A barebones R&B-Soul instrumental. It's a musical bed written for a local group of wives who meet for a dance workout session one day a week. They asked me if I could write some original music for them - they were getting tired of the same 12 or 15 songs. This is my first offering. The music is a simple bed, thus the name (nothing to do with trying to repeal or replace anything!)

The horns are a little quiet in the first verse but are more prominent thereafter - kind of a mild build, I guess you could say.

I used the Belair style and changed out a few instruments and added a couple others.

Di's health has kept me away for a couple of weeks. She's doing a little better, so I'm trying to catch up. Will be over to listen as many of the songs posted recently as I can.




Skinny Funk


Key=Eb , Tempo 110, Length (m:s)=3:25
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,
Style is _BELAIR.STY (Bel-Air Funky Pop w Agogo Bells)

RealTracks in style: 1434:Bass, Electric, JazzFunkPoppy Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: 2347:Horn Section, Rhythm, Funk 2-part, Ev 110 (Simple)
RealTracks in style: 1771:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkMovinMuted Ev16 130
RealTracks in style: 2525:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm FunkWahWahChords Ev16 100
Loop in Song: Drums\BluesRockFunky16ths^1-HHSnr,HHSB
Loop in Song: Pop-Soul-RnB\R n B - ra_jule_90_a drums ev16.wav
RealDrums in style: AgogoBellsEv[single]^01-a,b:8ths A

Excellent job on this, Alan...

Cool opening. Gets ya movin'an' groovin' right away... then the rest keeps ya going...

Excellent mix. A terrific listen. Well done.

Glad to hear Di is on the mend...

fj

Diggin this! Love the horns. Great job.

Excellent tune Alan. Made we want to get up and touch my toes :-). Has a vibe from the 70's. Very funky...

What a tune! I love the horns on this, and I love the infectious groove as well Definitely a feel good song, that's for sure.

Thanks so much for sharing!

"nothing to do with trying to repeal or replace anything!" HaHaHa!

The wives should like that and get a good workout also.

Like Deryk said "infectious groove" and that is most ideal for workout music.

Well done and great to hear the good news about Di

Fun song!

J&B

Cool brotha! I dig those funky vibes!!

WOW JamesBrown in the house ,pure Funkadelic .Great mix and Groove .
You de man Big Al this is first class
Brad

you know what you're doing' Hoss,

very nice groove, super mix

enjoyed the listen

Kenny

I bet they dance up a storm too this.
Excellent.
Rob

Thanks a bunch, Floyd. Appreciate all that kindness!

Thanks a bunch! You have no idea how long I worked with those danged horns! It took hours of convincing to make them see my POV! Glad ya liked it!

Alan & Di

Thanks, Scott. Wait until your my age ... toe touching is real nice rumor!. Appreciate your very nice comments.

Alan

Hey Derek,

Well, your comments had a "feel-good" boost for me! Glad ya got into the groove! Best to ya,

Alan

Hey ... thanks so much! I'll be giving them a CD with about 10 tunes on it in the next couple of weeks. They said they liked what they heard with this one. I have three written so far. Most of them have a late 60s and 70s vibe. Kind of a scaled down James Brown backing tracks. Thanks so much!

Alan

Hey David,

loved the funky comment! Makes ya want to go out buy a pair of bell-bottoms, a wide belt and get a perm ... Ha! Thanks a big bunch!

Alan

Hey Brad ...

Good to "meet" ya! I really appreciate your super comments!~ And yeah, the idea was to create a scaled-bvack James Brown vibe. Glad it came across that way. Thanks a so much,

Alan

Buenos Noches, mi amigo!

I'm not sure if I really know what I'm doing, but I have fun trying to present that perception! Glad you liked the groove and the mix. Appreciate all those cool thoughts!

Alan

Rob,

Thanks for the kind comment! And yeah, I hope this is a terrific sweat inducer for them! Many thanks,

Alan

Hello, Alan

What a funky tune!
James Brown is just going to sing out.
As floyd said, cool opening.
Excellent mix.
Very enjoyable listen.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

\Hi Shigeki,

It's always a pleasure to hear from you. And thank you so much for the wonderful comments. I'm glad you liked it! Best to you, my friend.

Alan

Just love this song! Great groove!

hey Lawrence ...

Short, sweet and too the point ... love it! Glad you enjoyed the song. I hope it works up a real good sweat for the ladies!

Thanks for the listen and kind words. best to you,

Alan

This great groove gets me into a 60's movie mood, a feel good agent movie I think Always nice to hear a good funky tune on this forum

Janne

Very original tune, something completely different.And funky indeed!
Might as well be used for a movie or series.
Well done!

Rob and Anne-Marie

Al-David, the track sounds great!! The mix is excellent!! Thanks, Torrey

Thank you so much! I'm delighted you enjoyed the groove!

Alan

Hi Rob and Anne-Marie,

Thanks so much. And yes, I sometimes take a little different path than usual - I like almost every genre of music. I have another funk song for the ladies that's closer to a true James Brown sound. Will be posting in the near future.

And yes, a movies or TV series would be fine!

Alan

Thanks a bunch, Torrey! I venture from the normal path here and there. As I mentioned to Rob & Anne-Marie, I like almost every genre of music and dabble in many of them. Sometimes something decent happens! Glad you liked it - thanks!

Alan

PS: I like your new avatar!