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Crazy 'bout ya (2014 remix)
Nice swishy and sleazy jazz...just how it should be. Love those tinkly keys. Maybe we're all 'going crazy waiting for medication'...guess mine came much too late... Great pro-duction! keith
who can resist the allure of a jazzy tune. The smokey vocals fit his drift well. re-imaging the oldies is a daunting task, but as technologies and ears change, it is a good exercise. This is better, I think, tweaking the lows. parts sit together so well, but that is the strength of your mixes...liked the drums ending this :)
Great song and sound. We should collaborate on some stuff. I could see me adding some guitar to this sound! Cool vocals and piano. Great job dude! R Grigg
Great job on the vocals. Love the falsetto on "moon" and other places where you take to the rafters. Gotta love a tragic ending. Nice piano "twinkling of the ivories" throughout. Thanks for sharing.
Well, I like Jazz and I like this. It's quality stuff. Absolutely amazing that it's all done by one person who certainly knows how to orchestrate a song.
Not a genre I have ever been interested in, but you make it sound cool and up to date!! Love the rhodes riffs, they fit just perfectly!! Lyrics are superb as are all the musical elements!! Your vocals are always perfectly fitting for all your tracks Andy!! Especially this one!!!!RATED SIR!!!!!!!! Barry
Good good very good! Don't like the genre in general but you kept me listening
This site has so much good music in many of the genres and there are so many good artists on this site - and then there are the very few that are at the top in both of these categories - not to mention the different instruments that you have seemed to master. I don't know if that is you on the piano or I don't have any idea how you pulled off the other instruments, but I imagine you doing each of these parts on here in the video going on in my head... cool video!!!
ps great job with the horns!
yeh this has got a cool, lazy style - that double bass? sits beautifully on the piano keys. tbh though J (I know u like feedback!) I think you rasp it up a bit much on the vox.. just a thought cause it does distract from an otherwise quite visionary piece of slick ass jazz.
Tackling something different and to be honest its done well. I know little of jazz ... the backing music is decent, some nice stabs of brass piano melody is good and the double bass and drum track. Strings sound like they need a touch fo verb??The music even has a slight tinged edge of old about it, in its recording context!..which is good. The vocal must have been hard?... To get the smokey voice and curve those notes, at times you manged that well... there are some nice melody lines and interesting vocals layers... I can understand you could not hang vocal notes right over the edge... unless someone kicks you in the balls as you hit a high note, that could work? ;-). It takes a lot of time and practice and years of it to roar out a jazz or soul vocal... but this is a decent effort mate!!.. Good track, good sound.. Thanks for sharing!
I do Love the final version,Your Vocal sits comfortable in this, and I really dig the structure and the keys the brass everything.
Congrats on the number 1 spot James! Really nice, laid back tune!! Thumbs up. Wait for Stars
Yeah, the vox sounds much better now, Before an official release you might want to add a delay every now and then like at 0:59 "You'll play that song again", the "again" or "play that song again" or just "play" could use a delay, just a little extra razzle dazzle, I gotta say without the verb exaggeration this sounds super better then the first ver. I heard, All my tracks are still wips for reasons like that, it's a good track for the charts.
Well congrats on #1 A very fine song Thumbs Eric
Firstly.... Well done for top slot. Ive missed this one and only got the final take on this , i aint been onboard for a bit... Nice bitta Smokey Jazz here , love the piano in this Andy which fits well with the horns and Strings , Nice changes in the Drums Production sounds cool to me , but what do i know im only the piano Player ;) The distinctive vocals of your great stuff and the story telling Tops Mate ... And it gets my late Thumbs mate... Well Done again .
V2b up correcting vox reverb issues and some instrument clashes. Horns come in a bit earlier too and drums changed to as the track builds.
Horns and violins sound great, mate. Sounding better every time! Can't think of any constructive criticisms as I don't really have any criticisms at all. Excellente!
Ahh, now this hits the spot! I think you've nailed it, Andy, this is very easy on the ears without losing any of the dramatic intensity of the earlier versions. Great song, man!
You took your meds today? Nice touches added. Subtle violins, building well. The whole piece is now lifted and shifted into the spotlight instead of in the dust in the corner of the bar. Glad you took the subtle approach. Take another thumb up the crunt, you bunt
Horns and violins up on this version. Meant to put this comment in before Ro and H commented.
Nice jazzy keys, this wouldn't work on a cartoon tho lol live action yes. Not too sure how I feel about the vox reverb, maybe play around with it a little and make it a bit lighter with the addition of a small delay? Just an idea, having trouble hearing you over the backing at around 2:46, wish I had better speakers so I can comment accurately, I'm not using my phones right now tho so I'll leave it at that, when you finish link in the chatbox. I'll wait for the final version before I vote.
Cool jazzy sound. Listening on laptop tinny speakers but I'm sure the mix/master is fantastic. It's good to hear your variety. Love the piano. I'm seeing this in a cartoon - don't know why. Excellent instrumentation. I like your raspy voice in this jazz song. Lol, "crazy waiting for my medication".
Very nice slice of jazzy blues~ Hearing you have not lost your music touch, Andy... Hello, it has been some time since my last visit. I like the lyrics, however sad and/or crazy they may be~ you sing them very well. Sweet keys, and production. =Bravo=
It's a great starting point, I can hear the horns already, maybe slowly build it right up and go to town as it progresses, throw everything in- I can hear screechin' guitars and alsorts . It does have a hypnotic quality and holds the attention as it is, so this piece should really go places.
