Vote for your favorite jam track here

[Scrap]

Standard common sense rules apply - don't vote unless you have the time to download and listen to all tracks - they have been encoded at 64kbps for non-broadband downloading convienience. Some mp3s that are hosted on geocities or angelfire require a 'right-click and save as' in order to work. Voting will be closed on the 20th. As before, the top 3 will be sent to Jordan for review.

Here are the direct links to each entry for everyone's convienience. ;)

Enigma (http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/matrixscreensaver/EnigmaJamLOW.mp3)
Psawnik (http://www.geocities.com/psawnik2000/Psawnik_jamtrack4.mp3)
Sead (http://www.matrixscreensaver.150m.com/files/SeadBluesAm.mp3)
Timo (http://www.tfx.ch/stuff/music/timojam.mp3)
ringwraith (http://www.matrixscreensaver.150m.com/files/ringwraithjam64.mp3)
Spacehog (http://www.martincliffe.com/spacehogjam-lo.mp3)
OrpheusTheBard (http://members.netmadeira.com/miguelgouveia/OrpheusAmBluesJam.mp3)
The Magic Dude (http://earth.prohosting.com/tealord/The%20Magic%20Blues) (right-click save as, rename to .mp3 to listen)
Lyngs (http://www.jordanrudess.de/jamtracks/lyngs-1.mp3)
kapellmeister (http://www.geocities.com/psawnik2000/solo4.mp3)
Quili (http://w1.861.telia.com/~u86117883/bluesjam-quili.mp3)
Vlakey (http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/matrixscreensaver/BluesJamVlakey.mp3)

Good luck to everyone. :)

[Bastardo Demono]

wow, so much great stuff, this is impossible.

[Giannazzo]

:wink: nice track sead,not bad also enigma,as usual

[Enigma™]

YAY!! I got a vote!!!
:D :lol:

[Sead]

It's normal, yours is one of the best imo :)

[Enigma™]

Man, they were ALL fantastic entries...

I had a really tough time voting to be honest!

[~Snowdog~]

Ringwraith's Is Phenominal
I Love The Subtle Yet Potent Arrangment He Has Captured.

[Iceman]

I, i'll be very very honest... i have listen many many discs, guitar players, keyboard players.. my votes are personal, i apologize if anibody feel bad for these.. many of these solo are boring.. a lot of.. but they're made not to bad.. i'll repeat, they're very personal, maybe i'm wrong... bye
Fantasy / Realization

Enigma 6 1/2; 7 1/2
Psawnik 5/6; 6 1/2
Sead 7-; 7 1/2
Timo 6 1/2; 7+
ringwraith 4/5; 6+
Spacehog 6+; 6/7
OrpheusTheBard 6+; 6+
The Magic Dude 6 1/2; 6 1/2
Lyngs 4 1/2; 6-
kapellmeister 4; 5+
Quili 6/7; 7-
Vlakey 6 1/2; 7

i hope that nobody signs friends to have one vote.. fairplay
bye to all

[Timo]

Hey Iceman,

Thank you for your feedback!
This is very cool because people who get most likely no vote (like me) can see how their jams were.
One question: Wich scale did you use for your rating? 1 (bad) to 1000 (good)? ;)

[Iceman]

The scale I used is from 1 to 10, like the Italian school way,where 6 is quite good. Each point has 4 quarters, in this way, for instance: 6, 6+, 6 1/2, 6/7, 7, I repeat, that's only my opinion.
Bye

[Poopshred]

I'll go with Enema's one... :D


Nice lead sound... Damn good. :shock:

[Scrap]

I, i'll be very very honest... i have listen many many discs, guitar players, keyboard players.. my votes are personal, i apologize if anibody feel bad for these.. many of these solo are boring.. a lot of.. but they're made not to bad.. i'll repeat, they're very personal, maybe i'm wrong... bye

That's fine. If you can play something better, feel free to post it. :roll:

[Iceman]

No, I quitted a long time ago, I'm sorry, now I'm only a big buyer and listener.. But, as I stated before, that's only my opinion; I didn't intend to offend anyone, but if I did, I can explain my reasons to the respective players, in private.
Bye to all

[OrpheusTheBard]

:D I got a vote too! I wasn't expecting that, thanks to the person who voted! :wink: It wasn't hard for me to vote, i was already expecting a great track from the person who i voted for hehe

Orpheus

[MoonDark]

Hi guys! , I loved all the jams, so I am going to give a personal opinion to each one :) . I would have joined the contest, but , dam Broken finger :( . I will next time , for sure.

