@mhschmieder said:

Maybe not for be bop, chamber jazz, soloing, etc. But just the little bit of playing around that I have done today with the sax samples has left me gasping in disbelief that anyone could have done such a good job with such a notoriously difficult instrument to reproduce.

What do you think of these pieces I did using a smaller trio setting rather than big band? I used all Vienna SE instruments except loops for drums and the bass.

http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=61050

http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=60583

herb,

in the link page you indicated for upright bass: synth patch, it's no synth patch,
it's your own VSL solo double bass, I used the pitch bend to give it a jazzier feel.

Hey folks,

My last demo is a bigband piece, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it, any feedback is welcomed.

Thanks,

@Guy said:

Hey folks,

My last demo is a bigband piece, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it, any feedback is welcomed.

Thanks,

Very good indeed [:P]

@Guy said:

Hey folks,

My last demo is a bigband piece, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it, any feedback is welcomed.

Thanks,

I liked it. Guy, do you have any big band experience? I noticed you went to McGill (I went to York for jazz performance then switched to composition mid-way through). I like your voicings in the brass. nice chord progressions too.

The one thing I think is cool about Garritan's J&BB is that they sampled different types of altos, tenors, and bari's so that you could play all in unison and not get the typical phasing sound that one finds when you layer the same sample on itself. I'd love to see a VSL bigband release. I mean, the saxes is already killer. I love the fact that you can easily move between bop, big band, post-bop, and classical with these saxes. I'd also love to hear a soprano. Hmm, I forgot to check if it's in the full-sized sax library.

Anyhow, Guy, I visited your website and your orchestral stuff is really awesome. Have you had any pieces played by real musicians. when listening to your music, I can definitely hear it played by real musicians.

Thanks Jamriding.


Fiery,

1st bigband piece I ever wrote, I'm enjoying jazz improvisation and bigband music more than ever although it's maybe 10% of my strength so I have no pretense about writing great bigband music but I'd sure like it to grow among my compositions. I remembered hearing at Mc Gill University the bigband classes rehearse in the evenings while I was cooling off nearby from the hectic days of theory and analysis, it was awesome to hear them play and they were good!

As pieces played by real instruments, not pieces exclusively of real instruments and those are not on my website which reminds I really need to update it. My current destiny makes it that I write a lot using sampled sounds.

Thanks for the comments, I enjoyed it.

no problem! I liked your Charlie Parker piece too! [:D]

Hi Guy,

I like your big-band piece (like actually all of your work), I'd just like to hear a less reverberant version, more like a swing-band in a jazz-club or a 50-ies dance-hall, less orchestral reverb, if you know what I mean. [;)]

Kind regards,

@Dietz said:

Hi Guy,

I like your big-band piece (like actually all of your work), I'd just like to hear a less reverberant version, more like a swing-band in a jazz-club or a 50-ies dance-hall, less orchestral reverb, if you know what I mean. [;)]

Kind regards,

Your the man. Sure thing.

ps I think I chose the Altiverb "Mansion from the Shining" hehe!

I wonder if the Sax library can do Soprano to sound like Kenn G, anybody?
Thanks
Sonny

@Dietz said:

Hi Guy,

I like your big-band piece (like actually all of your work), I'd just like to hear a less reverberant version, more like a swing-band in a jazz-club or a 50-ies dance-hall, less orchestral reverb, if you know what I mean. [;)]

Kind regards,

Done.

Should probably be uploaded within 24 hours. Thanks.

Guy,

Five and a half minutes in less than seven and a half hours?

I normally don't say anything about the demo submissions in these forums, but I must say that under the circumstances that's really impressive work. Being a jazz musician first before an orchestral composer I can crank out jazz pretty fast, so I have to admit I'm humbled by this.

Very idiomatic stuff, Guy. Nice drums, too. What are they?

BTW, if anyone dares to put a Kenny G demo up, I want everybody to know right now that I will NOT listen to it. [[;)]]

Clark

@Another User said:

I wonder if the Sax library can do Soprano to sound like Kenn G, anybody?
Thanks
Sonny

Why!

Oh, man, you had me pretty scared, there! Although I still think you are really fast at this stuff overall.

Anyway, it is a great example of the VI genre-crossing abilities.

I like those drums--will look for those.

Clark



P.S. What is the difference between Kenny G and a machine gun?

A machine gun only repeats itself 1000 times per minute!

Just being realistic, you guys don't want Kenny G but our clients wants it, face it, like it or not, he's more famous than most guys here [you know him, right? but does he know you?]
I was just wonder if VSL Sax's Soprano can be sound anything like that, if it does, it will be very useful to me to make money
Sonny

@dsstudio said:

Just being realistic, you guys don't want Kenny G but our clients wants it, face it, like it or not, he's more famous than most guys here [you know him, right? but does he know you?]

We play basketball every thursday. [:D]

Seriously, I know what you're saying and it would be cool to have sop sax played like...like...like.....can't say his name, sorry!

@Guy said:

We play basketball every thursday. [:D]

Seriously, I know what you're saying and it would be cool to have sop sax played like...like...like.....can't say his name, sorry!

So, can you make some demo line with Sop sax like ...like...like for me [:P]
cause I want to buy the VSL sax but not sure how it sound, the SE does not include sop sax
Just kidding, you can play whatever you like, I just want to hear the sound, much appreciated!
Guy B, I really admired your talent, your demo sounds great! [so you are famous huh [:)] I know you but you don't know me [8-)] ]
Sonny

@dsstudio said:

Guy B, I really admired your talent, your demo sounds great! [so you are famous huh [:)] I know you but you don't know me [8-)] ]
Sonny

Cousin Sonny? Dat you?

[:D]

@Guy said:

Seriously, I know what you're saying and it would be cool to have sop sax played like...like...like.....can't say his name, sorry!

Hey all...I'll fill in the blank here....

How about John Coltrane??????????

Here comes a rant:

This is the most frustrating legacy of Kenny G. In my expreience, non-musicians, tend to have strong associations with timbre. So whenever "non-musicians" (and some musicians) hear a soprano sax, it reminds them of Kenny G. Unfortunately, this makes it hard for some people to appreciate the beauty of Coltrane's soprano playing (If you haven't heard him play "My Favorite Things" -- get it NOW).