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DOCTOR BIZARRE: Guitars and Effects
JOEL FRIEDMAN: Keyboard, Bass, Programmed Drums and Composition
A Jazz fusion song that the ever so talented Joel Friedman sent me to lay down some guitars on. The race is on to meet the maker in this fusion jam. Strap on your belts and enjoy the ride and don't forget to leave some feedback.
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G4 Powerbook, Fender Stratocaster, Digitech RP200, M-audio keystation e49, micro KORG Synthesizer/Vocoder, Eurorack UB502 preamp.
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Garageband, Logic Express
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Hot Damn!!! &mdash 04/16/07 - 10:56:18 PM
Two of the most talented artists on MacJams on one song! Wow, this is great fella's...I like the fact that this is different where AeroJet stepped out into Jazz and Doc did his thing outside of Rock...This is def, DEF a banger...on my playlist...Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ Reply to This ]
return to foreverish &mdash 04/17/07 - 07:03:46 AM
driving track &mdash 04/17/07 - 10:31:19 AM
All energy... great riff and keyboard lines and guitar solos. Excellent composition....bravo!! [ Reply to This ]
this is easily &mdash 04/17/07 - 10:40:43 AM
the very best music you have posted here, dr. aerojet is a very good influence on you indeed, and his contribution here is awesome.
nice work.
personally, the only thing i dont care for is the effects on the guitar solo...a sweet natural tone would be nice in there.
more like this guys
z [ Reply to This ]
wow &mdash 04/17/07 - 01:43:15 PM
great playing
I love this genre...it take me back to the Corea days when Stanly Clark was his anchor and Dimiola was a young kid setting the bar higher and higher. (I don't know if you've ever herd "Music Magic" or a host of other Return to Forever Recordings)
This tune is in the same class
top notch my man...
you are a true talent!
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Well... &mdash 04/17/07 - 01:52:59 PM
...let me put it this way: If was still involved in the voting process I would give this 11's straight across. Totally pro in every concievable way!
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
Sick! &mdash 04/17/07 - 03:45:13 PM
LOL, ha, this does totally sound like an 80's Al DiMieola track. The bass playing is pretty stellar. [ Reply to This ]
oh my &mdash 04/17/07 - 06:28:42 PM
oh but it's all MIDI...I suppose I'll take credit for making it sound real. Thanks though! [ Reply to This ]
Really loving this &mdash 04/17/07 - 04:40:08 PM
Thats the great thing about fusion: it allows so many other styles and genres to contribute to its structure. A very well made song. Doc on the guitar adds a great dimention to this jam. [ Reply to This ]
Impressive post guys! &mdash 04/17/07 - 06:50:39 PM
This is a style of music I could never play, but have always enjoyed (even in my country rock days - when the other guys in the band weren't looking!). Joel, the keys are awesome, and the bass sounds as real as could be from midi. Great sounding drums and percs. Chad - I agree with Fran, this is some of the best playing from you that you've posted here.
Totally impressive!
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Most excellent! &mdash 04/17/07 - 07:15:25 PM
Joel - You sure do rock those keys, man. And an excellent composition. Not to mention the production!
Doc - Very nice playing. I do think, though, that some parts of the solos would've sounded better with a little less effects. But still great playing!
An excellent collab, you guys!
-Einar S. [ Reply to This ]
Now your talking &mdash 04/17/07 - 08:24:30 PM
reminids me of some old Jeff beck. You guys are rocking Mr friedman is layin it down cool beans. Of course the Doc rocks, excellent piece of music. Downloaded!!!!! [ Reply to This ]
What's remarkable here.... &mdash 04/17/07 - 08:36:34 PM
...for all that it's fusion, is the amount of restraint you guys are showing, and especially young Dr. Bizarre...
Good sense about knowing when to lay out and knowing what NOT to play as well as finding the way in...
I'm okay with the effects on the guitar... I actually LIKE the delayed/echoing effect as the guitar first comes in...
