  Cluttered for this rag tag group of jazz guys is a compliment!  They always seem to do what they want.  Hard to get too cluttered though with bass, drums, percussion, piano, alto, trumpet, and vocal. 

Robbie: I did the sax using Presonus S1 Presence Alto Sax.  The muted trumpet was from Dimension Pro and the full trumpet was GPO4.  Thanks for the kind words.

Hey Tim: I left the out of tune horns because they really reminded me of my old Sound Logic Recording Studio days in Los Angeles when I recorded alot of jazz on by Fostex B16.  Billy Higgins solo album was one I produced and engineered.  It was hard to tell a great bass player he was out of tune.  Those were they days!

Hi Chas:  Thank you for the listen and glad you liked it.  This was done really fast and you can tell I did not muck it up too much  - just left most of the parts the way I jammed 'em.

Rimshot


Bapu:  Hard to get too cluttered though with bass, drums, percussion, piano, alto, trumpet, and vocal.  

Oh, I'm sure I could make less than that sound cluttered.


I's sure you know this, it was just an opinion. Maybe more due to my state of mind rather than facts.

Now this is the way to mix a song. It is 99% perfect. I am very impressed. The only thing niggling at me is the bass. I listened once on the monitors, then again now on the cans and its got an odd overtone that sounds very much like noise, but is not. Assuming this is an upright, it sounds detuned and sloppy and detracts from an otherwise stellar mix and arrangement. Ok - listened to it a third time (really hard to tell what I am hearing) and its both the bass and its interaction with the kick... the attack is odd. Anyway... fab work. Mind blown. Awesome job.

Hi Shad, your comments were great and thanks for the 99% perfect.  I know you listen well to forum song postings and I appreciate your feedback.  The Jimmy Saad Virtual Jazz Ensemble salutes you. 

I never noticed the bottom end issue so this morning, with coffee in hand, I opened up the song and behold, I had used Softtube Saturation Knob on the upright bass!  I didn't remember that.  

The setting was on neutral with the knob at about 9.5.  I did not use any high pass filters on the bass or kick so I think you heard the Saturation Knob effect on the bass!  I think that speaks highly for your great ears because you did not know I was using that effect.  I am impressed!  

For the attack between kick and bass commnet, I quantized the drums to about 80% but did not quantize the bass.  I tried to keep most parts as live sounding as I could.  You picked up on that as well.  Looks like the bass hits at times slightly ahead of the kick.  Great ears again!  

I appreciate the time you took on this.  Thanks again.

Rimshot

It was a fun listen! I enjoyed the feel very much