I thought I should have another listen I love the bluesy jazz
I think you just proved your own point mate. Intros are unnecessary if you have enough confidence in a jump at the deep end as this song does. Personally, I think it's a case by case basis, some intros rule and some suck, but in this case, you win. R8d M8 ;)
That vocal track really hit's the spot; wasn't sure at first as I still had the "Jessica Rabbit" image in mind but you quickly put your stamp on it and I've always enjoyed your distinct sound. Nice lyrics, glad you shed the "Mr. Django" for "Mr. Piano Player", removes a tangent you really don't want the listener taking. Kind a like referring to a Clapton or a Hendrix and not throwin' down a smokin' hot lead. Horns would compliment this nicely, I'd like to hear this with a little brass action. Excellent keyboards, very soulful and a nice compliment to the vox. Third time around this session and I'm still enjoyin', well done!
Suprisingly enough Ant I was smoking throughout well, I had several cigs while recording the vox plus a couple o big glasses of water - sorry to disappoint lol. Re wanting to sound like a jazz singer, I can't do that - I'm singing more a blues melody and style than jazz and yeah it's a little rough in areas but WTF
This is really getting there and the vox are sounding so much better but possibly just a little erm how can I describe this - sounding like someone wanting to sound like a jazz singer rather than just relaxing and singing. As Tony says light up a fag and knock back half a bottle of JD then your on your way. Ps ignore Martys comment about quantizing he would have you stick a 4/4 beat behind this if he had his way :)
Ants remark had me laughing so much I had to re-listen to focus. I recently went to a neighbors house for a party, they're all jazzers and various people got up and performed and this tune would have fit in nicely. Cheers all around!
I love jazz. Anyone who doesn't probably hasn't really given it a chance. You need more instrumentation in this, it's a bit dirgy, mate. Get some smoky jazz guitar and some horns in there. Your vox lyrics are good but try not to sing them so dead on time. You need to swing 'em a bit mate. But I like the direction you're heading in.
Jazz is not my cuppa for to long maybe 2 mins Andy,but it does fella deserve a comment and its cool and jazz mellow nicccccce.Bottom end bass is sweet and warm (no upright bass) but it there and fills out well.You asked for comms and the brush hats need to be louder only a tad fella.vocal mix is a cracker great reverb with vox.Muted trumpet is begging to be heard and maybe a live smoky bar background sound ie vocals and glasses chinking but very quite in the mix.Just a thought or two.Never to late to rate.
Where's the intro dude ?Wham,bam thank'ya mam lol Was'nt expecting the jazz style,not really my scene,but it sounds pretty authentic and the perc work is nice with the brushed snare etc.Don't know whether the vocal gaps are where you've run out of lyrics (or sneaked off to the bar) but a muted trumpet would fit right in. Agree with Ant,it does have a live feel...but I wish he'd get off his ''unquantized'' high horse. R8ed.
Sleaze with panache is my thoughts and it sounds excellent. Very different style for you Andy and nothing missing at the moment but that may change once the full vocals are in. Maybe it´ll need a litle brass flavour, be it a sax or I´m hearing a soft muted trumpet. Nice one dude and gets the thumbs up!
I really am trying to focus on the track but images of you in a tight red dress trying your best to look like Jessica Rabbit aint helping :) Seriouslt though this has a wonderful live feel too it a real antidote to an overly quantized world, If I close my eyes I`m in a Chicago Jazz bar sipping on a Bud tapping my foot, heading nodding gently. I too hear a little sax in my head around 02:20 just to break things up and to add a little additional colour. Vocally I`m not so sure mate you have the chords to keep interest long enough (sorry) However overall a cracker and one I`ll have a play along too later Thumz
Excellento. How the hell you are still 'unsigned' is beyond me, James.
Moody, and why not? I like the arrangement, and the delicate keyboards. Reference to Django has me wondering if you were planning on incorporating some smokin' hot acoustic guitar riff. Off to a good start, definitely want to hear where this goes.
I kinda like the backroom sleazy feel as is myself James. Any more it would feel like I was in a classy joint and I don't go to those...;-). Love it btw......
Oh I forgot one other thing you might need is a lounge full of smoke and booze LOL
I really like this, Give any thought about a short sax and maybe a bit of Fred Forester Style Jazzy Blues Electric over the top, Just a suggestion I Love the whole track as is, But you asked., And I could also hear a woman singer in here Oh Dude you got me going now. hehehehe. I am rating it now because it's brillant and I just can't wait. Goodluck .
I began recording songs in January 2006. Genre is rock, pop and jazz with electronica dabbles on a few toons. It's a hobby for me. I record using cubase.
Home studio using a PC, yamaha keyboard, a couple of guitars and a Rode NT1A mic. I use cubase for recording/mixing and wavelab for mastering.
A strange fact - in 1976, the term "Mega" was 1st coined by me and came into general usage as meaning something great or awesome. I was an apprentice electrician at the time and "mega" was a technical prefix meaning "a million times". I remember that all my fellow students started using the term so maybe this was down to me. Nobody hardly says it anymore so i guess it's run it's course.
Another strange fact - i designed a telephone for use in a mortuary. Dead interesting lol!!!
Nice strong melody & energy to this track, would be great for the movies.
wow i felt like i was actually at a pink floyd concert excellent tune.
James Oakwood is a new name to me from MP3 Unsigned but hey, he is a man in love with his bed obviously so he's cool by me. He's also a rock artist which, as you well know, definitely fine by me. According to his webpage, he's only been writing and recording since 2006 and features a tasty pick of all his kit (is that a Dell?); the kind of stuff you need to make rock music. Even
Wooohooo!
A refreshing track about my fave place, I love it!
Keep em comming Mr Oakwood!!
Rated !