LearnJazzPiano.com archives: My first homemade Jazz Track recording

DaNatiMaestro -- 05/02/2007, 10:36:11 -- #34838

Hello everyone, I'm a first time poster but a LONG time reader and I've finally mustered up the courage to post something. I took my first stab at recording myself playing some smooth jazz.  I'm self taught and have been playing at church for about 9 years since I was 16. The song is Infant Eyes by Wayne Shorter and I'm using the lead sheet from Mark Levine's "The Jazz Piano Book".  I used a drum track from my Casio WK-3200 and I played the bass, piano and sax on my Casio as well and multi-tracked recorded it using Audacity. Here is the link: http://homepages.uc.edu/~strayhjr/music/InfantEyes.mp3 I'm curious to hear your comments.  I just want to get better and better!! Thanks!!

knotty -- 05/02/2007, 11:28:56 -- #34838

I like it, it's well put together. However, the song died for me at 2:54, right as you start to improvize (which is what I wanted to hear the most :) I love this album, on the same CD "Speak No Evil" made me go to the local music store to buy a tenor sax. My wife didn't let me, which was probably a good thing :) I really dig Herbie on this one.

DaNatiMaestro -- 05/02/2007, 11:35:56 -- #34838

Thanks for the comments knotty.. I'm sorry that it's so short it was my first time recording something and I didn't wanna mess it up by going longer.  Plus I didn't have any looping software to loop the end part so I could solo the sax over it. :-) I have that Speak No Evil CD and it's great! Highly recommend to everyone!!

loveforJAZZ -- 05/04/2007, 15:12:00 -- #34838

Is that improvised?

jmkarns -- 05/06/2007, 18:30:44 -- #34838

Great choice of songs.  Keep goin Nati.  You definitely have something to offer. You will find that the recording machine is like another instrument, and as such requires practice.

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