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  1. This morning's #workout #music is from Orchestra Gold - a multiracial group doing modern #AfroRock with deep appreciation for the music of the late 70s. #WomenInMusic #bassLines

    youtu.be/RXrWTdOSoCk

  2. #AlternateFridayMusic
    January 5 2024
    The prompt is #Alone

    #TheSmithereens “Alone at Midnight” from "Especially for You,"1986

    #Smithereens never hid their influences, #BritishInvasion #PowerPop especially early #Kinks and #TheWho, but their music never sounds dated; the standout track “Blood and Roses” was regarded as so cool and modern upon its release, it was used to great effect in an otherwise-wordless opening scene of an episode of #MiamiVice. (Move over, #PhilCollins.)

    There’s a luminous quality to #PatDiNizio’s vocals - I hear a little #MickeyDolenz, a little #BobMould (which is not a bad delineation of their musical territory), but uniquely his own; Mike Mesaros’s #BassLines offer countermelodies. An occasional dash of #tambourine with the solid drumming adds some #60s energy, their chord progressions both hint at and evoke yearning, and of course there are those jangling/biting guitars. These elements all come together on “Alone at Midnight.”

    youtube.com/watch?v=UOwTOZ0Qqu

  3. for the past few months my #musical focus has been #remixing a bunch of classic #funk #basslines over the Go-Go drum beat, and learning a few #Jazz standards in parallel. but a couple of weeks ago I ran through an #original suite of acoustic #bass #guitar compositions all in the same minor key, that i had put together earlier this year. after not touching it for so long it felt very fresh again, so I decided to record it :) here's the Dropbox link to the #FLAC file:

    dropbox.com/scl/fi/p3z91e29k80

  4. Andy Rourke, the #bassist for indie legend #TheSmiths, has died aged 59.

    I didn’t realize until I was much older the strong connection between Brazillian #RockMusic and The Smiths through their early influence on Bands from #Brasília in 1980s: you can hear how Andy Rourke’s grooves inspired #BassLines from bands like #OsParalamasDoSucesso, #LegiãoUrbana, #CapitalInicial, and #PlebeRude. #RIP Andy Rouke! designative.info/2023/05/19/fo