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It is a the same "Stormy Monday" that the Allman Brothers did famously on Live at the Fillmore. The song was originally called "Stormy Monday Blues" and was written and recorded by T-Bone Walker in 1956.
The Allman Brothers arrangement is based on the famous Bobby "Blue" Bland version of the song that charted a few year later.
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Whatever, you guys are both ripping of blues/boogie rock pioneers Canned Heat. Whcih is a good choice 'cause they kick ass!
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What I can recommend is listening to a lot of Motown. I suggest you listen to James Jamerson's innovative basslines copy them and absorb his technique as much as possible. Many of the bass figuers and techniques used in popular music today spring directly from his playing.
Remeber people don't dance without the bass. Bass is to be felt more than heard.
Specifically listen to Stevie Wonder's "I was made to love her" and Eddie Kendrick's "Girl you need a change of mind". Excellent bassline from the master.
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Pump, Pump, Pump it up.
You can't have no shame, if you work yo' game, palyer.
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In this months Relix Thievery Corp. are featured along with STS9,The New Del, The Disco Bisuits and Signal Path.
In thier interview they say the don't use live drummer's becuase they like the pushed time feel of samples and like the fact that each sample has it's own texture and inherent production value. They say that they would feel limited by the same kit sound all night.
So no live drums.
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I wanna go. I love thier breakbeat dub stuff. Thier production is top notch and they use a lot of outboard FX live. I'm sure it will be a kick ass show judging from the quality of thier most recent release.
However one problem.....They want $35 a ticket. WOW that's overpriced even for a quality act that them. I guess Carlu is a really small club or something.
Another thing, there sems to be a real level of fear or ignorance on the Jambands.ca forum these days when it comes to the electronic music. What gives?
If it's rock based does that mean it doesn't count or something?
OPEN YOUR EARS AND YOUR MIND WILL FOLLOW!
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Looks like everyone wants more tastefully funky improv. beats!
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I wonder if they still have the fire. I love cream but Eric Clapton has been seeming like a easy listening version of his old self recently.
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Great to hear there's friendly ears in Ottawa.
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Sneakin' Sally and Hey Pocky Way. Sounds like a funkathon!
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Our Hamilton show was booty shakin' and electro fantastic and now we are ready to rock the Tdot once again. Can't wait to play the Gypsy. Big Up LAL go see them this friday. I hear the can twist your mind with thier laptop fury.
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Thanks Phish Kev. West coast tour hopefully in the future, but more realistically East-Coast first. It's closer.
Keep rockin' your phat bass!
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I'd love to hear Chameleon project live. I've got their disc here, and I've given a few away (thanks Josh) and they sound real good.
Them and Contact sounds like a great combination for a good 1-2 punch !
(nice english buddy!)
Thanks, Bouche! Your site is awsome and helps wierd little bands like us a tonne, as we simply confuse the mainstream music industry.
I hope we can make it to Ottawa soon and see you at a show. We are actually talking to Mavericks now about the possibility.
Keep on truckin'!
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can anyone tell me what order the two bands are playing in tonight?
Yes I can. The order is as follows... Contact will go on around 10:00pm and play a 60min set or so. And the Chameleon Project will go on after that and play until they kick us out.
Hope to see you there!
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Tonight in the Hammer. The shit goes down. I hope we play as tough as this guy looks.....
Hammer town represent!
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Hey we should get this huy playing the Gypsy Jazz series....I hear he's good and sounds really authentic...
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The Chameleon Project is featured in a 3 page story in the Hamilton View! Bitchin'.
Here's the story.....
[color:red]The CHAMELEON PROJECT
ARE ALL MUSICAL COLOURS IN ONE
Sometimes you just want to say nuts to the singer–
songwriters of the world, with all the introspection and
headiness that comes with their kind of music.
Sometimes you just want to shake your ass. That’s
where Toronto–based jazz/drum&bass/dub/ breaks/funk/
disco (phew!) wunderkinds The Chameleon Project
come in.
Dedicated to the fine art of inspiring booty movement,
Chameleon Project are set to hit Pepper Jack’s this
Saturday, with their bag of tricks in tow. Composed of
Josh Laing (Guitar, FX, Real–time Sampling), Snappy
Homefry (Bass), Adam Hutchison (keys) and Tyrone
Caissie (Drums), CP’s influences are all over the map,
ranging from Art Blakey and Amon Tobin to Lee Morgan
and The Crown Heights Affair. Their music, however,
while wide–ranging in spirit, is in reality a cohesive,
dance–tastic whole.
