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    Hello again, gang!

     

    My trip to The Swannanoa Gathering has yielded another successful recording!

     

    This one is a long-awaited rework of my popular 1990 tune Brownstone. Its a little darker, a little funkier than my normal sweeter mood. The song was originally inspired by a trip I made to New York over Christmas of 1989 to visit a dear friend (and brilliant guitarist) Bill Galanin. We took the train from Ossining into the city on a rainy morning to look around, and as we went through Harlem, I saw all the tenement buildings with people hanging around outside them; and the gloom that seems to emanate from the area. There was a palpable sense of anger and desperation, mixed with the love of family, people making the best of being dealt a bad hand. Anyway, it was inspiring

     

    Once again, I have enlisted the services of the indescribably good Pete Huttlinger on guitars. Hes doing all 4 guitar parts this time, not just the solos. Pete has been an incredible inspiration for me, and he has an almost freakish ability to know exactly what Im looking for in the recording process. Many thanks to Pete for his great work!

     

     

    Listen to this new song exclusively at Artistlaunch!

    Phil Traynor on Artistlaunch

     

    Thanks very much!!

    Phil

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    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Well, it's been WAY too long since I could post something here! Finally, a break in the clouds!!

     

    OK, stop waxing poetic. :)

     

    Before my daughter Abby was born, I wrote her a song. How original, it's called Abby. :) Anyway, I played the rough tracks into Mommy's tummy via headphones a lot. I wanted it to be the first music she ever heard in this world. Well, I didn't get it finished in time, but played what I had for her anyway. It was a magic moment, she was crying, and when she heard it, she froze, and listened quietly for the full length; then promptly resumed crying. Not sure if that was a review or not. :D

     

    But, the song lanquished in unfinished obscurity for, oh, 21 months now (see my avatar).

     

    I went to The Swannanoa Gathering ( see www.swangathering.com ) to get an organic perspective on my music, and while there I had as an instructor Pete Huttlinger ( see www.petehuttlinger.com ), who is a world Fingerstyle Guitar champion. Amazing player, and consummate human. Well, he consented to work with me on the piece, and that was enough impetus for me to finish it! I just got the final mix posted, and I'm honored to have you all hear it. If you like it, and it's eligible, I'll submit it for the next KC comp... (I was on like 7 of them, but took a long baby-rearing-induced break from most of the online world, and missed the last couple...)

     

    You can find it at www.artistlaunch.com/llarion where there are hifi, lofi, and download links, or if you want to se the namesake, the song is linked at her website too; www.abbytraynor.com

     

    Thanks folks! Good to be back! Nice new paint and all...

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    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Originally posted by Jazzman:

    Llarion, listened to your Acid Jazz song, really sounds good, but I'm sure your tired of hearing about it , the trumpet needs to be more up front. All else is great!!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I LOVE JAZZ !!!!!!!!!

     

    One thing though, I'm clueless on getting my music on MP3, the way yours is set up. I would like to share my works with all. How do you go about doing it? This should be put on another thread, I guess.

     

    Phil, thanks for allowing me to comment...... very good work.........very cool.

     

    My fade out........

     

    Jazzman http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/cool.gif

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    Offdutystudios@aol.com

     

     

    Jazzman,

     

    Thanks very much for the listen! I hear differing opinions on that trumpet part... It's on the strident side, so having it higher in the mix made for a more shrill overall sound... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    I'll address the online presence piece in another thread...

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    in The Keyboard Corner

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    Originally posted by f7sound@gte.net:

    Llarion,

     

    Now I KNOW you live in Central Florida. Only one of "us" can describe the pain of traveling 1-4 in such compelling detail! Man, You've captured the true essence of.... Oh, I'm so moved... I'm choked up. Give me a moment....

