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02-17-2008, 08:32 AM
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Are there any guys that play funk on upright?
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02-21-2008, 04:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel | | it's not much but you can listen to the israeli funk band "The Apples" they have a doublebassist http://www.myspace.com/theapplesmusic |
02-21-2008, 04:46 AM
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Cris Wood,Lonnie Plaxico,James Genius,Cristian McBride,Avashi Cohen. The Guy From the Dirty Dozen Plays Double bass.
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02-21-2008, 05:00 AM
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02-21-2008, 05:05 AM
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04-04-2008, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad | Is that considered funk? Sounds like jazz to me.
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04-04-2008, 07:33 PM
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Killin' double bass sound, too. Absolutely slayin'. |
04-07-2008, 03:02 AM
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04-07-2008, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by andy rice I just watched oceans 13 and robert hurst lays down some funky double bass on that bad boy. | True true, although I found the feel very similar to Ray Brown's work with Quincy Jones back in the day...(soundtrack to $: The Heist)
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04-07-2008, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bwsailer79 Is that considered funk? Sounds like jazz to me. | You might want to start listening more.
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04-07-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad | everything about this video is awesome except for the snare drum.
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04-16-2008, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Wilbyman True true, although I found the feel very similar to Ray Brown's work with Quincy Jones back in the day...(soundtrack to $: The Heist) | Good call lawboy. |
04-16-2008, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by B String Good call lawboy. | I'm tryin' dog, I'm tryin'. I should have called Soderberg on it when he was at my gigs...(name drop alert)
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04-17-2008, 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mattfong everything about this video is awesome except for the snare drum. | What's wrong with the snare drums??  |
04-18-2008, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomasLiu What's wrong with the snare drums?? | it sounds like a garbage can.
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04-18-2008, 01:09 AM
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04-18-2008, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad | I really dug this. Thanks for the link.
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04-18-2008, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan Vorse You might want to start listening more. | It has nothing to do with listening more. It has to do with how you classify what the term "funk" music refers to. If all you need is to have a good groove driven by a bass line, then I could say that reggae was funk.
That track has some real groove to it... but I just don't see it as a funk piece.
What should I listen to that would change my definition of what funk music is?
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04-18-2008, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by andy rice I just watched oceans 13 and robert hurst lays down some funky double bass on that bad boy. | The soundtrack in that movie is awesome, no? |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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