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| Funk Tunnel by mawgrit | 4 months ago |
| I wasn't sure about dropping the beat out in those places. Thanks. Useful feedback. | |
| Warwick 78 by moumen8 | 4 months ago |
| That's some funk all right. Really like the easy, walkin' bass line. The shattering glass breaks the pattern with interesting drama. | |
| Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) by zincshed | 4 months ago |
| great collaboration - appreciate the professionalism from both of you - smooth, controlled, precise tones with that laid back lounge sound - thoroughly enjoyable | |
| Springtime by dirigent | 4 months ago |
 Made this one of my Favorites some time ago but forgot to comment. I thank you for sharing your wonderful musicality with us on icompositions. It's always one of the highlights of turning on the computer for me. This is a spot-on recording with the professional vocalists; the birdsong and flute tracks, perfect accompaniment. |
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| Funk Tunnel by mawgrit | 4 months ago |
| haha - "The Funky Tunnel" was somebody else's idea anyway, so 'Funk Tunnel' it is and means - absolutely nothing. But what's 'grifting'? |
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| The Wanton Booze Hound by pharmakeus | 4 months ago |
| Whoa, those were some lyrics! Reminded me of my first Bob Dylan album (yes, 33RPM). Enjoyed the springy harmonica interludes but what's 'Telecaster'? | |
| Experiment #5 - Lemon Grass by mfwmiles | 4 months ago |
| sounds like that was as fun to do as it was listening to it - the $5 guitar rocks! | |
| Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs - cover by ihussain | 4 months ago |
| I agree with everything said about the choice, technique and presentation. The sweet overtones of the female vocals at the end soften the plunky keyboard sounds. Nice. | |
| Web Weaver by Telemetry | 4 months ago |
| Listening to this was hypnotizing. The flute lead was like a snake charmer luring in the other melody lines as they wind in and out, playing with and off of each other. Cool ending, perfect for the unresolved theme with the minor key. If not a spy movie in Persia, maybe an opium den in Shanghai. | |
| Solstice 4 ( serenity ) by Filmscorz | 4 months ago |
| That was so beautiful and soulful. Your timing and intonation on both instruments grabs the heart and holds it captive to the silence of the last note. This recording vibrates with feeling and tone. Just stunning. | |
| Funk Tunnel by mawgrit | 4 months ago |
| Or just loopy maybe but I'll take Loopologist. Good one! That comment means a lot. Thanks for the support and for listening. | |
| Zydeco Boogaloo by nlsn | 1 year ago |
| Nice rendition of a zydeco classic. Always a good listen. Love it. | |
| the girl next door! by that80sboy | 1 year ago |
| great be boppy bounce and chord progression, voice. What talent! | |
| Ca Plane Pour Moi/Hello There/Auf Wiedersehen (Cheap Trick & Plastic Bertrand Covers) by SteveScott | 1 year ago |
| You've shared a chunk of life and musical history with us with electric originality. Refreshingly personal but still totally about music. Good for you, man, just good for you. And btw, do you know how zydeco this sounds? | |
| I Have A Dream by Yankman30 | 1 year ago |
| No need for apologies or explanations - really a cool recording, so much energy and strength captured, maybe even more than a doctored up and mastered version. Thanks for sharing. | |
| ReAsOn/rEaSoN by TheDeadTeenagers | 1 year ago |
I liked the brief appearance of the guitar about 2/3 through and wanted more. A little light in those late nights.  Agree about the distorted bass or any bass but it's cool, too, as is. |
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| Tiger in My Tank Too by mawgrit | 1 year ago |
| Don't quite understand "blurry." Definitely messy though. Too many splits - got away from me and then, too late. Just having a lark with that GB "animal" growl and racecar sounds. | |
| Manmohini by rojer3 | 1 year ago |
| Wonderful track - What is the language? Who is the female singer? | |
| Endless Love by morgan102 | 1 year ago |
| Gasp! That was absolutely gorgeous. Such great voices and perfectly controlled inflection for the music and emotive quality. Your harmony blends into one tone - even the slides! So impressed. | |
| You Are The Sunshine Of My Life by zincshed | 1 year ago |
| I'm always wowed by your tremendous talent and keyboard mastery. This one feels like I'm sitting in the room watching you play. Keyboard dominates which is cool and, hey, I think the bass is quite adequate! It's all about your right hand anyway, seems to me ... | |
