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I enjoyed it as well, that's a mesmerizing guitar lead. And your video serves it up nicely. I like the full stop towards the end, fade to black, and then it modulates and continues. Cool. cheers. -Tom

Great tune, very mellow but kind of stirring. You might make the piano louder when it's in there, as now it takes a back seat to the orchestration. cheers, -Tom

I will confess to an eye-roll when I hear this song, it's the one "latin" piece that everyone in the bar knows and claims. YMMV Holy jesus that is some mighty fine noodlin' there, Kenny! It redeems the piece, and then some!!! -Tom

It's pretty groovy! Nice mix, I can hear everything pretty cleanly. In the intro, the flute instrument might be just a bit overbaked with compression? It's a little crispy, I can hear the saturation pretty heavily. That might be just what you were after. Personal choices being what they are, I would have preferred a fade out ending, as opposed to just dumping us out at the end of a synth patch feature. I'd also like to know what it's about! I really like hearing songs like this from other cultures . . . cheers, -Tom

Strawberry is one you could bypass if you were getting Dracus.

@Tiger The Frog just wondering what you make of eastwest Hollywood pop brass. One could join the creative cloud for 20 bucks a month and access it and a crapton of other libraries. Have you heard those pop brass ensembles?

Thanks @Bob Oister I appreciate the feedback, glad you found it interesting and thanks for the positive vibes.

Yes, definitely getting closer with Broadway lites at that price point.

Hooking up with a chick / bird / snuppe ? (archaic) You may have to watch an early 1980's movie to verify.

Are u sure this is the correct forum for this? ?

"My Way" is not half as awkward in that gigging context as "After You've Gone"

Thanks, Matthew! Indeed I dutifully watched that video. He does a good job and is very thorough. However, crikey Project Sam looks like it needs a ton of keyswitch massaging. Sounds decent though. Yes it is more "big band" than "funk" . . . I admit to being lazy as heck and I'm leaning towards the Eastwest offering, which appeals to my laziness. But $400 bones is a lot for what Hollywood Pop Brass is. That would buy a lot of food. I like food. thanks for the thoughts - there's also the Samplemodelling route but I just want better sounds than even that. Plus it doesn't look like the Samplemodelling stuff ensembles well. sorry for turning this thread into my personal horn rant.

cool tune with a grrrrrreat lead vocal! Nice and out in front. That's a good mix. I like the sparse arrangement, really held my interest. The video shows at 480p as the highest resolution which strikes me as undercutting the very high quality of your song. I don't know if you can produce a HD version? It works ok, but I found myself at times not watching the vid just to enjoy your awesome lead vocal. Cool tune, bro. cheers, -Tom

@Grem - thanks a lot for taking the time to listen, glad you like it. @jwnicholson78 - many thanks and glad you got through unscathed! Groove is where it is. Glad you liked it! @daryl1968 - thanks me old mucker. Yep, that's a one pass with the infamous Baritone of Many Stories Thanks so much for your cool SCloud comments, really cool that. Hope you are well . . . @kakku - nice compliment, and I agree, there is some great stuff coming onto this forum of late. @Douglas Kirby - thanks for enjoying the ride, it's a weird one. Glad you liked the mix! hey I put up a weird "audio visualizer" video on youtube, link is in the original post up there somewhere . . . it's an experiment in After Effects and video codec madness. cheers all! -Tom

Swing More looks interesting ($199) but I just need convincing horns. There doesn't seem to be a library that can do this well. I just want a Tower of Power vsti for $29 - is that too much to ask??? :) Bad one's I've tried: Chris Hein Compact (extremely lifeless, and based on that, I didn't want to pop for the four pro versions) Broadway Gig (a couple usable patches, but meh overall, and the "pro" version is 2 grand, and the company itself seems out of commission) BigFish Vintage Horns 2 (I like it a lot, has some good tones and kind of realistic in spots) Blue Brass (fun mixture of new and old horns, has some realism as well) I've researched but do not have NI's Session Horns Pro (doesn't sound at all real to me but others like it) ditto for Vir2 Mojo 2 What about the brand new Eastwest "Hollywood Pop Brass" - sounds decent but it's 100% ensembles, no individual players, and it's $399 Maybe it's Orchestral Tools "Glory Days Big Band Brass" which sounds really good but it's $800. sorry for the rant, I've just been scouring the universe for options here - any other ideas? Anyone have and like Swing More?

