BOTM BOTM September 2018 - That's All

[GCinCT]

Here´s my try. I hope you like it. 🙂

last

I liked it a lot! Beautiful. I love your tone.

 

[Guenne]

Good evening!

...two for the show!

Phil told me if I bought one of his mouthpieces (Equinox II) I would sound like Trane. Maybe next time 🙂

That's All

Have fun!

 

[last]

@Guenne

Great! You made my day... my evening!
Thank you for sharing! 🙂

last

 

[Guenne]

Here´s my try. I hope you like it.

Wonderful. I hope you notice your progress.
What I wouldn't do - and this is only my personal taste - is to play rhythmically against the lyrics the way you do.
But again - very nice recording.

Cheers, Guenne

 

[jbtsax]

Here is my first meager attempt on tenor.

https://soundcloud.com/user-205889630%2Fthats-all

View: https://soundcloud.com/user-205889630/thats-all

Nice job. The smooth, connected legato style at the beginning was very nicely played. I would have liked to have heard that style continue throughout the bridge and the improvisation to give more "unity" to the presentation.

 

[jbtsax]

Here´s my try. I hope you like it. 🙂

last

Nice tenor sound, style and intonation come through in your playing. I love the visual effects as well. It adds a lot. My only suggestion would be to work toward adding a nice subtone to your skill set for dreamy and sultry ballads like this one. Thanks for participating. I enjoyed listening.

 

[last]

What I wouldn't do - and this is only my personal taste - is to play rhythmically against the lyrics the way you do.
But again - very nice recording.
Cheers, Guenne

Thank you!

You're right. I should have spent more time listening to Nat...

🙂last

 

[jbtsax]

Good evening!

...two for the show!

Phil told me if I bought one of his mouthpieces (Equinox II) I would sound like Trane. Maybe next time 🙂

That's All

Have fun!

What can I say? You have given us all a "master class" in how to play a ballad. The expression and embellishments to the melody were sublime not to mention the creative improvisation. You sound better on every recording so all of your practice and hard work are not going unnoiticed. Thanks for giving us all a goal to work towards in our playing.

 

[Guenne]

The expression and embellishments to the melody were sublime not to mention the creative improvisation.

Thanks, but not to adorn myself with borrowed plumes: Yes, it's my expression and it doesn't sound too bad, but the "improvisation" is just my reading (and interpretation) of dots. I find playing stuff like that from a sheet a good training to get a bit freedom in interpreting a melody.
I will do a "real" improvised version later this month.

Cheers, Guenne

 

[rhysonsax]

I made a BiaB backing track with just a piano trio and in concert Eb so I could play my bari.

That's All - Rhys bari V1..mp3 - Box

Rhys

 

[jbtsax]

I made a BiaB backing track with just a piano trio and in concert Eb so I could play my bari.

That's All - Rhys bari V1..mp3 - Box

Rhys

Nice to hear a version on bari added to the mix. Interesting idea to leave out the bass so as not to make the melody on bari sound muddy. Your style compliments this type of melody beautifully, and I liked your tasty use of chromatics. The melodic variation on the melody played an octave higher was a nice touch as well adding both variety and interest to the rendition.

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

I got a new toy, which allowed me to give ballads and songs of the month shots now.
I didn't do the improvisation or the same thing twice because I haven't even tried to impro before and same thing twice is a touch boring.
View: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/496752339&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true
How to you get the embed feature to work with soundcloud?

 

[jbtsax]

I got a new toy, which allowed me to give ballads and songs of the month shots now.
I didn't do the improvisation or the same thing twice because I haven't even tried to impro before and same thing twice is a touch boring.
View: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/496752339&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true
How to you get the embed feature to work with soundcloud?

Nice. Would you mind telling us more about your "toy"? To embed, simply click the icon at the top that looks like a movie camera and cut and paste your link in the space provided. Pete has made this forum great to work with.

 

[rhysonsax]

Nice to hear a version on bari added to the mix. Interesting idea to leave out the bass so as not to make the melody on bari sound muddy. Your style compliments this type of melody beautifully, and I liked your tasty use of chromatics. The melodic variation on the melody played an octave higher was a nice touch as well adding both variety and interest to the rendition.

Piano is on its own for the four bar intro but then the drums and bass join for the whole of the two chorus performance. The bass is mainly just playing on beats 1 and 3 but you should be able to hear it ! By "just piano trio" I meant piano, bass and drums backing - the piano is a nice BiaB RealTracks called something like "solo accompanist".

Thanks for the kind words @jbtsax

Rhys

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

Nice. Would you mind telling us more about your "toy"? To embed, simply click the icon at the top that looks like a movie camera and cut and paste your link in the space provided. Pete has made this forum great to work with.

It's a fifteen dollar BM800 from Amazon, complete with an included stand, wind shield, and pop filter- a bargain recommended by Colin the Bear.
No interface or anything, it goes XLR to 3.5 mm on the motherboard. I used audacity as a DAW.

 

[nigeld]

I got a new toy, which allowed me to give ballads and songs of the month shots now.
I didn't do the improvisation or the same thing twice because I haven't even tried to impro before and same thing twice is a touch boring.
View: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/496752339&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true
How to you get the embed feature to work with soundcloud?

Good to hear you. We shall expect regular contributions from now on!

 

[sax panther]

I liked this track so much, I wanted to have another go on tenor. Also I've recently got hold of a 10mfan robusto which I wanted to try recording.

No solo on the second time round, I thought this time I'd try some on the spot harmonising (with mixed success!) so the second verse is a little tenor sax trio.

https://soundcloud.com/user-934945909%2Fthats-all-tenor-trio

View: https://soundcloud.com/user-934945909/thats-all-tenor-trio

 

[nigeld]

It's been a while since I played soprano (and it shows).

https://soundcloud.com/user-935648777%2Fthats-all

 

[last]

What I wouldn't do - and this is only my personal taste - is to play rhythmically against the lyrics the way you do.
Cheers, Guenne

I hope that fits better? (Unfortunately a dying reed.)

🙂last

 

[Guenne]

I hope that fits better?

IMHO yes, but I would lean back a bit, play behind the beat. You tend to rush the phrases.
Play around with time as you would with dynamics!

Cheers, Guenne