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Cmin 100bpm

April 2, 2007 By Graham English

A smooth and silky dark 100bpm groove in Cmin. Download: Cmin 100bpm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 100bpm, C#min, cool, dark, Dorian, groove, minor, MULTI TRACK, pop, R&B, silky, smooth, synth bass, ToWrite, wah wah clav

3-13-07 Amin 108bpm

March 13, 2007 By Graham English

This is a 6-bar groove that I'm working on a melody for. It's got a driving Hip-Hop/World feel to it. Download: 3-13-07 Amin 108bpm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 108bpm, acoustic guitar, Aeolian, African, African King Gyl, Amin, Black Beauty, Dyn DX Bass, FM Punch Bass, groove, Hip-Hop/World, Indian, Middle Eastern, MULTI TRACK, R&B, ToWrite, world, xylophone

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 from 06-13-05b

July 11, 2006 By Graham English

Cleaned up 120bpm [tag]electronic[/tag] groove in [tag]Dmin[/tag]. It's multiple takes of me playing over top of everything else. 0:00 - [tag]Apple Loop[/tag], [tag]Step Freak Beat[/tag], [tag]rhodes[/tag] 0:07 - Dark, tense, hypnotic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, acoustic bass, Apple loop, dark, Dmin, electronic, funky, groove, hammond, hypnotic, melody, MULTI TRACK, organ, rhodes, slap bass, Step Freak Beat, synth, tense, ToWrite, walking bass

Music from 06-13-05a

July 11, 2006 By Graham English

120bpm [tag]electronic[/tag] groove in [tag]Dmin[/tag]. It's multiple takes of me playing over top of everything else. Very much a scratch first run through. 0:07 - Dark, tense, hypnotic [tag]melody[/tag]. [tag]MULTI TRACK[/tag] Download: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Apple loop, dark, Dmin, electronic, groove, hypnotic, melody, MULTI TRACK, Step Freak Beat, synth, tense

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 12-16-05b

July 3, 2006 By Graham English

This is an iPod recording of a funky Bb7alt swing groove at 130bpm on the Hammond. 3:20 - Practicing rhythm changes now. 7:15 - Perdido Download: Music from 12-16-05b … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 130bpm, Bb7alt, funky, groove, hammond, iPod, organ solo, Perdido, Practicing, rhythm changes, swing

Mother F**ker

June 24, 2006 By Graham English

Warning: Explicit lyrics. I wrote this years ago. Probably between 1998 and 2000. I could nail it down but I don't really care that much. It's a smooth laid back rap by me with a guitar solo from David Gelfand. But what really gets me is Brian Sach's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 64bpm, Brian Sachs, clav, Cmin7, CP-70, dark, drums, Explicit, Fear The Monk, groove, guitar solo, laid back, MULTI TRACK, rap, slow, smooth, swing, synth bass, wah wah clav, wurly

Music for 06-23-06a

June 23, 2006 By Graham English

This is a 90bpm gospel/R&B shuffle in Ab. The chord progression goes from Ab9 to GbMAJ7/Ab. Occasionally I drop down to a Gb13 which inspired a nice sounding turnaround. This groove would make a good vamp. Download: Music for 06-23-06a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 90bpm, Ab, Ab9, chord progression, gospel, groove, LIVE, R&B, shuffle, turnaround, vamp

Music from 06-16-06

June 22, 2006 By Graham English

WARNING: Just when I'm getting warmed up, the drums kill the track. bar 1: 108bpm Apple Loop (Live Edgy Drums). EP bringing in the Amin13 funk. I can tell I'm looking for my groove. 35: Looking for a motif. 43: Looks like I'm going to try to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 108bpm, Amin13, Apple loop, electric piano, EP solo, funk, groove, LIVE, Live Edgy Drums, motif, warm up

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