Stranger Things have happened this would fit right in to that show's soundtrack. I was mesmerized. Nice piece. Hey what do you have on your mix bus? Just curious, it sounds good. With these pallette colors, rather minimalistic, I'd guess the mixbus processing could be pretty important . . . did you use something that tickles or excites the treble? cheers, -Tom

@Johnbee58 - thanks, it was fun to do. @amiller - many thanks - this is either a "cool" piece, or a "huh?" piece. Glad you liked it! @bjornpdx - thanks Bjorn of pdx! The vocal effectery starts with a scat patch from Talkbox Jr (Kontakt I believe) and then I slather liberal amount of Filterfreak and other goddies from there. @Grem - thanks! I liked that wet/dry combo a lot as well. Glad it meets the scaly standard of George Noory and crew!!! For whom I wrote this one: @Wookiee - you are correct sir, mud still lurks in the lowers, I think it's a kick drum allowed to wander north of 200hz. Will attack with reptillian vengeance. It's in my DNA. Thanks for the thinks! @jesse g - thank you my quirk brother. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that wtf. cheers, -Tom

Loved it. Joplin would have been proud if this were his. The drums I admit were unexpected, and while they are cool they are I think superflous and kind of distract. The horns, same thing. Not to be all purity here - the filled-out band has a fun quality as well. I like how you mixed the piano way out front, that's the entree. It's really cool to hear someone's original ragtime, you don't get that much around here. Extra points for originality! thanks, -Tom

Sweet guitar tone. Sustain like Satriani. Cool delay effect on it as well. Very well played maestro! I think you might consider mixing those bongos a little lower when they come in, just a thought. To be completely honest, this tune didn't strike me as entirely that much latin. It's more straight ahead 2 and 4 without too much syncopated fluffery. Maybe its ballad quality hides the latin. But at the end of el dia, it's all about the guitarra, and holy crap this is really well done. The horns are sturdy, the piano hits the spots. The drums seem a little quiet, maybe a couple of more flashy bits for them? I dunno. Good stuff! cheers, -Tom

That is f oud for thought.

Klayportshiyesh??? ? Do you have kontakt yet? It probably covers a lot of the territory you already have, but it is the very definition of versatile. Plus it puts you in the realm of the various third party libraries, which is where the magic lies. The expensive magic. Or, Dune 3 is worth a look.

Wow, I'm so very sorry for your loss. Thank goodness, as you say, it was painless. How old was she?

This is a quick mix (any suggestions?) on a song that defines the axiom "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" . . . Critiques sincerely appreciated: Youtube vid with a weird "audio visualizer" . . . or Soundcloud . . . many thanks for the listen! -Tom

Sorry, this is way more Waylon or Merle than it is Chris Issac. Holy crap this is great. Love that big full yet controlled mix. MAybe just a hair less reverb on the vocal, and your "quiet aside" vocal parts are getting swamped, can't hear them. This is old-time country that would have killed 40 years ago. That tele tone - please tell me you are playing it for real - is absolutely spot on. AWESOME JOB on 'murican country, I don't care where you are from. Nice job! cheers, -Tom

I like the simplicity and your vocal stylings are uber authentic. In fact in a three part mix (rhythm guitar, lead guitar noodle, and vocal) I'd want this vocal mixed a bit more out in front. You might add a measure of silence to your song file, it starts immediately with a strum and old guys like me get all dyspeptic when that happens nice tune Bjorn! -Tom