worktape -- Amado Mio -- suggestions appreciated

[Dave Martin]

Hi; it has been quite a summer. A month overseas, then a reaction to medication not fun, then a slipped disc. I hope to get back to the monthly jazz TOM soon. But enough whine.

06 Amado Mio - Mudjatz worktape.mp3

This is a work tape with guitar, reference vocal, bass, and my mando mixed up to hear the part. Also a metronome. Our band is in three different states, so we email tracks all over. and try to fit them together.

Suggestions appreciated on my part. Thanks in advance.

Dave

[Martin Jonas]

Very nice, Dave -- I like the groove and the mandolin playing. Great instrumental break. Great vocals, too.

Amado Mio is really fun on mandolin. I posted my own home recording of the tune a few years ago (link). No mandolin harmonies or solo on that one, simply the melody line over a guitar/mandocello groove. The mandocello bass line is based on the Pink Martini arrangement.

Martin