...but. I done jazz...
...which to be fair, I studied for many years with my piano teacher, and also at University. If this could be said in a Matt Berry voice, it would really help.
You and him used to be buddies...
Hugs
a l e x m o k e
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Monday, 25 June 2012
Aw...
This morning I awoke to the following email. How lovely!
've been wanting to tell you guys this for a long time.
Your self-titled album “Moke” is a masterpiece, one of my favorite albums.
It starts with great songs and impresses in that the songs are all so different lyrically and musically and yet the album as a whole seems (in my opinion) to be loosely thematic. The rhythms at times are beautifully unpredictable and each of your performances (which I've enjoyed studying) show profound maturity as musicians.
Each song not just one song, but several. Nice!
The engineering and mixing are dead on. I can only imagine the degree to which you guys labored to make this perfect. I hope that it still makes you happy after all these years.
Hearing you guys were playing together again made me smile even though I couldn't be there.
Wish I was still hanging out with you all in the back room at the Saint in Asbury Park even though the place is a hole. Good times.
Just want you to know that there's a guy in New Jersey who has “Moke” in slot #1 of the CD player and blasts it a few nights a week until his ears bleed.
Cheers!
a l e x m o k e
've been wanting to tell you guys this for a long time.
Your self-titled album “Moke” is a masterpiece, one of my favorite albums.
It starts with great songs and impresses in that the songs are all so different lyrically and musically and yet the album as a whole seems (in my opinion) to be loosely thematic. The rhythms at times are beautifully unpredictable and each of your performances (which I've enjoyed studying) show profound maturity as musicians.
Each song not just one song, but several. Nice!
The engineering and mixing are dead on. I can only imagine the degree to which you guys labored to make this perfect. I hope that it still makes you happy after all these years.
Hearing you guys were playing together again made me smile even though I couldn't be there.
Wish I was still hanging out with you all in the back room at the Saint in Asbury Park even though the place is a hole. Good times.
Just want you to know that there's a guy in New Jersey who has “Moke” in slot #1 of the CD player and blasts it a few nights a week until his ears bleed.
Cheers!
a l e x m o k e
Monday, 11 June 2012
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Britain's answer to The Meters...
Last summer, the soundtrack that accompanied me on most journeys was The Meters' Greatest Hits. A fantastic collection of songs, which ALL musicians working within popular music should own. If you want to develop skills to do with rhythm - timing, syncopation, pushing & pulling feel and generally developing a kick arse sense of groove, you really can do no better than listening to the fabulous, fabulous funky Meters. In particular...
* Just Kissed My Baby
* Jungle Man
and
I particularly like the break at around 2m57s, where the drummer reverses the pattern of kick and snare for half a bar or so. Magic! This then got me thinking about whether British bands can 'do' funk. And the answer is of course they can.
Ian Dury and the Blockheads immediately sprang to mind. An extraordinary blend between funk and music hall. Norman Watt-Roy is one of my favourite bass players, without a doubt. I'm delighted to see that The Blockheads are still at it and are heading out on the road from June - Dec this year, as part of their 35th anniversary celebrations. Here's a recent track.
a l e x m o k e
* Just Kissed My Baby
* Jungle Man
and
I particularly like the break at around 2m57s, where the drummer reverses the pattern of kick and snare for half a bar or so. Magic! This then got me thinking about whether British bands can 'do' funk. And the answer is of course they can.
Ian Dury and the Blockheads immediately sprang to mind. An extraordinary blend between funk and music hall. Norman Watt-Roy is one of my favourite bass players, without a doubt. I'm delighted to see that The Blockheads are still at it and are heading out on the road from June - Dec this year, as part of their 35th anniversary celebrations. Here's a recent track.
a l e x m o k e
Monday, 21 May 2012
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