thinking of forming/joinging funky band

MagDee

Hi there, I've seen a lot of ads here for all kind of music but not too many about acid jazz/funky style. I would love to meet up with musicians with great musical imagination and either start by playing covers or making new music in the styles of Erykah Badu, Jamiroquai, Jill Scott, Incognito, D'Angelo, Saadiq and similar, maybe mixed with some Aretha Franklin and George Michael sometimes. I'm a vocalist myself and love improvising and been singing for 15 years and would love to start thinking of making an album with that kind of music.

I'm based in Bray but can travel, any musicians dying to let their creativity fly interested in meeting up?

Probably most important at the moment would be a bass player who loves Erykah Badu's grooves, a funky drummer and guitar player!

bellg124

Hey check out my thread. What instrument do you play?

MagDee

bellg124 wrote: »

Hey check out my thread. What instrument do you play?

as stated before, I'm a vocalist.

bellg124

Ahhh now I see I missed that in your original post. When you say you've been singing for fifteen years what is your background? Have you sung in any bands before? Have you any interest in what I've proposed in my thread?

MagDee

bellg124 wrote: »

Ahhh now I see I missed that in your original post. When you say you've been singing for fifteen years what is your background? Have you sung in any bands before? Have you any interest in what I've proposed in my thread?

could you please link your thread so I can have a look?

I've been singing in bands for 15 years, for last 7 being a member of Dublin Gospel Choir, last 2 years being a musical director of Greystones Studios Gospel Choir and now Bray Gospel Choir. I'm also a vocal coach (www.voicestudio.info) and a wedding singer.

MagDee

bellg124

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056020161

I've taught guitar and music theory in Greystones Studios a couple of times as a substitute guitar teacher for my friend. I may have bumped into you there.

MagDee

could be. I'm more into the jazzier side of funky, my friends are doing a brilliant show Story of Motown and I don't want to go exactly in that direction do you have any other musicians lined up? i find it very hard to find grooving musicians who still have time for another project and have good skills

34blues

hey, I'm a guitarist, actually living in bray too. I've been playing for about 7-8 years and am definitely interested in the kind of band you are talking about. I play mostly jazz and blues but have been toying with the idea of forming a funk type band for ages now. Ive spent the last year in London studying music in a college in greenwich there, got to form a band for the year and we did a lot of gigging and i've also done some gigs since i've been back home. Really want to get some regular practice and gigging going soon though. let me know if your interested or my mobile number is 0852050946 if you want to get in touch. Cheers!

thought i'd list some influences: joe pass, new mastersounds, kenny burrell, wes montgomery and loads of old jazz players and newer funk/jazz stuff like herbie hancock etc.

luke.

MagDee

lovely! I'd love to meet up with you then maybe for a coffee in Martello some time? this weekend i'm fully booked but i'll try get some time free next week

34blues

yeah thats sounds great, I had actually been doing gigs in the martello over the summer with a friend of mine. sure let me know when your free next. talk to you soon.

Robin Ball

Hey Magdee,

We met in greystones some time ago in Bochellis. I was trying to get something together but failed to get the musicians together. I am a drummer that is into the music that you mentioned in the post.

I'd love to get together with the guitarist and yourself when you are meeting.

Best,

Robin

88show

i'll lay some bass groove, if everything's all good..