December 12, 2006

Hi There All You GroOvy People Out There in Web~Land! >>> It’s COMING, Are YOU Ready, Are YOU Prepared?!!! >>> The BRAND NEW CD SINGLE from “Daddy Funk & The Scorpion King” >>> Completed, Procuced, Mixed & Mastered & SooN to Be LAUNCHED into the World of Music!!!

The All NEW CD Single by “Daddy Funk & The Scorpion King” Will Be Entitled “Superhero!”" >>>

It Will Contain 3 Fresh, Powerful & ExCiting NEW Tracks! >>> With Striking NEW Artwork to Compliment the SeXy NEW SOUND!>>>>>>

ALL Ready & Due for LAUNCH Early 2007 (Pencilled in for a Late January 2007 Release ) But NOW to Be LAUNCHED JUNE 1st. >>>

I Truly BelieVe this is BY FAR Our BEST Recorded Work to Date & is the First Tantilising Taste of the New Style & Direction that Jamie King ( The Scorpion King ) & I ( Daddy Funk ) Are taking for ALL the Hot, NEW Tunes for the Forthcoming Album “3″ due for Release SoMetime in 2008.

“Superhero!” will be as Follows:

1. Superhero! ~
At Last I’ve Written a Song about oNe of My BiGGest PasSioNs!!! This Tune is Going to Be MASSIVE! A SuperSeXy Slice of Powerful Funky Pop Mahem!!! CAN YOU RESIST!
BIG Production, BIG Sound, BIG HIT!!

2. Fear of Success ~
This Cinematic Rock/Pop Power~House is Lyrically Very Strong. It Speaks Loudly & Clearly of My Mis~Trust & Loathing of the Corporate Music Industry Machine. One Line from this Strong Piece of Music Illustrates the Overall Tone……”Fueled by Drugs & Drugs & Booze, Music Biz Life Killer Blues”. This Track Features Cool, New Drums Provided for Me by Yamaha Drums UK & Sexy, New Zildjian Cymbals (Thanks to Nik & the Team at Yamaha).

3. Superhero! the Remix ~ “AutoFuNk”
This SuperTune (Superhero) was SCREAMING to be REMIXED…..so Who were We to Argue!!!!! This WILL Get YOU on Your Feet & DANCING!

Jamie K & I haVe spent FAR More TiMe Fine Tuning & Perfecting these Possitive, NEW Tracks & the attention to Detail Really Shows! >>>

It gave Us a Great Chance to Get the Very Best Out of Our New Studio Equipment, Running Many Tracks on the Newest Version of “Pro Tools” on the Brand New Mac Gear ( with Pentium Chip Technology & EVERYTHING! )>>>

This Gave Us Huge Scope to Explore Big Vocal Harmony Arrangements, which is a Passion of Ours & Layer Up Massive Instrument Blends, like NeVer Before!>>>

The NEW Album Will also Include for the First tiMe Compositions of Jamie K’s as Well as My Own & in Addition to Playing ALL the Instruments Ourselves this tiMe Round, “3″ Will also Include Vocals by Jamie too!!! >>> & the DudE CAN SING!>>>

HEAR “The Scorpion King” Singing Backing Vocals for the Very First Time on “Superhero!”. He Sounds Super~CoOL!!! >>>

Keep Your Focus HERE on the Blogs of Drummers-Paradise for More Up to the Minute News on this Powerful, Uplifting NEW MUSIC.>>>

Keep it Creative & Keep it Real!

*** <<< SiMoN the Daddy FuNk >>> ***

April 22, 2006

Hi Drummers-Paradise FaNs!!!

This Blog is to draw Your attention to the XSPF MP3 Player to be found Top RiGht of this Very Site!!! >>>
It’ just aboVe the Translator Flag Strip (A BIG HELLO to ALL My Drummer~Friends reading this iN Spanish, Japanese, French & German!!! >>> It seems You are Out There oN the WEB iN Large Numbers!!! >>> COOL!!!)

Daddy Funk’s MP3s :

1. Beauty ~ October 2000 ~ This is a “Funky Pop Tune” Featuring Rapping & Keyboard Skills from Seth Greenhill & DJ Scratching from “Goose”.

2. BIG Cats ~ October 2002 ~ “Phat Ultra Single” by the Writing/Production team Daddy Funk & Jamie King>>> Featuring Amanda The Panther Kitten oN the spoken Poem in the Centre of this Tune.

