Smooth (new jazz song)

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  • iPatcH
    Swamp Lemons Rule
    FFR Simfile Author
    FFR Music Producer
    • Dec 2004
    • 3370
    #1
    Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

    lmao organ synth solo

    This kind of reminded me of Kil's remix of Toph's Op

    http://kil.tsutter.com/opz/toph2.mp3
    put on a donk on it

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      • iPatcH
        Swamp Lemons Rule
        FFR Simfile Author
        FFR Music Producer
        • Dec 2004
        • 3370
        #2
        Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

        I don't play SM, I wouldn't know. Kil is a good friend of mine. :3

        ps vibe, organ, whatever you got the picture
        put on a donk on it

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          • MonkeyFoo
            FFR Veteran
            • Sep 2004
            • 397
            #3
            Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

            More like new jizz song. Cuz I jizzed my pants.
            How has it been 15 years

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              • TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons
                Banned
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Oct 2005
                • 1048
                #4
                Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                This isn't jazz.

                Sounding kind of jazzy doesn't make a song jazz.

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                  • TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons
                    Banned
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 1048
                    #5
                    Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                    Originally posted by KgZ
                    ROFL!
                    Jazz - Wikipedia
                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jazz


                    Saying that you made a Jazz song in Fruity Loops is like saying that you played a gabber track on a violin.

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                      • TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons
                        Banned
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 1048
                        #6
                        Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                        Originally posted by KgZ
                        It wasn't fruity loops, it was Reason.
                        Irrelevant.

                        Originally posted by KgZ
                        Jazz is a music Genre, correct?

                        Genres are created based on what a song sounds like, and on rare occasions, what instruments are being used.

                        You're contradicting yourself by saying that just because something sounds like jazz, doesn't mean it is jazz, which doesn't make sense because if something sounds jazzy, then it's jazz. What your saying is that if something was in the tune of a classical song, however remixed so it sounded more techno-ish, then it would still be classical.
                        HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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                          • lord_carbo
                            FFR Player
                            • Dec 2004
                            • 6222
                            #7
                            Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                            Originally posted by KgZ
                            It wasn't fruity loops, it was Reason.

                            Jazz is a music Genre, correct?

                            Genres are created based on what a song sounds like, and on rare occasions, what instruments are being used.

                            You're contradicting yourself by saying that just because something sounds like jazz, doesn't mean it is jazz, which doesn't make sense because if something sounds jazzy, then it's jazz. What your saying is that if something was in the tune of a classical song, however remixed so it sounded more techno-ish, then it would still be classical.
                            Just so you know, the genre is nu jazz, which is more electronic music than it is jazz:

                            Originally posted by Wikipedia
                            Nu-jazz (sometimes electro-jazz, jazztronica, or phusion) was coined in the late 1990s to refer to styles which combine jazz textures and sometimes jazz instrumentation with electronic music
                            See that? It combines jazz textures, styles, and instrumentation with electronic music, not the other way around, which is pretty much like saying "ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH JAZZ ELEMENTS." Technically it's electronic music.

                            Although Rai's just being an asshole about something pretty trivial, he is correct.
                            last.fm

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                              • TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons
                                Banned
                                FFR Simfile Author
                                • Oct 2005
                                • 1048
                                #8
                                Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                                Originally posted by KgZ
                                but the song is still in a somewhat form of jazz, correct?
                                Nu Jazz isn't a sub-genre of Jazz, it's an electronic genre. And this doesn't even legitimately fit Nu Jazz; the label Nu Jazz is generally applied to experimental electronic music which legitimately (or mostly) fits in the Jazz genre aside from its electronicness.

                                Also, you didn't use blue notes, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, OR improvisation, so, no, your song doesn't fall under the category of Jazz. This was more like a poor attempt at watered-down imitation-jazz-influenced pop music.
                                Last edited by TheRaiRaiEatsBalloons; 11-8-2006, 10:16 AM.

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                                  • filterchild
                                    FFR Player
                                    • Nov 2006
                                    • 3
                                    #9
                                    Re: Smooth (new jazz song)

                                    Okay, I'm going to sidestep the genre debate and go after the track itself.
                                    The biggest thing I'm noticing here is the lack of spatialization. Basically, you didn't pan anything. Through 90% of this track, I could switch between stereo and mono monitoring on my headphones and not notice a difference. Reason's got a pretty capable mixer, learn how to use it.

                                    Additionally, I didn't hear a good mix of effects. Some of the elements would have sounded better with reverb, some with a bit of echo, but I didn't hear any of that. A tasteful amount, mind you.

                                    The beat is also too static. Change it up once in a while, and play with EQing it.

                                    -w

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