Johnbee58 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) Stax/Volt or Tower of Power style horn section (Session Horns Pro) and tenor sax solos by a product called Tenor Colossus. Hope you enjoy. https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14580938 😀John B Edited April 22, 2023 by Johnbee58 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Enjoyed the frankness and freedom of the lyrics! Really nice horns. I like the changes in intensity at the different parts. Sounds a little Beatle-ish at first to me. 3:45 something maybe horns sounded a bit distorted? Or a horn sound/technique I am not familiar with? Good song, well constructed and the mix sounds very good over here. I did enjoy it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 @treeshaThanks so much, Treesha! 😀John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl1968 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 went to listen but the link isn't working John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, daryl1968 said: went to listen but the link isn't working John Oh, My!! Broke the link. Sorry. Please try again. 😀 Jhn B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl1968 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 There's some venom behind this song, I can tell. I hope you are well mate Very cool song and arrangement however, there are a lot of offbeat rhythms working against each other and no constant. Maybe simplify the piano to straight 1/8ths? Only my opinion - no offence meant as I really like the song. Love that muted trumpet .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Enjoyed the lyrics - horns sound good as well Interesting arrangement - I can hear what Treesha called distortion on the horns starting at 2.25 - but I don't think it's distortion, it's the low sax I think - perhaps it could be smoothed a bit Otherwise all good Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 10 hours ago, daryl1968 said: There's some venom behind this song, I can tell. I hope you are well mate Very cool song and arrangement however, there are a lot of offbeat rhythms working against each other and no constant. Maybe simplify the piano to straight 1/8ths? Only my opinion - no offence meant as I really like the song. Love that muted trumpet .... Hello, @daryl1968Daryl. Thanks so much for listening and your useful comments. I am well, thank you.😀 No offense taken. Thank you for your observation. 😉 😀John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Bajan Blue said: Enjoyed the lyrics - horns sound good as well Interesting arrangement - I can hear what Treesha called distortion on the horns starting at 2.25 - but I don't think it's distortion, it's the low sax I think - perhaps it could be smoothed a bit Otherwise all good Nigel @Bajan BlueThanks, Nigel! I was a bit confused on @treesha's comment because of the time mark she mentioned. She said her observation was @3:45, which kind of puzzled me because that's where the song ends, but you clarified it as being @ 2:25. What you're hearing there are 2 low horns, ( baritone sax and a bass trombone) doing a "Tower Of Power style" lick where the low bari sax puts down some funk and the higher horns do a response. The 5 horn line up there is bass trombone, bari sax, tenor sax and 2 trumpets. I can see that it could be mistaken as distortion as the samples are a bit bright, but it's not. 😀JB Edited April 22, 2023 by Johnbee58 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Really good instrumentation going on here John. Love the horns. I always like your lyrics, no exception here. The voc has some high notes and then some pretty low notes. Maybe keep the pitches within the same range. Just a suggestion. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeEarCandy Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Out of the box! Those horns sound really nice! The chord arrangement is not typical and it was interesting listening to you latch on to it. Cool stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 1:03 PM, Johnbee58 said: @Bajan BlueThanks, Nigel! I was a bit confused on @treesha's comment because of the time mark she mentioned. She said her observation was @3:45, which kind of puzzled me because that's where the song ends, but you clarified it as being @ 2:25. What you're hearing there are 2 low horns, ( baritone sax and a bass trombone) doing a "Tower Of Power style" lick where the low bari sax puts down some funk and the higher horns do a response. The 5 horn line up there is bass trombone, bari sax, tenor sax and 2 trumpets. I can see that it could be mistaken as distortion as the samples are a bit bright, but it's not. 😀JB Oops yes, I was looking at the wrong number when seeing the spot I mentioned, yes it is more like 2:25 sorry for the confusion. I figured it was a horn thing there maybe some technique I am not familiar with, which is many. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) On 4/23/2023 at 12:29 AM, bjornpdx said: Really good instrumentation going on here John. Love the horns. I always like your lyrics, no exception here. The voc has some high notes and then some pretty low notes. Maybe keep the pitches within the same range. Just a suggestion. -Bjorn @bjornpdxThanks Bjorn! Edited April 24, 2023 by Johnbee58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 23 hours ago, FreeEarCandy said: Out of the box! Those horns sound really nice! The chord arrangement is not typical and it was interesting listening to you latch on to it. Cool stuff! @FreeEarCandy FEC-Thanks so much. 😀John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 19 hours ago, treesha said: Oops yes, I was looking at the wrong number when seeing the spot I mentioned, yes it is more like 2:25 sorry for the confusion. I figured it was a horn thing there maybe some technique I am not familiar with, which is many. @treeshaNo worries. Thanks again. 😀John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) the music: most impressive, that's a great arrangement/composing, the playing and interweaving of all the instruments was excellent, the bass playing (I'd turn it up a dB), piano playing and horns are excellent, the drums don't create a groove but do move the song in the correct directions as required (slow, medium, quick tempos) the vocals: took awhile for me to understand your vocal style because I've not heard anything like it before (like some of Joni Mitchell's more daring vox), and, truthfully, I really don't listen to music with vocals much at all anymore (excepting Thievery Corporations songs with Lou Lou and some of their other extraordinary singers) so, I think you are an acquired taste vocally but your music is most impressive; compositionally excellent, extremely well played, recorded, mixed and mastered, looking forward to a lot more🎶🎶🎶🎶 Edited April 26, 2023 by Larry T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Larry T. said: the music: most impressive, that's a great arrangement/composing, the playing and interweaving of all the instruments was excellent, the bass playing (I'd turn it up a dB), piano playing and horns are excellent, the drums don't create a groove but do move the song in the correct directions as required (slow, medium, quick tempos) the vocals: took awhile for me to understand your vocal style because I've not heard anything like it before (like some of Joni Mitchell's more daring vox), and, truthfully, I really don't listen to music with vocals much at all anymore (excepting Thievery Corporations songs with Lou Lou and some of their other extraordinary singers) so, I think you are an acquired taste vocally but your music is most impressive; compositionally excellent, extremely well played, recorded, mixed and mastered, looking forward to a lot more🎶🎶🎶🎶 Thanks so much, Larry. It is pleasing to know that as a guy who doesn't listen to many vocal projects you have chosen to check me out. 😀John B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 1:59 AM, daryl1968 said: some venom behind this song Yeah, I heard that too. On 4/25/2023 at 9:37 PM, Larry T. said: drums don't create a groove but do move the song I see what you mean, yeah. On 4/23/2023 at 9:31 AM, FreeEarCandy said: horns sound really nice! I think that is the consensus here. t 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 5/2/2023 at 12:48 PM, DeeringAmps said: Yeah, I heard that too. I see what you mean, yeah. I think that is the consensus here. t @DeeringAmpsThanks so much, Tom. 😀John B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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