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One Of These Nights

May 5, 2008 By Graham English

Download: One Of These Nights Last.fm: One Of These Nights One of these days, I'm gonna buy a big old mansion One of these days, I'm gonna drive a fine car or two With all the things I want How can I enjoy them too If I can't share them with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 2008, 75bpm, F, hammond, Motown bass, MULTI TRACK, muted electric guitar, Old School Funk Remix Kit, organ, piano, piano solo, pop, rock, rotor vibes, Song a Week 2008, soul, triplet feel, vibraphone, vocals, wurly

You Got What You Wanted From Me

April 21, 2008 By Graham English

Download: You Got What You Wanted From Me Last.fm: You Got What You Wanted From Me I went outside and I looked all around But baby you were nowhere to be found Just a note on your side of the bed We are over, was all you said My eyes were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 106bpm, 2008, blues, Ebmin, funky, hammond, MULTI TRACK, organ, pop, rock, Song a Week 2008, vocals, wurly

Time To Walk

January 14, 2007 By Graham English

This time I tried to write a melody that used only three notes. Who were you talking to? And why were you whispering? Baby I'm on to you I can't stand you wandering The phone bill came yesterday It seems that you like to talk Well I don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Apple loop, funky, Gmin, Vocal, wurly

Sexy Club

January 13, 2007 By Graham English

I tried to create a melody centered around only two notes. Sexy club, funky beat, watched you shaking Marking time, holding back, I'm just waiting Every guy dances by but they're mistaken You need a man who understands the chance he's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Apple loop, C#min, funky, iPod, Live Edgy Drums, sexy, Vocal, wurly

Trains

December 5, 2006 By Graham English

I cowrote this song many years ago with my former band, [tag]Fear The Monk[/tag]. 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 150bpm, E, Fear The Monk, hammond, MULTI TRACK, rock, Vocal, wurly

Music from 12-05-05

August 5, 2006 By Graham English

This is a stop-and-start [tag]iPod[/tag] recording of a [tag]120bpm[/tag] [tag]Cmin7[/tag] [tag]Dorian[/tag] [tag]funk[/tag] [tag]groove[/tag] on my [tag]wurly[/tag]. 4:45 - Key change to [tag]Emin[/tag]. Download: Music from 12-05-05 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Cmin7, Dorian, Emin, funk, groove, iPod, wurly

Music for 07-13-06b

July 14, 2006 By Graham English

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. 0:00 - [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ, [tag]wurly[/tag], and [tag]clav[/tag] in [tag]Amin[/tag] over a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 105bpm, Aeolian, Amin, Apple loop, clav, clav solo, Dorian, funky, hammond, helium, Hip-Hop Money Beat, melody, MULTI TRACK, organ solo, ToWrite, Vocal, wah wah clav, wurly

Music for 07-13-06

July 13, 2006 By Graham English

0:00 - [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ, [tag]wurly[/tag], and [tag]clav[/tag] in [tag]Amin[/tag] over a [tag]105bpm[/tag] [tag]Apple Loop[/tag] [tag]Hip Hop Money Beat[/tag]. 2:33 - [tag]organ solo[/tag]. 5:20 - [tag]wah wah clav[/tag]. 6:12 - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 105bpm, Aeolian, Amin, Apple loop, clav, clav solo, Dorian, funky, hammond, Hip-Hop Money Beat, LIVE, organ solo, wah wah clav, wurly

Music from 12-16-05d

July 6, 2006 By Graham English

[tag]iPod[/tag] recording of a bluesy C7 120bpm Hammond organ groove with a [tag]vocal scat solo[/tag]. 0:00 - [tag]organ solo[/tag]. 2:40 - scat. 7:20 - [tag]wurly[/tag] enters for a bit. 10:05 - Rhythm changes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: bluesy, C7, groove, hammond, iPod, jazz, organ groove, organ solo, rhythm changes, swing, vamp, vocal scat solo, wurly

Music from 12-16-05

July 2, 2006 By Graham English

This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording in the key of Gmin (Dorian) at 100bpm. Hammond and wah wah clav start it out. 2:50 - Clav solo and trying to feel the groove. 4:28 - End solo into a variation on the riff. 5:00 - Modulate up minor third … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 100bpm, clav, clav solo, Dorian, funky, Gmin, hammond, iPod, LIVE, modulation, organ solo, outside riff, riff, syncopated, upbeat, wah wah clav, wurly

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