Nice upbeat jazz really sells the department store muzak vibe. My only small criticism would be that some of the piano chords in the B section are voiced a bit too low for my liking. I think they sound a bit muddy so would recommend spacing out the dissonance a bit (I think they're seventh chords, right?). I also think in that same part I heard a small bit of distortion on the piano when it gets to its loudest point, but it was very subtle
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Thanks a lot! I totally agree with your points too.
- They are indeed seventh chords and are not spaced as optimal as they can. I am still getting used to seventh chords, as this is my second time using them, so I appreciate the feedback!
- And about the distortion, now that I focus on it, I think I found what you mean. It's definitely not clipping, so don't worry about that, as I always have a limiter on my tracks and the "distortion" also happens when I lower the gain. I am actually not sure what causes that little clicking noise... I appreciate the mention though! Maybe I'll look into it some more :)
I actually took a look at your sheet music and yep, those minor seconds way down in bass clef is probably the issue. Normally I tend to put more open intervals (fifth, fourth, octave) in the low end and save the crunchier stuff for mid/high range. Also in jazz harmony, a lot of intervals tend to get dropped when "extending" a chord (adding 7ths, 9ths, 11ths) so don't worry about having the "full" chord all the time either so I'd experiment with that as well!