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funk (172), fusion (96), Electric Piano (12), Herbie Hancock (4), electric (78), groove (60), 70s (5), cheese (22), cheesy (2), solo (71), rhodes (4), ()
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The inspiration for this song came from my friend Rel's van nicknamed "the funk mobile". My original plan was to make her some driving music, but I got carried away with the chord changes and the song ended up writing itself. Please mind the cheese at the beginning, and listen for the EP solo in the middle. (I cheated and used a couple MIDI drum loops, but I changed some of the notes around so it's all good.)
Hardware:
M-Audio Keystation
Software:
Garageband 2
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Special funk &mdash 01/10/06 - 06:38:55 AM
Joel,
Good. Good.
The bass is good.
An electric piano is good.
The drums is also good.
The composition is also good. [ Reply to This ]
Special funk &mdash 01/10/06 - 09:24:48 PM
I'm glad you liked it. I noticed that our musical interests/styles are similar. I
hope to hear more of your compositions in the future. [ Reply to This ]
catchy bass &mdash 01/10/06 - 06:48:30 PM
love that opening bass catches you. reminds me of closer by NIN. its pretty catchy. like the use of wah on this. this all goes together smoothly, and keeps you interested with nice little changes. nice piano break in the middle. this is great. [ Reply to This ]
catchy bass &mdash 01/10/06 - 07:04:59 PM
Oh you actually like the first bass? (I thought people's recations would be the
opposite...) thanks for the comment. [ Reply to This ]
catchy bass &mdash 01/10/06 - 07:08:53 PM
no man i love it. it's catchy lol
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Robert Smith lied, boys do cry [ Reply to This ]
Wow! &mdash 01/11/06 - 08:47:02 PM
I'm proud to be Minnesotan in this site. You and Rschletty are some guys
to be proud of. Can't believe Garageband can produce such great
sounding jazz music. Your funky style is certainly felt in your music.
Amazing altogether. You've got that musical touch! 9-9-9-9 [ Reply to This ]
Wow! &mdash 01/11/06 - 08:52:31 PM
Me 2 &mdash 12/27/06 - 10:49:37 AM
Right good &mdash 01/11/06 - 09:30:26 PM
4jet...this is get-down funkville. I'm liking it very much. This song would propelk me nicely down University Ave. in St. Paul (where I'm from). Way to go! [ Reply to This ]
Right good &mdash 01/11/06 - 09:40:48 PM
cheating sounds good &mdash 01/12/06 - 10:24:47 AM
Nice job on the funk...a sound close to my heart. Very catchy tune. I do think that I could drive on this. The bass is outstanding. Every thing mends together well. Thanks for sharing.
John [ Reply to This ]
Funki-Jazz-O-liciOUS!!! &mdash 01/12/06 - 08:28:56 PM
Enjoyed your mellow tune. You're playing piano? Very cool! Feel like sticking a feather in my hat and having a glass of what ever the hell you have :) Just stick an olive in it! [ Reply to This ]
Funki-Jazz-O-liciOUS!!! &mdash 01/12/06 - 09:47:21 PM
That funky bass line &mdash 01/12/06 - 09:28:12 PM
Stirs a dance in my ears..Groovey. I like this a lot. I think you did a great job on the drums.Welcome Home Macjammer..Great way to make your grand entry...bravo [ Reply to This ]
Road trip &mdash 01/13/06 - 02:55:42 PM
Great groove. The bass in the beginning really grabbed me. I'm glad it did
or else I probably would've missed this funky/jazzy van ride.
Loved the Electric piano - especially the little wah-wah effect on it.
The drums sounded great, as well!
The whole piece flowed very well - very smooth, just like the overall
sound to it.
A very nice track.
A definate download! [ Reply to This ]
Nice ride... &mdash 01/13/06 - 03:25:46 PM
Hah! I could see it slink'n up the road grooven and drive'n in a cool
way. Nice laid back feel. Hip. Very hip. Saweet! And it is get'n better as
we make it down this groovy path of goodness. Hey, check out the
drum and keyboard interplay (Herbie's in the house - Or is that
RamseyL) And whose that thump'n the phat strings... Very nice choice
for bass
Well done - Glad I took this trip - Cyd [ Reply to This ]
Nice ride... &mdash 01/13/06 - 03:34:23 PM
Oh Year! &mdash 01/13/06 - 08:48:41 PM
Very cool! &mdash 01/14/06 - 12:23:46 AM
Nice tune 4EROjet! Great bass lines, and very tasty piano sounds -
liked the variation in the drums and the way you've left room between
the action. Love the ending.
