What a cool little clip going back to 1988 (gotta love the shiny fashion!) where the legend Roger Troutman explains the talk box:
Listen and learn funkateers! And go listen to Zapp & Roger today…. Guaranteed to make you feel … Read the rest
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I Say Gayageum
I mean goddamn, listen to this lady who’s modified her ancient Japanese instrument to play modern tunes through an amplifier. Pretty cool. What an amazing sound, somewhere between a guitar and a harp.
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Into The Mind Of Funk
Great discussion with Bootsy about the old days of P-Funk.
You may have seen parts of this in other shows, but I hadn’t seen the long-form version of this until now. Must see info for funkateers!
The Wood Is Good
Check out Warwick’s newly designed space bass, explained by Bootsy himself. That bass is amazing, totally out there. 4 outputs? Damn.
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All I Want For Christmas
I know it’s still January, but I’ve started my list:
Sadly they don’t want to sell this to me. Realistically I can’t afford it.
But my blog can say that I want it and that’s something, right?… Read the rest