You can really tell the comfort in this song. I felt that everyone's solo was good and the horns sounded prime on the melody. My only thing is the end. It's "there" but I think it calls for extra ear attention to elude when everyone should hit those notes because they have to be aligned perfect to end great. Like a wedding cake with no top. It looks good, and tastes good but the finishing touch is what serves it's purpose. Lets play with a purpose and lets make sure everyone in the audience knows that purpose.
I definitely agree that you can feel that we are comfortable with this and that there is great energy. There is one (small) spot from 41-42, where part of the horns cut out a little. So that could use some work because it happens pretty much every time we play this, not just with this recording. I could also use some work on my solo. One of the previous classes I had a much better solo and I think I was feeling the song more. The day this was recorded I guess I wasn't, but it did help with our playing and the energy yesterday (Friday) when all the horns stood up and played.
I totally agree reguarding the energy it really felt like every one was on par there. there were a couple parts in the solos where it seemed like we lost the feel for a bit, especially in my solo I feel like i had an idea but just didnt pull through with it. But overall the song seemed pretty solid, it pulled together nicely. I hit the wrong chord a few times which throws off the sound a bit, so I think I've just got to focus more. I also agree with Dom's wedding cake idea: the Ending needs to show more feeling and purpose, instead of us just playing the notes
There's a funny guitar chord at :29, but I like the way the piano and guitar are working together. Be careful not to speed up when the energy gets more intense like at 1:02. Solos keep improving every rehearsal, so I'm not worried there. Try to tell a story with your solo. have a beginning, a middle and a climactic end. We will rehearse the ending more in class.
1.) Can I just say kudos? I don't know if that's proper jazz etiquette, but who gives a sloth? 2.) Joe and Dom: solos were dank brosefs 3.) I think we're getting more comfortable with this song, and maybe that's why the end isn't lining up perfectly? We're just kinda going through the motions, as opposed to working hard on it? Who knows, maybe I'm just retarded. 4.) WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JAZZZZZ
I agree that there is something missing at the end, however I also feel there is something missing over the course of the entire song. There just isn't any spunk and its hard to differentiate between the separate sections of the song because they all blend into one. I think we need to be careful not to get 'energy' and 'comfort' mixed up. Where we as the musicians are comfortable with the song it doesn't necessarily mean there is going to be energy. We need to make a concerted effort to really pump up the song because it has the potential to be a really great tune, or a really boring one.
Everyone seems really into this song which is of course good and the solos were amazing. The bass sounded good so props to Zach especially after just learning. Also after the solos there was a part where it sounded like someone dropped out and the ending could have been better.
The melody is tight and everybody knows it well. As a band we stay alot more together on this piece. Justins solo was pretty sweet but a little quiet. We stay together on the high notes in this song alot better than the others. The end got pretty quiet and got sloppy.
The fact that everything blends together is an issue, why? There's no break in the beat. There's no pause, or space nor is there anything to differentiate between the sections. A snare hit is very low key, but it's so VERY important. I also feel that putting little licks between different phrases would help, like the greats do. Listen to "Chameleon" on Maceo Parker's "My Name is Maceo" and you'll get what I mean. The best know as Fred Wesley (Trombone) plays snippets of the melody in harmonics, or even just silly little licks and it adds so much more to the tune.
The bass is great on this one. I think the solos still need work. We need a day when we just solo over and over and over and over and over (did I say and over?) and over again. Then again we should all be doing that at home anyhow.
We're also not building off of eachother! The level of enthusiam is so low even though we all love this tune. We need to find a way to put the motions we have for this song into the sound that comes out of our music devices. An audience should feel that emotion and thrive off of it! A shuffle should get people moving. This has me moving about half of one of my feet.
It irritates me that we have so much damn potential, but we can't seem to bridge the gap we all wanna cross. The fact of the matter is, that's being a musician. We all still have so much room to grow. We'll all learn together, but we need to know eachother as musicians as welll as we all know eachothers as friends. This means no more putting ourselves down, no more saying "I can't do it" and no more lack of confidence. All of us are guilty of it. We have until June to make this band something amazing. So why don't we?
