July 2025 challenge Alan L

[Alan L]

Two main ideas i put in here:
-Reggae style hits on the 2 and 4, and using the “slide the minor chord up 2 frets” trick (which I’ve heard already on several other submissions!)
-“The Meters” style funky single note rhythmic riffs.

from there I just added in fill licks, and kind of made it into a call and response piece.

Thanks for listening! 🙂

[KT]

Great presentation
I can hear a variety of vibes
Well done

[AndréM]

Excellent submission.
Great lead and rhythm.

AndréM

AndréM

[Dieter]

Wow, that grooves!

Dieter

[Guido]

Excellent work with the sliding triads chords and with the single lines funky rhythm, Alan! Enjoyed to listen to it.

Guido

[Jennifer D]

Hmmm nice! I like the funky beat, then you came in with the bass line which sounded really cool and contrasted well and then your lead section was a bit like a singer. Superb!

[Martin W]

Solid rhythm there Alan , you had me counting those beats ! ( timing was bang on 👌)
catchy groove playing on the 2 and 4 .
Nice idea with the sliding chord , simple but very effective and some cool little fills to match .

Martin

[Denise]

Great funky rhythm👍. Love these short notes and fills. I like how you made it a call&response Blues! Nice you played these triads on different positions.
Well done.
Denise

More Blues!

[John H]

Well done Alan-
Very catchy groove here; intuitive use of chord shapes and licks. I enjoyed the lead, nicely brisk and punchy!
Thanks for sharing.

John

[Manfred M]

I like how you built this up, Alan. Introducing the rhythm first and developing it with embellishments and additions gives your piece so much tension. Great!

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[Ralph P.]

Nice funky Reggae groove with a lot of variety added in. Fun to listen to.

Ralph

Ralph P.

[James B]

Nice arrangement, Alan. Love the funky strums at the beginning and as Manfred said build it up with lead lines and bass runs. Very cool.

James

[Tremelow]

Funky, Alan! Great idea and execution!

[Alan O]

Nice funky groove you came up with here Alan! The beginning does sound kind of familiar 😊. Nice lead and use of triads!

Alan

[Catherine Arsenault]

Wow great vibes !!!

[JoLa]

Love this funky style rhythm playing! You did it so well here, Alan.
Those rhythmic riffs reminded me of Brian’s reggae lesson.

🎸JoLa

[Laurel C]

Funky rhythm was a great idea to use over this track. So clearly demonstrated by putting each element into a call and response. Good one.

[Michael L]

Hi Alan, love the reggae chord punches. I also enjoyed the bluesy flavor of those single-note lines. Great ideas! I kept wanting to play with the levels a bit and bring up the volume on the backing track… maybe it’s just my poor computer speakers.

[Andy N]

Lots of great ideas there Alan and all with bags of funky feel and who doesn’t love funky rhythm playing 😍. The meters style variation was epic, could have listened to that all day.

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