The Funk - Mosaic

Ok mosaic! Great feel great groove. Im definitely loving the breaks, flute, and that solid beat. Really nice work.
Mark

Hey Estefano,how are you doing man, Great track,I really like the funky feeling of it.Really nice..

hey Mosaic,

this is simply a cool track. Reading the comments below was so enjoyable experience, I never expected to hear such funky sounds from you listening so much to your actual trance works. I am happy to discover some connections to ferryterry's works - he is my favourite performer on here!

very nice work on this little funky piece.

Best to you, Alex

Totally unexpected to hear this from you. It's almost a funk jazz fusion type song. The flute is fantastic to say the least. Nice job creating space within the song. The arrangement is solid and there are nice accents, dynamics and a variety of sounds to keep it fresh. I didn't hear the earlier version sorry, I can't compare it and make any comparisons.

The drums are snappy and funky, thought the bass could be a bit louder, I am a bass player so I usually tend to think that. :) I keep focusing on that flute, some tasty goodness there.

Well done mate, must say your trip into funk was a success. Off to check out your other new one!

Wayne

*ahh typo "Haul OFF the ONE"

every one has probably said what i would say. Haul of the One........One. Also i really like the flute. If you have'nt seen the documentary
Dancing In The Street: A Rock & Roll History, Episode. 9: Make It Funky
it is an aswesome lesson about funk. Im not sure outside links are allowed but it took me 2 seconds to find it goes for an hour so try not to catch the 5 minute clips.
thanks for sharing

The re-jigging and added beats pumped it up. The "sax" sounds kinda fake...enjoyed listening though.

Hi MrMosaic,
Good song. Very good work on the flute.
It flows nicely and adds a "70s" touch to the song which I like a lot (don't ask me why, but whenever I think to "funk" my minds automatically goes back to the 70s...)
"Bass-Drum" locking issue: probably yes... the loops don't match perfectly.

One interesting comment (close to what MrUrbanShokker mentioned in point 4): I just returned from a jam-sess with my "drummer of choice" and I was commenting with him on a funky riff which we played for almost 10 minutes.
I told him: "to make a cool funk riff, I think of a riff and then I start removing notes until I let the bare-bones of the riff stand out"
So yes: specially from a bass point of view, funk is "removing the un-necessary" and let the riff shine in its beauty! :-)
Thanks again for sharing the song with us: beside my "un-needed" comments the song is good.
Looking forward to hearing a new version which will be "perfect" :-)
Ciao, Domenico

The Jigg is up!! I concur with the comments below. (it does seem to come together better towards the end. I like the beat from FT, his drumming is always awesome. Percussion wise it needs some more high hats in a syncopated style.
Here is a funk tune I did for Joe's funk Contest that he never judged yet!!.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/163779#comments
I it I de-construct funk in a minimalist way in 6/8 time signature. You can hear the high hats in the middle of the tune that I was describing. Keep at this one it's coming along nicely.
Steve

I'm enjoying this version much as well! I think that overall I prefer the other version, mostly because of the timing contained within. While urbanshokker's comment was very generalized and cliche when it comes to funk music, it did have some good advice. It seemed like in the last main section, your bass and drums grooved pretty well, but some of the earlier parts seemed to have the bass and drum loops starting on different beats or something. By the end I was definitely feeling it. I think that the instruments are what makes these two tracks "funky" for the most part, and that is important. Thank you for sharing these with us! Oh BTW, I noticed when I click your name below the track title, it would normally show all of your tracks, but instead it says there are no tracks available - maybe should contact Shan, as it seems like a code issue. Hope you are well!

Looks like our friend urbanshokker knows his stuff Mos...some interesting observations there that I`m making note of myself as I have tried a couple of funk mixes of my own that I sure didn`t impress myself with ( I do love the genre)...must say your effort is a whole lot better than mine turned out...interesting to hear the jazzy flute lead bits and the bass loop is a reminder of some of the old school funk I like.....Ive been looking around for some good sax leads (any advice?) for a mix I have on the burner right now...may have to resort to my limited keyboard skills & see if I can push put something approaching genuine...anyway...this one makes for good listening and I think that is the ultimate test...I wouldn`t be a very good source of advice on the genre my friend but I think you have gotten some of the best already...our friend Joe Funktastic`s comments would be interesting...way to go...keep on...I`ll try & join you in the genre one of these months....Ed

Congrats on your first trip into funk. I like the track but heres some advice from an oldschool old man funkateer who goes back several decades and is a professional musician (as in - playing bass and singing has been my career/job :D )

1) Funk isnt four on the floor - four-on-the-floor is disco

2) You are using a bass loop. This is fine but the drums and bass parts really have to lock up - If you have a solid phat bass/drum lock, you can do almost anything else you want with it - but those parts have to lock, too...Your guitar loop is a bit off from hitting the accents

3) Funk is a very heavy downnbeat (The ONE)....Always hit the ONE hard

4) This is the most important: What makes any song funky isnt the notes but the space (the 'rests')between the notes....Funk has to breathe

Hope any of this comes in handy.......With all that said, your track really isnt funky, but it is a cool track....liked it lots....best of luck

its nice and easy to listen too, i would make it a little bit more complex in sections just for the sake if vocals were added...