Really good collaboration, you two...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
Awesome...awesome &mdash 04/18/07 - 10:15:49 AM
Joel's youthful energy meets Chad's Bizarre imagination, and that collision of two great talents is nothing less than explosive. Woowwoooh! [ Reply to This ]
yo &mdash 04/18/07 - 03:52:14 PM
The drum programming here is awesome. I love the stereo spread, particularly in the middle.
The song is totally fusioned out as you say. Backing tracks are well thought out, balanced and produced.
The guitar is very well played but I gotta agree with ziti - something about the tone is not sitting right with me. There is a lot of unfocused high end that is adding a buzzy/fizziness to the sound.
Chad, what I'd really like to hear from you is your guitar played and mic'd through a real tube amp! That is my challenge to you... your playing can be quirky and imaginative and experimental and daring... but the tone never lives up to the vision. You're doing yourself a disservice playing through an amp modeler.
Just one man's opinion. Hope you're not offended because it's not meant to be mean. I just want to hear you excel the way I think you can.
Mason [ Reply to This ]
Boom boom boom! &mdash 04/18/07 - 04:39:46 PM
Those are synapses in my head firing off listening to this track. Bang pow! Stratospheric guys - this piece really smokes! [ Reply to This ]
Pro &mdash 04/19/07 - 04:45:48 AM
Its so difficult to do real technical stuff and still maintain some soul but this track manages to do just that. I don't often listen to Jazz but this really deserves to be listened to by anyone who claims to love music.
On the Guitar effects front I am usually a more is cool kind of guy so it didn't worry me in slightest. I think the track would not have been as inventive if the tone had been straight.
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cool as the april weather in delaware... &mdash 04/19/07 - 07:28:59 AM
but - imho - lacks a bit of kazoo!!! :D nice work guys - bravo - me and the bear [ Reply to This ]
Man &mdash 04/19/07 - 05:05:53 PM
I gave it all 10s...what more could you ask for? Great solos...love that ascending line on the keys that develops great feel and soul...really like the composition and the guitar effects towards the end...great bass lines. Sxeet! [ Reply to This ]
Nice job &mdash 04/19/07 - 07:49:38 PM
I really like the intro. The precussion sounds great. Very well balanced mix. Its quite the groovy piece of jazz fusion. Nice collaboration. Cheers!! [ Reply to This ]
sheesh... &mdash 04/19/07 - 08:41:18 PM
nice playing absolutley... I like the space that theguitar takes up... the playing is hot, but it washes like a pad at times in a very cool way, without ever loosing it's bite... I know you've gotten several "return to forever" comparisons... but how could we not... this is an excellent piece... [ Reply to This ]
Speechless &mdash 04/20/07 - 11:23:11 AM
I'm rarely speechless when it comes to critiquing music, but this track is unbelievable!! Let me start with the marvellous and top level keyboard solos and chord structure. You're a phenomenon, not just a talented musician! Still can't believe how you can program the drums, write the music and play the instruments making them sound like they're played in live. Fine after a few decades of playing with different musicians live and so forth, but if I remember correctly you're not even 20. I'm sure you've been called a genius before. All references to Return to Forever are quite justified, never thought I would hear anything like that sound in 2007 but the I wouldn't be surprised if both Chick Corea and Al DiMeola & band would be surpised and flattered that the style they perfected back then is well and alive (I mean that as a compliment, not to say your song is not original suffice to say).
The guitar playing, imho, is the Doctor's best so far. The sound works well with the mix and is adds the extra edge to the performance. Rarely give tens, but this song truly deserves to be noted and admired. That kind of musicianship is rarely found, not anywhere but especially not on a free website! [ Reply to This ]
:-) &mdash 04/21/07 - 09:30:04 AM
I cannot help but smile; this is just so good! Joel, you are a huge talent; I hope you continue to develop it. I know you do well in many styles of music, but for me jazz is the one that you do best. And Dr. B, no less talented, and a heck of a guitar player. I am hugely impressed, guys. [ Reply to This ]
oooh yeah! &mdash 04/22/07 - 04:50:07 PM
wow guys i am very impressed... very very nice track...
the bass is just brillant [ Reply to This ]
hehehe &mdash 04/22/07 - 04:51:50 PM
So many comments... &mdash 04/22/07 - 05:40:03 PM
...nothing to add.