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Very cool! &mdash 01/14/06 - 10:44:38 AM
Thanks Neil, That means alot coming from an obvious professional such as
yourself. [ Reply to This ]
funky tune... &mdash 01/15/06 - 12:58:10 AM
...a little lighter and less mysterious than Herbie's Headhunters,
but funky and enjoyable nonetheless... the solo was cool, too [ Reply to This ]
Quick comment &mdash 01/15/06 - 05:30:21 AM
This is very cool and funky... the sounds and styles of playing you've
got going fit very well with the era you're hinting at here.
One comment to do with production though. Particulary in the
beginning of this song, you have the bass track (at least the wah-ed
track) panned to the right along with the EP. As a general rule of
thumb, unless you're specifically going for a Pre-1960-70 kind of
sound... keep the bass track panned in the center... because the mix
tends to sound off balance when its anywhere else. In this piece it was
eccentuated by having the EP on the right channel too with precious
little happening on the left channel for the majority of the song. [ Reply to This ]
Quick comment &mdash 01/15/06 - 11:34:43 AM
you're right in the fact that that the song was weighted to the right, that was an
error. In in the beginning with the first 4 bars, the synth bass is slightly to the
right. After 4 more bars, the bass is doubled with a deep motown sound the
same distance from the center in the left ear to ballance the bass sound. But
you're right about the fusion era in the fact that the bass centers in the middle
especially when starting the song. My bad, minor error. [ Reply to This ]
Hell ya &mdash 01/15/06 - 11:29:02 AM
Herbie Hancock eat your f'in heart out! Great groove and that is not cheese at the beginning but some nice groove. You sure get great sounds to accompany some fantastic playing on this tune! [ Reply to This ]
Hell ya &mdash 01/15/06 - 11:42:09 AM
Gracias Drew!
(although Herbie Hancock still owns me any day of the week) [ Reply to This ]
hey &mdash 01/16/06 - 12:40:48 PM
Nice, I remember listening to this at your house.
I wish I could make somthing this good [ Reply to This ]
wow!!! &mdash 01/16/06 - 12:53:15 PM
I just bumped to this tune. This is excellent, tasty as hell. great keybaords, whos's doing the bass (midi?)
great composition man, awesome [ Reply to This ]
wow!!! &mdash 01/16/06 - 06:36:32 PM
Beautiful &mdash 01/16/06 - 05:41:29 PM
This is excellent. I've listened to it a few times, enjoying it more each
time. Beautiful feel; bass, druums, piano, they all fit together perfectly
like a jigsaw puzzle. I'm a fan. My favorite moment is the piano break in
the middle, and my favorite part of that break is the little scale run that
goes up about an octave then back down, but it's doubled by some weird
interval in the left hand, like ninths or something like that. Quite
unexpected, but perfect. Great job! [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 01/16/06 - 06:30:30 PM
Hail to the critic!
Thank you so much for bringing up my solo. This is also my favorite part in the
tune. The scale happens to be a diminished scale (halfstep wholestep
alternation) and the interval between the two starting notes is a b9. (flat nine,
not B9) I also like the run with the 4ths jumping every minor 3rd.
Right on theory dude! [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 01/16/06 - 09:23:22 PM
Well, just because, I listened to it again, and I'm STILL diggin' it.
Theory dude, that's me. I've been teaching theory in universities for 20 years,
believe it or not. I brought my laptop over to my piano when I was listening
to your tune and played along a bit to try to figure some of the stuff out, but I
had to stop because it was disturbing my son, who was trying to focus on his
video game.
The diminished scale is a fine scale, lots and lots of possibilities. In the
classical music world it's called an octatonic scale (a word that seems
unnecessarily fancy; "diminished scale" explains what it is a lot better), and
it's also one of Messiaen's "modes of limited transposition" (because it can
only be transposed three times before you get pitch pattern duplication.
Did you spend hours practicing scales in minor ninths and other odd interval
doublings? I do that on the guitar, possibly a sign that I had head trauma as
a child that I've forgotten about. Anyway, thanks for the tune, and great job!
