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What Music are you listining to right now

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Odd concert between Elton John and Brandy Carlisle on CBS right now.  It didn't sound very good the first half, I left it on while I surfed elsewhere.  Then, Elton did a solo piece of Tiny Dancer, the rest of the band took a break and listened, and... Magic.  His vocals have aged, but dayam his piano playing has only advanced, damn near fawnky!  
    Then Brandy did one of her songs, strictly solo on acoustic, and more Magic!  This is about the 2/3rds way thru the show, so hopefully it gets better now.  Chad whatsizname from the RHCP is on drums, don't recognize the others (I'm sure I'd know their names).  
     
    I pretty much learned rock piano, for what its worth, from Elton.  Had two books of Elton songs and I could read the guitar chords (Am, C, Bbm7, etc) but the fly **** on the staffs I had to count out to figure out the notes, could use my ear for those notes instead.  

    Finally, quiz question:  who's retired more times from their main profession: Elton, Michael Jordan, or Prince?  75 completely-worthless BotchPoints™ riding on this one, folks!    
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Cory Wong (the fantastic rhythm guitarist from the Vulfpeck consortium) put together this ensemble; don't know who they are or where they're playing, but they smoke!! Those horn lines are so tangled, yet so tight!!
     
    https://youtu.be/569pPx36xyY?si=xpwZgeodsThFhUv0
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Matt Johnson is the keyboardist for one of my favorite Brit-funk bands, Jamiroquoi. During the Pandemic he started doing a lot of ewetubes from home, demos of certain instruments, funk techniques, mixing tricks, etc and I really enjoyed watching them. Think he's "working" a lot more now so he doesn't publish much, but he dropped this 2-minute nugget of funk today, playing along with Dua Lipa (I'm not familiar with her stuff, so don't know if he's playing along with the record, or just a vox track, or what). 
     
    https://youtu.be/GaM5p2xKERk?si=jo6ZMzHRPBHneVVH
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    "The Lake, it is said, never gives up Her dead,
    When the skies of November turn gloomy..."
     

     

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,997
    edited April 26

    ”Carefree Highway” - another great Gordon Lightfoot tune.
    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    The Fearless Flyers (yet another offshoot of the Vulfpeck gang); all three axe-men appear to have their instruments mounted to mic stands...  odd.  But smokin' as usual!  
     
    https://youtu.be/UGurVsLi4Uw?si=aBN8dFZmYWkm-9Hi
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Goose, Everything Must Go:
     
    https://youtu.be/DF2QKZ823HY?si=6dJIVNfg-OI5_Jj_
     
    Reminds me of Umphrey's McGee but with thicker vocals and a LOT more percussion.  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329

    love Hiromi!  I haven't seen/heard this clip before, Canon in D (by whom I don't know)  She throws a metal ruler into the piano for effects, and (from the comments at least) this was an improvised piece for which someone else transcribed, which is fun to follow along with.  

    And it was uber-amazing the way she added a half-beat to stay in time with the audience, obviously a bunch of white people ;) .  Saw a video of, damn can't remember his name right now, where the audience started clapping along on 1 and 3, he got the rest of the band to drop out for 8 bars or so, and added an extra beat to get the audience on 2 and 4, and you could see the band members crack up!  

    https://youtu.be/lpc1lEJ-SRc?si=X2AQBEbzgkXVenQw

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • SamIAm2
    SamIAm2 Posts: 1,997
    edited May 14
    @BotchJohann Pachelbel Canon in D. Classical or classic nerd here =) 

    Ubi panis, ibi patria.
    Large - Roswell rig, MiniMax-PS Woo; Cocoa, Fl.
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    SamIAm2 said:
    @Botch - Johann Pachelbel Canon in D. Classical or classic nerd here =) 

    Tan Que!   B)
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,646
    I've been listening to the Blues radio station that Apple music hosts.  Have been finding it pretty good!  Heard this one on there recently and suspect a few of you know it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6DomujTbc
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    edited June 8
    Pomplamoose has a new CD coming out this summer, they just dropped the first single:
     
    https://youtu.be/5NVmfr4Z2pY?si=vMZ8N1GM8aI_uP1N
     
    I don't speak the language, but I could listen to her purr in French all day.  Jack Conte on synth is her husband and co-bandleader (he's also the founder/CEO of Patreon), and that's Larry Goldings on the Hammond!  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    ^^^ Wow, I just noticed the condition of her expensive Neumann mic.  My 47-yr-old SM-58 is in MUCH better shape than that, and I played dives for decades.  WTF?    
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,646
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    I don't know how this kid does it, but Jacob Collier just performed a live version of his remake of "Bridge over Troubled Water", with Tori Kelly and John Legend, and it KILLS.
    https://youtu.be/yxsfV3vGweQ?si=YdaeYhc-QwROI4Vq

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Learned on CBS this morning that this band has 76 Grammys, between them!  
     

