Thanks so much Mica, for makin' my song sound so "fanfunkintastikali" Goood!! Love it all, bass &drums, percussion, keys & synth horns, even thought I heard a little fingerpickin' guitar in there. Masterful Production my friend :=)

I commented on the other copy  but failed to mention how good those Stax horns are on this;  this is a fantastic tune!!

Heard this on Steve's page and was blown away then just as I am again now...magnificent production, Mica!

Go Funk Yourself

Philip Sayce is one my favorite guitarist, and I really like his live versions of this song.

Scars (Philip Sayce Cover)

India Man - Music by AdmassD | Music & Lyrics by REKHA IYERN FE 

Listen to the amazing music of AdmassD here: https://soundcloud.com/admassd

Listen to the amazing music of TuffStone here: https://soundcloud.com/bbt-beats/tracks

Other tracks by AdmassD & REKHA: 

Bang Bang: https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe/bang-bang-mp3-final-master-mix-by-admassd

Pyar: https://soundcloud.com/rekha-iyern-fe/pyar

YT Vid: https://youtu.be/2TraOc-5mbc

India Man - Music & Lyrics by REKHA IYERN FE

Intro Improv:
Oh...Oh

India Man meets Her Canada Vali
Dey get on so fine like a Masala Chutney
India Man meets Her Canada Vali
Dey get on so fine, everyone want a piece of their

Everybody want, everybody want-want 
Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want, everybody want-want
A piece of their Lovey-Dovey

Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, give it to me, give it to me like dat-dat
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me real nice
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me real nice
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me like dat
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me real nice
Give it to me, like dat, like dat
Oh so nice my India Man is, so
Raja, komme-komme bitte hier und lass uns los gehen

Swing me low and swing me high
Swing me up and down, all around
Through the day, through the night

Swing me low and swing me high
Swing me up and down, all around
Through the day, through the night
Afternoon delight
Oi
Give it to me like dat, give it to me, give it to me
Give it to me like dat, give it to me, give it to me
Give it to me real nice
Give it to me India Man

Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Everybody want a piece of dher
Lovey-Dovey, Lovey-Dovey

Everybody want, everybody want-want-want
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me like dat
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me like dat
SMACK JACK, give it to me, give it to me like dat
Give it to me, give it-give it to me like dat
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me so nice
Give it to me, give it to me India my Man, India Man

Swing me low, swing me high
Up and down, all through the night
Afternoon delight, afternoon delight
Afternoon delight, India Man

India Man meets Her Canada Vali
Dey get on so fine like a Masala Chutney
India Man meets Her Canada Vali
Dey get on so fine, everyone want a piece of their

Music mixed and mastered by AdmassD & TuffStone in GERMANY
Vocals recorded & performed, composed & produced by REKHA IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Cover Art Design: Photo & Graphics by REKHA IYERN FE

India Man

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India Man - Music by AdmassD | Music & Lyrics by REKHA IYERN FE | DANCE POP | YT

For those of you who haven't discovered Orlando "The Don" Lund, here's your opportunity.  Orlando is a serious pro, having built a career as a writer, multi instrumentalist and producer in London during the '90s Soul Funk era, leading and creating with some of the finest contemporary jazz and funk musicians in Europe.  You can hear many of their great tunes here at https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund.  If you are into grooving music, almost no one does it better.

Orlando approached me about playing on a tune I had released here, What the Funk, quickly sending 5 tasty tracks to me - a solid grooving bass line, a congas line, two rhythm guitar tracks and a George Benson style guitar solo.  I've worked them all in here, adding them to all my keyboard parts, creating some sweet soul jazz for your listening pleasure.  Check out Orlando's wonderful Palma Groove Project recordings on his gallery - really special creations.  

We thank you as always for your generous listening time, for your comments and for your shares.

BUY JAMIE'S MUSIC

What The Funk - with Orlando "The Don" Lund

(4 February)the beginning [first day] of spring (in the traditional Japanese calendar).

The first spring embrace you

Much as a soldier enlisted in the American Earthman's army is called a "G.I.," an enlisted spaceman in Her Majesty's Space Navy is called "Dumaflagee." According to Her Majesty's Bureau of Linguistics, the word has been used for centuries to mean "what's his face?" Her Majesty's Board of Distinguished Experts on Musicology have established that "Dumaflagee's Lament" is a traditional spaceman's tune, sung by spaceman for the last three centuries. I present this rendition for the study of sympathetic Earthmen who yearn to traverse the vast expanse of the Universe.

Composed and performed by Admiral Krank. Drums by Mo Sheen.

