allanb said:

Hmmm... yes in fact. You can sample the drum sounds off that song and get different variations of all the elements. Put it on some sort of simple sequencer (hell even a tracker will do) and blimey! Instant Michael B.

Better actually, that way you don't have to keep on telling the flesh replicant of the drum machine to play a little less to make the song breathe on its own right. "But I wanna use my new ride cymbal on this part!". Shut up! Just shuuut up! Sorry, flashbacks.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 17 8:37:16 PDT 2002 by Novabreaker]

I don't know what's more pathetic? This thread being started to begin with or this many people commenting on it.

Novabreaker said. "But I wanna use my new ride cymbal on this part!". Shut up! Just shuuut up! Sorry, flashbacks.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 17 8:37:16 PDT 2002 by Novabreaker]
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LOL

theC said:

Heh, heh, yeah, me too!!!

because the band just 8

Actually I went to the library last night and also happened to take the D&P transcriptions book from the shelf and checked it out. Well, it says "Insatiable" would be in "6/8" instead of "12/8". See, for a melodic instrument player it hardly matters how the pulse is defined, just as long as the measurements are correct. Of course very few things are actually in 3/4, unless you're playing, like, a waltz or something.

...waltz? oh, "A Place In Heaven" can be added aboard then.

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Novabreaker said:[quote]Actually I went to the library last night and also happened to take the D&P transcriptions book from the shelf and checked it out. Well, it says "Insatiable" would be in "6/8" instead of "12/8".

Oh my God, you don't like to be questioned NB do you!
Did you also get any books on getting out more, meeting people and making friends, all the way to the library to find out if it was 8ths or 1/4 notes.
Sorry, but I was still right about the 8th note feel , and that was my point all along.
Keep mowing the lawn.
[This message was edited Tue Aug 20 12:12:31 PDT 2002 by allanb]

purpleone said:

PLease...ick...yuck

You really think I went to the library just to check out that fact?

I visit the library twice a week and of course when I am at the note shelf being a Prince fan I quite naturally check out the availability of the products concerning Prince. And of course I happened to remember what I had just discussed at the .org so I might just as well check it out.

Keep listening to Dave Matthews.

The point was of course, that you were wrong. I don't really care were you or not, it's just a matter of netiquette. You don't write down even slightly offending remarks when you're eventually wrong yourself... oh fuck, you know what? I don't have anything against you, so why on Earth am I continuing this?

Shite, I need a reality check.

OKAY guys, if you really want to know why Prince loves to stop on the ONE, just do your homework. The 1 in a 4/4 beat is the funk.

I would strongly suggest everyONE that you read the best book about funk ever written:
"Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One" by Rickey Vincent.

go here to see more: http://www.amazon.com/exe...85-0392103

...and now you're at it, take a listen to "The Work, pt 2" again and note how the beat is accentuated on the one. Or check out anything by James Brown.


...said jalokin, the Danish geezer.

jalokin said:

THANK YOU, Jalokin. thechronic should have known this since his musical expertise is so superior to everybody elses.

jalokin said:[quote]. The 1 in a 4/4 beat is the funk.

Nah man, the funk is the space between the beats.

Novabreaker I've enjoyed 'Chewin the Fat' with you over the last couple of days.
Peace
[This message was edited Thu Aug 22 11:48:39 PDT 2002 by allanb]

thechronic said:

IF u don't know u ain't funky

Supernova said:

you are right my musical talent is superior to everyone else. I can stop my band on the 1,2,3, or 4. i was just wondering why prince's band can't do it!

thechronic said:

Chronic, look at JamieStarr's answer.









Thankyouverymuch JamieStarr!

Supernova said:

i know stopping on the one ain't funky

Usually peeps who say stoppin on the 1 ain't funky 9 times
outta 10 ain't got no rhythm,cuz' stoppin on the 1 IS funky
as hell and keeps the band on they toes the way P like it
DIG?

JAMIESTARR said:

YES - I AGREE! - KEEPS THEM ON THEIR TOES!

JAMIESTARR said:

Thaaat's riiight! Puts a dip in yo hip. And summons The Mothership!

allanb said:

Couldn't have made any wiser comment myself.

You're most enjoyable yourself.

Novabreaker said:

That's what one of his band members once said in a magazine article. Was it Levi? Anyway, agreed...

lol

theC said:

Therapy said:

On a technical basis he was wrong too.