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[quote name='Stingray5' post='453552' date='Apr 3 2009, 05:43 PM']A friend emailed this video to me a few months ago. Here's the back story: "...Film-maker Mark Johnson traveled around the globe getting street musicians and others to record part of the track for "Stand By Me." Using battery powered equipment and a pocket full of Frequent Flier miles he got tracks from dozens of performers. Each one was able to wear headphones and hear what the other performers had done..." The website is: [url="http://www.playingforchange.com/"]http://www.playingforchange.com/[/url][/quote] I have seen some out takes from some of the early stuff they did, and it was hilarious. I hope it dont turn up on you tube - that would not be good. Garry

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='453510' date='Apr 3 2009, 04:55 PM']Gotta watch those charismatic German leaders though.[/quote] Yer, building the auto-bahn got them no where in 6 years. Ended up back in Berlin. Garry

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='453463' date='Apr 3 2009, 04:04 PM']I enjoyed it until the Italian Kenny G joined in... [/quote] You must have been watching a different video.... I didn't see a Soprano sax... Garry

Check this out- it gets better frame by frame, worth watching to the end. [url="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741"]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741[/url] Garry

[quote name='Absolute-beginner' post='452900' date='Apr 3 2009, 12:37 AM']Eh? how hard can it be to count 1-2-3-4 in a consistent and rhythmic way?[/quote] Depends where you count 1-2-3-4...? Before the beat, [b]on[/b] the beat, or after the beat. Counting beats aint the problem, its where you place then. Garry

Just made the end of it - 1969.. I was fourteen and playing in a Irish country and western band... £4.00 a gig... I had a Selmar amp and cab. And a copy Gibson EBO or 3.. Then my dad went on tour to the States.. And he lent me one of his Jazz basses. I never gave it back..... Because Disco had arrived..wey hey! And by the way - in those days nobody needed a strap on...!! Garry

For the people who like FS... The album LA is my lady - is superb. There is a studio DVD of the session, well worth a watch, With the great Ray Brown on Bass. There is some very serious players on show. Garry

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='452301' date='Apr 2 2009, 12:04 PM'][/quote] Good luck with them Garry

Dave Grusin doing Westside story, It has been getting some serious pounding on my CD player of late. Gordon Goodwin big band - Swingin' for the fences Gordon Goodwin big band - XXL. are both worth checking out. Garry

So when are they out then...? Garry

A bit off reading practise for 5 Stg. [ well low notes anyway - although you could play it up the octave ] Here is the Basic chart for Jamaica funk... Just add your own fills. Has been posted in another post... But its getting lost amongst all the fun going on there. [attachment=23184:Jamaica_Funk.pdf] Garry

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='451867' date='Apr 1 2009, 07:02 PM']Everybody is talking about these funk monsters... but what about the girls? We've got Meshell Ndegeocello - but who are the real groovers with the feel amongst the ladies?[/quote] Rhonda Smith can play a bit... She did some gigs with a guy called Prince. I think he pays better wages than a Saturday night at the Red Lion. Garry

[quote name='alexclaber' post='451731' date='Apr 1 2009, 05:18 PM']"f*** fingerings, it's all in how you pull the strings!"[/quote] What no fingerings! Back to knuckles then. Garry

Paul Jackson Garry

[quote name='The Funk' post='451686' date='Apr 1 2009, 04:42 PM']If you like Tom Browne, you should check out his contemporaries/collaborators Don Blackman and Bernard Wright. I always thought Jamaica Funk was about the Island but it's a neighbourhood in Queens, New York.[/quote] Yep all good stuff. Might be worth AM checking out the great Paul Jackson as well...good finger style. Garry

[quote name='The Funk' post='451623' date='Apr 1 2009, 03:51 PM']There's so much great funk music out there. I kind of agree with Alex about steering clear of trying to cop Rocco or the Jamaica, Queens, NY '80s funk or the N'awlins Meters funk until you get your head around the funk in general[/quote] You should never stear clear of any FUNK!.. Listen to as much as possible, Its good for the soul. But you are right, playing it is another thing. A basic chart for Jamaica... Add your own fills for taste...[not to show off] [attachment=23166:Jamaica_Funk.pdf] Garry

Commercial funk this one - but a f**k off Bass line.. Garry

[quote name='AM1' post='451489' date='Apr 1 2009, 01:59 PM']I think what he meant was it's getting the groove that's the difficult bit. [b]It's all about groove!![/b][/quote] Thats exactly what i meant when i said there was a swing [16th] about the groove. Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='451473' date='Apr 1 2009, 01:40 PM']Even Sex Machine, which is not that tough of a riff, is really taxing on people coming from a rock/punk/blues or even jazz rhythmic background. Bootsy laid down some of the all time ultimate funk grooves with JB, and a lot of them use very natural sounding, but really hard to nail 16th note syncopation, and the real trick is he often played lines that syncopate off different 16th notes each beat in the bar.[/quote] No its not a tough riff, Its the swing feel that Bootsy played, that tells it apart from a lot of guys i hear play it. Garry

Feeling natural about playing [b]syncopation.[/b] is a good start. Its Not always about what scales or modes you use. If you play a phrase just using octaves, ghost notes, and rests, [ say in G for ex ] And its well syncopated, or accented at other points other than just one, done right can be very Funky. Rocco from TOP does a lot of that. Even when he is using fast 16th patterns there is plenty of syncopation and accents. Garry

[quote name='Rich' post='449073' date='Mar 29 2009, 10:58 PM']one of them was from Alan Davey, the ex-Hawkwind [s]Lemmy wannabe[/s] bassist, and he'd put [i]one of his own basslines [/i]in his top 10. Bloody hell. What sort of titanic ego does it take to rate your own work like that?[/quote] And with one that sunk without a trace as well. Garry

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='449088' date='Mar 29 2009, 11:26 PM']I love that Sadowsky ad: "the last two years have been a period of intense collaboration, experimenting and prototyping ...." And the result? ...a Fender Jazz copy! [/quote] But I think its the other way around these days... Fenders are Cheap nasty versions of the Sadowsky... Garry

I have been a big fan of Will Lee for years... He is quite an established session vocalist as well. seen him live a few times...He gets a huge sound. Garry