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Dad Funk

By miraclemiles on June 19, 2022 11:37 pm

Hey, happy fathers day. This is an edit of a little jam I had this weekend with fellow father and Creatures Once bandmate Monstrosus. We chatted about music and being dad's of future music creators. Then we decided we should make some funk. So I guess this must be some dad funk. I put down drums and percussion from the circuit rhythm, rhytm synths from the circuit tracks and bass from the circuit monostation while Mr. M played tasty keys on top. I added some vocal textures, then hopped over on the e-drums to play along for a while.

The icing on this funky dad cake is the tasty alto sax played by my son. He's freshly graduated from 8th grade, where he got his first taste of jazz, and improvisation. Today we listened to this track, chatted about notes to play (the whole alto sax being in Eb is still confusing to me). Then after listening to the track, he busted this tasty little melody here. Then we talked about which take to use, rearranged a bit, and added the magic reverb. A little collaboration and sharing the funk is the best father's day gift.

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needs more dad jokes
jk
nice funk in the trunk
colorful junk from an ex-punk

Dad funk goes hard. I like it. The sax in it is great, too!

The sax sounds great and adds a really nice texture to the proceedings.  Turns out Dad funk is some tasty funk.  Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write.

Cool collaboration! Sounds funny, as all dad music should aspire to be!

A nice dance track. It has good groove and a cool vibe. Partytime.

Dad's funky.
- Devieus

This is awesome, your son killed it on the sax, my daughter has been really getting into her recorder lately, maybe she will make a weeklybeats cameo.  Happy Father’s Day!  I was happy and surprised my daughter gifted me with a keychain she made at school, which was none other then a wu-tang symbol with a Ferrari on top, she knows what her dad likes!

Awesome funky sax lead and dig the even funkier synth in the middle breakdown.  This could have easily fit in this game I played a few weeks ago called 'Genesis Noir'.  Lots of saxy jazz funk tracks in there.  Well done!

license wrote:

needs more dad jokes
jk
nice funk in the trunk
colorful junk from an ex-punk

This comment is awesome! It does need dad jokes!! Trunk funk is the good junk. Once punk, always punk I say!

hent03 wrote:

Dad funk goes hard. I like it. The sax in it is great, too!

Going hard for the dads! Thanks, glad you like!

CosmicCairns wrote:

The sax sounds great and adds a really nice texture to the proceedings.  Turns out Dad funk is some tasty funk.  Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write.

haha! Yeah no doubt, and a sentence you may never write again perhaps? Or maybe it will become your go to sentence, a tagline for the ages. Glad you liked the tasty sax. I used to get annoyed by sax, now I'm good with it on most days.

horatiuromantic wrote:

Cool collaboration! Sounds funny, as all dad music should aspire to be!

Thanks! Yes indeed, dad music should aspire to some funniness. I may end up making funny Dad music for the rest of my days, so it goes.

Q-Rosh wrote:

A nice dance track. It has good groove and a cool vibe. Partytime.

Hey thanks, I like partytime! Just wanna dance sometimes, and with a groove and good vibes, the party is on!

Devieus wrote:

Dad's funky.
- Devieus

He is, he is indeed! Thanks for checking it out!

miraclemiles wrote:

The icing on this funky dad cake is the tasty alto sax played by my son. He's freshly graduated from 8th grade.

Real talk: I can't remember any moment in the past when a parent was like "let me tell you about my kid" and I thought "hell yeah" but I 100% thought "oh hell yeah" from the write up, because kids playing saxophones on dad beats = my kinda vibe. Happy Father's Day (belated)!

This is kinda giving me Floex vibes (Amanita Design, particularly Samorost): Mushroom Picker's Dance (YouTube Link) is what I thought of. Yours slaps harder. Saxophone is dope, you can tell the "parents are about to be way uncool 'cuz I'm in 9th grade" son of yours I said "props, dawg" or whatever kids say to each other to sound cool.

Huh! Uh! Good god, jump back wanna kick maself that's a funky daddy! And the alto sax brought some ultra-sexy heat (i hope it's ok to describe your progeny's saxophone playing as 'ultra-sexy' big_smile)
Happy Funky Dad Day!

Oh man that saxophone is sooooo smooth. Against the funky track, we have some futuristic jazz funk. This could go on Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, it is whimsical, tasty, smooth, creative, superbly mixed, unabashedly groovy. Love it, this is making my day! And it's nice to hear that you even had fun making the track!

You got some serious funky keyboard chops! Super fun track.

i love this so much - Happy Belated Fathers Day/8th Grade Graduation!


ilzxc wrote:
miraclemiles wrote:

The icing on this funky dad cake is the tasty alto sax played by my son. He's freshly graduated from 8th grade.

Real talk: I can't remember any moment in the past when a parent was like "let me tell you about my kid" and I thought "hell yeah" but I 100% thought "oh hell yeah" from the write up, because kids playing saxophones on dad beats = my kinda vibe. Happy Father's Day (belated)!

This is kinda giving me Floex vibes (Amanita Design, particularly Samorost): Mushroom Picker's Dance (YouTube Link) is what I thought of. Yours slaps harder. Saxophone is dope, you can tell the "parents are about to be way uncool 'cuz I'm in 9th grade" son of yours I said "props, dawg" or whatever kids say to each other to sound cool.

hahaha, I love this comment, made me smile. Parents about to be way uncool may happen, or maybe thanks to weekly beats dad will always be cool?! Ha. I had not heard Floex, now I have. I like!Thanks.

RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

Huh! Uh! Good god, jump back wanna kick maself that's a funky daddy! And the alto sax brought some ultra-sexy heat (i hope it's ok to describe your progeny's saxophone playing as 'ultra-sexy' big_smile)
Happy Funky Dad Day!

Jump baaaaaaaack! We bringing the family funk since 22! Yes, the progeny will be pleased to hear the sax is ultra sexy! THanks for the comment!

Kedbreak136 wrote:

Oh man that saxophone is sooooo smooth. Against the funky track, we have some futuristic jazz funk. This could go on Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, it is whimsical, tasty, smooth, creative, superbly mixed, unabashedly groovy. Love it, this is making my day! And it's nice to hear that you even had fun making the track!

Ahhh, heck, thanks! This is a lovely comment to read. Love me some cowboy bebop, appreciate that. Glad to make the day a little funkier for ya!

NWSPR wrote:

You got some serious funky keyboard chops! Super fun track.

Thanks! Much of that from my collaborator Monstrosus. We funking together since the old days.

emily wrote:

i love this so much - Happy Belated Fathers Day/8th Grade Graduation!

Yay, glad you liked, thank you! Dads and grads time was good this year. Next year my daughter finishes high school. Wow, that will be big.

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