Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
I wrote this for my nephew who is due to be born in 15 days.
The Sermon is a blues written and recorded in 1957 by jazz legend, Jimmy Smith. I haven’t learned the complete melody yet but I thought I would take a stab at playing it from memory. After all, it’s just an F blues.
A late night interpretation of John Coltrane’s Equinox performed on my new Nord C1.
This song is about planning an exciting future with a fine woman.
A funky blues about a devious woman.
This is a song about showing up.
This song was inspired by Dance Punk artists like LCD Soundsystem and !!! and by an episode of WNYC’s Radio Lab on the Wright Brothers.
This was an exercise in using Ultrabeat. Along with a Nu School Breaks Kit is a Grind Bass and Funk Organ.
I started this just over a week ago but have been too busy to spend much time writing or recording. Lame.
I cowrote this song many years ago with my former band, Fear The Monk. I had very little to do with the writing actually. I think I came up with a portion of the melody in the verse but none of the lyrics. I dig the groove in the chorus but not much more than [...]
Practicing walking bass and soloing over Bb rhythm changes on the hammond organ at 195bpm.
This is an iPod recording of me playing with an Fmin7 funk riff at 110bpm on the hammond organ, wah wah clav, and Trinity synth bass.
Melody added. I came back from the pub after a couple of… ahem… a few pints with a melody inspired by the divine feminine. Awww yeah.
Hammond organ, wurly, and clav in Amin over a 105bpm Apple loop.
Cleaned up 120bpm electronic groove in Dmin. It’s multiple takes of me playing over top of everything else.
iPod recording. hammond organ and Trinity synth bass Ebmin7 | Ab7 100bpm funk.
iPod recording of a bluesy C7 120bpm Hammond organ groove with a vocal scat solo.
Practicing Bb rhythm changes on the hammond organ at 130bpm.
This is an iPod recording of a funky Bb7alt swing groove at 130bpm on the Hammond.
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
Why Americans Don't Like Jazz http://dyske.com/paper/778 1 day ago
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