Michael Ortega's third solo album brings the tempo down and mixes sax, vibes and electronic acid jazz. 

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Michael Ortega's Subluminal Chaos Album

Michael Ortega's second solo album is a collection of uptempo electronic tracks that feature Sax, Vibes, and Keyboards. 

Michael Ortega's Speed of Light Album

Drum up the sun! Santa Cruz vibraphonist Michael Ortega's debut album "Man By The Bay" contains 15 groove-oriented tracks destined to stay in your player till the sun goes down. Motivated to release a solo album after years of writing and producing many Monterey and S.F. bay area artists, Mr. Ortega's first release is a very smooth groove jazz based album. Produced by  Michael Ortega and Chris Arevalo, with the help of Michael's wunderkind son Elliott Ortega This album has many wonderful guest appearances including vocalist/songwriter Eddie Hall, D'layna Dixon, bassist Zoran Trconic and saxophonist Noel Catura.

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Michael Ortega's Man By The Bay Album

Michael Ortega's fourth solo album pushes the envelope with hot vocalist D'Layna Dixon, Eddie Hall, Johnny Lima, Becky Rash, Redd, and Santana's Tony Lindsay.
This album mixes acid jazz, down tempo, pop R&B, techno and acid house with interesting synthesizer patches. Very cinematic timbres show off Michael Ortega's vibraphone and sax skills.

Michael Ortega's Feel The Music album

New Michael Ortega album featuring tenor sax.

Learn To Work Sax CD

Learn To Work The Saxophone CD

1984 pop song. Dave Taylor on Vocals. 
©1984 M. Ortega, Chris Arevalo, Dave Taylor
Aural Seduction Music BMI
Taylor Made Music BMI

Oberon Response

I Needed a Hug

Teen Town

Since the Queen passed we decided to re-issue this track

Seduce Me

Queen Mix

This is a Interview conducted by a Storytelling group collecting stories about the Boy Scouts Of America

Voices memos

Scout Interview

Soulful Jazz Tracks Featuring Vibraphonist Michael Ortega


Scattered Showers

Highway 1

Soulful Jazz Tracks Featuring Vibraphonist Michael Ortega


Man By The Bay

Storm In Winter

Nu Jazz Tracks Featuring Vibraphonist Michael Ortega and Chris Arevalo on bass from the album "Man By The Bay"




Pleasure Point

Uptempo Techno Jazz featuring Vibraphone and synthesizers

Only House Knows

Gettin Some

Captain Crunch

Cabby

Down Tempo Techno Jazz featuring sax and synthesizers.

Only Knows

Down Tempo Techno Jazz featuring Vibraphone and synthesizers.

Porch Swing

Down Tempo Acid Jazz track featuring Vibraphone and synthesizers.

Southern Stars

Chill

Down Tempo Acid Jazz featuring Vibraphone, Sax, and synthesizers.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feel-the-music/id527757298

Ruff Cutt

Neo Soul album featuring Eddie Hall on Vocals

04 Go for Love

Very talented G Funk Hip Hop artist from Oakland who now produces videos.

BFO Brother from Oakland

4 Da Taker

Gotta Let It Off

Much Love

Can’t Let Go

Can't Let Go Remix

Bustas

All In the Bag

Mr. Whoopie

Wait Until Tonight

Fridayz

On and On

Thanx

Footsteps

Chris Perkin's tribute to his grandmother who raised him. From his first album "A Shot In The Dark" produced by Michael Ortega.

If I Could Have Her Back

Young World

Oberon Response was a group of friends trying to write and record music in the 1980's.
This music exhibits the development of these friends as songwriters and producers.

Letting Go   featuring D'Layna

Bay Area Rapper Ben B. Hard's rare album One Mo time produced by Michael Ortega

What you wanna do

Ben B. Hard's Debut Album Just a Matter of Time

Special

Luvmate

Learn To Work The Instrumentals

1985

I Caught Myself 2 Inst.

Smooth 80's R&B track featuring Dave Taylor on vocals and Noel Catura on Tenor

Gor For Love

Go For Love DT

Oeron Response

Looking For Mr. Right

Funky Techno track featuring D'Layna Dixon on vocals

Tesla featuring D'layna

MGD6

Nice mellow groove featuring Tenor Sax.
I started to write this song right after my songwriting partner Chris Arevalo passed away. It took me 12 years to get around to finishing it.

Learn To Work The Saxophone

Now That Your Gone

High energy funk track inspired by Tower of Power from Michael Ortega's upcoming album "Your Favorite Menu" featuring Sax, Vibes, vocals by D'Layna Huguez-Dixon and Eddie Hall

Jaded Pastries

80's Pop R&B track featuring Vern Davis on vocals.

It's My Heart That Is Beating

Original 12" version of the rare recording by the Rojas Brother's Band AKA X-Visitors, AKA Entourage.
Remastered by Michael Ortega

If The Planet Doesn't Mind X Visitors

Down Tempo Chill track featuring tenor sax. 

Coastal Drummz

Added some tenor sax to this track for fun.

Reggae Bay Caribbean Cruz

Reggae Bay Caribbean Cruise

Sexy Saxophone ballad for getting in the mood titled "Into The Dawn" from the upcoming album "Learn To Work The Saxophone"

Into The Dawn

Title track from Michael Ortega's upcoming album"Feel The Music". This Jazzy House track featuring Vibes and vocals from D'Layna Dixon Stephanie Samaniego, Johnny Lima, Becky Cutler & Tony Lindsay from VocalDownloads.com

Feel The Music featuring D'layna

Funky acid jazz track featuring vibes, sax and flute from the album "Feel The Music" by Michael Ortega

She Loves Me

Instrumental version of Hip Hop artist Chris Perkins Song "BFO (Brother From Oakland)" featuring Michael Ortega on Vibes and Wind Controller. Explicit Lyrics!

BFO Michael Ortega Mix

Beats by Michael Ortega. G Groove West Coast style Instrumental Track. Please upload and send me a link if you use this track. 

Put Your Trust Inst

80's Ballad by the band Rojas Brothers.
Produced by Michael Ortega

That The Way Things Are  80's Ballad by the band Rojas Brothers

Down Tempo Acid Jazz from Michael Ortega's album "Feel The Music" album featuring acoustic piano over rock guitar and Vibes.

©2012 Michael Ortega


MonoChrome

Beats by Michael Ortega

Baby Talk

Jazz standard doodle to try out my new Tenor Sax and acoustic bass patch

Killer Joe Jazz Standard

1988 Ben B. Hard track produced by Al Eaton
Mastered by Michael ortega
Artwork by Michael Ortega
Jupiter Clock set at 5:04 PM due to the Loma Preita Earthquake in on October 17, 1989.

Hyped

Def N Effect

Aural Seduction Audio Productions

ASAP is a independent record company based in Santa Cruz, California. 


  Michael  started songwriting and production while being involved with Digital Synthesizer company Gray Labs Research Inc. in 1978. At Gray Labs he was involved in the design of digital synthesizers and interfaces for acoustic instruments. He discovered a love for sound design and engineering. He started hardware and software consulting for the audio industry as a liaison between the coders and the users.  
He was one of the first to use MIDI and worked on what is now known as "Virtual Recording." He continued to be on forefront of computer software and hardware technology lending his knowledge to various developers such as Universal Audio, Opcode, Cycle 74, Muse Research, Apple, Digidesign (AVID, Passport, Dr. T, Bitheadz, Encore, and others while supporting IT for various studio's globally.

Michael Andre Ortega

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