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Last upload: <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/17091">Julia's Prelude</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.clarkross.ca">my website</a> for lots more free music. [ Reply to This ]
Yeah baby &mdash 01/16/06 - 07:11:33 PM
this is a nice groove. Kinda reminda me of something that WAR would do, like "Lo-Rider", but more progressive. Sweetness. I would love to hear this mix pumped up a bit, really pushing all these elements out there - they sound great! [ Reply to This ]
Yeah baby &mdash 01/16/06 - 08:30:32 PM
Dear Mr. Dreadmon
I have very little knowledge/experience wof the art of mixing. If you would like
to take a crack at it, by all means contact me and I will send you the raw version. [ Reply to This ]
Oh yah &mdash 01/19/06 - 10:34:50 PM
I love that funky rhythm section. This is a killer jam, cheesy or not. It's got a monster groove and it's all a fun listen. Well done! [ Reply to This ]
Joel &mdash 01/21/06 - 02:51:39 PM
1) I NEED a copy of this song
2) My van needs a song, can you help me find ideas?
3) We gotta colaborate sometime [ Reply to This ]
Joel &mdash 01/21/06 - 10:11:57 PM
Ellis
1) it's easy, click download on that blue box up at the top of this page.
2 & 3) lets collaborate on your van's song. [ Reply to This ]
hey dude &mdash 01/23/06 - 06:48:39 AM
I can't believe I missed this one when you posted it out!
reminds me of some library sessions such as tracks you'll find in "music for dancefloor : the cream of the bosworth library" (strut records) or old french jazz funk such as CORTEX and RYTHM MACHINE, so damn good.
this is jazz-funk at its best, so groovy baby. if you plan to press this track on vinyl, just let me know, It'd be a pleasure to buy few copies! [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 01/24/06 - 11:37:18 AM
Funk Mowbile &mdash 02/05/06 - 02:11:12 PM
Yas yas yas... this get me goin'... I enjoyed the structure, The quack sound
quality was nice. several bridges or key changes make this tune stand out
in a sea of one key eterna-jams. Tone and balance seem well thought out. [ Reply to This ]
Funk Mowbile &mdash 02/05/06 - 02:14:39 PM
Yas yas yas... this get me goin'... I enjoyed the structure, The quack sound
quality was nice. several bridges or key changes make this tune stand out
in a sea of one key eterna-jams. Tone and balance seem well thought out. [ Reply to This ]
Steely, is that you? &mdash 02/07/06 - 09:14:00 AM
I smell old Steely Dan in some of the piano riffs. I love old Steely Dan and I love this!! Good stuff and great piano leads! [ Reply to This ]
Seriously cool &mdash 03/01/06 - 06:19:33 PM
I can see it... &mdash 03/20/06 - 09:15:29 AM
The image of some kind of funk van immediately springs to mind when I
hear it, really funky. Spotted the HH influence straight away and the EP is
supreme. Awsome stuff man. [ Reply to This ]
I can see it... &mdash 03/20/06 - 04:36:51 PM
Good - question &mdash 05/01/06 - 03:37:33 PM
Question.. how do you make such good drums without using standard
loops... Am only good at the piano myself.. trying to learn this!!
Excellent, well done by the way - love the song...:) [ Reply to This ]
Good - question &mdash 05/01/06 - 07:52:33 PM
Mac fred
There are many ways to bring beats/rythyms into your pieces. I will tell you
them all, but only one at a time. So shoot me an email, I'll help you out.
By the way, I love your picture. (reminds me of someone...) [ Reply to This ]
Cool &mdash 07/26/06 - 10:52:01 AM
I'm glad I got currious with the title. I really enjoyed the keyboard sound. Keep up the grouve. [ Reply to This ]
Groove!!! &mdash 09/06/06 - 03:00:08 PM
smoove funk &mdash 10/16/06 - 10:14:25 AM
equipped with obvious hours of listening to the masters, aerojet creates a
subtle, sweet piece of his own musical history...whatever you're thinking,
stay in 'til the end-there's tasty stops in the middle you don't wanna miss!
great work and favorited. [ Reply to This ]
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Good. Good.
The bass is good.
An electric piano is good.
The drums is also good.
The composition is also good.
[ Reply to This ]