backing tracks

Once in a while, I'll be posting short excerpts of songs I've done, either isolating on a single track like just vocals or a specific instrument, or a short section like a bridge or a solo. This is just a spot to keep all the isolated tracks in one place. I'd love to hear examples from other folks too!

Isolated tracks

some music I wrote and performed some time ago, around 2001, and some more recent stuff from after 2022.

Mark Myoozik (all originals)

An ambient acoustic guitar piece about me being in total awe of my guitar, it's magical hypnotizing reverberating strings. Hope you enjoy the tingley stringley showers meant to give you the blissful beaming vibe 🌹❤️🌺 

Stringley - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Ambient | Fingerpicking | Acoustic Guitars

Cover Art Design & Graphics by REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Mixed & Mastered by REKHA IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA







Stringley M1B 2.6db REKHA IYERN [Fe]

Stringley

Stringley - Music by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Ambient | Fingerpicking | Acoustic Guitar 🎸

revisiting an old favourite with new & improved sound quality, mixing and arrangement. This is basically a repeating chorus, which is pretty catchy, but I’d love to eventually compose the rest of this tune, and have it played by jazz musicians with live instruments one day. This is probably still one of my top 3 favourite tracks, but there’s a couple other versions I’ve posted on here - one with a saxophone playing lead melody: 
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/jazzy-ditty-new-med-quartet?in=user-432503709/sets/bestest-ones

and a slower extended version:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/jazzy-ditty-belle-curves-blues?in=user-432503709/sets/bestest-ones

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Jazzy Ditty (trio - piano)

a 5 minute medley featuring my favourite 20 second bits (roughly) from 10 of my favourite older recordings.
I need to do an updated version to include post-2022 stuff…

TRACK LISTING: 
0:00  -  Jazzy Ditty
0:42  -  Aulde Europe
1:07   -  Multi2dinal
1:46   -  Variations
2:13   -  Belle Curves Blues
2:35  -  Saxofunk/Game Show/Pennywise  
2:56  - Sitar & Santur
3:24  - Funky Junk
3:54  - The Last Days of November
4:48  - Elementus-Mix III

full tracks can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/mark-myoozik

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve.   :)

mark music medley (top 10 tidbits -oldies)

one of my favourite tracks from the older batch written around early 2001. Or at least it was a favourite for about 20 years until I started writing new stuff in 2022. The violin solo near the beginning is one of my favourite bits I've recorded, but the middle section could use some work since I don't play guitar - everything on this is played on keyboard. I'd love one day re-do this with better sound quality, or even with real violin and guitar.
 
instruments include drums, bass, piano, electric piano, violin, electric guitar, xylophone, organ (all played on keyboard).

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Multi2dinal

re-uploading an old tune from around 2001, remastered from original tape. This is definitely one of the ones I'd love to hear played on real orchestral instruments.

instruments include violin (bowed & plucked), cello, clarinet, accordion, percussion - all synth sounds. 

All comments welcome, and don't be shy to be critical or suggest ideas to help me improve. :)

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

Aulde Europe

This was one of my earliest compositions - from around 2001 - of what I would consider a 'full' song... i.e. not the usual recording of me noodling on a part to build on later and never finishing. The main chorus & verse theme are pretty straightforward and remind me a little of the 'Winter Games' theme by David Foster. But the bridge section in the middle and especially the arpeggio in the closing section are something quite different... arguably my favourite minute or so of anything I've recorded.

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here's some pictures I took: www.flickr.com/photos/mark_boucher/
my best photos on 500px (safe site): 500px.com/p/mrmark?view=photos

The Last Days Of November

Misty Jazz Guitar Chords

back when I was recording the John Denver song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with the fine gentlemen in The Eclectic Collective, my 8 yr old daughter loved the song so much she began singing it ALL THE TIME. This is a quick little recording of us harmonizing the chorus. Pretty amazingly expressive singing for a youngster if I do say so myself! 

Here's the full recording with The Eclectic Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/take-me-home-country-roads-eclectic-collective?si=124fd64d50bb42bca0caa9b197a975c2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Country Roads  (daughter & dad harmony)

excerpt of the song "Clyde's Glide", isolating just the horn section with some percussion (shaker & claps). The horns are played by me using VST instrument through my keyboard. had a lot of fun with this!

Here's the full song, where I'm joined by some friends from the Eclectic Collective:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/clydes-glide-bl-mastered

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

Clyde's Glide (ISOLATED HORNS)

Once in a while, I'll be posting short excerpts of songs I've worked on, isolating a particular section like just vocals, sound effects or, like in this case, a horn arrangement (something I'm trying to learn more about these days).

This is the closing chorus section of one of my favourite songs I've done, Pick Me Up. This section features a sax solo, accompanied by a horn arrangement (trumpet, sax, trombone), with a bit of organ, bass and drums. All horn sounds are VST instruments, from Acoustic Samples (great company for high quality instrument sounds).

And here's a link to the full song; thanks for listening!
https://on.soundcloud.com/NvLvbJNAFqMABMpf6

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

Pick Me Up (FEATURED HORNS)

Occasionally I'll be posting short clips of an isolated track or focusing on a specific section/detail in a previously uploaded tune. In this one, it's a funky little breakdown that appears in a couple other songs. 

The clavinet & drums were previously used in 'Scaing the Riverbank' by the Eclectic Collective:
https://on.soundcloud.com/whFBfyetPMdsMwMKA

and the vocal part was used in 'Splice of Life':
https://on.soundcloud.com/qNCfidQ5RwG2JRkK7

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

funky clavinet & vocal breakdown (FEATURED SECTION)

Another isolated track of a previously uploaded tune, in this case the strings section. Here's a link to the original full piano & strings version, with the description.
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/lives-of-our-days-piano-strings

And here's a cool version where the talented 'Big Al From the Grove'  added some sweet guitar to the strings:
https://soundcloud.com/user-543408605/lives-of-our-days

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks

lives of our days (ISOLATED string section)

Another example of a previously uploaded song where I'm just isolating one instrument in the mix, this time the vocal track, with a bit of organ backing. Just some fun hootin' & hollerin' in the closing chorus section. And here's a link to the full song with the details, which is still probably one of my top two or three fave things I've recorded. 
https://on.soundcloud.com/KDuTKXBd2dyfYjnKA

More goodies in the "ISOLATED TRACKS" playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-432503709/sets/isolated-tracks


Pick Me Up (ISOLATED vocal chorus)

Smooth jazz music ( instrumental music, piano music, nu jazz, lounge music, chillout music )

On The Sunny Side Of The Street Comping

"Big Foot" Selmer Balanced Action Tenor Saxophone by Masashi Usui

MXL V69ME Tube Microphone Test Play Add Reverb Only No EQ and Effects by Masashi Usui 碓井雅史

DAW: Pro Tools
AIF: Focusrite 2i2 3rd gen 96/24bit
Microphone: MXL V69ME Tube Condenser Microphone with Vintage Sylvania Tube 12AT7
Tenor Saxophone: Selmer Balanced Action 255xx
Mouthpiece: Vintage King White worked on by Sebastian Knox
Ligature: Vintage King
Reed: Rico Grand Concert 3

Office THE SOUND
http://usuimasashi.com/

lives of our days (ISOLATED string section)

mistermark