The Twentieth Day of June

This is a jazz duet with full big band that I wrote as a surprise for a bride and groom at their wedding. I spent a good deal of time when I should have been revising for exams writing, recording and mixing this, so at least it paid off on the night. The chorus uses a standard circle of fifths progression, and the key change goes up a tone, as every cheesy jazz/pop song should.

The Twentieth Day of June

Those singers are pretty good (esp the female)!

Nice writing all around, very legit. :cool:

Couple issues that don't come out as strongly with your midi horn section. Firstly, the articulations in background horns where they do the repeated notes are wrong. You got the accents right, but anytime there are two short hits in a row, it should be "long short" or "bee DAP."

Secondly, your horns (mainly lead trumpet) will completely demolish your pianist during his solo. That line cannot be played as softly as you did in the midi. A high F over a pianist trying to solo? Hancock over there would have to wail quite a bit more than on this recording to be heard, albeit it'd be a cool effect. However, IMO a shout section would be more appropriate at that point in the tune than a piano solo.

Third, who would be playing the string parts in a big band? Saxes? To that point, where *are* the saxophones?

I enjoyed that! I'm sure your friends did, as well.

Thanks! I'm the male one heh. Cheers for the horn backing advice, that's something I didn't know before! Well spotted on the piano solo... it was indeed supposed to be a trumpet or sax solo originally, but I didn't have time to record one so I very quickly played in a piano solo and pumped the gain. I know that wouldn't work live, but it was fine for the purposes of the recording. Thankfully it doesn't need to be played live. In the same line, it's not scored as a proper arrangement, I literally wrote the song at a piano, and then did the arrangement as I went along in Logic. That's why I don't have separate horn parts, merely some 'horn section' stab chords, and some 'trumpet section' backings. The string parts would, if it were to be performed, be played by a small string section, Bublé style. A string section is another fundamental part of a cheesy pop/jazz piece, I find

Glad you enjoyed though, thanks for the tips!

I instantly started tapping my feet once you and the girl began singing ...such a great tune, regardless of whatever instrumental "faults" others picked up, I love the words, the style, and especially the chorus! ...vunderful haha keep writing more like these!!!!

Thank you very much, it's wonderful receiving out and out compliments hehe

This sounds like an old big band chart. Just has that classic feel. I really dig it. The horn hits during the solo are stylistically appropriate. Makes you wanna dance. Nice chart.