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 | bbarner said 162 days ago |
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Some thoughts and notes Hey, Last Song On Vaudeville is really exciting. I can hear what you mean by "roomy" and wonder if in future I should try to change the pattern of my mic to pick up less room and maybe try to change the accoustic properties of the room. Also, I have never been happy with the tenor sound I get on my recordings. I don't think I sound so tubby live and wonder if I would get better results moving away from the mic. I rehearsed the difficult clarinet parts for a while and tried to get it right by recording a couple of bars at a time, but eventually gave up and did an improvised clarinet part following the general shape of your written melody. (I just don't have the reading chops.) As to whether it fits--it seems right now you have a couple of main-stream jazz organ plus horns tunes, a ECM-ish/new agey piece, and two electronic/MMW/industrial pieces. If you were going to have all music recorded by your ensemble except this piece, I'd say it might be out of place. Anyway, I hope you can use it. I really dig the Neru jacket, by the way. It's a toe tapper and the flute is fine. |
 | kassia said 161 days ago |
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Last Song Conceptually this is brilliantly creative. It's got an interesting and pleasing combination of instruments and sounds. Love the composition and jazziness. I agree with Graham - I think the lo-fi is a VERY cool idea and I love it as the opening feel, but as the piece progresses I felt like it got to be too much and started distracting me from the cool stuff going on in the woodwinds and organ. Great movement throughout the piece. Really keeps my toe tapping. It's a VERY cool tune, Tobin. I like it a lot. |
 | peacepiano said 161 days ago |
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Avant Vaudeville I can hear the reverberations of vaudeville, but the modern electric jazz fusion noises dominate. The woodwind parts do stand apart some, especially at the end. Bill is a great player, so this just helps to highlight his playing in this context :) Thanks Bill |
 | Feter said 161 days ago |
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Last Song On Vaudeville this is terrific ..the structure of the keys down the reeds is just genious ..I cant believe this is done seperatedly on a studio ..this is so alive .. its like jammin session ..fabulous ..my frist point is a miss the dog house bass ..you applied the sync bass kinda like ..certainly awonderful piece of work to enjoy ...thnx alot for sharin this gem !!!! |
 | sloparts said 161 days ago |
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The playing on this is awesome, but The LoFi noise takes away from it so much for me personally that it kills then rest of the most excellent musicianship going on. I would really love to here a clean version of this in the Jazz tradition without all the noises, but then it wouldn't be the same piece at all, would it? Let me say this about what you have here. This has the potential to be some really outstanding Jazz work, with a live jammin' kind of feel to it. But as it is, there's just too much noise in it. Keep in mind when reading this that the guy who typed in has two things that affect his listening ability and attitude. One is my substantial hearing loss, and the other is I'm used to clean mixes where there is no distortion in it. Both those things will affect what I perceive when listening. In other words, ignore the crotchety old fool on this side of the keyboard. Be well and be cool my friend, Ed |
 | michael2 said 161 days ago |
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Tobin this is sick. i love the distorted drums and those horns are blowing my mind. I've read the comments below, and my ears have no problem at all with your "lo-fi" approach. actually makes it sound more interesting and contemporary to me. It's not straight jazz, so why try and push it in that direction? only thing i noticed is that the sax solo halfway through is a little loud, but you mentioned that you are already on that. really incredible piece of music. |
 | Jim Bouchard said 161 days ago |
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hmmm interesting, but I'm in the camp that isn't totally in love with the bitshifted lo-fi sound. I have a problem with my new Apogee Duet which has a tendency to produce this sort of destroyed sound in error. I can fix it by changing my sample rate to 48kHz but it's a hassle. This made me open up my Audio MIDI Utility to check if that was the problem. I could get the concept, but it didn't sound right to me. Like it took over the song. Perhaps if it was just in sections it would work better for me. Or if it was a bit more glitchy like it was an instrument rather than an effect laid over a track. But I don't know, it's a really super track, and maybe I'm just a bit too stodgy. Great to hear BBarner again, I just love his stuff! |
 | Norman Goodman said 160 days ago |
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Actually Once the lines kicked in I became so transfixed by the exceptional playing that i lost focus on the lofi part (did dominate the intro) Awesome phrasing and terrific performances....very cool concept....really enjoyed the listen....quite adventureous(sp).....now I am off to my spelling lessons......... |