3. Drum Solo @ 3.30am ~ Featured oN “Signs of LIFE Volume 2″.

4. From the Ground UP ~ February 2004 ~ “Powerful Soul Rock Single” This is My Personal Favourite!

5. Loop Walking ~ May 1998 ~ This was by the Groove~Jazz Outfit “Hip Socket” >>> We Toured the UK extensively in the Late 90s & Supported Clyde Stubblefield~James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” in 1997!!!

6. Pa$$ion Flower $eXy ~ October 1999 ~ “HOT Funk Extravaganza”!!!!!! Check Out the RUDE Lyrics & The Wicked SaX & FLUTE Solos!>>> Rap & Backing Vocals & KeyBass by My Outrageously TALENTED Brother Seth Greenhill!>>>

All the Tunes are Co-Written by Me (Simon Greenhill) & Jamie King >>> with additional Writing credits going to Seth Greenhill on “Beauty”& Rob Palmer on “Loop Walking” >>>

ALL the Vocals, in all their Glory are by the MiGhty DF ( ME!!!)

Hope You ALL Love the Music as Much as I did Making it >>> LISTEN & ENJOY!!! >>> The tracks Feature Drums & Percussion in ABUNDANCE for all You Drum~Addicts out there iN WebLand!!! >>>

PeAcE & Massive Phat GroOVes,
Speak to You ALL again REAL SOON,

***** <<< SiMoN the Daddy Funk >>> *****

December 10, 2005

Hi All You Drummmers & Percussionist out there,

It’s Mr.Funk here with some More Ideas>>> While I was TeaChing Yesterday, I had some thouGhts about Playing along to CDs oN Drum~Set or Congas & BonGoes>>>

It is MUCH Harder than it at first Seems!>>>

Let’s take the eXample of oNe of My Teenage Students trying to Play along to a Recent “Green Day” Single >>>
Tre Cool the Drummer in this Band has obviously put ALOT of Time & Energy into Designing & Creating His Part for this Particular Track >>> A LOT of ThouGht & Pain~staking Rehearsal Time will definately have gone into Creating this Detailed & Frankly Very Intelligent Piece of Drumming>>>

In a Big International Band such as this, Signed to a Major Label, oNe of the ProCesses New Material has to go throuGh BEFORE aN Album is Recorded is “ROUTINEING”>>>

This is a form of INTENSE Rehearsal of the Song’s FORM & ARRANGEMENT done by the Band (often with the help of their Record Producer) to “Iron Out” any problems in the Track, to OPTIMISE the Commercial Potential of any Track “Short~Listed” for the New CD>>>This can run to MANY DAYS of VERY HARD WORK for the Band in Question ( I know because I’ve been that Soldier & it’s a FULL~ON, Sweaty & EXHAUSTING experience!!!)>>>

As a result, the GLOSSY TRACK that Flows effortlessly out of Your Hi~Fi or MP3 Player has had MANY, MANY Hours of HARD GRAFT spent on it BEFORE it reaches Your EAGER Hands!>>>>

Therefore, when trying to Play like Your HERO, be AWARE of this fact & DON’T be too hard on Yourself if it takes You a While to get it >>>

The MOST IMPORTANT factor to Capture is the FEEL of the Piece >> Get the thing GROOVING & FLOWING, IN TIME before Worrying about EVERY Ghost Note & Fill!!>>> Believe Me, it Probably took the Drummer Him or Herself quite a while to get the Take EXACTLY how they wanted it!>>>

CDs are also, in the case of Most Modern Music, METRONOMICLY IN TIME & therefore VERY UNFORGIVING!!!
Try not to be Dis~Heartened by this!!>>> It doesn’t necessarily mean Your Playing isn’t good if You can’t play the Piece from Beginning to End >>> It just Means You’re trying to Play along with something which has been Fine~Tuned & Perfected for a LONG TIME!!!!!>>>

We are ALL so used to Hearing PERFECTED Music, that I think it’s hard sometimes to put Our own Skill as a Player into Perspective>>>

DO NOT be DISCOURAGED!!!>>> The thing to hold on to is Your LOVE of the Music & That WONDERFUL, EXCITING Feeling it gives You!!!>>> NEVER loose siGht of that!!!>>>

In Music, as far as I’m concerned, ENTHUSIASM IS EVERYTHING!!!>>> Keep hold of that & Music will ALWAYS stay FRESH & INSPIRING for You!!!>>>

PeAcE & BIG LoVe to the World of Drums for Now,

***< <<<< SiMoN the Daddy Funk >>>>>***