     

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    I've seen this before, maybe twice, but Rick Beato's review of Chicago's Make Me Smile is just amazing (and it's not one of my favorite Chicago tunes). 
    My very first bar band was a Chicago/EW&F/Doobies cover band, in '78. I played trombone, and a single conga with a drumstick during the non-brass tunes. I attempted to write out the brass charts on my Mom's piano for the band; I learned a lot but a lot flew over my head too. We didn't do this particular song, but now with a few decades' experience under my belt, I can hear the great sus- chords that Pankow used, and have a greater appreciation for the brass chart, chord patterns, bass line, and even the drumming on this tune. Just killer! And I know of no one else nowadays who makes music like this other than Silk Sonic, and ToP. Enjoy!
     
    https://youtu.be/qFVpSjRUD2E?si=9Un82HqKtd8GQIXd
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Pomplamoose's new album, Photogenique, is out today.  Ahh.  
     

     
    https://youtu.be/WGlbgxpn2hQ?si=dkkfSelUrb9ePgy0
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Vulfpeck, live at Red Rocks; kinda gospel-ly.  Sure hope the whole show makes it to Bluray.  
     
    https://youtu.be/GoCJYnd0A1g?si=1ojAh5xSedq7iDbp

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Jellyfish, live in the studio.  No autotune, no overdubs, no click track, all acoustic instruments; just four musicians who knew what the f*ck they were doing.  Damn this is beautiful.  
     
    https://youtu.be/axZB_CXHzpI?si=pfy3Iu8JAMci4G0W
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    edited August 4
    An interesting afternoon. I saw this "demo" of the new Nord Organ 3 (I have the Nord Lead I and Nord Electro II, which has fantastic B-3 emulations), by a collection of monsters led by an organist named Kevin Powell, whom I've not heard of:

    https://youtu.be/2DKedoGQqME?si=Z40Y5bdRRdOgmTsY

    I haven't heard this much in-the-pocket funk in a long time; DAYAM! After watching the EweTube, I added Kevin Powell to my Tidal list, and played his latest album (live in a NYC club). I heard a LOT more of his gospel influences, and yet no organ! Granted, there could be are probably a lot of "Kevin Powell"s in the world. But only one showed up in Tidal. 
    I played it while I was pickling some onions and doing dishes, and then an incredible preach/tune from him, about his Momma pushing a shopping cart, that really hit hard. 

    So, two elevated experiences in one day, and I'm still not sure if they're both the same guy. Wow.
     
     
    EDIT:  Good grief.  After watching that video again, ewetube served up a few more demos; Where are these monsters coming from?!?  
     
    https://youtu.be/4Ci0elPzF9c?si=BdEMifJJzFYoxeKA
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329

     

    Between 2016 and 2018 Chick and his bandmates got back together and did some shows, and this live two-CD set was released right before his death.  

    And I didn't know a thing about it until yesterday!  Been listening to it on Tidal several times since; beautifully recorded (the drums sound fantastic).

    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,622
    Flight of the Concords

    Live from London

    There is a significant overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans - Park Ranger designing bear proof trash cans.

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Any other fans here from Metallica's "smoove jazz" period?
     
    https://youtu.be/OBmM79YadYM?si=dtIti0dshQYMGR2H
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329

     
    Always enjoyed the sound and the intense rhythms of the tabla, but this 3+hour collection had to be broken up into 4 or so sessions.  Pretty interesting (and over my head) writeup in Wikipedia on how these are played and the rhythms used.  
     
    Oooh, and a sing-along!   :D 
     
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Dirty Loops, + Cory Wong, + the Wongnotes horn section!
     
    https://youtu.be/-UBcxKiS550?si=ZRbJKKyta-Zy486h
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    A Dirty Loops track that I hadn't seen before; they're all smokin' here, but that drummer!!!  :o
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GTgpdoCh0
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    This may only be of interest to the musicians here, but a 13-minute interview with Chad Wackerman, about his 3-day-long audition with Frank Zappa and subsequent rehearsals.  Damn, I thought college jazz band was tough!  
     
    https://youtu.be/Au6UtsPhXfY?si=unEG2ncRl6pSkdxH
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA