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02-22-2005, 02:55 AM
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Hello - back from tropical Thailand (which was wondeful) to a snowy, cold and overcast UK, however after two weeks of NO bass I feel seriously out of practice - but I have a ton of stuff to do work-wise so the shedding will have to wait till later.
Here's a funky tune from my band that has morphed into a serious 16th note workout which I really love playing live - it's damn funky - and the organ solo in the middle just kills, I hope you enjoy it - make sure you wanna dance!  when downloading...
Whappa - funky sh!t http://www.munkio.com/music/Victor/W...%20Version.mp3
We are playing at the Bluejay Lounge again on March 5th - be lovely to see some of you London TB types there, details here http://www.munkio.com/music/jasco/happenings/home.html |
02-22-2005, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by urb_munki Hello - back from tropical Thailand (which was wondeful) to a snowy, cold and overcast UK, however after two weeks of NO bass I feel seriously out of practice - but I have a ton of stuff to do work-wise so the shedding will have to wait till later.
Here's a funky tune from my band that has morphed into a serious 16th note workout which I really love playing live - it's damn funky - and the organ solo in the middle just kills, I hope you enjoy it - make sure you wanna dance! when downloading...
Whappa - funky sh!t http://www.munkio.com/music/Victor/W...%20Version.mp3
We are playing at the Bluejay Lounge again on March 5th - be lovely to see some of you London TB types there, details here http://www.munkio.com/music/jasco/happenings/home.html | Cool tune!
Thanks for posting it!
Whappa!
:-)
Joe. |
02-22-2005, 04:38 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Strensall, York, England | | | I love thatfat burpy tone. How'd you get it? |
02-22-2005, 04:46 AM
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02-22-2005, 04:52 AM
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02-22-2005, 04:55 AM
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02-22-2005, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by bassicinstinct | Yeah, it took me a while to get that rolling, Jaco-style, thing happening - I didn't know how to do it for years so I guess you could say I have it down now...thanks for the nice words. |
02-22-2005, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | Sounds really cool! I live that Jamiroquai sound your stuff has.
I don't live in the UK, but I'll see if I can get some of my friends to go.
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02-22-2005, 05:28 PM
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i always enjoy your clips, your tone is awesome, and lines are inspiring (sp?). rock on!   |
02-22-2005, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by urb_munki Yeah, it took me a while to get that rolling, Jaco-style, thing happening - I didn't know how to do it for years so I guess you could say I have it down now... | You don't have it down yet. Keep working on it though. It seems like you think too much when you play. |
02-22-2005, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Nickthebassist I love thatfat burpy tone. How'd you get it? | I don't know where you're going wrong, my thumb gets that too o_0.
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02-23-2005, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Parker You don't have it down yet. Keep working on it though. It seems like you think too much when you play. | Damn - you're actually right - it is busy and I do stumble a bit on a few phrases but I still love playing this song live, I better get back to my wood-shed  as for thinking too much I'm not sure I can agree with you on that - I have to think to some degree when I'm playing - this was a live performance with an eager crowd and we were very much in the spotlight and the adrenalin was flowing. It's hard to completely go into subconcious, free-flow mode when you're pumped up on a gig...sorry if you think that I was thinking too much but I have to have some awareness of what I'm playing and for your information I actually improvised some of the sections on the night - i.e. I actually played some of the parts this way for the first time - so infact YES I was thinking hard when I played this - I get your point but hey I'm far from perfect - I hope you found something to enjoy here though... 
Mike |
02-23-2005, 03:24 AM
| | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | So when are you guys touring Europe?  No seriously, since you're from the UK it'd be cool to see your band live! |
02-23-2005, 04:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brixton, South London | | | Hi Vorago - we are looking into lots of live possibilities - we're hoping to get a slot at Glastonbury this year on one of the smaller stages - I don't think we're ready for the Jazz World Stage yet - but maybe...but I tell you what we have been talking about playing in Europe - i.e. not just the UK - so if you know any cool venues in Belgium that we could approach then PM me - we'd love to play Amsterdam as well - France is also on the list - any advice or help is very welcome.
We'd love to come and play for you man!
M |
02-23-2005, 12:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: London, UK | | Great stuff as always. Can't beat a bit of jazz/funk flute! |
02-23-2005, 05:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway, Oslo | | Like always - high quality. I was just going to say, though, that it sounded a bit stressed now and then, and that it was not the best I have heard from you. But then I realised it is a live performance, and you are after all a human too
What I don't like however, is the flutist....Doesn't seem like she's in control....
But don't mind me, I've been a classical schooled flutist for ten years now, and flute is actually my main instrument. I always hate flute-playing saxophonists....  |
02-24-2005, 02:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brixton, South London | | Hi NorW,
If I'm honest and really picking holes in both mine and the band's performances here there are definitely some loose threads flying about - it's a fast tune and playing the lines I do I'm making work for myself that's for sure  and it's something I'm aware of - I wish we were ten times better than this in terms of over all technical ability and tightness - but we're working on it. As for Amber's flute playing - I agree with you and I love really good flute playing but Amber is such a full-on performer that her technical abilities, and this goes for her vocals too, sometimes go out the window in favour of a totally comitted performance - the fact that she can work the crowd, sing, dance, and play sax and flute is kinda impressive - but this is at the expense of her actually singing and playing everything to the best of her abilities. She's a pretty awesome person to have in a band - but she is pretty much a self-taught musician - hence of you're a classical player (of sorts) then I don'y blame you for finding fault her playing- no offense taken as it's fair comment - thanks for listening.
M |
02-24-2005, 04:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Norway, Oslo | | Yeah, but as I said - you are only humans, and being a live performance with a "wild" crowd, that is pretty darn good playing Me and my band can't come close - that's for sure! And yeah, I know exactly what you'r saying regarding the flutist. I'm also aware that in a live performance - it's often more important to reveale true energy than to play "correct" and good. Especially if the crowd is dancing - that usually makes em uninterested in techniqual virtuosity. (I feel my English getting worse every day..) Still, the performers I love the most is those who combines it all....(Jaco, anyone?)
But as I stated, being a classicaly scooled flutist really makes my opinion somehow uniteresting. (I still state them, though ) Because my ideal is a clean, pure, and defined tone.
But that wouldn't do much in a Jazz/funk setting, right? |
02-24-2005, 05:44 AM
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Very, very nice!
I love listening to stuff; pretty much any stuff, but this stuff is very cool.
Nice bass work. From the description, it seemed like it was going to be a bit more busy, but it's just right. Sounds like you guys are pretty tight.
Great job!
JB |
02-24-2005, 06:45 AM
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