>If I'm a guitar player joining pfunk....I'm gonna just show
>up and play. Vamping the changes.
>


i know this because i've heard a lot of the material that p-funk members did w/o
george clinton.

and i like some of it.

but it didn't sound right. because it sounded like they just went into the studio
and started "vamping the changes."
and then they released the record.

some of them are good, but they sound meandering. unfocused.
and they don't have as many layers. and they don't have as many hooks.
it's just not the same.


p-funk is about more than vamping. the members of p-funk need a songwriter.
and an arranger. because otherwise, they just sort of float through space.
they meander.


that's how i know george is a songwriter and an arranger.

because he had a revolving door of exceptionally talented musicians,
and it always sounds like p-funk.

when george clinton ISN'T there,
the same musicians put together unremarkable music.




because the members of p-funk need a good songwriter.
and that song writer is george clinton.
he's a brilliant songwriter.

one of the best ever.


the only notable exception is bootsy collins. he can go it alone.
but he's a great song writer in his own right.
and even HE pales in comparison to george clinton.




>If I'm a guitar player joining Lionel Ritchie's band I'm gonna
>need some chord charts....or I'm gonna have to 'learn' or
>memorize the songs. Can't vamp those changes because they are
>alot more unique to that specific composition.
>
>Pfunk don't usually employ any of the identifiable elements of
>what musicians are referring to by 'songwriting'. Chord
>progressions and variations, key changes, song structure. The
>definitions and distinctions between songwriting music and
>groove-based music aren't perfect....but they're still useful
>in describing different styles and approaches.
>
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