| LOSING MY SOUL by KCsGROOVE | 1 year ago |
| What a great song! Really like the overlay of brass with your serious electric guitar. And perfect vocal harmony. But - whoa! - the angst in that picture is not in the music - thank goodness! It may reflect the lyrics in theory, but the upbeat funk carries the day. | |
| Ain,t Necessarily So by Telemetry | 1 year ago |
| No, it's great! It just doesn't get better than Porgy and Bess. What a beautiful, deep bass voice and the subdued, languid instrumentals were perfect. | |
| I Wish (Stevie Wonder) - remix by zincshed | 1 year ago |
| wow - another great song you've made your own - such a fun listen! | |
| The Transition: Chapter 1 by ATeam | 1 year ago |
| Hey, I recognize that "DIstorted Bass" loop! Either way it's perfect here. Nice job. | |
| THE GOOD LIFE by KCsGROOVE | 1 year ago |
| That was nice - really like Elaine's vocal inflections - wish I could play guitar like that... | |
| Birthday Man by mawgrit | 1 year ago |
| Thanks, guys! | |
| Amazing Grace by joshhughes | 1 year ago |
| Really enjoyed this recording and the richness of the vocal recording. Unexpectedly sweet rendition. We're so used to hearing female voices singing this - moving. | |
| Little Rays Of Light by zincshed | 1 year ago |
| Swing? Wouldn't this be straight up boogie-woogie? Of the best sort anyway that moves into some smooth but sophisticated jazz. I may not have the vocabulary but recognize what's happening (I think) - you're a one-man jazz band playing all the solo appearances yourself. How much fun to be so talented! | |
| Hijita mia revisited by mawgrit | 1 year ago |
| Ha ha - yes, cooking music is definitely the best hobby ever! | |
| Hijita mia by mawgrit | 1 year ago |
| I can't believe that two icomp icons (to me) - female singer-wise - have listened in. Feel like a kid whose idol just waved. You inspire me to think about getting back into voice training, Rosalind. Still thinking.... |
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| Love me or leave me by Mosaica | 1 year ago |
| This was great - as are all your vocals. I was awed by your classical recordings already. How much fun this must be for someone with your voice and training! | |
| LOVE'S WAYS by KCsGROOVE | 1 year ago |
| really surprising the lyrics and the upbeat, jazzy sounds - but, hey, why not? when you just read the words, you wanna sit in the corner and think but the upbeat arrangement won't let you! only thing was i was wanting to hear the vocal harmonies on the chorus more clearly but couldn't for the horns - which I liked! - but it sounded like some interesting stuff was happening back there, too... | |
| Right On The Tip Of My Tongue by zincshed | 1 year ago |
| sophisticated production, great arrangement and great collaboration. I know that classical voice training makes the shift to pop singing hard and the ear hears things that others don't, but really -- can't imagine what your daughter objects to here. Professional and absolutely lovely. | |
| He was a Geek with a Guitar by Vixen | 1 year ago |
omg - this is so amazing! One of the best things I've heard on iComp in ages. I mean, your bluegrass comment on my last upload really made sense but listening to this I realize why - this is home! When you grew up in Texas like I did with country sounds everywhere you turn, well, honky-tonk like this just sweeps you off your feet - every damn time! Great stuff. Love it, just love it. Great voice, great fingerwork, perfect slide guitar, drums - everything. Well, it almost felt like home, even the sax (?) until the spoken vocals with the NZ dialect pop up. Such a surprise - what a hoot! I mean, you don't hear THAT in Texas hill country! You really have the music nailed though - all of you. Awesome. I'd offer tips on the Texas twang, but, hey, it's so cool like this... [Am living on your side of the globe at the moment as far from Texas as you could get, so this was like a trip home. Thanks.] |
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| Hijita mia by mawgrit | 1 year ago |
| wow - that's a compliment coming from you! Bluegrass would be nice, familiar.... | |
| God Be With You (till we meet again) by Mystified | 1 year ago |
| that was one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard - thank you for making it so perfect | |
| Evil Ways (feat Mosaica) by zincshed | 1 year ago |
