Hello everybody
Just a quick advisory about my new album
release called 'Make Five' by the artist name 'Bandtraxs'. This has been a labour of love since 2009
writing five new instrumental songs and producing them with a retro disco feel.
The title track 'Make Five' and writing five new songs in this style was the
original concept for the material, the name being a play on words with a song
called 'Take Five'. The difference being the number of songs rather than the
beats per bar in the groove!
In effect these are elaborate demos with a view
to one day maybe recording a full orchestra for real, plus of course write
lyrics and produce vocal versions in the future. The productions on the 'Make
Five' album are styled in such a way that they are evocative of the mid 1970's
disco era and especially those instrumentals by the likes of 'Love Unlimited'
or 'MFSB'. Clearly, these tracks are nowhere near the high quality output these
orchestras released, as I believe they are in a league of their own with their
differing styles and can never be surpassed. Nevertheless, my endeavors here
are to write and be creative producing interesting melodies, counter melodies
and instrumentation that it reminiscent of an influential era in popular
music.
You may glean that there are two mixes
of each song to enjoy. The alternate mix is simply missing a few instruments
here and there, which gives the groove a slightly different dynamic. Using technology
of the day, I hope I have created something of worth and enjoyable to the
listener, retro in style and showcasing my passion for this music.
Below are the Soundcloud links for the main
mixes. Feel free to listen and enjoy. If you are curious about the songs,
please ask. There is normally a story behind each of my compositions and I
would be happy to engage. They are already for sale on CD Baby and iTunes and soon to follow on Amazon and all streaming media solutions like Spotify etc.
Ultimately of course, I would like airplay and
sales to help finance my involvement in making this music. Therefore I ask on
air talent to consider playing any of the tracks within their programming if
they feel it appropriate. All songs will be registered with the song writing
and label societies accordingly. Each track has its own ISRC number, which is one
the legal registrations for the sound recording and label owner. If you know
any talent that maybe interested in the songs please make them aware! Send me a
private message if you know air programming that would benefit from this style of
music and I can send you Dropbox links.
Make five
Side tracked
Double up
A little of the big stuff
Walk away the winner
Thank you
Carl Dixon
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