Enigma: I liked it very much, very bluesy , I missed some slow phrases :D , I mean , In some parts you start slow , but your way of adding tension is mostly speed, you could use other resources too. :)
Anyway , great, very secure

Psawnik: Liked it , jazzy style . mixed with a little bluesy touch . You should try to add rythm variations some times, like going in 3ds ( dont know how to say in English) , Any way , jazz improvization is very hard, what mods are you using? :D
Liked it :)

Sead: piano parts are cool , I think that the lead when you enter soloing , needs to have more sence, the technique is pretty good, :)

Timo: Interesting hammond, liked it, I see some insecurity into it. you should practice more with a click , thought... When you enter with the lead, its cool , slow , has a sence. Any way , try the click thing , it should help a lot.

ringwraith: Creative , the use of saxo , I liked the way that you made phrases with saxo, with the organ too :D . Has a good sense, tight jam :)

Spaceho: I loved it , I mean , your patch is cool, very creative, I think that theres a feeling there, any way , what about adding more tension in some phrases , (speed? mods? chromatism? :) )

OrpheusTheBard: you made some exellent figures in your jam track, they require lots of experience... But I wasnt touched by yours... I think there is an exess of notes... and speed, try to make each note to say something, and that "something" to be perceptible.. :) , just a thought

Lyngs: The piano part was cool , that chord modulation that you made is cool too :) , (I think) , its not conventional , so I liked it.. the keyboard solo part is cool , but I think you can get a better sound :)

kapellmeister : I liked It a lot :D , I think it needs a little bit of security, but you make some exellent jazzy figures ( I would love to learn how to do it, I was, but I broke my finger, so In 1 more week I will be on training again) Exellent job

Quilli: I liked it a lot , you have a strong sense of improvisation :) congrats, your lead is like a DX7 johanson lead ... i think that my only sugestion would be to create your own sound. :D , very cool guitars too

Vlakey: I loved your organ solo , its great, you have an awesome improvising style, but I think that in keyboard solo ( not organ ) you can transmit much more feeling. And I am pretty sure.

Sorry for the long post. :)
Congrats to all of you again!

[Lyngs]

Lyngs: The piano part was cool , that chord modulation that you made is cool too :) , (I think) , its not conventional , so I liked it.. the keyboard solo part is cool , but I think you can get a better sound :)


I am kind of a jazzpianist, so I was thinking "out" when doing the chord modulation-thing (playing "in", then playing a halfstep above the tonality, then "in" again).
I was in a hurry when recording the solo, so I just picked out some random lead preset patch for the synth solo (JR's lead on a K2500). Perhaps it wasn't perfectly appropriate... :mrgreen:

Two thumbs up for you taking the time to write a small review of every solo! :wink:

U.

[Spacehog]

Spaceho: I loved it , I mean , your patch is cool, very creative, I think that theres a feeling there, any way , what about adding more tension in some phrases , (speed? mods? chromatism? :) )


MoonDark, thanks for the comments :) Listening to all the others, I'm quite aware I was way out of my league, I don't have the technique to compete with most of the people here, but coming from a blues guitar background, I felt that maybe I had a bit more of the phrasing and feel on my side.

I appreciate your suggestions... I ain't really got a lot of speed, at least not with accuracy, but I'll try to think more about your suggestions in the next jam track :) Glad you liked my sound, I'm quite pleased with the results myself, and probably goes to show that I'm more of an engineer and sound designer than I am a performer, on keys at least :) I have my mate Rob to do that.

Thanks again for taking the trouble to comment on everyone, it's great to hear feedback about our playing :)

Martin

[MoonDark]

Lyngs: Thanks for the explanation ! , I am very pleased with it. It would be great to contact you somehow, your tips could be very useful :)

Spacehog: If you don't have that technique (to add speed), you could work those mod interactions (dorian is a nice start) :) , they add flavor to the jam.

Thanks to you both for apreciating my review :D

[Lyngs]

Hey Enigma? Would you like to share the amazing distorted lead guitar patch that you used on your entry to the jamtrack? 8)

[Enigma™]

Yes and no. He he
The problem is that I used external effects, so posting the patch would be pointless, however if you STILL want it, I'll put it out there. :)

[Lyngs]

Damn... I had a really, really hard time casting my vote... there are so many fantastic entries... 8)

BTW - I'm back from Rome again! :D And it was an outstanding trip - I'll return to Rome sometime, that's for sure!


It would be great to contact you somehow, your tips could be very useful :)


Anytime - send me a mail on ulrik_lyngs@hotmail.com if you like, and we can discuss some jazz theory... 8) :wink:

Ulrik

[Enigma™]

so what happens in case of a tie?

[Enigma™]

NM. Answered my own question:
There's a tie for 2/3 so all 4 entries go to JR :)

Guys, if you can e-mail me a link to a Hi-Fi version, I'll send them off to JR for listening and final judging.

Congrats to the top winners!

Unfortunatly, Scrap wasn't able to finish this competition, so he said *I* would be taking it over for the duration.

This thread will be closed, and a new one made as soon as we get the high res versions for downloading purposes :)