| I remember when the Santana original came out (and, yes, 1969 was a LONG time ago) and thoroughly enjoyed this version. You really made a great new song without compromising the smooth Latin groove. Love how you wind your riffs around Rosalind's soulful sounds but glad you took off on your own there. Zincshed does things on the keyboard the rest of us just dream about. | |
| BIG BOSS MAN by KCsGROOVE | 1 year ago |
| really awesome funk rhythms and blues guitar - great song | |
| DouDou Without Weepin' by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| thanks |
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| DouDou Without Weepin' by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| thanks - and if there's no rule about this I think I'm going to delete this and put up another version and hope for more good feedback. Zinshed wrote me something I don't understand at all but I tried to accommodate and compensate within the parameters of Garageband. He said that the vocals sounded off to one side and should be centered. That's not a concept I can relate to vis-a-vis GB tracks (but what do I know) so I doubled all the vocal tracks and changed the effects back to none from "female basic" which had a bit of reverb. [Figured it out - 7/10. Have to mess with the input control and - duh - get closer to the mic!] |
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| DouDou Without Weepin' by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| Oh, yeah - and thanks to Scott_Steve for advice, too. There are still tiny pops but it's better. | |
| DouDou by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| Well, I think it still is! Anyway, you say it a certain way and it's French; the other way, and, well, who gives a crap! Anyway, thanks for the tip. Will give it a try. | |
| Papa, Can You Hear Me by Keedee | 2 years ago |
| wow, Streisand anything is a great choice to show off the control and variety of sounds you command. Not easy but you've worked it to effortless. One can hear the joy creating beauty brings you. | |
| Work together (alt. version) by AcetyleneJukebox | 2 years ago |
| Just listened to all three remakes of this piece and am grateful you decided to give us this peek into yours and Soundhead's work - puts the final mix with Zincshed in perspective. Amazing. | |
| Stormy Weather (tribute to Lena Horne) by grathy | 2 years ago |
| I like this a lot better than Lena Horne - vibrato's under perfect control - just enough, not too much; soul punches in just the right places, velvet smooth. She should've heard you. | |
| Work Together (zincshed mix) by zincshed | 2 years ago |
| oh man, I really like your work - this was just asking for the organ riffs for a riveting, solid funk sound | |
| Smanie implacabili by Mosaica | 2 years ago |
| Just beautiful - thank you for sharing your work with us. How lovely you have this stage; you deserve to be heard. | |
| Manha de Carnaval by zincshed | 2 years ago |
| that was gorgeous, just gorgeous! You've both made it about as perfect as a song can get. Listening, I feel humbled you'd comment on my ditty. I know that movie - thank god, nobody's tried to redo it yet. |
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| DouDou by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| Stockings! Will work on that - thanks! | |
| Go Penny (I'm The Tracyist Tracy) by SteveScott | 2 years ago |
| I'd call that some kind of perfect - love the bounciness between the vocals and lead guitar (really makes me want to try my unused Cubase) | |
| Science Fiction Double Feature by pharmakeus | 2 years ago |
| really clear vocals, like the synths and the simple, strong guitar strums throughout - very engaging | |
| DouDou by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| Thanks so much for the kind remarks and advice - very encouraging Re mic issues: I have a Tascam 122MKII USB powered audio interface and Audio Technica AT2020 cardioid condenser mic. There's definitely an input sensitivity control on the Tascam. Think I need to do setup again with the manual, step by step. Of course - a wind shield! Do you think a home-made one would work? (impossible to get such things where I live) Would it work just to fasten some some thin foam over the mic with a rubber band at the base? |
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| Birthday Funk by mawgrit | 2 years ago |
| He said he did anyway - says it reminds him of 70's cop show sound tracks (reruns)! |
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| A Just Haunting by MikeHuntingford | 2 years ago |
| very smooth, lovely melody, play-off between the flute and guitar keeps it interesting | |
| Pistol Whipp'n by TheShamanKing | 2 years ago |
| crazy fast beat - interesting electronics - enjoyed it | |
