Funky Shoes

[KSband]

My latest original tune featuring my tenor and soprano saxes and my strat and Gibson guitars. Keys are the fishman midi guitar, drums Ezdrummer 3.

 

[freddy j]

Great soulful funky style to this song.  It reminds me a bit of the stuff of  a band out of New Orleans (The Meters) that put out some great stuff (e.g., Sissy Strut -- theme music for the great John R (50,000 watt station out of Nashville Tennessee).  This was a treat to listen to.

[Bajan Blue]

As Freddy said great soulful funky feel to this - really enjoyed the listen

liked those saxes, sound really good

cool stuff

Nigel

 

[Johnbee58]

Great sax work!  I take it those are real horns.  I'm kind of a sax connoisseur so if it's OK to ask you, what  brand(s) are they?

?John B.

[KSband]

Thanks John. I have a couple of cheapies. They both were amazon warehouse deals so the Eastar soprano was 160 bucks and the Eastrock tenor was 220, both looked brand new. I had to do some tweaks to both to fix some air leaks but other than that they are very nice.  I have a Vito Leblanc alto but I don't really enjoy playing the alto compared to the other.  Just a beginner at this point but having a lot of fun with them. Do you play?

[Hidden Symmetry]

Enjoyed the track & your sax playing is coming along nicely!

[Johnbee58]

4 hours ago, KSband said:

Thanks John. I have a couple of cheapies. They both were amazon warehouse deals so the Eastar soprano was 160 bucks and the Eastrock tenor was 220, both looked brand new. I had to do some tweaks to both to fix some air leaks but other than that they are very nice.  I have a Vito Leblanc alto but I don't really enjoy playing the alto compared to the other.  Just a beginner at this point but having a lot of fun with them. Do you play?

I did years ago.  Clarinet too.  I still have my Conn alto that my first sax teacher sold me in 1964 and I still have my Buffet Crampon clarinet.  I bought new reeds for them a few years ago and tried to play them but my asthma just wouldn't let me get out more than a note or two before the huffin' and puffin' started.  My Buffet is leakey because it needs a new tenon cork which I'll get around to replacing someday.  But I played tenor sax in my high school band (centuries ago).  I'm very impressed by the sound of your "cheapo" horns.

?JB

[bjornpdx]

Impressive performance. I especially liked the smooth tone of the tenor sax. Well done.  
-Bjorn

[Wookiee]

Enjoyable laid back funk with an edge of soul, nicely done.

[DeeringAmps]

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[markno999]

Great chill funk for a Friday afternoon.   Kind of early Kenny G vibe when he was playing with Jeff Lorber.    Super fun song and well executed.

Regards

[KSband]

Thanks to freddy j, Bajan Blue, johnbee,  Hidden Symmetry, bjornpdx, Wookie, DeeringAmps  and markno99, appreciate the listen and nice comments! Mark, always been a big Jeff Lorber Fusion fan in spite of KennyG.  I got to see Jeff with Eric Marienthal a couple times, that was great.

[Paul Bush]

Yeah i´m putting my sunglasses on and listening to this in my car, window open ,arm hanging out and driving real slow , super relaxing tune

[PhonoBrainer]

Awesome. The bass has a very live tone yet is controlled in the mix. Saxes excellent, loved the occasional double tracking there, very smooooth. Maybe a tad less rvb on the electric guitar funk riffs?  YMMV but they seem a tad out of the way. they are panned right side which is nice but a bit back, maybe add back some upper-end EQ to the elec guitar to bring it out a bit in the mix? I dunno.

Loved it!

cheers,

-Tom

[KSband]

Thanks Paul and PhonoBrainer! I will take a listen to the guitar parts again. I did some messing with eq, volume and panning, I had it louder but thought it was distracting from the groove. Thanks for listening.

[ABull]

Very well mixed and arranged -- those sax lines are very creative -- good piece of work here and very listenable --  Allan.

[evadianepug]

Nice tune.  Great instruments.  I like your sax play.

[Larry T.]

great work there....your tenor and soprano riffing feel is superb....the whole piece jells really well ????

 

 

 

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[MarkusClinus]

Totally cool song - great playing - love this.

[Eric Parsons]

Nice chill groove.  Thanks for posting.