Hey Bradley,BradleyHagen wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:35 pmI think you could improve this song by ... tighten up the rhythmic phrasing of the sampled horns at 1:08 and at 2:05 (it caught me at the first listen and it becomes a distraction).
first,let me say that as a child of the 70s I know all these ref tracks like my own name. Those 4 tracks are definitely in the top 10 of the jazz/funk music of that era, so you are up against the best performances and the best production values of anything in that style. High bar...
some of the thread comments have been about timing and articulations, I think you get it. let me add that having been a professional trombone player in my younger days, I can hear what the articulations should be - no, have to be - in order for the horn players to physically play those rhythms. see if your VI has a 'double-tongue' articulation. that would help achieve the snappier effect needed for those rhythms.
all in all, though, killer tracks. great work!