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[Salsa Verde [Arby's Revenge]]

So beautiful piece my friend, sounds really awesome and gorgeous!, like very much the electric guitar use, that is not very usual in this style of music but sounds very great. The percussions sounds wonderful realistic like the brass, and the arrangement in brass voices are very professional. A pleasure to listen.

Phonometrologist responds:

I'm happy that you decided to stop by and leave a comment about it. I was curious to see what artists that actually come from this style would think. You're right that the electric guitar is not typical for this style of music. I was looking through a bunch of Salsa music to hear if there were any guitar parts, and I couldn't really find any for inspiration. I wanted to combine Salsa with what I'm more familiar with and that is Blues/Rock&Roll. Even the chord progression is more Classical influenced and I wanted to marry the different styles together while keeping it mostly a Salsa piece. For the guitar, we found that it works best if it followed the groove of the bass because the bass plays before the downbeat as it anticipates it. I'm sure you know this as this is typical in Latin music. But that is not so much the case from the background that I come from.
By the way, I've listened to several pieces from your Jazz band on Youtube, and they are a real joy to listen to. I have much respect for your playing and sound. I'm hoping to hear more from you in the future.

[Fear As Though You've Never Feared]

That guitars and bass sounds very good friend!, i like the two voice of the guitars at 2:05 part, i also like the anticipations in the swing parts. At 4:35 is very nice too, with that sweet melody of the guitar over the soft comp.

Excellent job, and good luck in the Bingo Contest !

djt820 responds:

And good luck to you too. Thanks for the detailed review.

[Frío]

Sounds great friend, regards from Córdoba, Veracruz.

dude2312 responds:

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen!

[To The Clouds]

Excellent work

etherealwinds responds:

Thank you :) congrats on third place!

[Dragon Slayer]

Hi, first of all I have to say that the sound of that lead guitar is really cool!, as well as the second guitar, bass and the drums.

I really like the main theme, I think the modulation from minor to mayor you use to resolve to that part gives it a nice extra powerful sensation, also the melody of that part its very nice for me.

The guitar solo is very cool too, have that epic general sound, I really like it too, and the final of the song is very funny!!

350teric responds:

Thank you for the nice words man, glad that you like song. I was aiming for that epic sound all the way! :)

[You're the Same]

Beautiful composition friend, full of feeling and vigor

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thank you :)

[Canal Dwellers]

Hi, the mix of the drums sounds good, but i think this song is a little bit too loud and too dissonant harmony for me, however, good work!

Kalviter responds:

The dissonant harmony thing is fair enough, but I'm really confused by the too loud part. This song was produced with way more headroom than I normally work with, which I got by having all of the instruments play much quieter than they normally would. I'm glad you like the drum mix though, and thanks for the feedback!

[JazzImprovLoop]

I like the mix a lot, and I like the basic loop (drums, bass, E.Piano, and strings)

However, I think the improv line with the guitar can be better, maybe more creative.

Its a good audio, congrats!!

EoD696 responds:

Thanks!