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After the rain (Easy listening, Jazz)
Creative notes
It was a dark and stormy night, and there was a power cut on the remote farm where I was staying.
The darkness encroached ever closer as my iPad's screen dimmed then shut down.
I glanced across at my wife, her face illuminated by the screen of her MacBook. She wore a look of frustrated displeasure having being cut off from the internet and the distractions provided by social media. Announcing that she was retiring to bed, she shut the lid on her MacBook with disdain, dismissing it as if it were no more than a useless slab of metal and glass.
I sat for a moment listening to the storm before a feeling enveloped me like the clap of thunder rolling around the hills outside. The gods of music wished to speak through me!
I opened her MacBook, logged in with my account, saw that she had 90% battery, and as the thunder rumbled again I heeded its call, clicking on the GarageBand icon.
Being unfamiliar with GarageBand on a Mac, I stumbled upon a feature which used the MacBook's physical keys to play notes.
Tentatively I pressed the middle row of keys, and a C Maj 7 chord sounded from the Electric Piano I'd selected, shifting right, a D Min 7 chord followed, then an E Min 7. After descending back to the C Maj 7 I recorded the progression and as the tempest raged outside I knew beyond all doubt that the gods would only be appeased by some jazzy easy listening music.
After adding a saxophone line (again on the middle row of MacBook keys), the piece progressed quickly, and the storm passed.
After transferring MIDI back to my iPad a few days later, I finished it musically in GarageBand iOS. GarageBand iOS Electric piano, vibraphone, flute, upright bass, Tyrell the drummer, and the mark tree chimes from the Studio percussion set all contributed, with a free saxophone Soundfont completing the instrumentation.
I then imported each audio track into Cubasis and did a 'faders down' master, tweaking through Eq and Smoov, also applying Pana to the flute and saxophone.
Despite its clichéd arrangement and structure I like its optimism, and even the heaviest storms will pass by eventually.
Comments
This is a great recording, truly easy listening.
I love the artwork, very hopeful and full of bright beginnings!!!
The heaviest storms will always pass, and a lovely beginning presents itself!
I love this recording.
Rene
Thanks @ReneAsologuitar, glad you enjoyed it.
I like your Song.
I like the backstory to this. I'm at work now, but I will listen tonight.
I don't think it's clichéd at all, and I like structure. The electric piano and your choice of chords provided solid support for the soloists. I enjoyed the interplay between the sax and flute, and it held my interest from start to finish. I also liked how you gave the impression of doubling up the tempo near the end. And, of course, the backstory gave it some context and personality. I liked it. I'm pretty sure that the gods have been appeased. They will probably want more!
Hey @Paulieworld, thanks so much for the feedback. Makes me feel bad I often only manage a "sounds great" when I comment on others work.
I'm glad it held your interest.
Given the chord structure origin I felt that it provided good scope for Sax and flute above, and I didn't want to modulate keys as it wasn't really intended to be a big adventure, and it had to resolve home at the end. So I instead tried to vary bass with a little rhythmic variation on the chords, and a very brief foray into Shearing voicings. I'm in no way a drummer and relied on the Tyrell auto drummer for that, so hopefully that was passable too. It's what drums sound like to a non drummer at least.
Thanks anyway!
Very QWERTY, indeed. Upbeat as well, especially the flute at 2:15 and beyond.
Out of adversity comes opportunity… particularly appropriate as you both did wonderful things in a thunderstorm ⚡️🌩️⛈️