 | guygrooves said 159 days ago |
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Really good fusion Conceptually this is brilliant. I hear what some of the others have commented on and agree to some extent. I also hear what you are trying to do with this piece, and know you will have it tweaked in any subsequent mixes. I wouldn't have really noticed the roominess of the tracks Bill sent you, had you not mentioned them. They really don't stand out to my ear, they seem to fit rather well, so what you are doing to them is working. You might want to go a touch further though. On Lightning Strikes I preferred version 2. I really am enjoying listening to this album thus far. I like Caught In The Current, although it seems like it doesn't fit with the theme of the album, to my ignorant ears anyway. Seven Buttons On A Nehru Jacket is my favorite (very COOL) and I will buy this album when it's released. I enjoyed the listen Tobin and thanks for giving these wonderful songs to us. In answer to whether this piece creates a good transition, I say YES and am looking forward to hearing the final version of this and the album as a whole. From the perspective of someone who listens to Jazz and knows very little about it, I have to say this sounds like a winner Tobin, and I really like how it fills my apartment up when I'm playing the songs I have already downloaded from it. Please let us know when it is available for purchase. |
 | mulletsrock said 159 days ago |
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Spoons I dig how the lo-fi sounds remind me of someone playing the bones, or spoons, further reminding me of Vaudeville. Nice updating concept that appeals to the younger crowd. And you are right, never enough clarinet in jazz. |
 | buckhorn said 158 days ago |
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personally I like the industrial edge to this. New territory is found by taking risk and I find that here. It's something else and something more than an average super virtuous Jazz jam. I like. |
 | cchaplin said 158 days ago |
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It's Smashing ! |
 | mowguy3 said 158 days ago |
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Wow Just getting all the layers and textures to blend blows me away. Great stuff!! Thanks and be well, Russ |
 | E-Frame Wrecker said 158 days ago |
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Interesting piece I love that term "roomy". All my stuff has that sound unfortunately. Very sophisticated and I think the mix you came up with is quite good. Very unique, good stuff. |
 | HenriROGERsoloandbands said 157 days ago |
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Industrial jazz I had to listen to this several times . The more I did the more I liked it . So many events arriving in a cool way . The main thing for me is how the winds are flying over the "factory" . The organ is pushing the whole thing with plenty of good riffs . |
 | paul f. page said 157 days ago |
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I am... ...totally unqualified to comment critically on this piece, Tobin. But there's so much going on that one can't miss the care you've already taken with this number. I don't know how you think of all these things going on at the same time. It is truly amazing. It would be fun to do a live jam with this, however. I could get into that!!! (Organ is awesome about 2.5%u20143 in. I love the slam-slam-slam. ... I think maybe you are creating a new category of music altogether. Bravo. Peace. Paul |
 | egobandit said 157 days ago |
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Crazy LOve the tenor sax that was fun enjoyed!!!!!!! |
 | jiguma said 157 days ago |
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Tobin, I think I'd love this without that lo-fi stuff going on. I actually stopped and re-loaded the track twice because I thought I was getting a glitchy signal. I'd love to hear this without the underlying stuff happening, but as it is I find it really hard on the ears - like Jim, maybe I'm just getting a bit stodgy too. Great sax and organ though. Cheers, Neil |
 | guitapick said 157 days ago |
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Listening... ...on low quality headphones, but I didn't notice the difference in room sound first time 'round (hadn't read your description, yet). Once I DID read it, though, I noticed it a bit. But not to the point of distraction, for my taste...but not listening with nice system. Cool piece. I love the intro and fade out...and all that other stuff in between... :) |
 | thoddi said 137 days ago |
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contrast I appreciate the contrast from the lo-fi fx stuff to the smoother woodwinds. It creates a balance and a more hip feeling than this would have if you had one without the other. I'm usually not a big fan of clarinets and uptone jazz, but in here I feel it works because of the mentioned contrasts. The organ (instrument) stuff you do is very cool. You know I'm a fan of the cool ways you know around those keys:) |
 | ramonaji said 12 hours ago |
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Hooooooeeeeeee! I love this. LOVE IT! |
It's like a busy reciepe.... A little of this and that with a splash of that, and dunk it in a 5th of gin...
Freakin Sweet!!!