     

    Michael Oster

    F7 Sound and Vision

    http://www.f7sound.com

     

     

    hee hee.. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Thought you might enjoy a little local color... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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    Originally posted by f7sound@gte.net:

    I did this tune back in '97 called "The Creature". You want to know where ReGurgiTron came from? It proves I've been a sick pup for a very long time!

     

    http://www.mp3.com/michaeloster

     

     

    Michael Oster

    aka ReGurgiTron

    F7 Sound and Vision

    http://www.f7sound.com

     

    Checkin it out now... Man, the mix is hotter than hell!!! almost jumped out of my seat!

     

    Interesting concept... clean as a whistle, minimalist recording. I'm drawn into the story like the lurid rubberneckers after a crash on I-4 outside of Lakeland, their National Enquirers fluttering to the floor of the pickup, their gun racks and spit cans rattling with their sudden motion to see, their few remaining synapses struggling to produce sufficient wattage to crane their chickenlike necks beyond the steering wheel...

     

    Sometimes, I think *I* should crawl back into the sea and live with the fish, from the way my wife describes my smell http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

     

     

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Originally posted by Thomas Klepl:

    Hi Phil!

     

    I enjoyed the piano solo the most and the electric piano in the background sounds really great. The overall vibe is pleasing. I admire your jazz piano abilities. The mix sounds nice and balanced, with all instruments coming through clearly. I also liked the intro which is interesting, as well as leading into the song smoothly.

     

    A couple of things that jumped out at me..mainly production issues. The electric piano sounds really good and fat (what instrument is this?). So good in fact that the rest of the instruments sound thin and lacking in comparison. Most notably: the mute trumpet. I've used midi mute trumpet on a couple of songs too so I know how hard it is to get a good natural sound with proper dynamics and expression without being "screetchy". The natural thing to do of course is drown it in reverb to try and hide the "unrealism" but this doesn't really help. The 808 drums, at least to me, sound too much like an "out of the box" 808 kit. I've probably done the same in a lot of my music too but sometimes it's hard to see these aspects of your own music after you've been so close to it. Perhaps some funky processing FX could be done to these drums to make them sound less generic, try a different kit, or combine say the 808 snare with a different kit's hihats. Also it sounds to me there's too much reverb on the drums (and maybe even the whole mix) at times (- I think I make the same mistake too http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/mad.gif ).

     

    Anyway, just my 2 cents, I'm no authority on this stuff http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif My music is at http://mp3.com/tomklepl. My jazziest pieces are "Timeless", "Wish Upon a Star" and "Vision in Blue" (which actually uses a midi mute trumpet too http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif). Some feedback (from anyone!) would be great.

     

     

    Thanks very much for the feedback! Wow, it's been all over the map on this one! It's really funny, one of my engineer friends said EXACTLY the opposite of what you did, that everything was nice and fat, except for the wimpy thin Rhodes sound. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif So many ears, so many speakers... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    I do wish I could do more with that mute trumpet (Proteus 2000 patch), but that's the best I could get out of it. I'd kill for a live trumpeter... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    Incidentally, the generic 808 kit was completely on purpose, I was doing it sort of as an invisibile tribute to someone... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

     

    Listening to Timeless now... I like an airier sound, so I don't mind reverb on the drums... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Man, this is a LOVELY piece!!!You get such great dimension, the meatiness of the bottom, combined with the sparse, leavened upper end. Great use of dynamics-as-coloring in that middle section... Only think I'd ask for in this would be maybe a little mroe concrete melodic theme in the chordal sections, to counterpoint that terrificly expressive piano...

     

    Intoxicating piece, I'll be listening to more!

     

    SWEET page treatment too! My compliments!

     

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    I have a new oen that I'd appreciate some thoughts on:

     

    It's called Across The Miles, and it's my first attempt at Acid Jazz... I've been working on my soloing, and I think I've made some progress yt. I'm no Russell Ferrante, but maybe I can hold my own....

     

    The song is at:

    http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1808/1808795.html

     

    It's a very simple theme with an improvised bridge...

