Re: Bluegrass and hip hop?!
Hey, it's fun. I'm not a real hip-hop fan, but sometimes those semi-spoken word rhythms break up and accent the beat/chord progressions in interesting ways. You probably know of Greg Liszt's (of Crooked Still) project the Deadly Gentlemen, where at times he's trying the same thing. He was calling it, initially, Banjo Rap. And there, some songs I like, some songs not so much. Overall, it's a neat experiment. The trick will be to figure out how to make it a natural sounding fusion without being a novelty sort of thing. Keep after it, you never know where it ends up leading.
Re: Bluegrass and hip hop?!
I loved it! Music that makes you smile has got to be a good thing!
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Notice he ain't holdin a mando!
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Haha - and if Snoop Doggy is doing it, you know it's good...
I haven't heard of The Deadly Gentlemen yet, but I'm heading onto the tube now to check them out! Thanks for the heads up
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Haha - and if Snoop Doggy is doing it, you know it's good...
I haven't heard of The Deadly Gentlemen yet, but I'm heading onto the tube now to check them out! Thanks for the heads up
Was looking for the "Splendor of the Bender", my favorite song of theirs, but here's Hobo Rockstar
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Not a hip-hop fan here either, but I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.
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That was pretty awesome. I love that it was all acoustic, I went in afraid it was going to be like a drum machine or embarrassing bluegrass beatboxing.
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Thanks for all the kind words, everyone!
We played the gig with him (The Apprentice) on Saturday night and it went down a treat! He was just spitting fire on it - such a pleasure to play with someone at the top of their game.
Haha! No drum machine - however, the beatboxing isn't such a bad idea....