i don't know if it's my sound system or yours VST plugins but i have too much reverb on some intruments during the first part of your track (until 01:36).
Hey Bleep thanks man, yes the reverb was a little strong in that first part as I'd been listening to a lot of Marley's very early work and it had very similar rhythm guitar verb, backed off it after awhile though...cheers mate Dave :)
Thanks man glad you enjoyed the tune, the vocals come from a Vsti, Native Instruments Ethno World, I had to slice them and do a slight repitch to get tuning continuity...cheers Dave :)
this is pretty epic bro pretty epic indeed. I have only seen a single episode of narcos but being a man of many interests, Mr Escrobar and the many delights of his native land have been of particular interest to me. I can feel the vibes man. really feel them. I dam near had to powder my nose after the first min and a half just to bring back those fond memories....i digress....
Strong arrangement and excellent instrumentation on this piece. Bass is dripping with swag and going fretless really allows a smooth flow of that low energy.
Cheers for a great track.
Hey thanks for the listen man!...glad you could connect with this tune mate, it reaffirms my theory that if you can visualise and see a track's meaning when you making it there's way more chance that someone else will also feel the continuity...thanks for the great review Floman!...all the best Dave :)
I always have to listen to your stuff more than once! I get lost in them. I've never seen Narcos, but this strikes me of something that could very well be heard on a television show. I don't know how to describe your work, but it makes me think of a relaxing Saturday, lounging around in the pjs, drinking coffee, reading a good book, not really worried about anything for the day. Always a pleasure to listen to your work Dave! :-)
Hey Pat..thanks for listening and so glad you liked it!...I thought my music would probably only get played in correctional facilities or mental asylums! lol...when you mainly do instrumentals as I do it's gratifying to hear people actually enjoying it, maybe one day I'll be on high rotation at the local supermarket! haha...thank you again and hope all is well...cheers Dave :)
I'm a teacher and social worker...we help children who use drugs or living in adversity...there are lot of work from the governments and the society in every country...imagine, I had a boy age 20 who stepped down from drugs...uhhhh...
Hey Danke, thanks for the listen mate!..that's awesome that you teach and are a social worker much kudos!..musicians now are more against drugs than what they were in the old days! haha..it's a very serious problem as we both know, glad you enjoyed the track mate! cheers Dave :)
Heya Dave! Been awhile. Nice bounce to the drums here man. Kinda has a hip hop grove going on. They finally converted you? Def sounds like some stuff id sample though. Kudos bud.
Hey mate good to see you again buddy!...yeah the HipHop side is very much intentional as this was going to be the backing for an old school performer from here, but he dicked me around for months and months without any action so I pulled the plug on him, it happens sometimes but in the end I prefer it as an instrumental. Hope you are well man appreciate the listen! cheers Dave :)
Great sounding bass on this track. Honestly clicked the track bc I just finished the first season of the series. :D
I play bass too, from one to another your bass playing is killer.
Hey there fellow low rider, much thanks man! series two is just as good if not better so your bound to enjoy it, I'll be heading over to your profile to check your style shortly, thanks again man! cheers Dave :)
Ahaaa now i have found you i will stay on the track like a musical bloodhound sniffing for jazz riffs blues runs and all good things guitarwise oh yes my droogish brother this glassy guitar which lived in the first half of the track made me go back and repeat the experience. Hail to the stratocaster and its brother the telecaster. :)
As I type this I have my G&L USA Legacy sitting on my lap, I've always been a Leo Fender disciple, he was a true American genius and since he set up G&L his instruments have only improved (in very small increments as you can't reinvent the wheel) I've always loved that single coil sound unique to Strat and teles, I think G&L's are better build quality than the new Fender American Standards and rival their custom shop creations, though nothing could beat having a 64 Strat or 57 Tele (Imo) but hell, who could afford one of those!...thanks again mate, your comments are much appreciated! Dave :)
Once you understand them building guitars is quite simple. I still need to build my cbg bass and violin though :p I love watching border wars, and stuff on you tube about the mexican drug cartels, very fitting tune. Never seen narcos but looking it up after this.
