Discussion House,Disco,Funk & Soul

[newave3]

 

[Sherri]

 

[Studio84]

"music in my life has kept me through, all of the changes this world has put me through but its all right, I feel it" Nice feel good track is this

 

[DocNo]

This track is quite possibly the funkiest song about alcoholism ever made and is one of my all time favorites..

he is one of my heroes. his voice, his lyrics - just fabulous.
"peace go with you, brother" and "we almost lost detroit" - touches me everytime i listen to it.

 

[Studio84]

@DocNo Gil scott heron is a very unique artist. I've been meaning to read his memoir book The last holiday for ages now. Have you read it by any chance?

This one always gets me when I hear it

 

[DocNo]

@DocNo Gil scott heron is a very unique artist. I've been meaning to read his memoir book The last holiday for ages now. Have you read it by any chance?

This one always gets me when I hear it

nope. i didn't read it. only did read about him on wikipedia. but i check it out - for sure worth reading it - thanx for the tip.
yeah - i like the whole winter in america album.

and in terms of funk i also love this track.

 

[Studio84]

nope. i didn't read it. only did read about him on wikipedia. but i check it out - for sure worth reading it - thanx for the tip.
yeah - i like the whole winter in america album.

I imagine it's an interesting read. The guy had a pretty "colourful" life with drug addictions and prison sentence's etc. I shall have to get round to reading it one day soon.

 

[DocNo]

I imagine it's an interesting read. The guy had a pretty "colourful" life with drug addictions and prison sentence's etc. I shall have to get round to reading it one day soon.

yes - that was also what i was reading about him on wikipedia.

another funk classic - somehow one of the funkiest funk tracks ever.




and in terms of funk there leads no way around curtis mayfield.

 

[Studio84]

Can't forget about the Godfather himself James Brown

 

[DocNo]

Can't forget about the Godfather himself James Brown

the father of the roots of hip hop beats :D

 

[Studio84]

the father of the roots of hip hop beats :D

Clyde Stubblefield James Browns drummer is the most sampled drummer ever. I don't think he ever got a penny in royalties either. He was never bitter about it either. I saw him talking about it on a documentary and he was just smiling all the way through it. Seemed like a really decent guy. He died a few years back so R. I. P

 

[DocNo]

Clyde Stubblefield James Browns drummer is the most sampled drummer ever. I don't think he ever got a penny in royalties either. He was never bitter about it either. I saw him talking about it on a documentary and he was just smiling all the way through it. Seemed like a really decent guy. He died a few years back so R. I. P

wow - thanx for the history lesson.
yeah - the people who don't care about this things and just love what they are doing are the special ones.

and funk and drummer instantly triggers billy cobham for me ^^




edit: wow watching some stubblefield stuff right now - his beats are killa!

holy zhit...

 

[Studio84]

wow - thanx for the history lesson.
yeah - the people who don't care about this things and just love what they are doing are the special ones.

and funk and drummer instantly triggers billy cobham for me ^^




edit: wow watching some stubblefield stuff right now - his beats are killa!

holy zhit...

Another useless piece of triva the break in this track is the most sampled drum loop ever. (or at least it was I've not checked for ages) Ha yeah Stubblefield was a demon on them drums!

 

[DocNo]

Another useless piece of triva the break in this track is the most sampled drum loop ever. (or at least it was I've not checked for ages) Ha yeah Stubblefield was a demon on them drums!

and i terms of sampling and funk - i love this j dilla track!
did also see some documentary about dilla what he made so different back then. most producers used quantization in their software to keep the beats perfectly in sync. he made it more about feel and this tiny irregularities in rhythm made it more organic.

made me also realize once more that the beauty lies in imperfection - which is sometimes a struggle for me, cause i tend to perfectionism which sometimes gives me a hard time.

 

[Studio84]

and i terms of sampling and funk - i love this j dilla track!
did also see some documentary about dilla what he made so different back then. most producers used quantization in their software to keep the beats perfectly in sync. he made it more about feel and this tiny irregularities in rhythm made it more organic.

made me also realize once more that the beauty lies in imperfection - which is sometimes a struggle for me, cause i tend to perfectionism which sometimes gives me a hard time.

