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12-25-2011, 05:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada | | | I would also disagree. I love the re-harmonization that they did for the chorus of the song Circus. What is it that they don't have? I think they are doing cool arrangements of pop songs. |
12-25-2011, 06:23 PM
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Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SE Virginia via NYC | | | Again, I don't think this is the direction they are going in. I'm quite sure this was done for fun. I am hoping their cd is all original material which I think it will be! I don't think it will be a fusion record due to the keyboardist's vocal abilities (which is well above anything we're hearing on the radio).
I say give them a chance! I think the videos are just show pieces. Yeah, they have chops for days but they are not as sterile as a lot of the stuff I hear from Japan where it's all chops and no soul, IMHO! They have something to offer and I'm listening! |
12-25-2011, 07:30 PM
| | | these guys are amazing, really a great exploration this year,
very rich voice, reminds me on stevie, this kid on the bass, well, estunishing and such a solid drummer. Very good spirit, although they do fun arrangements on crappy songs, they do it on very very high level and i honor this so much. They made me happy, also this maniac I found today on the net , Vizvari Robert his name, a crazy gooooood playin dude, check him out. Fantastic skills, sexy groove and great musician Eugene Botos project and Eric Marienthal-bass solo(tribute to level 42) - YouTube
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12-25-2011, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DWBass  Again, I don't think this is the direction they are going in. I'm quite sure this was done for fun. I am hoping their cd is all original material which I think it will be! I don't think it will be a fusion record due to the keyboardist's vocal abilities (which is well above anything we're hearing on the radio).
I say give them a chance! I think the videos are just show pieces. Yeah, they have chops for days but they are not as sterile as a lot of the stuff I hear from Japan where it's all chops and no soul, IMHO! They have something to offer and I'm listening! | Hmm. Doesn't "not as sterile" = just a bit sterile? Just thinking out loud.
Anyway, I certainly wouldn't write off their potential to do something a bit special in the future. They have at least one of the ingredients to do so. I'll keep watching with interest.
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12-25-2011, 10:57 PM
|  | Trying to keep it on the 1. | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The Bay. | | | These guy's are amazing. I'm looking forward to hearing there upcoming C.D.
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12-25-2011, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DWBass Yeah, they have chops for days but they are not as sterile as a lot of the stuff I hear from Japan where it's all chops and no soul, IMHO! They have something to offer and I'm listening! | My friend, you've been listening to the wrong stuff! Round Table - Ai no Yukue - YouTube Asami Izawa - Fly Away - YouTube Eureka Seven Opening 2 Full - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2hodbAl7o
I could go on and on... let me know if you want me to  .
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12-26-2011, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sweden | | What sets this group against others is the groove. There are many talented musicians in the world but they often become sterile and more of a Circus. Dirty Loops videos are very technical but with soul, they are tight AND swing.
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12-26-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill But, to me – and please remember this is just one guy’s opinion – their chops are ALL THEY HAVE. There’s nothing else there, at all. Zero. | You don't see killer groove and interplay? Sure, they've got chops, but they also have funk a mile deep and soul a mile wide. Check out the bass solo in their cover of "Baby." That's more than just chops. The guy has a serious jazz vocabulary.
I'm just glad to see the future of music doesn't lie solely in the hands of marginally talented pop singers, and rock bands doing the same tired thing that's been done a million times already.
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12-26-2011, 08:55 AM
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12-26-2011, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi | I do a lot of research. It takes time to catch up bruh! No need to be condescending! It's gotten better but musicians in Japan, for a long time, were very mechanical and methodical in their approach to music. Musicians all over have gotten better though. I just don't see the need to bash these guys though. This stuff is way better than the drivel being pumped through our radio airways! |
12-26-2011, 10:31 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I can't believe I just discovered these guys a couple days ago! This thread goes back to almost a year ago. Finally - a band I'm excited about. I wonder why they don't have a guitar player? Yeah, I know - they're great as they are, but guitar would be cool as well. I hope they are very successful. I will buy their record as soon as it's out for sure. I can't even name a band that I like at this time. John Mayer was the last "new" artist I liked. I can't even listen to pop radio - there's no good music anymore. I tried listening to KIIS FM recently ( So Cal station ) and I couldn't take even 1 minute of the crap. Watched the recent music awards and it's all crap. LMFAO - ***? Not only do we have auto tuned idiots, now DJs are musicians/singers? Gimmee a f-ing break. To me, Dirty Loops shows that there is hope for the music business. |
12-26-2011, 10:41 AM
|  | Dangerous User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fort Wayne, IN | | | I have never hated anything more. They are awesome instrumentalists, but nothing sounded good to my ears. I didn't hear any originality, or soul in it. It just bugged me, for some reason.
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12-26-2011, 11:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DWBass I do a lot of research. It takes time to catch up bruh! No need to be condescending! It's gotten better but musicians in Japan, for a long time, were very mechanical and methodical in their approach to music. Musicians all over have gotten better though. I just don't see the need to bash these guys though. This stuff is way better than the drivel being pumped through our radio airways! | Wasn't trying to be condescending at all, man. Just wanted to pop in and say "Give it another chance", is all. Sorry if I came off that way.
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12-26-2011, 01:13 PM
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12-26-2011, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mellowinman I have never hated anything more. They are awesome instrumentalists, but nothing sounded good to my ears. I didn't hear any originality, or soul in it. It just bugged me, for some reason. | No originality???
Because everybody these days is reharmonizing top 40 tunes, playing them with amazing chops and killer grooves?
I wonder if we're hearing the same things.... |
12-26-2011, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by FatAndy Insane bassist, thought he was a gal for a while. | Yeah, at first when I saw this I thought, "Hey, Lisbeth Salander is really good a bass!"
But seriously though, these guys make the future of pop music look pretty bright.
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12-26-2011, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mellowinman I have never hated anything more. They are awesome instrumentalists, but nothing sounded good to my ears. I didn't hear any originality, or soul in it. It just bugged me, for some reason. | Ehhh... Ok, no orginality, no soul? :-o Maybe you can give me one example of a similar sounding group? |
12-26-2011, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by FatAndy Insane bassist, thought he was a gal for a while. | LOLOL, SamE hErE
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12-26-2011, 01:45 PM
| | | | yet another band of "well atleast theyre solid musicians".
Some of the most uninspired cynical pop trash I have heard in a while. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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