     

    Thanks in advance, and I'll be happy to listen to and evaluate your material in turn!

     

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    I've always been completely fascinated with polyrhythms from an acedemic standpoint, the independence required to render them is amazing. I've just never been able to embrace them aesthetically, at leat, not at the level you're using them... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif A bit over my head, I think. To my ear, it makes for a confusing sound. If you're into that much of a listening challenge though, I must say, your stuff is quite the weighty work! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Thanks for popping over to my page. I'm glad you enjoyed the works, certainly considering how divergent our approaches to songwriting are! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    All respect to you! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    MEANDERING -

     

    LOVE the chordal treatments Stanley! And your soloing is intelligent, dynamic, original, and fearless. The drums are a bit too ambitiously avant garde for my taste, but the fact that you rendered them this expressively in MIDI is an impressive achievement. The bass work is authentic and playful... Having played both bass and drums in piano trios in my time, I can say that you're certainly knowledgeable about the thought processes and vibes involved.

     

    If the drums were just a bit more on the conventional side of rational, (Back AWAY from the acid tabs! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif ) you could give Vince Guaualdi a run! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    Most impressive display, kind sir!

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    Oh cool, a lopey, low register whimsical guitar and bluesy piano. Love the honest, impromptu feel!!

     

    JEEZUS, what I'd give for 1/10th of this guy's chops and ideas. I've liked every single thing I've heard, of many different styles. I thought I was a decent multi-instrumentalist, able to pass off my lack of expertise on any one axe because I can play 4 passably well.

     

    Well, this dude humbles me in EVERY regard.

     

    Such style, execution, and most importantly, SOUL. It reeks of musical and personal experience. It's out there in the REAL world.

     

    GREAT sound. And he can SING!!!

     

    Another winner, Steve!!!

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    Steve,

     

    Thanks for the cool review, your comments are in line with most everyone else's that's mentioned stuff about it. Interesting that you mention the chords being root-heavy. The truth of the matter is I almost never play the root in the right hand at all, because I need 4 fingers for all the extended notes! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif In this case, and almost all others, you're probably hearing the left hand, because I usually do a doubled octave bass in the left hand. Most times, I'm playing 2nd inversion with the root range being on a 7th and/or 9th. I do a lot of tone clusters. This is one of the few songs of mine that has any triad, non-extended chords at all. The only time I play a non-extended chord is if the melody hovers on the root of said chord. I'm very fond of major 9ths and minor 9ths in a cluster spanning an interval of only a 6th in the octave around and below middle C. I generally loathe root-position chords above middle C... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

     

    Rick's solo is indeed a bit up there, I kinda was forced to, because it has a lot of volume range in it. I kind of had to balance for 85th percentile and let the chips fall where they may. So, it's a little peaky, but even 1db less, and most of the solo got lost in the mud.... Was kind of a bummer, it's a hearty solo.

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    Thanks Dave!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    The Journey was all Korg Triton except the melody and bass, which were Roland RD-500 patches. I think it's my cleanest production, with the exception of the piece I submitted for the CD. I love to plane chromatically with extended dense chords, I use a lot of tritone substitutions and stuff in my arrangements. Donald Fagen is a big influence for me. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif This song went from first idea to final master in 2 hours. it just GUSHED out of me. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    Footsteps was my DR-660 drum computer, an RD-500 Rhodes patch, my 1983 Peavey Foundation bass. (direct plug, totally dry, no EQ, God I love that bass!) Oddly enough, that's not a 12 string, it's my Martin DXME dreadnought, I don't know what happened to it to give it that lush 12 string dimension, but everyone thinks it's a 12... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif The guitar solo is by the incomparable Rick Garner of Collingwood, Ontario (www.mp3.com/rickgarner). It's my cheap CC Clarke electric, run through the Fender Vintage Tweed amp simulator on my VS-880. The triangle and bar chimes are real. The strings are my RD-500.

