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Botswana Music Guitar – Ronnie – “Happy New Year”!

Adam — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:46:46 +0000

Liam sent me a link to this great clip of a guy called Ronnie in Botswana playing some ridiculously cool guitar (like the technique too). Love the tune!

More of this guys’ cool music: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bokete7

Les Claypool live at the Enmore Theatre

Adam — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:08:12 +0000

Barely 2 days after arriving in Sydney I found myself standing in awe of the cool sounds of Les Claypool live at the Enmore theatre. Big thanks to Liam for hooking me up with a ticket!

Mr Claypool and his band are on tour with their new album “Of Fungi And Foe”

(apologies for the poor audio)

Having wanted to see Primus for so long this was definitely the next best thing. He’s the man and I’d definitely agree in calling him the bext bass player in the world!
As well as all the tracks he played off “Of Fungi And Foe” tracks Les also dropped a couple of great Primus bombs and the crowd loved it.

(apologies for the poor audio)

Sometime back I was commissioned to write soundtrack music for two projects that promised to have quite a bit of very intense and unique imagery. One was for an interactive game about a meteor that hits Earth and brings intelligence to the mushrooms within the crash proximity and the other was about a three thousand pound wild boar that terrorizes the marijuana fields of Northern California. Obviously the makers of the subsequent Mushroom Men game and Pig Hunt film were very aware of my tastes and perspectives because the music oozed from me in such a natural way that I believe it came as much from my pores as it did my mind. This music became the foundation of the songs that fill this collection. With a few added tidbits and a bit of gypsy sauce, I inflict upon you… OF FUNGI AND FOE[3]

Balkan music website

Adam — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:38:32 +0000

lots of interesting/cool free Balkan music every week:

http://www.dunav.org.il/index.html

MUSIC: “LumiÃ¨re” – Bob Brozman

Adam — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:53:37 +0000

I’ve been listening to my hero Bob Brozman’s recent release “LumiÃ¨re” that I bought on iTunes Music Store.

The album is amazing to listen to, and to look at (well at least the cover u get from ITMS)! Bob is playing all the instruments on the album!

LumiÃ¨re is the culmination of guitar virtuoso Bob Brozmanâ€™s musical memories formed over a lifetime of travelling and playing music with others. His years of absorbing influences from cultures worldwide is expressed through the establishment of the Bob Brozman Orchestra – a unique concept where Bob intricately plays each instrumental part, building layer upon layer to formulate the tremendous sound of an extensive orchestra. He revisits the influences drawn from previous collaborations with artists such as Debashish Bhattacharya, RenÃ© Lacaille, Djeli Moussa Diawara and Takashi Hirayasu to reflect on the profound imprint travel has had on his life.

Borrowed from http://bobbrozman.com

On Nut Jam

Adam — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:58:05 +0000

Last night I went with Salvo, Nicholas & Mon to a rehearsal studio down near On Nut to have a bash around on some instruments.Â The sounds coming out of their were indeed hardcore, but I pity the poor folks outside to had to listen to us for an hour! I think with some practice we’ll get better!
Pretty good price – about 180baht (about $5USD) for 1 hour including all the gear!

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2 Comments

At Sat 4, August 2007, Luke wrote:
That's a damn good price to be able to rock out on all that gear. They must have surely sound-proofed the room. I see you went Flea style and chose the bass, good man.
At Wed 8, August 2007, ateale wrote:
It has been a while since I bassed it up - very rough and ended up blistered - but funked it up for a few bars!

It is crazy how cheap it is for what you get. I cant imagine what it would cost in Sydney!

Blues this bad jam

Adam — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:34:21 +0000

I’m a little scratchy it seems, so i have a lot more playing to do! thought i’d upload this anyway. I’m a big fan of Johnny Winter and was listening to “Blues this bad” today and thought i’d try pull off a few of the riffs – even bought some new strings!

Apologies it gets quite sloppy towards the end!

Marcus Miller – awesome bass solo

Adam — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:05:39 +0000

When I was in high school I was really into playing bass, and one of my heroes was Marcus Miller. He played the most funky fat slap bass i’d ever heard.
Somehow back then I found a tiny mpg clip of him playing one of my most favourite bass solos – a track called “Scoop”.
Anyway, i found the whole clip on youtube:

Then found him playing it without the band.

Then I found another amazing slap solo of his!:

http://marcusmiller.com

UPDATE
found another

Midnight jam

Adam — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:38:19 +0000

last night was really cool. Patrick bought a brand spankin new Fender Telecaster (American model). So Patrick & Bart came over for a drink and a bit of a jam – it was great!
Later in the night we were joined by Elisabeth & Roland from Austria – friends of Dad’s. Dad & Patrick belted out a bunch of covers and we all sang along!

Xiao riff

Adam — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:55:56 +0000

just a little tune/riff i put together hte other day – sort of came outta nowhere.

2 Comments

At Tue 13, March 2007, Luke wrote:
Aw man, that was beautiful. While it lasted, I was transported to a secluded tropical island away from my computer.
At Wed 14, March 2007, ateale wrote:
:)
Thanks dude!
When do we get to see some Dr Wong grooves?

Bukka White: Jelly Roll Blues

Adam — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:50:17 +0000

this is an terrific clip of Bukka White playing his “Jelly Rolls Blues”. This is probably the best footage I have seen of him – colour footage and it doesnt look as set up as other clips – almost a bit natural?