Bravo and The Cosmonauts

Dumaflagee's Lament

Open Collab from Couch King Presents for Halloween featuring his alter ego Sneekie San Salvador - I had a lot of fun, thanks Marquis, here are all the mixes

https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents/sets/deeper-heartscore-remix-and
CKP's other music is here https://soundcloud.com/couch-king-presents for you to check out

Deeper - Couch King and Russ

Cover del tema principal de la película HABANA BLUES de Nacho Zambrano.

BATERIA: Samuel Valiente
BAJO: Juan Carlos Gallego
GUITARRA ACUSTICA: Manolo Santana
GUITARRA ELECTRICA: Gori Cáceres
GUITARRA ACUSTICA Y VOCES: Ray Pérez

HABANA BLUES (Cover)

I think this track started 2 years ago. I remember talking about the vision with Jamie on the phone and then Jamie sent me a bunch of stems to choose from. I chose the standing bass and recorded my verse with a 90’s vibe in mind. I sent the track over to Russell to add some guitars, he sent that funk rock intro and riff back, and then I don’t know what happened after that? A bunch of other songs got made and the vision for this track expanded to include cutting my second verse and bringing Jon Lock in on vocals. Then the song sat again. Jon and I even started and completed And So You Say and Training Day after we had already got this song started. Since this track was visioned to be part of the first song on the set with Training Day, eventually it had to be completed. Wou-Wou then join in with his synths, rhythm guitar over Jon’s part, and some additional guitar over the first section. This gave the track the final fire it needed and Russell mixed and mastered it like a champ!

As always, massive thanks to Wou-Wou and Russell who have been regular collaborators on so many projects, on SoundCloud, Facebook, and Bandcamp. Wou and Russell will always be the core of my musical team. Thanks for being great friends! 
Big thanks also to Jon, who I have worked with on 3 songs now, with 2 more in the works already! 
And thanks to Jamie for all his patience, support, and for the completion of our second project together!   

This song goes out to all the music nerds, appreciators, and lovers with strong opinions. Keep those conversations going. I spent many, many years, going to the record store several times a week, hanging and talking with the staff, some who became good friends. 

Jamie Rhind: Standing Bass 
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Jon Lock: Lyrics and Vocals
https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Guitar and Synths
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
Russell Sinfield: Guitar, Mixing and Mastering
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Production, and Art

Lyrics 

Everything changes 
Nothing stays the same 
I used to hate it when my people would say it's a shame 
Stating that the games gone lame 
Claiming that today the music is wack 
At times I would refrain and take a step back
But most of the time I would counter attack 
Back in the day, we would say, Clever repartee 
When we were clowning around 
But now a days we taking the things a bit more serious 
Or maybe it's just me, see 
I ain't playing around as much as I used to be 
Conversations at a minimal 
It's not that I'm more critical or cynical 
It's that I am a more apathetic individual
I  just don't care 
Call me hypocritical 
I be like that's fair 
Yo
What happened to all the innovators, rhyme slayers, originality generators
You know
There really all still there
Back in the days we had to dig in the crates
Looking for the lessor known greats
I guess that's still the way it operates 
Hates a narrow minded state 
And It take effort to educate
So 
I’ma stay open and keep on diggin’ 
Vibin' on the sounds that I be hearin’ 
Yea 
And you know it's like that 
And you know and you know and you know it's like that 
Keep keep on, keep keep on
keep keep keep on

And you know it’s like that

Here comes the backup plan
The man without a name
Don’t want to be no star
Just musical acclaim 
Brush back those famous hats like children in the street
I’m gonna sing a bit while Couch King cracks the beat
Whoa baby now shake
Like momma told you now
Whoa baby now shake
Like this was made for
This is a slice of funk
USDA prime
Let it get to your head
You will feel fine
Poetry in motion
Images in time
Back beats and refined commotion 
Aged like fine wine 

Any you know it’s like that

Jamie Rhind, Jon Lock, Wou-Wou, Russell & the Couch King - You Know (It's Like That)

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2019
Gentle Rain Records
Written, performed and produced by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Nat Daniels - Piano, vocals, tin whistle & production
Craig Durgy - Vocals

Lyrics:
By dim light, you whispered sweet,
Will you bind, your heart to me?

Though the banners wave,
And the shields wait true,
Marry me this night,
B’fore the morning dew....

In your eyes, Shone the fire light
Heather sprig,  Lying by my side.. 

Oh my love, 
Return to me
But should you fall, 
I’ll follow thee,
A Shield maiden fair.

Will you follow, my ribbon there
To shores of Loch Shiel
Where the sun yet shines
We’ll shimmer bright
On the shield of dreams....
You’ll find me there.

