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Really solid contemporary jazz tune. I like the mix of the lead tenor sax and the female background vocal accents. Solid rhythm section and overall arrangement which keeps the listener's attention throughout. Really solid musicianship, the tenor sax player is a great instrument to feature for a track like this and plays some inventive solo lines towards the end of the piece. Nice background vocal arrangements as well. Overall, this fits in well to the contemporary jazz genre that is played in some of the WAVE formats throughout the country.
Artist's Submitted Question:
My attempt writing a song in the smooth Jazz/instr genre. Potential for radio play. Wondering if the song is worth the cost of running a radio campaign? Thanks Bill Wren
While I'm not an expert in radio promotion, I do know that it does not come cheap and it really depends on your expectations. Do you think if you had the promotion that it would lead to better gigs? More sales / downloads? If so, it's really up to you if you wanted to do it, as I know how difficult it is to get anyone to listen to a new artist on stations that do play this type of material. Stations would probably respond to a promo guy rather than the artist itself, but again, I think it's probably best to try to do it yourself. There's a station in Orange County CA called KSBR that plays this type of material, they don't have a huge signal, but they do have a following in that area. Would try reaching out to them to see if they'd play. As far as the tune, it's as good as anything I hear on that station, so the quality is definitely there in terms of musicianship, production and composition.
Quote From Pro
Really tuneful contemporary jazz tune with a wailing and melodic lead tenor sax and nicely sweet sounding female background vocal arrangement. This track would sound well in any type of WAVE or contemporary jazz radio format.
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