Happy Funky Friday everyone (!!!) You know what time it is? Its time to get down with the Get Down. After last weeks mash-up of Ah-ha/Ska & Bootsy with Take On Me I needed to get back to the foundational grooves. This week posed a challenge, in that its the most raw & vulnerable I know how to be. This was the bass I bought back in high school, later used to tour with The TwistOffs, and then had the frets ripped out for my work with STANKFuT. I rarely ever attempted to sing over fretless, let alone while playing complex grooves. Sometimes Big Blues intricacies literally spook me: six-strings with no frets, or lines. As you can hear though, it has a sick-ass growl to it. Somewhere between an upright bass and a trombone. I layer it with distortion and a synth filter to give it that Wonky-Wonk-BooYa flavor. hahaha. Good times. As I was thinking of tunes for this monster I kept coming back to my meditation practice, and how its slowly but surely eradicating fear from my life. Its flipping the script, because now I actually fear NOT expressing myself and sharing some of the wily coyote skillz I traded my social life for in my youth. :) My hope week to week is that by stretching myself Im encouraging (taunting?) you to do the same. Get yer funk on. Enjoy, and if you feel inspired lets share the Funky Love with whomever needs it. Your humble little jester, -kc
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:35:40 +0000
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