18th Mar 2009 17:03 - 15 years ago
Description : This track is about the excitement I get before I go to watch a band. I remembered going to see Madness, the Specials,the Beat, the Selector , UB40 and Bad Manners.
I recall traveling to see Bad Manners one October, it was really foggy and we arrived late(but they were playing in the lake district which is a bit of a trek). The support band had just finished as we walked into the foyer, the place was dead!! The main hall with a capacity of 2000 only had 150 people in it. I thought everyone must be in the bar, but after closer inspection, that too was empty! The band at the time were in the charts, so I was a bit confused why it was so empty. I approached a member of staff, who then told me that Bad Manners had taken the date on last minute, and the venue hadn't really had the time to fully promote the show. Then I remembered my mate had only told me the day before, that they were playing there.
Anyway! The band came on and were amazing. The fatty man Buster was all over the place., on stage, in the audience, on the speaker stacks, in the bar drinking and singing at the same time( now that was a funny sight). Later in the set he invited all of the audience on to the stage, while he and the horn section went out front and played (again a funny sight).Great night had by all, and what a memory!!!
So this song is kind of about that night. The band were Rock steady. All instruments & vocals Slap, drums by sonic foundry. I feel this song captures a live band sound. 7 piece horn section, 4 guitar tracks, 1 bass, 1 drum, 1 cowbell (listen out for that, you can't beat a cowbell to beef up the rhythm), 1 cymbal, two vocal & 2 toaster tracks complete the full arsenal on this song.
Again please feel free to express your views towards this and any of the Global Ska Network tracks. As I've said before, I'm trying to get them perfect... Thanks in advance for your time...
Cheers Slap...
I recall traveling to see Bad Manners one October, it was really foggy and we arrived late(but they were playing in the lake district which is a bit of a trek). The support band had just finished as we walked into the foyer, the place was dead!! The main hall with a capacity of 2000 only had 150 people in it. I thought everyone must be in the bar, but after closer inspection, that too was empty! The band at the time were in the charts, so I was a bit confused why it was so empty. I approached a member of staff, who then told me that Bad Manners had taken the date on last minute, and the venue hadn't really had the time to fully promote the show. Then I remembered my mate had only told me the day before, that they were playing there.
Anyway! The band came on and were amazing. The fatty man Buster was all over the place., on stage, in the audience, on the speaker stacks, in the bar drinking and singing at the same time( now that was a funny sight). Later in the set he invited all of the audience on to the stage, while he and the horn section went out front and played (again a funny sight).Great night had by all, and what a memory!!!
So this song is kind of about that night. The band were Rock steady. All instruments & vocals Slap, drums by sonic foundry. I feel this song captures a live band sound. 7 piece horn section, 4 guitar tracks, 1 bass, 1 drum, 1 cowbell (listen out for that, you can't beat a cowbell to beef up the rhythm), 1 cymbal, two vocal & 2 toaster tracks complete the full arsenal on this song.
Again please feel free to express your views towards this and any of the Global Ska Network tracks. As I've said before, I'm trying to get them perfect... Thanks in advance for your time...
Cheers Slap...
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25th May 2020 09:56 - 4 years ago
Description : This is the 1st cover of Big Audio Dynamite i done in collaboration with a friend who live in england. We both fan of the band so we decided to do a challenge and produce a serie of covers. we done 4 in one month. each track got it proper video check my youtube channel indiegroundvid
29th Nov 2016 23:30 - 7 years ago
Description : At the beginning i wanted to work on a dub sound and finally i slided towards a ska sound... may be because i listened recently one of my laurel aitken records? lol
i'm waiting for your criticisms and i'm not against a collab why not!
MAJ december 4th
Friendly - Bleep
i'm waiting for your criticisms and i'm not against a collab why not!
MAJ december 4th
Friendly - Bleep
20th Dec 2018 14:40 - 5 years ago
Description : free boi
dude... i cannot believe you do it all on 2 channels?... seriously?... well.. i guess it does make sense since it is just you... but damn!!! i tried the toneport, but i had a lot of issues, and then i got m-audio..
anyways, you need to clone yourself!
really something else mr.johnson! wow!
This was an awesome track man, I love horns (although I'm sort of clueless how to put them effectively into music) and I love that ska beat. I was grooving as soon as it kicked in :D
Your story kind of reminds me of when I went to see Martin Sexton in Toronto. He's not well known here in Canada, he only started playing Canadian dates in the last few years so he plays a small place in Toronto called The Mod Club. It's a great bar, but a really small place. It wasn't full though, and in my opinion someone as talented as him should PACK a small bar. If you're not familiar with Martin, you should look him up on Youtube, particular his live cover of Woodstock/A Day in the Life because that video really does him justice in my eyes.
B.O.L.O.
Am I on the stage?
Loving this!
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Another Block Buster,
i feel proud and honour when i comment on your work, you are simply the best.
i really like this one very much.
Peace
Rashid
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