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Thanks, Mark for listening and the feedback.  I did play it to record it, but it's midi, so I'll take a look at the velocities and play with them.  Appreciate the comment.

Reminds me of an old saying - hug the musician, they never get to dance.

Really enjoyed it.

Really impressive.  It kept me interested through-out.  I really enjoyed all the changes, and the sax player was great!

Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo is a famous song originally written by Fayyaz Hashmi.  It's based on Yaman Kalyani raga.

It's one of my father-in-law's favorite songs and he requested I record it, so this is my piano arrangement.  As always, comments, suggestions, and criticisms are appreciated.

Update : Based on the comments I softened the piano sound, played with the EQ, adjusted the midi velocities to try and smooth out the sound.  Oh, and I also let the final notes fade out.  Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Jeff

Bjorn, Nigel, Makke, and Douglas,  Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment.  I really appreciate your feedback.

Impressive.  I really enjoyed it.

 I wish my "finished" stuff sounded have as unfinished as this.  Beautiful.

I couldn't concentrate on the music until I turned my monitor off.     Once I did, I really enjoyed the song.  Loved the chord changes.

I really enjoyed it.  I loved the acoustic groove and the Gibson sounds great.  Fun lyrics.  To be honest, the one the minor thing that didn't seem to  sit quite right to  me were the drums.

I've always liked oddball time signatures.  Well done holding it together and maintaining the groove.  That's tricky.

Love the guitar tones.  Nicely done.  I'm curious what you are using for the organ.

Very chill.  I could see this being used in a road-trip montage of a Tarantino movie.

Sounds great on my cheap headphones.

Day off from work - check.

No kids in the house - check.

New camera to play with -check.

(ok, technically it's my wife's anniversary present, I'm just borrowing it...)

Time to do some recording!

Willie Fugal's Blues by Professor Longhair. One of my favorites.

13 hours ago, Wookiee said:

Interesting interpretation of a Raaga, what did you use for Tabla? mix works well here on the Adam's, nice guitar tones.

Thanks so much!  It's actually a mrindangam, not a tabla.  It's from the south of India.  I used the Native Instruments India vst.

10 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

I'm always envious of great "clean" tone, if I could nail Wilsey's Wicked Game tone; I'd never look back!
This is from a guy that loves an amp that drives like a fine Italian sports car...

👍

t

I know I say this all too often, but it only takes a minute to drop a like for a brother over at YouTube; just sayin'...

(just shaming?) 🙄

For what it's worth, I can't take much credit for the guitar tone.  It's basically a preset in Guitar Rig, that I tweaked a little bit.

Thanks for the listen!

On 7/29/2020 at 9:27 AM, Starise said:

A most pleasant listen. Loved the rhythms here. 

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! 

On 7/27/2020 at 5:40 AM, Bajan Blue said:

cool stuff, agree with it could do with a bit of mastering to bring it up a bit

Nigel

 

Thanks for the listen and the comment

46 minutes ago, musical573 said:

I really like this! Mix is solid. I think the master might be a tad soft. 

 

JJ

 

 

Thanks!  I stop after mixing.  I wouldn't know how to master if my life depended on it.

19 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Love the guitar and mridangam (never knew what a mridangam was before this).
I like the song quite a lot but to me it got a bit repetitive after a while.

Thanks for the feedback.  I think you have a point.  I may have to do a little bit of trimming.

4 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

This is pretty great! I like the glitch background stuff, and cool when the tablas come in!

Anything that grooves this hard is a winner in my book!

at 2:06, you could add some cool hand claps on the two and four. Just an unasked-for idea!

guitars have a great tone and the harmony phrasing of your guitars is very spot on!  I'd say it all works a treat.

cheers,

-Tom

Thanks, Tom.   That's a good suggestion for the claps.  I will try that out.

Actually, the percussion is a mridangam.  It's not as well known as the tabla.    This song comes from the south of India, where they use different drums than the north, and the mridangam is common.

Hello everyone,

It's been a while since I've posted. I hope every is staying safe and healthy.

I finally got a chance to to do some recording. Mohanakalyani Thillana
is a famous Indian Raaga. I've always loved it, my wife and I played it
at our wedding, and I've always wanted to make my own version.

I'd love to know what people think. Thanks in advance for the listen.

Mohanakalyani Thillana

On 8/3/2019 at 3:59 PM, freddy j said:

This was a cool, fun tune.  It looks like you had a good time.  The song was mighty impressive, especially that it was done on a tablet.

Nice one.

 

 Thanks so much freddy.  We stood ha be a good time.   Only problem is it was too short!

On 8/3/2019 at 11:19 AM, Rik said:

Hey jw, fun tune, certainly has vacation feel to it

 

Thanks.  Appreciate it!

On 8/3/2019 at 10:27 AM, DeeringAmps said:

Long Beach Island?
Everyone knows that Long Beach is in California; hell, I was born there!
Forget "pretty impressive for a tablet".
That was very nicely done!

FL mobile huh?

T

Thanks.  You should check out Long Beach Island sometime if you're in the neighborhood! 😁

17 hours ago, cclarry said:

Nice JW!

Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment!