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This is a collaborative mid-tempo jazz funk multiple sax piece between myself, Woody Mankowski and Mulletsrock. It is based on some loops Mulletsrock put together plus some of his original bass, then I added layered keyboards and organ and more MIDI drums, created some original loops for a coda, and we had Mullet Funk. This was the first step. I then cut and pasted Mullet Funk to make a different music bed, and added saxophones. There are 3 tenor tracks, 2 soprano tracks (one that I layered with itself using experimental effects to produce a jazz violin sound), and a few vocal noises from the players. The sop sax and violin morph into each other on occasion, which is my mixing highlight. I cut and pasted all the performances to fit, so everyone will be surprised when they hear the final version. I renamed it "Windowshade" becuz it reminds me of the veiled and air conditioned seductive mysteries behind a closed shade in the summer heat. (Art by Jan Ternald, "Flepotral Zen II")
A similar collaboration, Frankenfun II, features Ilya Gerasimenko on tenor sax, based on the original Frankenfunk.
More songs featuring some of the same players:
I Wanna Fly
Cliff's Edge
Windowshade
River Runs through Me
A Promise
Dreams III
Lyrics:
Instrumental. You may need to turn the track up a bit...
Hardware:
Roland A-90ex; Selmer Tenor and Soprano saxes; B3.
Software:
GB, DP 4.
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refreshing! &mdash 07/27/04 - 10:50:41 AM
at last something different! love the saxes and the fat kb. darn good mix. no complaints at all
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ANARCHY MADE FUN! &mdash 07/27/04 - 11:04:06 AM
I love how it's on the verge of being a free-form free-for-all, but still manages to hang together. Very difficult to pull off, but done magnificently! Sounds truly spontaneous. Kudos to all! [ Reply to This ]
ANARCHY MADE FUN! &mdash 07/27/04 - 11:45:50 AM
There's even a place just past the midpoint where we couldn't agree what key
we were all in, so I played in Fm and Woody played takes in E and B (with
modal accents). We endeavored to create solos that had melodies to them, as
opposed to merely tooling around, which masked the amorphic anarchy
inside our brains. [ Reply to This ]
Cool heat &mdash 07/27/04 - 01:08:03 PM
This song flames. It starts slow, with the building groove boiling up from behind, like shadows on a shade, and you can let yourself feel the cool heat without getting pulled behind. Unless you lean in. You cats choose some amazing notes. The instruments are recorded clean and straight, but the performances blaze (and the background chordal shifts are Mingus cool). I get used to rock music where the amount of distortion dictates how hot a solo should be... but these solos burn hole in the shade. Very nice art... I feel like my life is rolling up inside a shade some days. Or that I'm a huckster in a wasteland, like the guy. [ Reply to This ]
Cool heat &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:03:48 AM
Thanks for noticing the art. Jan Ternald is incredibly creative. His Flepotronic
art is wonderful: http://www.artsforge.com/jan/ternald.html [ Reply to This ]
Some of the BEST WORK &mdash 07/27/04 - 05:48:39 PM
I've heard hear yet. Bravo! Back in my college days, I
would have purchased this... It's reminding a tad of
Traffic, Brand X, Spyro Gyra, etc. [ Reply to This ]
Very Cool &mdash 07/27/04 - 06:34:22 PM
I really enjoyed this pieces although its more jazz than
funk, but you really have something special here. [ Reply to This ]
Very Cool &mdash 03/03/05 - 11:44:13 AM
I know what you mean about it being more jazz than funk. The choice is
really more wishful thinking on my part than precision in marketing. I wish I
was funkier... [ Reply to This ]
killer sax playing...... &mdash 07/27/04 - 06:40:18 PM
cut and paste is the wave........the production as always is
on the money.....the playing ..impeccable.....i'm inspired
to do a cut and paste piece myself after
listening.........hehhehhe..... [ Reply to This ]
Speechless &mdash 07/28/04 - 08:18:09 AM
with envy!!!
This is too much Tobin... those creative bugs are BITING YOU!
IMHO, this is really the best track from you yet.
that sultry sax just gets me...
I sincerely hope you are releasing this to the GP...
humbled!
SlimGirlFat
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nicely ametronomic &mdash 07/28/04 - 11:55:01 AM
Great cover art! Free ranging, fun jazz. Perhaps a little
undisciplined and tangled at times? Nah. This is a
refreshing break from GB's metronomic pitfall. [ Reply to This ]
rich and varied &mdash 07/28/04 - 02:59:28 PM
Wonderful conception/production/performance!
I, too like the way this tune hovers between structure and
free-flight.
The combination of live instruments and software is very
well integrated, the varied and tasteful synth snippets pop
in and out at just the right times.
Masterful job! [ Reply to This ]
rich and varied &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:19:04 AM
Thanks. Thats what we were going for, a tangled bit of tape around us all as
we combined live and memorex. And having a great timing trying to fit on
yet another layer... [ Reply to This ]
you funky jazzist you &mdash 07/28/04 - 03:31:53 PM
My first thought was that this could be one of "down to the bone" or "mezzofortes" tunes. But after a while I changed my mind, because they probably wouldn't do this piece so refreshing varied in themes and still letting the piece hang together as well as it does. I have just one wish... MORE B3 organ:-)
Way cool! [ Reply to This ]
Out classed. &mdash 07/28/04 - 06:06:17 PM
Accept my humble praise. Not only do you have
tremedous talent, so do you friends.
