Funky band tunes!
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What was it that Fairey's did with James G. a few years ago... was it Acid Brass...? Apparantly it went down a storm. I never heard any of it but did hear and read that it was a great success.
neiltwist
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trombelle said:lol thats just the sort of thing i'm after!
now if anyone has any details where i can get scores/recordings of stuff like this it would be much appreciated!
well, I've played 'no matter what' by boyzone, and 'Stop right now' by the spice girls, great fun!
acid brass though is a little odd, it takes getting used to anyway!
Suz
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Our ten piece plays a lot of funky stuff thanks to a bunch of talented arrangers in the band. We have everything from the Spice Girls to Manic Street Preachers and Elvis to the Proclaimers in our pads!!
Be warned of playing anything too funky though, we played Tom Jones' Sex Bomb in Yeovil.
It quite literally "bombed"
8th out of 9 with a crit sheet that said "I don't quite get this" !!! :? :?
Be warned of playing anything too funky though, we played Tom Jones' Sex Bomb in Yeovil.
It quite literally "bombed"
8th out of 9 with a crit sheet that said "I don't quite get this" !!! :? :?
tewkeshorn
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We've done loads of 'funky' pieces.
I quite liked Mambo No 5, but audiences got a bit bewildered when he played Tequila and the whole band shouts it out several times during the piece!
YMCA went down well though
I quite liked Mambo No 5, but audiences got a bit bewildered when he played Tequila and the whole band shouts it out several times during the piece!
YMCA went down well though
Janet Watkins
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tewkeshorn said:
Obviously not a Bass player!
Also, with very repetitive bass lines, are:
You Can Keep Your Hat On &
The Ketchup Song
The younger audience members seem to enjoy them though.
Janet
Darth_Tuba
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If you want to hear something really funky, check out Listen to the Band this Friday (14th November). I think we (Leyland) should be on doing a piece called Unisons (among others) which is quite hard but very cool. Russel Gray conducting in case your interested.
Fishsta
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Funky or cheesy, you decide...
Barbie Girl, played by (I think) Indian Queens band in Newquay once. I think it was a Frank Bernaerts arrangement.
The conductor looked about 75-80, and he announced it by reading the lyrics from the score...
"I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world... Life in Plastic, it's Fantastic.... What's that all about, then?"
Barbie Girl, played by (I think) Indian Queens band in Newquay once. I think it was a Frank Bernaerts arrangement.
The conductor looked about 75-80, and he announced it by reading the lyrics from the score...
"I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie world... Life in Plastic, it's Fantastic.... What's that all about, then?"
Caveman Dan
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You filthy swine, you beat me to it! Arctic funk is an excellent piece, would love to play it some day.
To name a couple I've played 'Angels' by Robbie Williams and 'Everything I Do' by Bryan Adams - not the usual brass band stuff! I think someone should arrange 'Firestarter' by Prodigy for brass band - we could appeal to a whole new audience?!
Oh yeah, and I've also played the theme from Titanic, which went down really well...
To name a couple I've played 'Angels' by Robbie Williams and 'Everything I Do' by Bryan Adams - not the usual brass band stuff! I think someone should arrange 'Firestarter' by Prodigy for brass band - we could appeal to a whole new audience?!
Oh yeah, and I've also played the theme from Titanic, which went down really well...
Okiedokie of Oz
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Arctic Funk was quite Funky.....
A composer/arranger hitting it off big over here in OZ atm is Barrie Gott. A former Salvo, he does a lot of jazz/swing stuff. Mumbo jumbo is a tad repetitive, Swingtime Religion and Moses Get down were good pieces, with nice solos, and I love his arrangment of THe Lord's Prayers (the Peter Paul and Mary Version, not the hymn)
A piece Gladstone had been rehearsing was Pinball Wizard, which almost sounds quite authentic. I admit, I am a bugger of a conductor to work under with Pop and rock music. but it pays off!
A composer/arranger hitting it off big over here in OZ atm is Barrie Gott. A former Salvo, he does a lot of jazz/swing stuff. Mumbo jumbo is a tad repetitive, Swingtime Religion and Moses Get down were good pieces, with nice solos, and I love his arrangment of THe Lord's Prayers (the Peter Paul and Mary Version, not the hymn)
A piece Gladstone had been rehearsing was Pinball Wizard, which almost sounds quite authentic. I admit, I am a bugger of a conductor to work under with Pop and rock music. but it pays off!
I know we have Robbie Williams 'let me entertain' you in the library but i think it is an 'in house' arrangement. Thats really good with loads of squealing trumpet (yeah, its on cornet) and trombone parts,crazy drums and the bass line rocks!! Some of those summer dance tracks that appear in the charts every year been arranged for band. I know of Carnival de Janeiro, Mambo No.5 and most the **** released by the Spice Girls. I was gonna arrange a medly of The Kinks greatest hits, that would work nicely me thinks but i'm far far too lazy.
Caveman Dan
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neiltwist said:
Aye, sorry about that!
big_benthomson
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we recorded a piece called Unisons for Listen to the Band (out this friday 14th) but i cant remember who it was by... :? but it was well funky, and pretty difficult too
iggmeister
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big_benthomson said:
Mikail Alperin I think you will find. he must have been an Eb bass player, (or hater!).
Igg
BoozyBTrom
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I have played an arrangement of Waltz In Black by the Stranglers a few years ago.
And attempted to play a version of Jazz Delicious hot Discusting cold by the bonzo dog do dah band with a Group. Gave up in the end. I cant make that many notes up
Not your usual brass band fare
And attempted to play a version of Jazz Delicious hot Discusting cold by the bonzo dog do dah band with a Group. Gave up in the end. I cant make that many notes up
Not your usual brass band fare