Hey mate, you'll really dig Narcos then, mind you there's plenty of gratuitous violence however the production, acting and continuity are excellent. cheers mate Dave ps. How about a tea chest bass instead of a cbg bass?
Hey Nodog thanks heaps man!.. guitars actually aren't that hard to make once you've done a few, now a piano or saxophone there's some serious building smarts! haha..very much appreciate you taking the time to listen! cheers Dave :)
Had my undivided attention from guitar note 1...thought I caught a wee touch of Spanish in the guitar but that bass walking along with everybody was just taking us on a trip...hard to avoid noticing the little embellishments that cast additional interest into the music...very cool work on the keys...it would fit perfectly in the "Thinking Persons Music" if there were such a genre....a treat for the musical mind and ears Dave...not a surprise when PJB is the artist....Bravo......Ed
Hey Ed thanks buddy your comments on the piano playing made my day!..man I wish I had of taken it up seriously when I was a kid!!! I have been practising quite a bit of late and intend to utilise it more and more within my tracks, my old collab partner Zappo has disappeared unfortunately, he had a serious turn of bad health awhile back and repeated efforts on my part to contact him have failed, quite worrying but it makes me get off my arse keyboard wise I guess...thanks again mate! cheers Dave :)
You know Dave, just an aside, I just did a Halloween tune, that has that New Orleans funeral kind of drone to it on a funk basis, and I had been listening to this tune (your tune) earlier in the day before I made that tune, so there is definitely an influence in sound strategy going on subconsciously and I did not realize that till you commented back. Music is awesome sometimes ehh?
Steve
Jeez Steve talk about six degrees of separation, just before I made this track I was listening to some Dixieland (probably the only form of jazz that I'm not particularly endeared to but their my father's old records so I make a habit of listening to them) and I got the feel of a New Orleans funeral procession, must have been the tempo or all the bodies piling up in Narcos! lol... music certainly moves in mysterious ways brother...I'll be over to check out that Halloween track mate..cheers Dave
I like this one. There is a lot of space to explore in this one. Always a fan of alternative percussion. Song just takes you along at it's own pace. At 2:37 is a tasteful piano string bridge, invoking the emotion of the wreckage in the lives of people around, near or using drugs. I feel the bass line represents the never ending progression of time and is the anchor of this tune.
great work as always.
Steve
Hey Steve thanks man!..you totally got where I was going with this piece, the second half nearly developed into a quasi funeral march at one stage.lol I had thought about using some lyrical content with a hiphop artist but that fell through and on reflection I'm glad it did, it would work better as an audio accompaniment to some film footage I think, thanks again for your comments mate very much appreciated!..cheers Dave :)
Great sound! I totally love the fx and foley in the intro. Afterwards it just gets better and better.
That kick drum is interesting, definitely goes well with the overall dark sound. I really like how open the guitar sounds and how well it works with the rest of the instrumentation. That bass is really deep, I love it's sound, there is something about that simple bass line that just drags you back into the song.
Hey Mahloo thanks man! I got that sound from my electric acoustic 5 strung with black nylon tapewounds using a piezo under saddle, since this track I've added a magnet pickup to the bass as well to expand the tonal possibilities, glad you enjoyed the track mate, very much appreciated!..cheers Dave :)
Wow, that's some tight mood music PJB, very film noir. The bass track is so f'n swanky, sounds like is it played on a fretless ? Such a killer production wise, you really schooled us with this one bro. I know we don't get to see stuff from you so frequent so this is really a treat. Big props and much thanks for the DL !
Hey Neo thanks man!..yeah the bass is played on my acoustic electric fretless 5 which I built, black nylon tapewound strings give it a not quite but close upright sound, thanks for the support mate very much appreciated!..cheers Dave :)
Having african heritage(Mozambique and South Africa)to be more specific,this somehow connects with me in a deeper level.
Great,great musicianship and programming.
