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Man, this is a piece. You've got some fearsomely potent groove going on here, as well as some really thick textures. In some parts, there's so much tasty stuff going on that I don't know what to listen to. Nothing much here to criticize; just wanted to express my satisfaction, and also to bump this thread so that other people get to hear it.

Originally Posted by nhomas

Man, this is a piece. You've got some fearsomely potent groove going on here, as well as some really thick textures. In some parts, there's so much tasty stuff going on that I don't know what to listen to.

Thanks!
When I wrote this tune, I decided to move all the texture I normally gave to a cornocopia of percussion instruments into the keyboards/synth/guitar lines, and it worked.
Without looking at the score, you can't even here some of the little things thrown in there...

You'll also hear that, besides one spot in the melody, the only sixteenth notes are played in the muted guitar part...

~Kal

Since it got me dancing. I enjoyed it. Yes, indeed this has quite the groove, and arrangment. I take it its for a full Jazz ensemble? Or a quintet?

Originally Posted by Cyril

Since it got me dancing. I enjoyed it. Yes, indeed this has quite the groove, and arrangment. I take it its for a full Jazz ensemble? Or a quintet?

Erm....niether really. I guess it's more for my rediculous ideal dream band of many rhythm with a few horns....
But I suppose some sort of combo could play it...

~Kal

Originally Posted by nhomas

Man, this is a piece. You've got some fearsomely potent groove going on here, as well as some really thick textures. In some parts, there's so much tasty stuff going on that I don't know what to listen to. Nothing much here to criticize; just wanted to express my satisfaction, and also to bump this thread so that other people get to hear it.

Thanks!
Before this, I was adding all the textures to my pieces with percussion (congas, shakers, tambourines, guiros). But then I thought of switching it to melodic instruments instead, layering those two guitar riffs with the little clavi thing based around the electric piano.....

~Kal