     

    Legacy #5 was done a little earlier in my VS-880 and DR-660 learning curve. It was actually written for flute, but I could not find a flautist. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif I like the flow of this piece a lot. It's almost all RD-500, but there are a couple of Proteus 2000 patches wandering through there too. This one has both six and twelve-string guitars in it too, and that Peavey bass.

     

    Thanks for the kudos on the bass parts, most people agree it's my forte instrument. I'm not a chop hound by any stretch, but I am proud of my ability to sit in a tasteful and tight pocket, with some wry embellishments. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif

     

    Thanks also for the listen!!!

     

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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    Posted

    Thanks Dave!

     

    I'm a relative newbie to the board, but I'm enjoying it immensely so far! I come from the Smooth Jazz/Instrumental Easy Listening side of the house. I'm also doing a few forays into Ambient music, fusing it with Jazz chord changes and structures. I play Bass, Drums, Keys, and Rhythm Guitar. Would love to hear your opinions, I'll be happy to reciprocate...

     

    If you like Smooth Jazz, I recommend:

    Footsteps

     

    If you like EZL, try:

    Legacy #5

     

    My Ambient/Jazz/NewAge fusions:

    The Journey

     

    Thanks gang!! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

     

    This message has been edited by Llarion on 06-12-2001 at 06:40 AM

    Introductions?

    in The Keyboard Corner

    Posted

    Okay, that's cool:

     

    Name: Phil Traynor

    Age: 36

    Residence: St. Pete FL (USA)

    Genre: Smooth Jazz, instrumental EZL, Ambient

     

    Instruments played: Drums, bass, keys, rhythm guitar

     

    Brush with Greatness: My cousin is John Regan, Peter Frampton's bassist. (Also of Frehley's Comet, Mick Jagger, etc, see allmusic.com entry for details)

     

    GEAR

     

    Keys: Korg Triton (61-key organ action, triggered with RD-500), Roland RD-500 piano, Roland Juno-106, 1977 Stage73 Rhodes

     

    Synth brains, etc: EMU Proteus 2000 (triggered with RD-500), Boss DR-660 Drum Computer

     

    Bass: 1983 Peavey Foundation, 2000 Carlo Robelli fretless

     

    Guitars: Yamaha 12 string A/E, Martin DXME Dreadnought 6 string A/E, CC Clarke Electric

     

    Drums: CB700 Internationale 8pc black, 3 rototoms, 14" Zildjian custom med. thin crash, 10" Zil splash, 21" Zl rock ride, 14" Bosphoros med dark crash, 18" Zil swish (inverted, using as China) 16" Paiste heavy crash, 14" Paiste hats, Yamaha pedals

     

    Recording gear: Roland VS-880EX 8 track, VS-CDRII CD Burner

     

    Signal Processing: Radius HHB Fat Man tube preamp, Mackie 1202VLZ mixer, Zoom RFX-1000 multi-effects

     

    PC: Compaq Pro Workstation SP750, P3/866 Xeon, 256MB RamBus, 18.2GB U3SCSI-10K HD, 64MB Elsa GLoria II video, 40X CD, Imation 8X burner

     

    Software used: CoolEdit Pro 1.1 for mastering, MusicMatch 6.1 for ripping, Nero 5.0 for burning. Acid for looping, just starting to experiment.

     

    Monitoring: Onkyo amp, Gefco mids and liquid cooled tweets, Yamaha powered sub.

     

    Sign: Double Scorpio

     

    Websites:

    Personal - www.llarion.com (see the studio!)

    MP3.com - www.mp3.com/llarion

    Ampcast - www.ampcast.com/llarion (256kb encodings live there)

    Stash Magazine (I'm Music Editor and webmaster) - www.stashmagazine.com

     

     

    Any questions? http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

     

     

     

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    Cheers!

     

    Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator"

    www.mp3.com/llarion

    Smooth Jazz

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