FirstLight said:

hehe funk is definitely a favrite around these parts huh. what is it about FUNK that hits the spot 4 U?

obsessed said:

hi there obsessed, love ur avatar

i agree. its exciting when music Reflects a place inside us we Love, mayb its Freedom . x

sacredwarrior said:

but if you know what it is, then the spontaneity and thrill of discovery is gone. So then, you stop looking for new music and sit content to listen to the stuff you already have. I love turning on the radio and hearing something new that blows my mind. I love hearing live versions of songs that are totally new interpretations of songs I know forward and backwards.

So, to say I love something new isn't right.

But underneath it all, it's the combination of a killer groove and inspiring innovation. Van Hunt - his new wrecka - I'm diggin it - and it's extremely derivative. I just found a funky-ass cover of Kashmir that's mindblowing. Both examples - reinterpretations of existing styles.

However, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper do it for me, just like Wolfmother do it for me. I'd say those are wide ends of the spectrum but they've both got "it". The groove, the head nod, the groin thrust - it's all there.

sacredwarrior said:

Haha, you wanna score a hit do you?

First of all I think you need to forget about that.
Have fun, make music the way YOU like it.
F@$# the rest, it is only about you. You're the one doing it.
Put all your energy and feeling into it.
You can't please everybody anyway

That's the only way, if it is special to you, it's bound to be special to others.
[Edited 9/15/06 0:20am]

I shouldnt laugh...
Coz I know sacred is gonna knock'm dead one day at least.....


I just hope its not with a marketing tool song.....


sincering is sooo hhhot in the right keyhole...

Here ya go Ginger....

a lost language....

Purplection


I'd sooo love to hear you cover dooba ubba dubba.....

sacredwarrior said:

Because music is music and electronic instruments are just as difficult to master as traditional acoustic instruments. There is no difference!

sacredwarrior said:

Right in the pocket beat-lines- the multiple note synthesizer hits, the funky bass pops, scratch guitars, the bass drums on the 1 and 3, funky handclaps, etc....

sacredwarrior said:

Inspiration from a 'mutual' friend....

FirstLight said:

Adisa said:

Co-

To me, there's not just crap and classics...

Sometimes I don't like a song, but I respect it. Cause I understand the complexity /poetry or whatever on a song. But I might not like it because it doesn't have the vibe I'm looking for in music. It just doesn't catch me.

Sometimes I like a song cause it's really catchy, but still I have less respect for that song than for a song I rarely listen to. The catchy song might be just what I said, catchy, but with no intelligent message maybe.

A really crap song is a song where you easily can hear that it's just made to get that money. The song is doing what's "hot" today, it's using a semi played formula to sound new enough to get popular, yet not so played that the general public think it sounds old. A crap song is a song that lacks originality, and therefore sounds boring in my ears.

I don't know why people hate on drum machines though. Todays drummachines ain't like back in the days. If I named every one of the songs I know that's been programmed and not played with real drums, I know you'd atleast like one of them...

Drum machine music (is about 50% samples and 50%synth, drums are programmed)...

-Gnarles Barkley - St. Elsewhere (the whole album)
-Justin T - Futuresex Lovesound (the whole album)
-Madvillain - Madvillainy (the whole album is just samples)
I'm tired, could write more, but now I'm going to bed

She plays in the shallows
where her mind slips away

and there is only one question...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=spBUUoBDS2I

We already know... playing in question the deeper you can go...


Shalom Shallow....

beauhall said:

head heart and genitals hey? i aint mocking u not in the slightest, totally hear you...

i like to go deeper and ask questions like "why is my head nodding? why is my groin thrusting? why can i feel the groove in the centre of myself??? WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? "

Whateva said:

groovyiau said:

knock who 'dead' ?

funkaholic1972 said:

ok, r there any other reasons why there's no difference between electronic and instrumental music apart from 'mastering ability' ?

FirstLight said:

lol sure, but what ABOUT all that makes it 'funky' ? what iz 'funk' when u feel it inside ?

obsessed said:

we have a mutual friend? who u b

njin said:

mm in my personal opinion, i think if u can program drums well, u a drummer, even if u never picked up a stick.

sacredwarrior said:

OK cool, than I misunderstood, thought you was looking for a score

I do think you can still make music from yourself and make it special to others, the way I said it before (it's only about you) wasn't ment to tell you to be selfish, but make sure it comes from inside you. And yes that way it is a special gift

To answer your question the way you ment it

I love it when it makes me move/dance (makes my head bob) or when it moves my emotions. Mostly that's funk, but often other kinds of stuff as well.
I don't like complicated shit, stuff that is hard to play technique wise.

basically i like music that doesn't make me fall asleep. whether it's the timbre of a voice, a rhythm that sets my body moving or the way a song is arranged, there's gotta be something that keeps me excited, grasping for more. Sometimes I feel this desire to know how the song will go on, sometimes an unexpected thing happens and I'm like "wow, what was THAT?", this is like magik. these days i'm really into sly stone's "i hate to love her", this song is perfect to me and i could listen to it all over again.the vocal and instrumental arrangements are...well, perfect, each instrument sounding great on its own and fitting together like a puzzle. the leading vocal has THAT sound, is totally worth listening for its own good, and that tempo change in the chorus is something i never expected.

you see mostly it's just those little things i'm excited about, things I'm looking forward to experience again- very much like wanting to eat a special dish once that special flavor or taste comes to your mind...

sacredwarrior said:

The parts of us that keep us in a grayve grave...

sacredwarrior said:

What I said: music is music! Doesn't matter if the sounds are acoustic or electric, they are both vibrations that have a certain influence on you. Good music just strikes a chord with you, it doesn't matter what genre or instruments are used.

sacredwarrior said:

a good hook makes it memorable or quickly understandable.

sorry double post
[Edited 9/17/06 15:11pm]

Whateva said:

me either, unless i hear it at the right time.

Renato said:

mm i view music like magick too.

when u say the leading vocal has THAT sound, what exactly is 'THAT' 4 U ?

funkaholic1972 said:

'shes givin me good vibrations'

what kind of chord do u like to have struck in U?

talmuzic said:

sure, a good hook gets to the point doesnt it.