Is DP 4, Motu Digital Performer? Is it a worthy
addition to GB? [ Reply to This ]
Out classed. &mdash 07/30/04 - 08:10:01 AM
I've been using Performer for 12-14 years. It is my favorite. It can do almost
everything you need with MIDI and live recording and handles it all really well.
Plus I use the MOTU 2408 as a digital-audio interface and the MOTU MIDID
Express 128 to plug all my synths and sound modules into the MIDI stream.
Thanks for the comments, by the way. [ Reply to This ]
The groove reminds me &mdash 07/29/04 - 08:05:06 AM
Of a Maynard Furgusen piece I used to play. (Think it may
have been Chameleon, but the title track is missing from
that album on iTMS, so can't confirm ATM) Very cool stuff.
Already on my Fav's. I'd second the move for more B3. [ Reply to This ]
The groove reminds me &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:35:46 AM
I love Herbie Hancoc-k's Chameleon too. Did an arrangement of it once.
Thanks for the mention in the same breath. [ Reply to This ]
Sweet and Meaty! &mdash 07/30/04 - 05:35:58 AM
Great Brecker Brothers feel. I think one of the hardest
things to accomplish is to mix real/live instruments/
playing against a backdrop of synths and computers.
You've done very well in that regard. Great feel and
nuance in the playing. I think the drums need more punch
and sizzle, otherwise a great piece which stands head and
shoulders above the rest. Kudos! [ Reply to This ]
Sweet and Meaty! &mdash 03/03/05 - 11:33:05 AM
Wo, the Breckers. How cool, I was actually listening to them before I came up
with the idea for this... you have great ears. Nice catch. The best live sax
player I have ever seen, Michael Brecker. [ Reply to This ]
Great! &mdash 07/30/04 - 01:15:16 PM
Very impressive. Great production, great sax playing.
Wow! Funny, though. There are parts at the start of the
piece where I can almost hear Tobin singing.
Great work! [ Reply to This ]
Great! &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:39:26 AM
I often sing parts to players to communicate ideas. I hoper I didn't leave any
of that on the track! [ Reply to This ]
That Soprano sax is magnificent! &mdash 08/03/04 - 03:32:26 AM
I LOVE the sound of this, especially the sporano which
sounds amazing. The only thing I would say is that the
sax stings sound like they're synthesised? I don't know
why, maybe it's because they've been made into a loop, it
might be my ear picking up the exact repetition and
making me think it's not natural.
This is wonderful though - Are you playing one of the
saxes or did I not understand your description? Your
talent never ceases to amaze me, and my god you've got
some talented friends!
Keep up the great work Tobin. Pleasure as always! [ Reply to This ]
That Soprano sax is magnificent! &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:51:17 AM
The soprano sax was mixed in a few different ways. The section toward the
end features the sop put through several filters to give it an electric violin
sound; I did that for a fun variation. But I wouldn't call any of what I did to
the soprano sax as making into a "loop." I edited and moved some of the
sound clips, but never looped them, and looping wouldn't by itself change the
sound. [ Reply to This ]
Splicing King &mdash 08/11/04 - 10:25:51 AM
The way you re-ordered the original, I really dig it. Better construction, more build, starts and ends with much more fascination and seductive power. The layers of saxes, great. Glad you renamed it. It is worthy of mullets all around. Love Woody's words at teh end... he's always ready for one more take. Made me laugh! (Gave it heart.... as well as soul.) [ Reply to This ]
Splicing King &mdash 12/28/04 - 11:58:07 AM
Thanks, glad you don't mind me messing with your originals. Thanks for the
foundation. [ Reply to This ]
Very sweet and new &mdash 12/18/04 - 05:12:48 AM
Congratulation, this is really something different and very melodic. Great one really relaxing.
Go on further. :-) [ Reply to This ]
Nice funkyness &mdash 02/26/05 - 12:43:19 PM
KSVY hit &mdash 04/16/05 - 08:44:49 PM
Hey, heard this tune on the KSVY broadcast a couple of
times. Totally hip. So pro, cool mix of tru players and
comp grooves, the whole mod GB new wave... at its best.
Nice work, dudes. [ Reply to This ]
KSVY hit &mdash 06/13/05 - 12:26:40 PM
Sax &mdash 05/09/05 - 01:40:26 PM
Some very nice sax work here, very tasty. A little cluttered
for me harmonically in the beginning thankfully it evens
out eventually. Good work guys. [ Reply to This ]
Sax &mdash 06/13/05 - 12:28:57 PM
I decided to make this sort of a "bookend" production, to start with the
ending and then build back to it again. It makes it start a little thick, but,
hopefully, when it comes round again, there is a payoff. Thanks for
continuing to listen to the entire track. [ Reply to This ]
Very talented &mdash 05/17/05 - 11:51:31 AM
I can see your a man with a lot of talent. I'm empressed
with what I hear from all your music love this horn tune.
I'll be spending more time surfing your page. Way
Smoove....John [ Reply to This ]
Tobin, I'm in Love with the synth sound &mdash 03/17/07 - 04:38:55 PM
You got this happpening. The bass synth just is so rugged. I dig.
All the synth sounds are so well placed an tastfully played.
Nothing over played. Just right. Funky. Very funky with an improvisational feel.
Nice horn arrangments. Very hip tune. The Brecker Brothers come to mind when listening to all this funk and horns. The horn harmonies remind me of some early Tom Scott stuff from whay back when.
I'll have to check out more of those collabs you mentioned.
Thanks for shareing in my post and turning me on to this tune.
I'm gonna have to explore more Tobin.
Peace
Tim [ Reply to This ]
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