"The Neon Romeoz" live, performing "Dance, That's An Order"

http://www.youtube.com/wa...3D39954557


JD

I'll have to check this out later when I have more time....

NOW this is good stuff.....

Love the way they move.....


and that guy in the fur..... whos hot and not in that bad.... ????




bring more of this in.....

obsessed said:

I forgot that I actually never did comment...

Anyway.... I can groove to this easily....

groovyiau said:

I just asked him in an email to submit that track for the NFO 4 project....I hope he does....that is one funky jam....have you heard the studio version?

JD

SO the NFO... isnt really Prince org or is it..... ???

Do they have a link..... ?

groovyiau said:

Well, the NFO pretty much started here- it was an idea I had back in December of 2002.....the Org Musician's Community only existed for a couple months at the time. Both the Musician's Community and the NFO both happened because of the same idea. The idea was that Prince fans (and other funk inspired artists) could come here and share music and collaborate on music together. Deeper still, the meaning was to save music from getting into corporate hands by having artists share thier music freely in a community atmosphere thereby promoting their music at the same time by such a positive process. And, I really wanted to preserve the "funk" genre of music. Too many folks in the last decade have forgotten how to be funky, and it was time for a new funk revolution.

Me and VinaBlue asked the mods to create the forum, and they obliged. Then, a fellow from Florida liked my idea so much that he invested his skill in web design and art in my idea and bought the www.newfunkorder.com domain. He maintains the site. Org user Yamomma was/is also a chief designer In the NFO. Artists and I send them the basic blueprints for many of our projects and they get creative, implement, and finish the projects. It's wonderful to have folks that support the ideas so much that they do this work voluntarily.

It's a very good thing.

JD
[Edited 3/14/07 14:20pm]

you write well.....

so after the last five years..... how do you think its going.... ?

groovyiau said:

Well, it's going very well. A few artists have really kickstarted their careers in part due to the NFO. Our organization is much like Groovement/Earthseed in that manner....they were before us but we unknowingly started the NFO in the same vein. In fact, one of the fellow founders of Groovement has participated here in our dialect as he was very interested in what we do. I hope that he will participate with us in the future.

As far as revenue, from what I can gather (since Vina and Yamomma handle the financial end) we haven't really gained anything because we are non-profit in that manner- usually, artists have their proceeds go to charities of their choice, and most of the music is free for download. Any net revenue has went toward paying for the site. If we did choose to go "for-profit" (which I don't see happening, it would defeat the entire purpose of the NFO), we would be very profitable due to the mere volume of downloads that have been accessed over the years. I hope that artists will use the site as a means to promote, and maybe there will be an opportunity in the future to gain profit from promotion and "brand marketing" of the NFO, much like Prince has done with the NPG line.

mmm.....

Why cant everything be done here on the boards..... ?

you can link anything to anythink these days.....

groovyiau said:

It would be cool....maybe rename the forum the New Funk Order, have the moderators work with the NFO guy to make this forum look like the NFO site, and share the common bond with Prince.org.....

Yuze givin' me ideas!

oooo no no no no no no no.....

Why would there have to be a name change?

its perfect already in my mind.....

The saying..... you dont have to throw out the baby with the bath water

Why take away the name that started it all up..... ???

JDODSONandFlashpointe said:

That would eliminate any other type of artists on the forum..it would
strictly become musicians only.....but then maybe that's what you've
really been wanting...

Any thoughts on that?

Lets not go off track.....


What does this place need.....

What do people want....

Its gotta work for everyone...

Its gotta be simple....

We got all the arts flying in and out everywhere.....

I've learnt heaps here... but how I've had to do it...
is ridiculous.... fun but.... all the same....

obsessed said:

Nope, I want all artists! I am a poet at heart....

groovyiau said:

True, true....plus I did come up with the name and I'm pretty fond of the whole concept.... . Have you ever read the "What is Funk?" section of the New Funk Order site? http://newfunkorder.com/H...story.html

cant say I have..... does it read like a song..... ?

groovyiau said:

LOL....like the State of the Funk Address.....bwahaaahaaa....

groovyiau said:

Here ya go, have a read!

http://newfunkorder.com/H...story.html

JDODSONandFlashpointe said:

Glad to hear...

JDODSONandFlashpointe said:

artists dedicated to preserving the freedom of music. The New Funk Order became a musical movement, a rebuttal to the political "New World Order" that encourages corporate globalization and exploitation of all that is good. The message of the NFO is to show that artists can provide free music to the public without the influence of corporate greed. Music is not free. Radio stations can only play a certain percentage of artists that are signed and record companies wont sign artists based on artistic merit. The internet is a great place to share music you wouldn’t otherwise hear unless you know these artists personally.


rebuttal....
Noun 1. rebuttal - the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
refutation, defence, defense - the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
2. rebuttal - (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
rebutter
pleading - (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


Community Development.... Government support.... fund'ed is funky...

Appproach..... you need structure a mainframe model of productivity....

org artist requirement/commitment to proceed.... doesnt have to be
much.... might just cost some willingness....


No offence.... but new funk order.... is doing a resale of what most
of us have bought already.....

this place Prince.org.... is big on push.... very little pull....

just my objective opinion.....

groovyiau said:

lol....yeah, we are one of many like us in the music community sense....but, we are one of few for the funk genre.....and, not many (if any...I haven't heard of any) where the artists in the community released not one but three compilation CD's under the community name.

I love the idea of having even more communities out there like ours....it means that music is kept more and more out of the hands of those who try to exploit it such as large media companies and greedy individuals.