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Post by swurveman on Jan 14, 2016 14:39:53 GMT -6
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Post by Ward on Jan 18, 2016 6:48:06 GMT -6
He is and always has been, one righteous dude!!
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Post by winetree on Jan 18, 2016 12:08:38 GMT -6
Comment on Niles guitar part on "Lets Dance"
It just goes to show that sometimes LESS is BEST.
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Post by chasmanian on Jan 18, 2016 12:18:11 GMT -6
Comment on Niles guitar part on "Lets Dance" It just goes to show that sometimes LESS is BEST. Words of wisdom. Often, so profoundly so. Masters learn not just what to play, but what not to......ie, what to leave out. I read a quote recently, from a master......I don't remember if he was a pianist or a guitarist or a drummer.......he said its taken him his whole life to learn what to leave out, ie, not play. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm |
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Post by yotonic on Jan 19, 2016 4:21:27 GMT -6
Here is a cool interview about the night Niles is discussing in the video time.com/4176373/nile-rodgers-david-bowie-lets-dance/ I like the way this girl Jin Joo Lee plays funk guitar. She has great self editing, she hears her parts. Cool to see her voicing on electric for this song then played on acoustic at a radio station. |
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Post by yotonic on Jan 19, 2016 4:36:49 GMT -6
Whoops. She's a great player but she might not have been on the actual studio recording. I think Joe Jonas made the record in the studio first with Max Martin's guys Mattman&Robin. She still rips.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jan 20, 2016 10:09:51 GMT -6
no offense, but i could care less who played that "funk" guitar part, it's got 0 grease on it, wonder bread all the way, that ain't no funk bro 8)
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Post by yotonic on Jan 21, 2016 23:56:48 GMT -6
LOL!! Obviously it's not funk. It's a Max Martin song for Christ sake! It's written by blonde, blue eyed, white boys sitting in front of a Neve console.
Jin Joo grew up playing in her family's funk band in South Korea, and she has a technique I like a lot compared to kids her age. It comes from playing American funk at the age of 12 in a funk cover band.
I like seeing how our funk guitarists of the 70s impacted young "pop" touring guitarists of today. She happens to be one that was influenced by those songs we grew up on.
"Lets Dance" isn't a funk song but Niles Rodgers' guitar part would be characterized as such. And Dr. Luke can shred some funk guitar, a lot of his stuff is built on licks lifted right from Niles Rodgers catalog just listen to Katy Perry. Little funk guitar parts are a big part of the Swedes domination of pop music. But I'm not talking about funk music, just funk licks in pop music.
I've had to listen to Niles guitar parts get reused so many times over my lifetime it's ridiculous. From the Chili Peppers in the 80s to The French house music movement in the 90s when Daft Punk and every other DJ sampled his guitar parts, to Max Martin pop songs in the 90s. It's just ridiculous how much of an impact funk music had in the 70s. I had the good fortune to grow up then in New York and funk music is what I grew up on. It makes rap, R&B, and a lot of music pale in comparison in my opinion. And an entire industry of hip hop artists straight up "took it" because they couldn't recreate Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good. I love jheri curl on a strat!
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Post by stratboy on Jan 23, 2016 21:56:20 GMT -6
Funny thing, I recently dug the original Rufus album out from my pile of old vinyl. What a great record!
Those tracks have some LA greaz on 'em for sure!
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Post by yotonic on Jan 23, 2016 22:41:42 GMT -6
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Post by yotonic on Jan 23, 2016 22:49:41 GMT -6
More sick Niles Rodgers. Listen to Tony Thompson drop in on drums...
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