| Die Nachtigall - The Nightingale by dirigent | 2 years ago |
| Beautiful audio production and the contrast of the lilting, ethereal quality of the recording against the sad, heavy sludge and loss in the video really has an effect. btw - what's "bird training"?? | |
| Stranger by TessCrazy | 2 years ago |
| really nice song - especially enjoyed the chorus, harmonies, minor/major changes - whew, wish I could do that | |
| For Marion by futzpucker | 2 years ago |
| Very moving - beautifully rendered | |
| Ricercar - in memoriam JSB by dirigent | 2 years ago |
| Bach never had it so good. The percussion is all that Sebastian was missing. What is that anyway? Congas? This is really awesome. | |
| Journey's End by Toni1 | 2 years ago |
| Really beautiful vocals - great control and soul | |
| beets by jackgould | 2 years ago |
| Don't know how this escaped me, but glad to have discovered it. So great what you've done with these loops! I recognize some of them and would never have thought of such a combination. It's imaginative and unconventional but rhythmic and exciting - kind of easy-listenin' alternative! | |
| Terranova by DigitalGreyOrchestra | 2 years ago |
| Just discovered another Favorite. | |
| In Your Eyes {Acoustic Cover} by RAVENS | 2 years ago |
| Wow. Very powerful arrangement. You have a great voice - really good control for everything you do with it and with the song. Also like the song choice for your voice - definitely your range and allows for the added angst with ease - and the simple acoustic guitar. Very, very nice. | |
| Barry White (On The Stereo) by RedthruNthru | 2 years ago |
| great collaboration, mood - love your voices together | |
| La Fiesta by Bennie | 2 years ago |
| Very cool. Really love something like this that's so original (okay chick c. gets a little credit but only a little) and has so many changing themes. Maybe that's why we call it jazz? Hmm: question - "only loops" means you mixed and mastered (like a mix-master your own loops or did you just forget to click whatever? I'm just learning... |
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| Saxy Blues by fatchance | 2 years ago |
| Oh, I like it like that! Blues - just plain good blues. | |
| NO Name - (Jalanix & Geo) by fatchance | 2 years ago |
| Really cool slides! The basic melody is sweet, nice transitions, easy on the soul bass and drums. | |
| december bride by jackgould | 2 years ago |
| I really like that! Like the way you split loops and make your own rifts. Nice movement in and out of the melodic beginning and end with that bit in the minor key. Somethin' like that... | |
| Oasis Blues mark 3 (Colab) by Telemetry | 2 years ago |
| Very smooth - nice lounge sound | |
| In Search Of by Telemetry | 2 years ago |
| Artwork is extremely cool also | |
| In Search Of by Telemetry | 2 years ago |
| I really like your playing - nice rifts. | |
| Land Of The Unseen by imadesentana | 2 years ago |
| Really like the how you weave an ancient sounding instrument and the vocals with the modern beat. What IS that bell sound in the repeat melody - so nice! | |
| Floyd by jackgould | 2 years ago |
| Soothing, understated strings with nice drum tension. Like it. | |
| November Dance by dirigent | 2 years ago |
| Very listenable, engaging mix of rhythms, instruments and genre. What a strange but cool start - cello, snares, wind-up thingy and the doo-wop. You get that laid back thing going with the keyboard and guitar, then come at us with those scary strings and other unexpected tension builders. One of the few pieces I've listened to over and over, and it finishes before I'm ready every time. Like a good story. This is crazy good stuff. | |
| De ola en ola by dirigent | 2 years ago |
que sorpresa hermosisima - me toco muchisimo - la sencillez es lo que se destaca aqui, la voz sin vibrato sobre la guitarra y su movimiento dentro y fuera de cada tonalidad como si siguiera olas - un tesoro - la unica cosita que me ocurre es esto: la mezcla de sonidos e imagenes de agua y aire, olas y viento - el titulo se trata de olas y el primer sonido, las olas - por que canta del viento y sopla entonces? |
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| Pursuit by hedfelt384 | 2 years ago |
Wow. Just joined iCompositions and what a great introduction listening to this piece. Love the light-speed tempo and syncopation. Only one sound kind of didn't jibe for me - the snare drum thing (or whatever) is just a bit tinny sounding with all the other cool tracks. Nice transitions and balance of themes. Third listen... |
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