I have always had a severe weakness for funk, which I guess was the largest part of my musical upbringing. The great think about funk is its focus on groove, breaks and detail. This video is a good example, since it takes the old boys a little time to find the groove, but it really shines when they do. The bass player and drummer are excellent and really lay down a great back track for Larry Carlton and Robben Ford to improvise on. See if you like it too…
So many talented musicians and composers out there. It sometimes makes me wonder whether I am doing the right thing at all. The internet has brought an explosion of new music to the world and I keep on being amazed and humbled by the depth the talents in the world. I have always been a great fan of guitar players such as Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton and many others. However they can sometimes become so sophisticated they loose authenticity, however I recently found an amazing player, Andt Mckee, which got a very beautiful, lyrical, folk like type of expression to his compositions and playing style. Hope you will appreciate it too.
It seems like Youtube is blessing me with amazing music materials. I just came across this mind-blowingly beautiful 10 minute solo by Victor Wooten, which is one of my favorite bassists. Its not because he can play insanely fast, but its the fact he makes sense to most notes and has an extremely versatile arsenal of expressions on the bass. I cannot recall I have ever seen anything like this (no pun intended, Jaco). It is also refreshing to see an artist dare to express his subtle frustration, since he is obviously pushing himself into the realm of what is humanly possible at this point.
I remember watching the Edinburgh Tattoo as a child and always felt it was kinda olskool. However it seems that it is was my perception that needed an update. Check out this video of a Swiss drum ensemble showing off ultra-precision and some pretty funky grooves using tuned bass drums, snares and a few other things.