If that above–listed fusion of genres seems daunting to
you, don’t fear. This is a salad–bowl versus melting pot
kind of situation, where each part serves a distinct
purpose in making the whole instead of being, well, a
hodge podge. As Laing says, “We all do what we do for
the good of the project. Everyone brings a piece of the
puzzle to the musical table…
“The hybrid of what we play came about for many
reasons, but one of the most overriding was to push the
jazz repertoire into new, progressive territory and to
push drum and bass and electronic music into more vital
territory and out of its current state of general malaise.
“We just want to strike a blow in our own little way for
music that can rock the dance floor and your brain all at
once.”
It seemed to me that Chameleon Project aren’t what one
might call a jam–band, but Laing set me straight. “Well, I
would say we are a jam band,” he explains, “only we’re
trained jazz players who use jazz harmony as our basis
as opposed to (the) rock harmony that most jam bands
use. We’re a jam–band in the sense that our sets rely a
lot on in the moment—improv and on–stage
communication.
“The clearest way to describe what we do is a fusion of
jazz, dub and drum and bass—we call it breakbeat dub–
jazz. But in reality, we play groove oriented, improvised
music, and what you hear is a blend of what we listen to,
are inspired by, and what we reflect back to the listener.”
And they are jazzy, alright, not only in certain rhythms
and some of their instrumentation, but also thanks to that
aforementioned improv. “Being jazz players—that’s at
the heart of what we do,” Laing explains. “The improv
provides the perfect foil for the repetitive and propulsive
grooves of the rhythm section that drives the jam. The
drum and the bass takes care of your body and your
booty, while the improvisation over top speaks to your
mind.”
Chameleon Project have been doing a bit of improv off–
stage lately, too, launching a new record label (Reptile
Vision Records) and finding a replacement for original
bassist, Jamie Kidd, who left CP to focus on production
and DJing.
To fill Kidd’s space in a band with such a multi–faceted
sound required “a very particular type of bassist,” Laing
says, “one that could handle jazz standards, drum and
bass and breaks feels, but also understood the bass
principles of dub. That bassist ended up being the very
capable Snappy Homefry from Toronto, who is fitting in
perfectly. We’ve been rehearsing like crazy, and the
Pepper Jack gig comes hot on the heels of our vinyl
release at the El Mocambo in Toronto, which went
amazing…”
Speaking of Pepper Jack’s, what can you expect if you
make it out this weekend? “Lots of groove and phat
beats,” Lang lists. “Thoughtful improvisations and
interesting textures. Music that digs in and gets urgent,
and then becomes flowing and pastoral, sometimes in
one song. A type of modern psychedelia played by jazz
musicians on acid, to sum up. In essence, a cool party
where we just happen to be playing. The overall vibe is
paramount. We also enjoy doing original arrangements
of choice cover songs along with our own originals. Oh,
and one more curveball—we’re all instrumental.”
As noted at the start of all this, that’s the kind of
curveball you can’t help but want to catch sometimes.
For more info, you can check out CP on the web at,
strangely enough, chameleonproject.com. V
and here's the actual link to the view...
www.viewmag.com/viewstory.php?storyid=2935&...
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The Chameleon Project is featured in a 3 page story in the Hamilton View! Bitchin'.
Here's the story.....
[color:red]CHAMELEON PROJECT
ARE ALL MUSICAL COLOURS IN ONE
Sometimes you just want to say nuts to the singer–
songwriters of the world, with all the introspection and
headiness that comes with their kind of music.
Sometimes you just want to shake your ass. That’s
where Toronto–based jazz/drum&bass/dub/ breaks/funk/
disco (phew!) wunderkinds The Chameleon Project
come in.
Dedicated to the fine art of inspiring booty movement,
Chameleon Project are set to hit Pepper Jack’s this
Saturday, with their bag of tricks in tow. Composed of
Josh Laing (Guitar, FX, Real–time Sampling), Snappy
Homefry (Bass), Adam Hutchison (keys) and Tyrone
Caissie (Drums), CP’s influences are all over the map,
ranging from Art Blakey and Amon Tobin to Lee Morgan
and The Crown Heights Affair. Their music, however,
while wide–ranging in spirit, is in reality a cohesive,
dance–tastic whole.
If that above–listed fusion of genres seems daunting to
you, don’t fear. This is a salad–bowl versus melting pot
kind of situation, where each part serves a distinct
purpose in making the whole instead of being, well, a
hodge podge. As Laing says, “We all do what we do for
the good of the project. Everyone brings a piece of the
puzzle to the musical table…
“The hybrid of what we play came about for many
reasons, but one of the most overriding was to push the
jazz repertoire into new, progressive territory and to
push drum and bass and electronic music into more vital
territory and out of its current state of general malaise.
