As always, this music is shared here for non-profit enjoyment only! There is no commercial intent behind my music creation, and I prohibit anyone from taking these recordings for their own commercial purposes. 

Medley of two American standards: It's Only A Paper Moon (composed by Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Billy Rose) and Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson and Julian Dash). 

The goal behind this recording was to challenge myself to create near-authentic wind and acoustic instrument parts. I tried to emulate how these instruments might be played by real musicians to achieve something a bit more than just a mechanical sound. Particularly for the horns, all dynamics and articulations were manually created.

The entire guitar part was recorded manually. I was looking for Freddie Green style strumming, but could not find MIDI patterns that I liked. Instead, I voiced and played the rhythm and solo freehand. This helped achieve the slight inaccuracies in timing for a more realistic sound.

Same mindset was used for the bass. I wanted to achieve some of the nuances and realism an actual bass player would bring to a recording session. 

Bass: Orange Tree Samples Core Bass Pear
Drums: Kontakt Abby Road 60’s Drummer with various patterns added from Band-In-A-Box
Clarinet: VG Jazz Clarinet
Trumpet: Kontakt Session Horns Trumpet
Guitar: Kontakt Picked Nylon, manual playing (no auto rhythm)
Piano: Nord Piano Library Pearl Upright

Recorded, mixed & mastered with Cubase Elements 14

Effects:
Arturia Pre TriA
Arturia Comp VCA-65
TDR Nova GE EQ
Brainworx bx_console Focusrite SC channel strip (drum track only)
Reverb: Native Instruments Raum, modified Subtle Acoustic preset
Arturia BusFORCE and Slate Digital Fresh Air were used on the Master Track.

I limited the use of effects gear to mimic the limitations of a real studio with minimal outboard gear.
All instruments use the same reverb buss to simulate all musicians in the same room at once.

Drums:
Jazz Drums Brushes: R24_4_4_Swing_135 w/ September In Oslo Kit
AR60’s Early Kit Full: Jazz: 01 Swing 150BPM Triplets

It's Only A Paper Moon

Killer Joe Conclave Maiden gig Aug. 2015 
Robbin's Reef Yacht Club
Special guests,  Ed Beales-Trumpet

Killer Joe - Conclave 8.15 - 8 28 15, 1.01 PM

On the Sunny Side of the Street-LJS

Just a casual Jazzer. I am not seeking commercial gain from any of my projects, and do not permit others to profit from my own work.

These recordings are created to share a little bit of how I see music, as well as to learn new skills in home recording and virtual instrument techniques. 

My main DAW is Cubase Elements, and I use VST instruments and effects mostly by Arturia and Native Instruments. I also play Nord and Roland keyboards. I am not endorsed by anyone, nor am I interested in an endorsement for financial purposes.

It's Only A Paper Moon

Mike Jazz Piano

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