Carribean groove

[DWBass]

I liked that. Excellent use of ghost notes! I dig!

[Cherri]

aiight Cherri ... here's a quick something I did.  A friend of mine sent me a clip of that style of music(Zouk music ... from British Virgin Islands), but I don't want to post his music on the net without his permission.  I'm mimicing the bassline from his track ... the other sound isn't congos, but me on bass using a ghost note and added flanger effect to make it sound the way it does.   The timing may be off a bit on the bassline at times, but here it goes: 

http://media.learngospelmusic.com/albums/userpics/44174/ladybass_zouk_music_sample.mp3

~~~~ running to rehearsal now 

LadyBass, I am assuming I missed it. The link said no info available...

[ladybass]

LadyBass, I am assuming I missed it. The link said no info available...

Maybe this link is better for you:  http://media.learngospelmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=20&pos=2

I can't use the link i gave you previously while at work, but home it works just fine.  Maybe that's the case with you.

[Cherri]

Great! Those ghosts are freaky scary.... Yes, it does sound like a congo. You know I can't wait to get home to play around with Flanger effects. Thanks for sharing.

[ladybass]

Those ghosts are freaky scary....

that's funny!!!!    

[basedigrace]

aiight Cherri ... here's a quick something I did.  A friend of mine sent me a clip of that style of music(Zouk music ... from British Virgin Islands), but I don't want to post his music on the net without his permission.  I'm mimicing the bassline from his track ... the other sound isn't congos, but me on bass using a ghost note and added flanger effect to make it sound the way it does.   The timing may be off a bit on the bassline at times, but here it goes: 

http://media.learngospelmusic.com/albums/userpics/44174/ladybass_zouk_music_sample.mp3

~~~~ running to rehearsal now 

That ghost note sound is pretty cool. It almost sounds like your banging on an Udu drum.
And just for clarifaction about the congos, Congas are the correct name of the drum your refering to. Congo is probably were they come from?

[ladybass]

That ghost note sound is pretty cool. It almost sounds like your banging on an Udu drum.
And just for clarifaction about the congos, Congas are the correct name of the drum your refering to. Congo is probably were they come from?

thanks for the educational bit, basedigrace..   when I was typing my message I hesitated when I got to that part.  I wasn't quite sure if I was correctly naming it because  I know there are other types of hand beating drums out there.

[sixstringpoet]

Hey ladybass sounds real good.  are you slapping the actual bass or thumping it with your thumb to get that percussive sound.

[ladybass]

Hey ladybass sounds real good.  are you slapping the actual bass or thumping it with your thumb to get that percussive sound.

Neither ... just regular 2-finger fingering with my right hand

[ladybass]

Cherri,

Here's 1 last sample of zouk music ... again, from the British Virgin Islands .... this time I borrowed my daughter's electric guitar.  I can play/finger some chords (and can tell you what some of them are    ), but I'm nooooooo guitar player, so don't cring tooo much when you hear i'm not pressing the strings hard enough      ... the bassline is the focus, of course.     I just wanted to do something different.

http://media.learngospelmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=20&pos=5

[basedigrace]

thanks for the educational bit, basedigrace..   when I was typing my message I hesitated when I got to that part.  I wasn't quite sure if I was correctly naming it because  I know there are other types of hand beating drums out there.

No prob. Also each conga drum has their own individual name depending on the size. Starting from the smallest to the largest it would be: Quinto, Conga, Tumba, Tumbadora and a couple of smaller versions. Hand percusion is are pretty fun instruments to play.

Maybe you can all help me out with a question. I played with this band  a while back http://www.milele.com/Media/index.htm I never knew what kind of music I was playing with them because I was to busy having fun with it. All i know is that their from kenya. What kind of music would this be considered.

[uprising_bassist7]

lady bass it sounds good keep it up

[ladybass]

No prob. Also each conga drum has their own individual name depending on the size. Starting from the smallest to the largest it would be: Quinto, Conga, Tumba, Tumbadora and a couple of smaller versions. Hand percusion is are pretty fun instruments to play.

Maybe you can all help me out with a question. I played with this band  a while back http://www.milele.com/Media/index.htm I never knew what kind of music I was playing with them because I was to busy having fun with it. All i know is that their from kenya. What kind of music would this be considered.

Thanks (asante) for the link ... I can't listen to mp3s from work (i'll check them out further from home)  but I did watch some of that unity video.  Don't Kenyians speak Kiswahili?

the first thing that came to mind as to the type or style of music they play was .... they play Kenyian music    ... seems as though (correct me if i'm wrong anybody) the music varies depending on the part of Africa and what influenced the music.

Check this link though http://www.kenya.com/music.html ... interesting.

[ladybass]

lady bass it sounds good keep it up

thanks UB