I'm not a massive j dilla fan but the guy was a beast on the MPC (the sampler hardware he used to make his tracks) Yeah your right he was famous for putting loads of swing on his beats.You can get away with things like that more making hip hop. I used to mess around on Ableton live making (I use the term loosely) disco house tracks and you do have to make everything as quantized as you can purely to make it dj friendly and easy to mix with other records.


This is my favorite j dilla track. He made an album while he was slowly dying in hospital and this track is taken off that album

 

[Sherri]

Now this is what I call a good successful thread, well done @Studio84

 

[Studio84]

Now this is what I call a good successful thread, well done @Studio84

Thank you! I didn't really do it for that reason. I just wanted somewhere people could post there favorite stuff and maybe chat a bit about why they like it.You like some of the music that's been posted? If so anything in particular you really like?

 

[Sherri]

This track is quite possibly the funkiest song about alcoholism ever made and is one of my all time favorites..

This one is my fav, I know it wasn't created for a hit, but I'm glad to listen to good music.

 

[Studio84]

This one is my fav, I know it wasn't created for a hit, but I'm glad to listen to good music.

Good choice, that track means a lot to me for quite a few reasons. I spent a fair few years living in the bottle myself so I can relate to the lyrics and the theme of the song quite a bit. I just wondered what kind of stuff you found good so I could post similar stuff. Just wanted to get an idea of what you liked.

 

[Sherri]

Good choice, that track means a lot to me for quite a few reasons. I spent a fair few years living in the bottle myself so I can relate to the lyrics and the theme of the song quite a bit. I just wondered what kind of stuff you found good so I could post similar stuff. Just wanted to get an idea of what you liked.

Same boy, I used to club and drink a lot. Miss those days even though it's been only a few years ago . Music, alcohol and club friends made all the sadness go away.

 

[DocNo]

Same boy, I used to club and drink a lot. Miss those days even though it's been only a few years ago . Music, alcohol and club friends made all the sadness go away.

for me it was more smoking pot and making some clubs to my extended living room ^^

 

[Sherri]

for me it was more smoking pot and making some clubs to my extended living room ^^

Oh I danced on speakers, fell from a few also lol. Got embarrassing photos, don't remember half of the nights though,

 

[Studio84]

Oh I danced on speakers, fell from a few also lol. Got embarrassing photos, don't remember half of the nights though,

Ive had a fair few night like that myself ha.. I miss them days myself. I used to go out on a Friday and not get back home till Sunday. Go a club, back to an after party somewhere then back into town as soon as the bars were open again. Good times from what I remember, like you say I don't fully remember half the things I was doing either!

 

[Sherri]

Ive had a fair few night like that myself ha.. I miss them days myself. I used to go out on a Friday and not get back home till Sunday. Go a club, back to an after party somewhere then back into town as soon as the bars were open again. Good times from what I remember, like you say I don't fully remember half the things I was doing either!

Almost the same, I do miss a good house after party also. We were our own DJs and put our favourite songs. Why that everything that is good fades away so quick

 

[Studio84]

for me it was more smoking pot and making some clubs to my extended living room ^^

Its as good as going out to a club sometimes DocNo.... In fact it's sometimes better because you can control the music and there's less people around to annoy you.I've found party's like this much better than going out somewhere.

 

[Sherri]

Its as good as going out to a club sometimes DocNo.... In fact it's sometimes better because you can control the music and there's less people around to annoy you.I've found party's like this much better than going out somewhere.

Absolutely, there was no bouncers and we would party till the sun come up. Good old days.

 

[Studio84]

Absolutely, there was no bouncers and we would party till the sun come up. Good old days.

And till the sun goes down... This tune was a favorite from my clubbing days

 

[DocNo]

Almost the same, I do miss a good house after party also. We were our own DJs and put our favourite songs. Why that everything that is good fades away so quick

yeah me too. i like to kill parties and get rid of the boring people and make only party for a few people. :D

 

[Studio84]

Nice late night tune...

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

For you @Studio84

Thank you! It's a good film. There's some good documentaries about studio 54 and the Paradise garage floating around on youtube. If I find them i'l send you/post the links.

I really like the movie. Found it in a sale bin. I've seen a couple docs on YouTube that were good. I'm guessing you're name Studio84 is from that?
Anyway, I thought I would add the actual video & some mixes.