Posted on Jan 25, 2008
Hey folks, sorry it's been a while since my last update. I've not been too well lately and I've also been very busy but I'm back now with a new track for you anyway
As I've mentioned a few times I really do love to play pretty much any style of music and I certainly think you'll see an eclectic range of tracks here. With that in mind, here's something a bit different. It's a track I did a few years ago called Funky Munky. It was one of the first things I recorded after getting a new Wah Wah pedal and man you can tell, it sounds like something from Shaft
New toys and all that. I love anything funky and especially Wah Wah guitar. I was just playing around with this. I also had some fun with the bass line and electric piano. There's a percussive acoustic guitar rhythm in there too but it's pretty well buried so listen close for it.
I programmed the drums with an application called Reason by Propellerhead Software, it's pretty well known and it's a really great tool I must say, especially when linked to Cubase with something like Rewire. Ok enough technobabble for now but those who understood that will appreciate it I'm sure... I hope anyway
I'm a huge fan of the director Kevin Smith and his films, ever since I saw Clerks I've always enjoyed his sense of humour and Silent Bob is genius. So when I heard the line "That's one funky monkey" in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back I knew I had to sample it. Sorry Kev I expect a call from your lawyer shortly. There's also a line from Chasing Amy where Banky says "A man and his monkey, no there's a concept I can't get enough of" which I thought complimented it well.
Hope you enjoy the track please feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments, I like to hear opinions good or bad, it's an open forum. I hope to get back up to speed soon, still feeling a bit rough but as always I'll try to keep it funky.... where did I leave my flairs
Peace
Dan
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