Re: [Harp-L] Re: The Groove?

[Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx>]

That really is a great example.  Really, you can just go through the Stax
collection and get a pretty good sense of groove as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records

and those who were influenced by the Stax groove:  Prince, D'Angelo (and
the entire neo soul movement) as well as "Acid Jazz" like four80 east.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFyfxlEyVQ






On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Mike Wilbur <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That's cool
>
> Mike Wilbur
>
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Gary Lehmann <gnarlyheman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I ran across this today, it's Cee Lo Green with Darryl Hall
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXxdObGKuI
> > And the groove is substantial . . .
> > Plus there's no harmonica, so you can play along . . .
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I recently watched a Emily Remler video that Bluesy had posted on Wim's
> >> website. In it she talks about groove and time. She admits that after
> all
> >> of her training at Berklee she was told by other musicians that she had
> bad
> >> time and groove. Her response was to first cry and then, after
> recovering,
> >> buckle down and work on her groove. And she developed, I think most
> would
> >> agree, fantastic groove. In the video she passes along tips to develop
> >> groove. She never says in some highly quantitative manner what groove is
> >> and what it looks like in a "scientific" sense. Instead she passes along
> >> tips to help the student become more aware of groove. With awareness
> comes
> >> mastery?
> >>
> >> The spirit of my original post was not one that was principally focused
> on
> >> the mechanics of groove (although there is a small element of that too).
> >> Instead my focus was largely on awareness of groove and tips with
> respect
> >> to developing that awareness.
> >>
> >> But it's all good. Please keep the comments coming!
> >>
> >> MusiCal
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I never liked the term being in the groove. I like being on track
> better.
> >>>
> >>> Picture a bob sled run. It's a groove. You are the sled. But while you
> >>> would think that being within the groove is THE way to go, remember:
> YOU
> >>> still have to steer.
> >>> And if you don't take the correct line through the course, you have a
> bad
> >>> time and loose.
> >>>
> >>> Being on track is better. There you are NAILED to the direction you
> need
> >>> to go. No distraction of having to steer. Just open the motors on your
> >>> streetcar and let er roll.
> >>>
> >>> Once, as a small child, I asked the question: "Why do the motormen on
> the
> >>> streetcars make less money than the bus drivers?" Answer, they don't
> have
> >>> to steer...easier job.
> >>>
> >>> smo-joe  (oops, gotta go catch the 94 Sharpsburg).
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gary
>
>