Downloaded and tomorrow in my car, when I drive through Lower Saxony.
Great work!!! Thanks for sharing!
Bernd [ Reply to This ]
BTW &mdash 04/22/07 - 05:44:19 PM
BTW: I don't believe in votings, but this is a ten over all, that's for shure!
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...if you´re looking for a sense, search with music!... [ Reply to This ]
Cool &mdash 04/22/07 - 07:02:00 PM
Lots of cool fast movin stuff. &mdash 04/22/07 - 09:26:06 PM
Like the reverby lead especially 3/4 of the way. Really scoots :)
Lots of neat stuff. Terrific job here! [ Reply to This ]
So this is Jazz fusion... &mdash 04/22/07 - 09:32:43 PM
Yup &mdash 04/23/07 - 11:05:09 AM
Whoa.....Whoa....Whoa.....Whoa.... Now that's what I'm talkin' about, yeah. [ Reply to This ]
Nice.. &mdash 04/23/07 - 06:10:08 PM
If you want... &mdash 04/23/07 - 06:14:52 PM
...to check it out -> http://youtube.com/watch?v=t12HTux0bIQ
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Hamingja! [ Reply to This ]
Holly Crap where did this come from:) &mdash 04/23/07 - 09:23:21 PM
This kicks some much AZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
Great job guys I'm totaly digging it. 10's [ Reply to This ]
FAV FUSION &mdash 04/26/07 - 07:20:21 AM
Man, I totally dig this track. I love the chromatic fast lines, the stuff outside the scale, the jazz progressions. Fine electric piano, man, really fine. Great guitar playing too, altho the reverb is a little sci-fi for my ears, except during some transitions. The track drives, what a cool journey, really well thought through, full of soul and mind. I really dig it! This is my fav fusion tune on MJ so far, across the board. [ Reply to This ]
?!?!? &mdash 04/27/07 - 01:39:15 AM
Damn. I love it all except the end. It sort of trails off. I guess I was looking for something a little more bombastic. [ Reply to This ]
kinda extreme &mdash 04/29/07 - 11:39:25 PM
I REALLY dig the backing tracks on this. I didn't vote because I really didn't care for the guitar work. [ Reply to This ]
Great sound! &mdash 05/08/07 - 12:11:07 PM
And you have so many toys to make them. Beautiful Jazz, beautiful music, beautifl arrangement! Thank you for sharing. [ Reply to This ]
Cool dude &mdash 05/14/07 - 08:21:15 PM
Thanks guys! &mdash 07/21/07 - 05:17:51 PM
Doc, Joel, I don't usually listen to Jazz, but since you listened to my work, I thought I'd return the honor. Wow, am I glad I did! This collab is awesome! Thanks for sharing this wonderful work of art.
God bless,
Rick
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It has &mdash 07/24/07 - 07:31:06 AM
all been said above and I agree with all the positive comments. Just wondering where the next one is?
Cheers
Len
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I am thoroughly.... &mdash 08/04/07 - 09:02:20 PM
blown away with this. This is jazz fusion at it's best. My hats off to you guys. [ Reply to This ]
hmmms &mdash 08/09/07 - 10:40:34 PM
What the... &mdash 01/07/08 - 10:32:24 PM
Lots of fast movin &mdash 07/07/08 - 06:40:58 PM
stuff, enjoy the funky speed of all of it. Enjoy the drums not being to loud with the mix which makes this piece very listenable and nice to hear.
Like like the very expressive electric guitar is all it's variations. A nice jazz upload indeed.
Way To Go. [ Reply to This ]
collab! &mdash 08/29/08 - 05:24:50 AM
oh man, what bastard bombed the ratings on this? see, this is why I never allow ratings on my songs. goddam philistines. like pearls before swine you lay it down heavy, my friend. this is tighter than a nun's... ummm... hairband. oh man, wow. I would love to work with you, if you could send me some master tracks I could do some heavy remixes. wild breakcore fusion, sound good? http://www.macjams.com/song/43815 there's an example of something we could do together. [ Reply to This ]
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