“We just want to strike a blow in our own little way for
music that can rock the dance floor and your brain all at
once.”
It seemed to me that Chameleon Project aren’t what one
might call a jam–band, but Laing set me straight. “Well, I
would say we are a jam band,” he explains, “only we’re
trained jazz players who use jazz harmony as our basis
as opposed to (the) rock harmony that most jam bands
use. We’re a jam–band in the sense that our sets rely a
lot on in the moment—improv and on–stage
communication.
“The clearest way to describe what we do is a fusion of
jazz, dub and drum and bass—we call it breakbeat dub–
jazz. But in reality, we play groove oriented, improvised
music, and what you hear is a blend of what we listen to,
are inspired by, and what we reflect back to the listener.”
And they are jazzy, alright, not only in certain rhythms
and some of their instrumentation, but also thanks to that
aforementioned improv. “Being jazz players—that’s at
the heart of what we do,” Laing explains. “The improv
provides the perfect foil for the repetitive and propulsive
grooves of the rhythm section that drives the jam. The
drum and the bass takes care of your body and your
booty, while the improvisation over top speaks to your
mind.”
Chameleon Project have been doing a bit of improv off–
stage lately, too, launching a new record label (Reptile
Vision Records) and finding a replacement for original
bassist, Jamie Kidd, who left CP to focus on production
and DJing.
To fill Kidd’s space in a band with such a multi–faceted
sound required “a very particular type of bassist,” Laing
says, “one that could handle jazz standards, drum and
bass and breaks feels, but also understood the bass
principles of dub. That bassist ended up being the very
capable Snappy Homefry from Toronto, who is fitting in
perfectly. We’ve been rehearsing like crazy, and the
Pepper Jack gig comes hot on the heels of our vinyl
release at the El Mocambo in Toronto, which went
amazing…”
Speaking of Pepper Jack’s, what can you expect if you
make it out this weekend? “Lots of groove and phat
beats,” Lang lists. “Thoughtful improvisations and
interesting textures. Music that digs in and gets urgent,
and then becomes flowing and pastoral, sometimes in
one song. A type of modern psychedelia played by jazz
musicians on acid, to sum up. In essence, a cool party
where we just happen to be playing. The overall vibe is
paramount. We also enjoy doing original arrangements
of choice cover songs along with our own originals. Oh,
and one more curveball—we’re all instrumental.”
As noted at the start of all this, that’s the kind of
curveball you can’t help but want to catch sometimes.
For more info, you can check out CP on the web at,
strangely enough, chameleonproject.com. V
and here's the actual link to the view...
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Rigt On! The Chameleon Project gets some press. We are featured in the Hamilton View and the Hamilton Spectator this week.
The Spectator ran a picture of us with a bi-line and the view is running a small interview.
Check it out if your have acess to these papers. I'm gonna work on finding links to post.
J
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I agree trance can lick my drum & bass/jungle sack as well.
Anyway a good thing to get going when using Acid is to have a wave editing software program as well. This way you can chop and add effects to your loop and import them into acid and everything runs way smoother.
I suggest either Soundforge or Wavelab.
Good Luck!
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I second that motion. Sam Stone is one of the best Vietnam War songs ever!
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pardon my ignorance - where is the "jazz"?
md
I can tell you exactly where the jazz is. Right here. I play in the Chameleon Project and have a honors degree in Jazz Guitar performance and musicology and every other member of the band is either in school for Jazz or has attended. Jazz improvisation and harmony is at the heart of the Chameleon Project, and in fact we do play standards. Green Dolphin St. and Song for my Father, to name a couple.
I think that you are perhaps just not aware of the musical scope of the bands involved in this hip new concert series and thier repitoire. Not all Jam-bands are rooted in rock.
Jazz comes in many forms and from many players.
Please listen to samples of our album to see what I mean.. www.cdbaby.com/cd/chameleonproject
or better yet see it live.
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I heard Esau once killer a rabid tiger with his mind.
Hey does Esau know Bill Brasky?
To Bill Brasky!
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Yeah you guys are right the poster text is wack. I think smoothshredder is on the ball witht the comment that spaces have been replaced with wierd characters.
I'll have to pimp slap the Pepper Jack. het that's a great tile for a funk tune. Hmmmm.
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Bill Frisell in Toronto July 19
in Soundboard
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