Go to church! (with a twist)

[Nebukadneser]

Well, not so sure about posting this track, but you may find it quite extraordinary/funny to hear Norwegian rap phrases on "digital literacy in music eucation" replacing Ice Cubes original lyrics.

Half a year ago I made an attempt at recreating the bakcing track of Ice cube's "Go to church!" as part of my spare time master studies on "ICT in learning" with focus on music technology. The idea was to use this work and my lyrics to comment on what "digital literacy in music education" can be. I decided to use Scope devices as much as possible in addition to basic use of Cubase and Reason (reason for rex loops). I found that i Prodyssey, Minimax, Protone, EDSi16 were spot on the originals. I also used STS 3000 for strings, layered with strings from Reason NNTX.

I opened up the middle section of the tune for soloing and altered the original chords for SUS chords which allows for a wider musical interpretation. I think I ran the Rhodes (yamaha S80) through Interpole and some Scope distortion units + delay.

There is also some Melodica added here and there ...

Play it loud!

Neb

[next to nothing]

Å så hæærlig å høre bred bergensdialekt på planeten

Nice job dude, love the rhodes and the melodica!

[Nebukadneser]

Vel, he, he - håper det forsatt finnes spor av Sunnhordlandsdialekt i rappen ...

[dawman]

I always have liked the lower ocatves and fifths or a real Piano sustaining with other bass lines.
An obscure tune by the Beach Boys called Darling, and then Crosstown Traffic by Hendrix were the first times I heard those sounds until the Beatles George Martin copped the tones.
The Rhodes sounds great and is still the instrument of choice fro 2 fisted players. S80's patch sounds nice and smooth still even w/ Interpole adding the juice.
Real nice soloing ideas too. I hope you are doing some live gigs somewhere, it would be a waste to hide such solo talents in a home studio.
You have the Herbie Hancock improv idea down.
Left hand sets the harmonic structure, and the right follows................excellent.

JAV

[Nebukadneser]

Thank you Jimmy and Next to nothn, for your comments!

The S80 is still a good instrument for Rhodes sound. I bought mine in the year 2000. I think it has been surpassed by other manufacturers such as Clavia and their Nord stage models. I have not tried that though.

I did a gig with my jazz quartet some weeks ago. We did 2 sets with the music of Wayne Shorter. Then I ran the S80 Rhodes through Noah and the Interpole device. I used the Expression pedal to control the filter cutoff and a knob of the S80 to control the distortion.

neb

[dawman]

Keep sharing your chops here, and it's nice to see a fellow jazz lover mixing styles.
I last saw Wayne Shorter live at the Quadrangle w/ his new group in the '90's and players like that are rare these days.

[braincell]

The rapping is hilarious because it is so white and the music sounds black. Piano playing is good. Drums are weak.