In this short demo track I am playing everything you hear except for the drum break which is taken from Jeff Beck's Come Dancing. Credit to Billy Cobham

Enjoy!

'Red Baron' Style Groove

I've put together a medley of a selection of classic Funky and Soulful tunes. I started by laying down a basic 4 on the floor groove, afterwards I played the bass from start to finish. Next overdubs of guitar and keys and a little processing...

Trackslist:
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Flashlight - Parliament
Brick House - The Commodores
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

Enjoy and feel free to drop a comment :)

Funk Medley

I teamed up with singer Adam Newman @newman_music-1 to record a few songs including this one. This is a retake of a song originally written by the BeeGees but also famously covered by Nina Simone. Enjoy!

Vocals: Adam Newman
Piano: Gary Stabler
Mixing & Mastering: Alexis Gautier

To Love Somebody cover by Adam Newman

I teamed up with singer Adam Newman @newman_music-1 to record a few songs including this one. This is a retake of Etta James' version of the soul classic, 'I'd Rather Go Blind'.

Vocals: Adam Newman
Guitar: Gary Stabler
Mixing & Mastering: Alexis Gautier

I'd Rather Go Blind cover by Adam Newman

Chords inspired by Bill Evans, cheers for listening!

251 Hop

Written for a competition. Enjoy and also check out the rest of my session and production work on my other websites

30 Second Countdown

Here are some disco flavoured jams that always get people of all ages moving

Trackslist:
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Oh What A Night - The four Seasons
Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5
Staying Alive - The Beegees
Spinnin' - Bernard Wright / I Wish - Skeelo

Contact me for any queries :)

Disco Medley

Recordings made at the beginning of January 2018

Like A star - Corinne Bailey Rae
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

https://soundcloud.com/claire83taylor

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gary Stabler

Small Pond Sessions with Claire Taylor

I'm a multi-instrumentalist who enjoys playing a range of styles, specialising in (but not limited to) Funk and Soul. I'm all about character, groove and keeping things tasty!

All tracks produced by myself.

You can also find me doing my thing over at Scour Records as Mr Stabalina, where I fuse the classic sounds of Funk, Soul and Hip Hop into Funky Breaks - Check it out!

Gary Stabler [Session Musician]

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