"Night of Lights" Instrumental AC jazz guitar

Hi All
 
I have this new piece.  Let me know what you think.
 
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=9875053&q=hi&newref=1
 
Thanks

rhynosynth


This is really nice. Not a fan of the drum track. I do like the tone of the guitar. It reminded me of Craig Chaquico's album "Acoustic Planet" at times. I like the playing after the change at 1:40. Great work. 

I like where this was going it sounded great and the sound of the guitar sounded great but I hear alot of off notes being played .
Your going in the right direction playing your guitar but what I'm hearing you need to focus on your playing of the guitar some more and hone in on your skills .
With this type of music if your playing is off just alittle bit it sticks out like a sore thumb ,  it did for me . Don't take it as being bad thing I can tell you have the skills to make this tune really shine you need to work with it some more.

Hope I wasn't too affensive pointing some of the things in the song I noticed as being off in the way it was played , I did like the song .

vechung

radio

rhynosynth


This is really nice. Not a fan of the drum track. I do like the tone of the guitar. It reminded me of Craig Chaquico's album "Acoustic Planet" at times. I like the playing after the change at 1:40. Great work. 

I like where this was going it sounded great and the sound of the guitar sounded great but I hear alot of off notes being played .
Your going in the right direction playing your guitar but what I'm hearing you need to focus on your playing of the guitar some more and hone in on your skills .
With this type of music if your playing is off just alittle bit it sticks out like a sore thumb ,  it did for me . Don't take it as being bad thing I can tell you have the skills to make this tune really shine you need to work with it some more.

Hope I wasn't too affensive pointing some of the things in the song I noticed as being off in the way it was played , I did like the song .

Hi Radio.  Thanks so much for the comments!  It is one of these things, I can play these runs perfectly when I am practicing or just jamming, but when it comes time to record, I seem to tighten up and I can't get them right.  What do performers do to psych themselves up?
 
Another option will be to split the recording over the difficult parts and not try to get the entire song in one shot.

I have been there many times myself , good luck with it its a nice song you created .
Radio

Nice guitar playing!  

Very nice.

Great gutar playing and tones, but as other's have mentioned, timing issues at times with the guitar. 

I know what you mean about making mistakes when you come to actually record it.  I'm no where near as good as you, but when i record guitar i have to make lots of takes to get even simple parts correct.

Not a great fan of the drum track either i'm afraid.

Overall a nice listen.

Very nice... I love instrumental guitar based mellow jazz.   The tone and balance is good.

Crits: the drums could be a bit more creative.  Also the guitar playing is very good in most of it. There are a few places where the runs are not clean. It simply has to flow to work, and it's tripping over itself.

There is no sin committed by using the punch in out feature when recording. Just don't attempt to play it live until you have it totally together.

I don't hesitate to use the auto punch to get some of my vocal or guitar takes...especially the twin lead stuff I do. I will rehearse the part as long as I need to until I get it perfect at least two or three times through. Then I will hit the record button, and it usually takes a few more tries to get every nuance just right. Solo lead is a bit easier...twin leads must be perfect or the slightly off time note shows.

Also, no one is there in the studio but you, no pressure to preform perfectly... so take your time, use the auto punch and get the licks right. Even if you have to do it section by section.

vechung, this is excellent. i really don't hear much in the way of timing anomalies. yes drum is a bit repetitive but it's mixed back and doesn't intrude. bass line is excellent. you can really play, there's nothing harder than trying to play clean, i know and am crap at it! give me the gain anytime!
mix is great too.

Very nice sounding! I only heard one or two runs that got a bit chaotic. Otherwise I loved it!

Hi All.  I attempted to fix some of the timing issues.  Did some punch recording.  Yeah, those timing problems do stick out like a sort thumb and fixing them make the song better.  Thanks all for listening.