music in the shed

Listening to some of the previous posts and hearing what a diverse bunch we are I thought to share some favourites.
I've been lucky in that my work as it has involved a lot of travel and with that exposure to many music types styles etc.
I haven't always been able to appreciate them at the time. I was working.
The early morning congregation of a Congolese church celebrating the their worship was wonderful.
Awakening to the male voice choir of Gregorian style chanting coming from a church/monastery in Croatia.
Mongolian throat music far out on the plains. Magic.
Nepalese folk music high in the mountains, madal, bansuri, and sarangi, whilst eating some of the best food ever.
Even the bloody awful music of the Algerian taxi drivers that blared out of the tinny speakers of their beat up Peugeots.
But I don't have recordings.
So I enjoy a bit of the following to accompany my spanner twiddling.
Bulgarian Women's Choir
Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

Just to remind me.
 
Yesterday I watched an interview of Modou Moctar by Dweasel Zappa.
Which led me to watch a couple of live shows of Zappa plays Zappa which is always entertaining.
A couple of years ago recovering from a couple of broken ribs I watched a heap of Dweasel Zappa on YouTube.
He's such a cool guy. I reckon he plays guitar as well as Frank if not better.
He certainly has Frank's guitar style which only Frank could play.
Missed a chance of seeing Dweasel in Perth at a small venue, an old art deco picture theatre in Mt Lawley.
Cancelled due to covid!!
Tour called "Zappa plays whatever the fuck he wants."
Something to do with lawers and playing Frank's music.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Amazing what musicians of the world did once they transferred their sound and style to modern instruments. A left handed Strat - unlike Jimi's flipped right-hander.
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Recently, while at an open mic was asked to play bass for a local, ok...off we go... song key?, who needs that..i do actually... ( more than once open mic muso did not know what key they played for their song(s) in )...never mind, i glance over, not only a left handed guitarist, with right hand strat, it was strung upside down ( high note strings uppermost ) he capoed it as well.... backwards chords and capoed... work that one out jonny.... not even sure the guitar was in usual tuning, as the tone was screechingly thin. Two songs that sounded as a track for a movie from the Ozarks, the drummer and myself just filled in what we thought guitar/singer would have wanted... that was a first. Left hand man seemed to enjoy himself, as an open mic would seek to have... j
 
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That sounds like mild torture to me, Jon!

As a bassist, you might like this little anecdote - playing with a semi 'pick-up' band of accomplished musos, 50s R&B, female vocalist, bassist was the late Wayne Duncan of Daddy Cool fame, a player with impeccable feel, absolutely 'in the pocket'. We were doing a song he wasn't familiar with and he hadn't sussed the chord pattern, walking bassline ... so he simply slowed down the rate of his notes!!! I kept the tempo regular and Duncs was playing a wild ritardando!! ... I was in hysterics, just completely floored. I don't even know how his brain allowed it. First and only time I've ever experienced anything like it - as you probably know, the standard method for covering one's arse is to simply reduce the number of notes or vamp on a note somewhere within the correct key.
 
As you say Quentin, matter of person behind the instrument, one electric bass player here, when confronted with a song progression ( too far ) would simply move his right hand over the strings, thought i had lost my lower register hearing, looking on from the punter pit... naughty must not have me thinking lost my hearing, or same bass man would shed his shoes sans socks on stage, or dress up like a cricket umpire in whites as stage sartorial non elegance... his Croation family lineage was on show all the time, moments in time.... j
 
iis_iis said:
While not exactly on form here, more than music, i find this mesmerizing and then some. My aching hands go out to the musicians playing at this elevated tempo over and over, squeeze box supreme. Some of you may be aware of this cultural dance, i was not. j.

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All the richness of the old world
So much work commands great respect
 
Very percussion imposed Hamish, almost like the Mid eastern style of accentuated bar beat, quick half beat... i do think too much at times, a grin here. j
 
chrissoz said:
This was great! They (DakhaBrakha) will be in Australia next year - booking tickets now.
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Watching these performers in action can damage your financial stability, am in the market for a 4/4 Cello, now. That gal makes hers talk... had a principal cellist from one of the state orchestra, at a local open mic some years back, amazing did not cover at all how good he could play and improvise on the fly, note to note in any song, did my best on flute, he was so far ahead of me, it was hard to keep on track. j
 
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