Jimbroni Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Ben thats killer. Thanks for rocking my cube this morning. I'll have check it out better at home, my laptop speakers suck so its hard to hear the bass. Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Hey, thanks for the kind words, guys! You're a swell bunch of fellas, yessir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 NICE! Were you actually using a Mu-tron on this? Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Stingray w/ Bartolini pickup-->Mu-Tron III+ -->GK 800RB-->Acme Low B2. It was recorded using a MiniDisc player with a stereo condenser mic. We were playing at McGuire's a bar on Long Island somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Originally posted by BenLoy: Okay, I threatened to post it, and here it is:And it is damn fine! Just got to the second movement and it's still funking hard! I hope the crowd appreciated just how burning y'all were! Alex P.S. The chords do sound a little strange in the turnarounds but nothing's perfect! P.P.S. I need to be in a hardcore funk fusion band, there is no other option... Barefaced Ltd - ultra lightweight, high ouput, toneful bass cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Originally posted by C. Alexander Claber: Just got to the second movement and it's still funking hard! I hope the crowd appreciated just how burning y'all were!The crowd was mostly ignoring us except for a couple friends down front who were huge Herbie fans. We were wallpaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Friedland Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Check out Palm Grease from Thrust. The BOMB! www.edfriedland.com The Bass Whisperer Bass Whisperer TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Hancock is THE MAN. A little funk is essential for us bassists to evolve, and become one with the groove. We all need a daily dose of funk. And Ben, you certainly did justice to Hancock. That was great. Thanks man. "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Gotta love all those '70s Herbie Hancock albums like... HEAD HUNTERS THRUST MANCHILD SECRETS SUNLIGHT All featuring Paul Jackson on bass, Harvey Mason or Mike Clarke on drums and of course Benny Maupin on wind. Wah Wah Watson never ceases to amaze me on these cuts. Cheers, -Andy- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Originally posted by C. Alexander Claber: Originally posted by Tedster: Or take the clavinet riff from "Superstition". Neither Jeff Beck nor SRV played clavinet, but they tore up that tune.Though that tune was written by Stevie Wonder for Jeff Beck, and was thus originally intended as a guitar riff! AlexI did not know that! Learn something new every day. I'm glad Stevie Wonder recorded it as well. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cup_dup1 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Benloy I clicked on your link, the page is blank. Did you only have this tune (which I love) hosted for a limited period? I would love to hear your version. Grizzly Bears Don't Fear Anyone. Angry Cheetahs Emerge Growling. I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 It's still up and should work. Try opening your media player and opening the link from there...sometimes browsers don't forward links to a media player properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cup_dup1 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Got it working B'loy. That is amazing, simply brilliant! Grizzly Bears Don't Fear Anyone. Angry Cheetahs Emerge Growling. I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Bassed on Jazz played Chameleon with three basses. As Jeremy said, when learning a tune it's great to learn all the parts. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachg Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 benloy, your recording is awesome! g,Ab,a,Bb Ab Bb c Dd d Eb Bb Db . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Thanks again for the kind words. It's making my head inflate, even though there are others on this board that could play circles around me on this piece...I didn't quite nail that Paul Jackson vibe on the groove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 P Bass Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Originally posted by BenLoy: Thanks again for the kind words. It's making my head inflate, even though there are others on this board that could play circles around me on this piece...I didn't quite nail that Paul Jackson vibe on the groove. I haven't listened to Ben yet (I will next Tuesday when the DSL gets hooked up!). But being the coolest song ever, I've been playing it incessantly. The hardest part for me is definitely the "groove section". Jackson has this flow that changes, yet is soo consistent. And Ben can play circles, ovals and figure eights around me. "Start listening to music!". -Jeremy C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hey Guys, first post here. My only national recording was as a guest guitarist at the age of 26 on Bassist Sean Malone's ffirst album on the tune Splinter at: seanmalone.net/Downloads/Audio/Audio_mp3/Splinter(gtrsolo).mp3 Wish I had the picking skills back then what I have now, but I guess that means I have to lay down the lumber and record an album ANYWAY, that was a long intro, but I was never one for brevity I am getting stumped on the middle section of Chameleon when the vamp is going from Bb9sus to Db9sus There are these spacy chord progressions interspersed in between the groove I am not sure of The first one but I believe it goes F#min/maj7 A7b13#9 Eb9#11 C9sus Abmin9 The second one I am still working on Any help would be appreciated and should this be inappropriate for this forum, I apologize and would appreciate any redirection to the right place --Caputo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 BTW, Good job Ben !! Just checked the audio out Killer group Those middle chords are a pain in the (_|_) , aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 Some of the Keyboard wizzes posted the chords here http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/18/t/015477.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catlin Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Jimbroni: I like watermelon man better. Just had to say it. My high school Jazz band used to play Watermelon man, fun tune to play in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Caputo, Welcome. Your post was more than appropriate. Glad you got some support from the keyboard gang. I dig pretty hard on "Palm Grease". However, I find the Head Hunters' grooves all excellent, and my fave tunes seem to vary depending on the direction of the wind. Peace. --SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.J. Blair Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Head Hunters, Man-Child, Secrets, Thrust and Sextant are my favorite era of Herbie's career. I'm a sucker for '70s funk fusion. I even had James Gadson, who split the drumming duties with Harvey Mason on some of those records, throw a band together for my wedding. It was the funkiest wedding band you have ever heard. A very obscure record that came out a few years ago that you guys will love if you like the Chameleon is called Action Figure Party. It's Greg Kursten, who now is Beck's keyboard player (Beck Hanson, not Jeff Beck), and he used to have a band called Geggy Tah. It is easily the coolest album of the genre done in the last ten years. Friends don't let friends act like rockstars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraub Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Originally posted by J.J. Blair: A very obscure record that came out a few years ago that you guys will love if you like the Chameleon is called Action Figure Party. It's Greg Kursten, who now is Beck's keyboard player (Beck Hanson, not Jeff Beck), and he used to have a band called Geggy Tah. It is easily the coolest album of the genre done in the last ten years. Thanks for the suggestion, J.J.! I am a huge Geggy Tah fan in addition to my love of all things 70's funk fusion, so I am definitely intrigued. Peace, wraub I'm a lot more like I am now than I was when I got here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.J. Blair Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 wraub, I just chekced and the album is available on iTunes. Check out the bass playing on "Clock Radio". Total Chuck Rainey, Willy Weeks style. BTW, do you guys how that the first couple of Pointer Sisters records are the Headhunters band? Very funky shit. Friends don't let friends act like rockstars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted October 4, 2005 Share Posted October 4, 2005 Action Figure Party is definetly a cool album worth checking out. Speaking of chameleon, I've been doing the Herbie Hancock workout lately. I run on the stair stepper during Chameleon, a perfect beat for the stepper, and 15 min is just right. Then I do situps to watermelon man. I've lost 25 lbs in a month. Not to mention the fact this tune is now ingrained in my head so I've learned the both the high end bass riff (damn its hard to get the right feel though) and the keyboard bass riff. Now its on to the ever powerful groove during the swing section of the tune. Wish me luck I'll need it. Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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