Blue on Blue

Shores of Loch Shiel

Shores Of Loch Shiel

A little folksy ramble about mortality, electricity and such things. 

When I wrote this I was thinking of when I was standing in my old hallway a few years ago. I was watching the lights from an overhead thunderstorm through the retro glass front door. It was the kind of storm where you could feel the strange sensations around your body from the electric charge in the atmosphere. It was such a charge that it somehow managed to ring the front door bell moments before a deluge. To me it was both poetic and a little bit freaky.

Persian sunlight
Wrapped in rugs that trapped it
In your memory so bright

Oxpecker scars
Feasted on your shoulders
As you fast

You have hovered like a kestrel
Watched the winter turn to petrichor
You have followed thunderstorms
Through minds-eye-skies and charge
The bell to your front door

You still resist
A quench for you temptation
And the dead will desist

So much to leave
Before you reach your senses
And can breathe

You have hovered like a kestrel
Watched the winter turn to petrichor
You have followed thunderstorms
Through minds-eye-skies and charge
The bell to your front door

Petrichor

A loose salute and tip of the hat to the talent and glow of the Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood song
Lyric and vocals by conover

This is my cousin, David Conover's take on the song.. Bruce
DC
jeff tweedy’s bio tried hard to review tunes without capturing whom the song might sound like. so, in that honor here’s my attempt. 

go go go then stop slow and low cookin’ on a recently outlawed 4 burner gas stove. the stock pot has boiling pasta fagioli on the front burner; a low slow rolling boil. simmering on the back burner is honey-dripped sauce soon to be ladled over braised short ribs. paired with a 69 year old black licorice liqueur. 

tasty

Go Go Go then Stop

Tres Chic

I am always honoured to collaborate with any of Soundcloud’s awesome musicians but, when I am given the opportunity to produce a song, the elation is beyond my ability to express in words.  This song was fun and I am grateful to Steve for allowing me the privilege of contributing to this great piece.

To hear more of Steve’s music, visit his page at https://soundcloud.com/steve-whitfield-of-austin

Steve Whitfield: Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics
Moody Mo:  Keys, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Production, Strings & Horn Programming

Truth Unite Us

Truth Unite Us by Steve Whitfield - Produced by Moody Mo

This track I made up is called "Searching for Life", it has a Sci-Fi feel and is kind of inspired by the Halo franchise.

Soundtrack 2021

Searching for Life

So we are stuck in our own ways
I try to spice things up but your eyes have long since glazed

CHORUS
Perhaps in a sad song
Is where we truly belong
Stuck in a sad space
Like half of our fellow race
A tale with a sad sting
You never felt anything
Are we just plain sad or just a phase?
[We are stuck in our own ways
We sunk without a trace
We are stuck in our own ways]

How we struggled through hard times
Searching for some true love but true love is hard to find

CHORUS

So we are stuck in our own ways
But I will break free from this glue one of these days

Stuck In Our Own Ways

Abandoned Cities V

There is so much talent and variety here, and most of the people are pretty cool too. I love being part of this community. Listening to your music and being heard in return is enough.

Still reading? OK I'm gonna muse a bit. It's hard to fully convey how much this forum has meant to me. There are people I've never met that feel very much like old friends -- and in a very real way they are.
If I follow someone I make every effort to listen to and support their efforts. It's certainly not a transactional relationship but I do tend to limit my follows to people who engage in mutual listening and engagement.

I am a songwriter/studio musician who plays the Piano/Keyboards primarily and secondarily drums and almost all World Percussion instruments (e.g. Indo/African, Latin, Southwest Asian, etc.) and bass.  I have many music sets with varying genres.  Although I am partial to Jazz (traditional); Bebop; Blues, Fusion, Latin/World and a mixture of the aforementioned, I occasionally dabble in R&B, Gospel/Inspirational; Funk, Rock, and various other music categories.  I also sing (although not very well).  My current in home studio setup consists of:

KEYBOARD
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- Korg Triton Studio 88
- Ensoniq SD1
 
PERCUSSION
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- Mapex Fusion Set w/ 3 added snares and host of varying cymbals.
- LP Tumba, Conga and Quinto
- Custom Half/Tube Tumbadora Set
- Various African, Arabic & Latin Percussion (e.g. Shekere; Guiro; Djembes; Doumbek, etc.)

PRODUCTION
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- Cakewalk Sonar Platinum Production Suite
- Focusrite Audio Interface
- HP Pavilion 64bit i7 w/ 16 GB RAM
- Various compressors and effects processors that I don't know how to use

Truth Unite Us by Steve Whitfield - Produced by Moody Mo

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