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Reply #30 posted 06/17/21 8:46pm

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I can only come up with 3

Musicology
Housequake
La la la He he hee
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Reply #31 posted 06/18/21 5:55am

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Anything in syncopated 4/4 time signature (with empahsis on the one).

"One of the main musical tweaks that Brown had made to his music in order to accommodate his new rhythm vision – and which became one of the defining quirks of funk – was to put an overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of the measure. You can hear this in Papa's Bag, and Brown would drill his band to kick into this rhythm with the famous command "on the one!"

In compositional terms, what Brown had done was switch from the shuffle rhythms and 12/8 time signatures of his earlier work to 4/4. But whereas 4/4 in soul music traditionally had a one-two-three-four backbeat, Brown's funk had a one-two-three-four kick, with electric bass, syncopated guitar and Afro-Cuban drum patterns clicking into interlocking parts rather than accompanying each other in traditional harmony.

Or, to put it another way, by making each instrument in his band into a drum, Brown had reorganised his music into a percussive grid, where each musical voice was required to make simple but precise contributions in order to keep the all-important rhythm rotating.

This early funk would often just require players to blast one- or two-chord vamps at appropriate intervals, rather than contribute fluent melodic lines, and although this sounds like a simplification, it was a musical transition that even musicians of the James Brown Revue’s calibre struggled with."

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https://thelongandshort.org/creativity/dance-moves-funk

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Reply #32 posted 06/23/21 11:15am

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Dandroppedadime said:

Anything in syncopated 4/4 time signature (with empahsis on the one).

"One of the main musical tweaks that Brown had made to his music in order to accommodate his new rhythm vision – and which became one of the defining quirks of funk – was to put an overwhelming emphasis on the first beat of the measure. You can hear this in Papa's Bag, and Brown would drill his band to kick into this rhythm with the famous command "on the one!"

In compositional terms, what Brown had done was switch from the shuffle rhythms and 12/8 time signatures of his earlier work to 4/4. But whereas 4/4 in soul music traditionally had a one-two-three-four backbeat, Brown's funk had a one-two-three-four kick, with electric bass, syncopated guitar and Afro-Cuban drum patterns clicking into interlocking parts rather than accompanying each other in traditional harmony.

Or, to put it another way, by making each instrument in his band into a drum, Brown had reorganised his music into a percussive grid, where each musical voice was required to make simple but precise contributions in order to keep the all-important rhythm rotating.

This early funk would often just require players to blast one- or two-chord vamps at appropriate intervals, rather than contribute fluent melodic lines, and although this sounds like a simplification, it was a musical transition that even musicians of the James Brown Revue’s calibre struggled with."

excerpt from:

https://thelongandshort.org/creativity/dance-moves-funk

[Edited 6/18/21 5:55am]

can u put in Rich dummy terms?smile

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Reply #33 posted 06/23/21 11:17am

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I was surprised when Prince didn't pay tribute to Brown at the Super Bowl. Brown died almost six weeks before the performance. Coldplay's tribute to Brown and other greats was so touching, but that was the 50th Super Bowl, so a natural time to look back.


Because he had ALREADY presented his set list, played it for the Super Bowl execs and everything was in motion. Lighting direction, etc. The Super Bowl is a gigantic mechanism with a lousy game in sections.

Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me.
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Reply #34 posted 06/26/21 2:56pm

JUNKIE

Mutiny anyone?
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Reply #35 posted 06/26/21 5:49pm

funkman88

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good one!

JUNKIE said:

Mutiny anyone?
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Reply #36 posted 06/27/21 12:55am

TraSoul82

Mad Sex.



Baby I'm A Star is one I wouldn't have thought of.
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Reply #37 posted 06/29/21 6:16pm

Phase3

1+1+1 is 3
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Reply #38 posted 06/29/21 6:35pm

TryWhistlingTh
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Peach

Witness for the Prosecution

Sexy MF

Musicology

Jam Of The Year

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Reply #39 posted 07/01/21 9:06pm

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TryWhistlingThis said:

Peach

Witness for the Prosecution

Sexy MF

Musicology

Jam Of The Year

Peach???/WTF.... biggrin biggrin

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Reply #40 posted 07/05/21 8:22am

Dandroppedadim
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Hot Pants

Sex Machine

Black and Proud

Good Foot

Payback

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Reply #41 posted 07/05/21 5:56pm

TryWhistlingTh
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funkman88 said:

TryWhistlingThis said:

Peach

Witness for the Prosecution

Sexy MF

Musicology

Jam Of The Year

Peach???/WTF.... biggrin biggrin

Yep.

It's definitely got the JB funk swing to it. Sure, the riff and tone may lean more toward the Hendrix side of funky, but JB could get his groove on with it too.

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