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| Topic subject | Okp, check out my new music video... for a Mac Dre cover band |
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12974997, Okp, check out my new music video... for a Mac Dre cover band
Posted by jesustrauss, Tue Feb-16-16 11:25 PM
I'm a working bassist out in the Bay Area, and I got a call to play with a band that would cover Mac Dre songs. My first instinct: WTF? Second thought: Does it pay or have potential to be a thing? As a musician I'm constantly making judgments about what projects to invest my time into. And then they dropped the drummer's name and told me anyone in the band ad to be Bay Area born and raised, and I was in. The drummer is Thomas Pridgen, one of the dopest drummers out there who I've been following for a long time (since high school)... He was in the Mars Volta and Suicidal Tendencies and was the youngest person ever (13) to win the guitar center drum-off.
Anyway, we recorded our version of Mac Dre's Genie of the Lamp, and then threw together a lil video. What do y'all think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qYehNNE_8
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12975010, that was nice...this won't get watched.
Posted by TRENDone, Wed Feb-17-16 12:32 AM
OKPs don't know about no Mac Dre.
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12975017, lulz
Posted by jesustrauss, Wed Feb-17-16 12:47 AM
There's some Bay OKPs out here, but yeah...
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12975064, I found out about Mac dre back in 97
Posted by osu_no_1, Wed Feb-17-16 05:06 AM
I lived in Ohio pretty much my whole life and had no idea who he was until I made friends with some new neighbors from northern California
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12975075, lol come on
Posted by T Reynolds, Wed Feb-17-16 07:46 AM
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12975076, nice sweeping generalization there
Posted by Dstl1, Wed Feb-17-16 07:50 AM
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12975980, just trolling guys...it was dope tho, right??
Posted by TRENDone, Thu Feb-18-16 05:32 PM
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12975074, I like how dude spit the lines. And musically I loved it when it came
Posted by T Reynolds, Wed Feb-17-16 07:46 AM
in, then it kinda lost me, it was a little too lush, maybe it was the keys, but by the end I really dug it
yall play with Bayonics at all?
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12975161, nicely done. yes.
Posted by jesustrauss, Wed Feb-17-16 11:10 AM
The keyboard player was with bayonics from the jump.
When I recorded my track they had me do 5 takes that were laid back I'm the pocket, like I would for most recordings. Then they asked me for 2 takes of me just playing fills and feeling it. They mostly used the last 2. The lushness is really about how we could try to make a pretty repetitive monotonous beat into something live. ... and we're all jazz heads.
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12975201, I've kicked it with Jairo a couple times. Used to know a couple
Posted by T Reynolds, Wed Feb-17-16 11:54 AM
of my boys. My boy was in the band as a DJ for a minute
But I always dug what they did with genres, latin music in general and their sound overall. Never got to see them live, unfortunately, but I heard their shows were fun.
regarding the fullness and variation of the sounds, I dig the approach. Seems like a bay area thing, when I saw jazz at Yoshi's it seemed like everybody was all about giving each other a TON of room to breathe and jam out.
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12975079, very dope...dude on the keys spazzed, lol...looked like fun
Posted by Dstl1, Wed Feb-17-16 07:56 AM
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12975083, no shade to Mac Dre but..... y'all are better than a Mac Dre cover band...
Posted by FLUIDJ, Wed Feb-17-16 08:20 AM
for real....
good stuff.
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12975463, Ima take that as a compliment
Posted by jesustrauss, Wed Feb-17-16 04:55 PM
We're starting here, but it'll be dope for us to expand beyond the Mac.
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12975246, Y'all are dope. Cover some Richie Rich joints tho.
Posted by Castro, Wed Feb-17-16 12:57 PM
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12975433, Special occasion
Posted by Homicidal Crook, Wed Feb-17-16 04:11 PM
I had to come out of retirement to give you props. Love me some dreezy and you guys did him justice. Please make more and keep us posted. One luv.
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12975460, honored
Posted by jesustrauss, Wed Feb-17-16 04:53 PM
Many thanks for chiming in!
I've been hustling out here and have a hard time finding projects that I can just really get down with on many levels. This is one of those. I'll keep yall posted (there'll be live shows as soon as our drummer gets back from touring with a different group in eastern europe)
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12975469, Not familliar with Mac Dre's work... but this is good.
Posted by Walk On, Wed Feb-17-16 04:58 PM
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12975597, thanks!
Posted by jesustrauss, Wed Feb-17-16 11:19 PM
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12975600, Dope!
Posted by Hitokiri, Thu Feb-18-16 12:08 AM
ya'll playing gigs?
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12975718, yep
Posted by jesustrauss, Thu Feb-18-16 11:58 AM
As soon as our drummer gets back from a tour. April
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