Having been a follower of the Rebel Soundclash radio show(2 folks out of Belgium)that broadcast some of the really hard to get "underground"african music,this song really reminds of it.
And to think this is all work of one man.
Great work Planet.
May i ask,where you got the amazing acapella please?
Hi Nelson...thanks for your great review mate very much appreciated! I'm heartened to hear that I made some connection to the underground modern music of Africa, it is after all the font where all music sprung from and especially for the roots of Jazz and most contemporary styles. Those vocals are part of a Kontakt instrument "Ethno World 5 Voices and Choirs" by Native Instruments and are listed as coming from Cameroon, it contains some amazing samples and I'll be using more in upcoming tracks for sure, your review really made my day man! thank you again..cheers Dave :)
Ahhh all I need is morning and a cup of coffee, or perhaps because it's evening a warm bubble bath. Love the transition here to the (what is it) country vibes? This is so soothing, it belongs in a spa or somewhere people congregate to relax. It's good for my crochet life, and it's good to hear you again Dave! :-)
Hey Pat awesome to see you here in the loop again! thank you for the kind review, yes that is country (well my take on it anyway) I like all those ballad type styles of music blue grass, r&b, pop and soul etc...I hope the day comes around that we can get down and do something together...music of course! ;) :)
Added to my favorites very easily. You always manage such clarity with your productions. When the track started I found myself walking through an African market place or village lol.
A great track that really resonated with me.
Hey Elaine..Wow I'd nearly given up on you resurfacing on the Loop, you made my day! not for my birthday though I don't bother with those anymore seeing I'm getting way too old! haha but thank you for the sentiment anyway, I know you just had one so right back atcha, one of these days I might convince you of doing some spoken word for me, I have a poem better than Two Worlds which I've been sitting on for some time......one can but hope.... all the best Dave :)
I love this!
Love the way the rather alien guitar appears and fits so well.
I could have handled a couple of more minutes of this easily.
Totally pro sound.
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it, I would have extended the track with more vocal samples but I only had a certain amount in that key so I didn't want to be too repetitive, though I should have extended the flute solo!...ah well, short and sweet I guess..next time i'll stick to a longer format...cheers mate
Dave :)
on LITTLE DREAD by Planetjazzbass
on LITTLE DREAD by Planetjazzbass
Nice track, really groovy with magic feeling
Friendly
Bleep
on LITTLE DREAD by Planetjazzbass
on LITTLE DREAD by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
Strong arrangement and excellent instrumentation on this piece. Bass is dripping with swag and going fretless really allows a smooth flow of that low energy.
Cheers for a great track.
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
I'm a teacher and social worker...we help children who use drugs or living in adversity...there are lot of work from the governments and the society in every country...imagine, I had a boy age 20 who stepped down from drugs...uhhhh...
Handshake and hats off, Danke,
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
I play bass too, from one to another your bass playing is killer.
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
peace
Dj Swindla
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
Steve
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
great work as always.
Steve
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
That kick drum is interesting, definitely goes well with the overall dark sound. I really like how open the guitar sounds and how well it works with the rest of the instrumentation. That bass is really deep, I love it's sound, there is something about that simple bass line that just drags you back into the song.
Very well done! I really like this song!
on NARCOS by Planetjazzbass
on BUMBA by Planetjazzbass
keep on bringing the heat
(LF)
on BUMBA by Planetjazzbass
Great,great musicianship and programming.
Having been a follower of the Rebel Soundclash radio show(2 folks out of Belgium)that broadcast some of the really hard to get "underground"african music,this song really reminds of it.
And to think this is all work of one man.
Great work Planet.
May i ask,where you got the amazing acapella please?
Nelson
on Something You Said by Planetjazzbass
on BUMBA by Planetjazzbass
A great track that really resonated with me.
Belated Birthday Greetings!
Elaine
on Something You Said by Planetjazzbass
on BUMBA by Planetjazzbass
Love the way the rather alien guitar appears and fits so well.
I could have handled a couple of more minutes of this easily.
Totally pro sound.
Dave :)