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Monk’s Migraine / Piano Solo
I decided the solo piano is a lot better. Part of the problem when I improvise can be I just play it all.
Trying to add to that is probably pointless. I think you’ll agree with this one @McD.
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Pianoteq, Ravenscroft (an octave apart), SWAM Trombone, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax and JazzDrummer.
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Nice one… very true to the inspiration behind the improv.
Totally agree with you on that one.
Makes me realize that my sense of harmony when I improvise has a lot of room for improvement.
Very nice! Listened with pleasure. frenq
Many thanks @McD, @michael_m and @Frenq. Listening to it again I wonder if the horns really add anything. After almost five years of fiddling it’s strange to start to feel ikm best off doing straight piano tracks. Maybe it’s just a phase… or pure laziness.
I vote for straight piano! Not that I dislike your arrangements or the sounds you use.
The piano is self sufficient. I love the intimacy and intricacies that you can pull ou5vof the piano solo. The crazy dynamics even with sampled pianos.
Very often (not saying it is necessarily the case here) I find the other instruments distracting, the more complex / subtle the piano, the more anything else can become very distracting. Unless you confine the piano to a very simple part of the arrangement, leaving some room for a solo somewhere.
Simplifying the left hand and working harder on the right to integrate some of the winds phrase wouldn’t be lazy. It is easy for me to say, my workflow allows it because I write everything before I play. Not sure how that would fit your improvisation.
Now back to Monk’s migraine: as usual, you did good. And as usual the harmony is simply great.
It sounds just like Monk, but I don't really know why, someone might have to educate me. Something in chord voicings I suspect.
lol @richardyot it does and it doesn’t. It’s missing Monk’s pervasive whole tone injections but the repetitive notes starting at 2:25 are a total Monk lift. HH, my friend. I hope 2024 will be even more productive for you. BTW, my 650 headphones are my go to hp for plugging into the Kawai Novus. A great combination!
@LinearLineman the 650s are my go-to for pretty much everything except listening outdoors. Glad you’re enjoying them!
@richardyot i’m still more comfortable mixing with the Sony 7506. But the coloration of the 650s is great.
I think using a single horn as contrast to a piano would sound more organic when the piano is not enough. Layering several horns brings out some unnatural phasing effects that real horns don’t generate. Probably due to common sample rates that create aliased added sounds like those diagonal views of a farmer’s field of small trees. They ruin the natural texture and take us out of the theater of your creative stage.
For more horns layer the performances.
@McD for some reason the SWAM horns account for phasing up to five instruments but the saxes do not. Why do you think they did that?
Yep. I prefer vastly the piano solo.
@jo92346 Indeed!
I just didn’t find my bliss in the SWAM apps. There are instruments inside GeoShred from a sound maker called Naada that sound very musical. The whole suite was on sale and I went all-in. Most of the instruments are native to India and the region but they also throw in the western strings (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass). I recommend them but I’m using them with the GeoShred touch interface… it gets me as close to an MPE style interface as I can find.
@McD it’s ironic that after this long journey I just might give up all instruments except for piano.
Thanks, I enjoyed it. Where does the title come from? Is this the progression from Monk's Dream?
Every project has it’s own story… I think it’s good that you are re-acquainting yourself with the keyboard after
a prolonged absence. After a dozen or so piano based products you’ll be looking for something to add more variety, I’ll wager.
You always re-invent yourself overtime or find collaborators to push you in new directions.
I wish you wouldn’t. The solo piano pieces have their place, and the band arrangements have their place. Definitely would like to hear the band arrangements continue for at least some of the pieces you put together.
I enjoyed both versions. Glad they both exist.
I would bet the same for him. I recall him being curious about Teco breath controller. I think using that with a keyboard, and getting familiar with the many methods of modulation the SWAM plugins have, would lead to more satisfying results with them. With Teco controller you have hands-free breath and x, y, and z dimensions of spatial control. Then on keyboard you can play with right hand and, if desired, control pitch bend and mod key with left hand. Lots of modulation to learn to manage. Could be fun, or maybe not LL's thing if Roli Seaboard didn't make the cut. But I would say breath control is key element; I really like my breath controllers.
Thx @michael_m it may just be laziness. An hour or so compared to most of the night or more. @McD Is probably right, I’ll think of some crazy theme and get going again. HH, my friend.
Thanks @Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr that puts some perspective on it. We’ll see what happens. Best of the Season to you!
@hes yeah, Monk’s Dream, but also I was imagining his reaction to my mangling his style. I did look into breath controllers and I gave away a Neova Ring here. The Seabord is great, it was I who couldn’t cut it. Thanks for commenting and Season’s greetings!
Liked them both, slight preference for just the piano.. keep ‘em coming 🙏