Jonathan Bufalino's interpretation of "Thankful N' Thoughtful", originally written and performed by Sly and The Family Stone.

Thankful N' Thoughtful

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A picked up a few bits from some jams I recorded when designing my ClapTrap 2 plug-in.

Everything played by me, real drums, keyz, vocals and claptrap.
OB-Xtreme has been used on the "funky clav" sound at the end.

As always vintage sounding mix, raw as f... :)

ClaTrap 2 Raw-Funk medley

ClapTrap 2 VST - Whatever the F... Medley

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A funny silly jam about slapping the wrong into the right...
"Rick James slapping b..tches was featured in this track"  :D
You will start to hear "My Luv is a nasty bi..tch" even though I am singing "My luv is a masterpiece" ahahah...

Drums are VProm VST + ClapTrap VST, keys are OB-Xtreme VST, direct input bass and guitar, all is raw and unmixed.

My Luv is a MasterPiece

ClapTrap 2 VST - My Love is a Master Piece (Nasty Bitch)

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Another quick jam recorded using Claptrap 2.0.
I didn't cut all the fat of this originally 15min long jam so it keeps some extra WTF is going on vibe.

Typical uncut raw un-edited funk, Prince & P-funk like using +2semitone tape speed.
includes nasty double slap bass and fake horns (session horns), OB-Xtreme synth 

All parts by Aly James

Beautiful Queen (Creepy Uncut Mix)

ClapTrap 2.0 VST - Beautiful Queen (Creep uncut mix)

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A raw idea snippet, recorded straight with "placeholder" lyrics, you can hear ClapTrap solo at some point

Whirling Things Demo

ClapTrap 2.0 - Whirling Things Demo -

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Another quick track I recorded to showcase ClapTrap in a G-Funk 90s hiphop context because why not :)

As always All instruments & Vocals by yours truly MF... Aly James.

G-Funk Demo

ClapTrap 2.0 VST - G-Funk Demo -

Once I heard that hilarious story from Sly's memoir book about him and George Clinton paying a drug dealer with an "allegedly" 2inch tape copy of is latest LP and finally revealed to George Clinton that he gave him an empty blank tape ahahaha... So I needed to make a skit and record this which also serves as a tribute to Sly as he is one of my many musical heroes :)

Everything played by Aly James.
The song takes from those Sly songs, in order :
- Thankful & Thoughtful
- Babies Making Babies
- Thank You for Talkin' to Me, Africa

Custom Lyrics:
Sunday morning... got no money left
I should've been happy, well I still be there
Cops could've come and taken us away
but the bag man felt I should pay him another way
That's why I gave him the
Blank tape, well well.. I gave him fresh tape.
thank you.. mf you got...fresh tape.

Sly Tribute Medley - (Blank Tape Story Mix)

AJ Sly Stone Tribute Medley - (Blank Tape Story Mix)

https://www.alyjameslab.com/ weird percussions rhythm generated only from SY-4X Syncussion plug-in

SY-4X Syncussion VST - Weird Fields

https://www.alyjameslab.com Quick jam, using only my SY-4X Syncussion plug-in excepted for the underlaying drum loop and Claptrap 2 plug-in in the 2nd part

SY-4X Syncussion VST - PercoFusion

https://www.alyjameslab.com Live jam where I play real instruments (drums, bass, hammond B3) adding some typical low percussive "Boom" from the Syncussion MODE E on top

SY-4X Syncussion VST - Live Jam (Mode E Boom over Real instruments)

DEMOS OF ALYJAMES LAB PRODUCTS AND EXPERIMENTS.
All music recorded, composed and performed by Aly James.

ClapTrap 2.0 - Whirling Things Demo -

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