Live funky/jazz tune

[Mike Flynn]

Here's a tune from my gig with Big Fan from last Friday - kind of a jazzy sub-drum and bass funk thing - I take a tuneful solo after the sax - I hope you dig the funkiness.

Juicy Dangler
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=60361

Cheers

Mike

[Foxworthy925]

that was great. first time I've ever heard that song, but you all played it amazingly. Maybe it's just me, but I think all the random background noise like glasses clinking and people talking and shuffling around make the recording a lot more interesting. a lot more lively, you know. atleast compared to if it was a studio recording. what did you use to record it? it sounded really good.

[Mike Flynn]

Originally Posted by Foxworthy925

that was great. first time I've ever heard that song, but you all played it amazingly. Maybe it's just me, but I think all the random background noise like glasses clinking and people talking and shuffling around make the recording a lot more interesting. a lot more lively, you know. atleast compared to if it was a studio recording. what did you use to record it? it sounded really good.

cheers man - the audio was actually stripped off my Digi-video camera - it was too dark in the venue to get a good picture but the camera records sound amazingly well, so I just used iMovie to extract the audio then gave it a little EQ boost in Sound Forge. I like the ambient noise as well - the crowd really got into our set but this was earlier in the evening when we were just warming up - my girlfriend kindly took this recording, but I didn't want her to just be camera person all evening - we have a mini-disc of the set as well but the sax player took it home with him...

thanks for listening

Mike

[Otso]

Great!

[Blavelle]

liking the tone very smooth and round but still cut through. Cool song too! overall very good! I enjoyed.

[Otso]

I've been listening to this a lot! It's a really good piece, and the standard of playing is really high. The bass tone and solo are great too!

[Mike Flynn]

Originally Posted by Otso

I've been listening to this a lot! It's a really good piece, and the standard of playing is really high. The bass tone and solo are great too!

Thanks man - the Thumb sounds great through my Baby Baby Blue - the amp makes the bass sound absolutely great, whereas through my EBS it just doesn't sound as good - I'm actually a fan of SWR as unfashionable as that may be - they are great amps.

M

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Cool tune, Mike. Why is it everyone talks during the bass solo? Your camera really does record sound well.

[Mike Flynn]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Cool tune, Mike. Why is it everyone talks during the bass solo? Your camera really does record sound well.

Thanks Bryan - we were playing a in a goddamn bar - this was us getting jazzy before really laying down the funk - not the most creative space to play in, but hey we got paid to have some fun...

Cheers for listening.

Mike

[KekChoz]

wow! very nice tune. super smooth, good solos, good groove.
i love the ambience in little jazz clubs and bars. causy, nice to take a beer and watch a good band. i'd love to play in one someday.
well.. cheers!

[Aaron Saunders]

Man, you're playin' so many notes the ghost of Scott LaFaro might come back to dig your stuff . Cool playing Mike, I really liked this. You've been doing your fair share of transcription, I take it?

[Mike Flynn]

Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

Man, you're playin' so many notes the ghost of Scott LaFaro might come back to dig your stuff . Cool playing Mike, I really liked this. You've been doing your fair share of transcription, I take it?

Well - thanks but I'd never claim to LaFaro - or anything close, he's a master...anyway yes, I've been transcribing a bit more lately - it is THE way forward - as many a jazz educator I has said to me "to find the answers of how to play... it's all there on the records, listen and learn." So I am going to keep at it - it's probably the best way to really get inside the music and I am determinded to spend more time listening...

Thanks again

M

[Steve Clark]

Mike,

I always enjoy hearing what you post on TB. Maybe you'll be gigging in London when I'm there for a few days in July.

Cheers

[Lorenzini]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Cool tune, Mike. Why is it everyone talks during the bass solo? Your camera really does record sound well.

That's the only time they can hear themselves talk