You can really tell the comfort in this song. I felt that everyone's solo was good and the horns sounded prime on the melody. My only thing is the end. It's "there" but I think it calls for extra ear attention to elude when everyone should hit those notes because they have to be aligned perfect to end great. Like a wedding cake with no top. It looks good, and tastes good but the finishing touch is what serves it's purpose. Lets play with a purpose and lets make sure everyone in the audience knows that purpose.
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ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that you can feel that we are comfortable with this and that there is great energy. There is one (small) spot from 41-42, where part of the horns cut out a little. So that could use some work because it happens pretty much every time we play this, not just with this recording. I could also use some work on my solo. One of the previous classes I had a much better solo and I think I was feeling the song more. The day this was recorded I guess I wasn't, but it did help with our playing and the energy yesterday (Friday) when all the horns stood up and played.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree reguarding the energy it really felt like every one was on par there. there were a couple parts in the solos where it seemed like we lost the feel for a bit, especially in my solo I feel like i had an idea but just didnt pull through with it. But overall the song seemed pretty solid, it pulled together nicely. I hit the wrong chord a few times which throws off the sound a bit, so I think I've just got to focus more. I also agree with Dom's wedding cake idea: the Ending needs to show more feeling and purpose, instead of us just playing the notes
ReplyDeleteThere's a funny guitar chord at :29, but I like the way the piano and guitar are working together. Be careful not to speed up when the energy gets more intense like at 1:02.
ReplyDeleteSolos keep improving every rehearsal, so I'm not worried there. Try to tell a story with your solo. have a beginning, a middle and a climactic end.
We will rehearse the ending more in class.
1.) Can I just say kudos? I don't know if that's proper jazz etiquette, but who gives a sloth?
ReplyDelete2.) Joe and Dom: solos were dank brosefs
3.) I think we're getting more comfortable with this song, and maybe that's why the end isn't lining up perfectly? We're just kinda going through the motions, as opposed to working hard on it? Who knows, maybe I'm just retarded.
4.) WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JAZZZZZ
I agree that there is something missing at the end, however I also feel there is something missing over the course of the entire song. There just isn't any spunk and its hard to differentiate between the separate sections of the song because they all blend into one.
ReplyDeleteI think we need to be careful not to get 'energy' and 'comfort' mixed up. Where we as the musicians are comfortable with the song it doesn't necessarily mean there is going to be energy. We need to make a concerted effort to really pump up the song because it has the potential to be a really great tune, or a really boring one.
Everyone seems really into this song which is of course good and the solos were amazing. The bass sounded good so props to Zach especially after just learning. Also after the solos there was a part where it sounded like someone dropped out and the ending could have been better.
ReplyDeleteThe melody is tight and everybody knows it well. As a band we stay alot more together on this piece. Justins solo was pretty sweet but a little quiet. We stay together on the high notes in this song alot better than the others. The end got pretty quiet and got sloppy.
ReplyDeleteI don't quite understand Zach's comments. Not very helpful or insightful.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that everything blends together is an issue, why? There's no break in the beat. There's no pause, or space nor is there anything to differentiate between the sections. A snare hit is very low key, but it's so VERY important. I also feel that putting little licks between different phrases would help, like the greats do. Listen to "Chameleon" on Maceo Parker's "My Name is Maceo" and you'll get what I mean. The best know as Fred Wesley (Trombone) plays snippets of the melody in harmonics, or even just silly little licks and it adds so much more to the tune.
ReplyDeleteThe bass is great on this one. I think the solos still need work. We need a day when we just solo over and over and over and over and over (did I say and over?) and over again. Then again we should all be doing that at home anyhow.
We're also not building off of eachother! The level of enthusiam is so low even though we all love this tune. We need to find a way to put the motions we have for this song into the sound that comes out of our music devices. An audience should feel that emotion and thrive off of it! A shuffle should get people moving. This has me moving about half of one of my feet.
It irritates me that we have so much damn potential, but we can't seem to bridge the gap we all wanna cross. The fact of the matter is, that's being a musician. We all still have so much room to grow. We'll all learn together, but we need to know eachother as musicians as welll as we all know eachothers as friends. This means no more putting ourselves down, no more saying "I can't do it" and no more lack of confidence. All of us are guilty of it. We have until June to make this band something amazing. So why don't we?