Thanks Pete. Good honest opinions are wonderful to hear. Most amusing that now in my mid 70s my vibrato may be coming back into fashion. Fact is that the music was recorded more than 5 years ago and I've since toned down the vibrato quite a lot.
My goal was to make the female bather barely recognizable and definitely (at least in the beginning) not have her recognizable at all, so it works...but not for you...oh well!
Very glad that the track works musically for you. Still just a improvisation, sometimes you win...and then there are the other times. I have enormous respect for those who practice and work up/out parts and make them perfect. My goal is to find melodic lines, harmonies, counterpoint, etc. spontaneously. That is much more likely to happen if one is always playing in that mode, so I just accept that some tracks don't work. Trying to keep a broad base in terms of styles/genera suits me too. Could one get a lot better playing one style and striving for perfection? Surely yes! Again, I'm mid 70s, so have little to look forward to in busting my chops to improve when arthritis, dementia, or worse are just around the corner. This is fun time and improvisation is maximum play fun for me. It took me less time to edit the video than it often takes to edit my audio tracks. Adjusting dynamics and cutting out all the superfluous crap seems to take forever. I hate audio editing, but video is something new and challenging. Possibly even easier than audio editing as long as I've got a clear vision/idea (and it's not too complex).
Many thanks again for your comments. Pertinent, honest and refreshing!
