There are NEW Promotional VIDEOS of Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King MUSIC oN this Site & YouTube.com & GoogleVideo.com & MySpace.com NOW!!!!!!!!

ASWELL as ORIGINAL Power Pop Tracks Penned by Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King AVAILABLE NOW to DOWNLOAD on this Site! >>> There are NOW 2 BRAND NEW VIDEOS of 2 BRAND NEW TRACKS to View on YouTube.com, MySpace.com/DaddyFuNkScorpionKing
GoogleVideo.com & On the VIDEO ROOM on THIS VERY SITE!!! >>>

“Tantric Fantastic” (Written by Daddy FuNk) Features Daddy FuNk on Lead Vocals & was Filmed in the Famous “English Rivera” >>> The 10 Miles of Gorgeous, Sandy Beaches & Surrounding Areas in Bournemouth & Poole in the UK, Now Very Well Known for Millionaires Row………SANDBANKS. >>> This is the 1st Pop Video SiMoN The OriGinal Daddy FuNk has Starred in Since His “Funkabubble” Days in the Mid 1990s!

“Where have they Gone?” Features Scorpion King on Lead Vocals & was Conceptualized & Produced & Directed by Jamie The Scorpion King Himself! It features Fantastic Footage of Him as a Child in the same South Coast Area of the UK in 1970!!!

BOTH TRACKS ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY AS DOWNLOADS ON THIS SITE NOW!!! >>>

CLICK ON “DOWNLOADS” AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE!!! >>>

(At the time of Writing this Blog, TuneTribe.com are currently Uploading “Tantric Fantastic” to Our Widget.)

ALL Instruments, Vocals, Editing & Production on EVERY Daddy Funk & Scorpion King Track are Performed & Realized by Ourselves!!!

ALL ASPECTS of VIDEO Concept, Editing & Production are Also Controlled & Executed ENTIRELY by DF & SK!!!

We Hope You ENJOY Our NEW VIDEOS as Much as We ENJOYED Making them!!!

PeAcE & Creative PASSION!

*** <<< SiMoN The One & Only Daddy FuNk >>> ***

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is CliCk on the Word “Ringtones” on the Navigation Bar at the TOP OF THIS PAGE!!! >>>>>>> N O W ! ! ! >>> DO IT!!! >>> IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! >>>

For More Info on Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King MUSIC go to MySpace.com/DaddyFuNkScorpionKing

Listen to The Internet Hit Singles “Superhero” “Big Cats” & “Pa$$ion Flower $exy” in their GLORIOUS ENTIRETY & then GRAB Your Very Own RINGTONE of Your FAVOURITE on THIS SITE!!! >>> EASY!!! >>>

THEN…….If You FaNcy MORE Web~Style~Gratification!………You can CliCk on “Video Room” on the Tool Bar AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE……………..& Get off on ALL the VERY BEST VIDEOS Daddy FuNk has to Offer YOU LOVELY PEOPLE!!!!! >>> HA HA!! >>>

It’s GoNNa be GREAT in 2008!

PeAcE,

*** <<< SiMoN The Daddy FuNk >>> ***

Yes, You read that RIGHT! >>> CoMing to this Site VERY SOON…..Drummers-Paradise.com will be offering FREE MP3 RINGTONES of Daddy FuNk’s Most SuCCeSSful Music Singles!!!

As a SPECIAL THANK YOU to ALL Our Loyal Drummers-Paradise.com & YouTube.com Friends >>>& EVERYBODY Who arrives NEW & FRESH to this Site in 2008…………………

We will be Offering ABSOLUTELY FREE 3 Daddy FuNk MP3 RINGTONES!!!!!

ThaNks to the HUGELY TALENTED SaM @ Drummers-Paradise.com, the BIGGEST & MOST SUCCESSFUL Singles by DADDY FUNK Will be on this Page SOON as Super~HiGh~Quality MP3 RINGTONES!!! >>>

1. Superhero.

2. Big Cats.

3. Pa$$ion Flower SeXy.

To Hear the FULL TRACKS NOW GO to MySpace.com/DaddyFuNkScorpionKing & ENJOY!!! >>>

You can BUY 9 of Daddy FuNk’s FINEST by Clicking on “Downloads” at the TOP of THIS PAGE.

PeAcE & Joy to You ALL Out there in Web~Land,

Keep it HERE,

*** <<< SiMoN The OriGinal Daddy FuNk >>> ***

I Really Hope You ALL haVe had a Fantastic Christ~Mas & a Super~LoVely 2008 to YOU ALL!!!!!

I Daddy FuNk have had a VERY GoOd Year Filled with GREAT Students, GREAT Friends, SoMe AWESOME MuSiCal MoMents & LOADS MORE!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to EVERYONE who has CoNtributed to 2007 for Me…….The HuGely TALENTED…………………………………………….

Steve Robson @ AnsonRobson Marketing, Jason & Sam @ BrightLight Media, Jamie King of “Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King” FaMe, ALL My Friends, Family & Students (Both Private Students & at Schools>>>Baden Powell & St.Joseph’s! ThaNk YOU to the WONDERFUL Lucy McCarthy & Claire King.)

A BIG THANKS to Nik Williams @ YAMAHA & ZILDJIAN UK, Ian Kershaw @ Atlantic Distribution for Trueline Drumsticks, Paul & Austin @ Poole Percussion, Mike & Classic Drums UK, Jim Betsios @ Offbeat MusicStore, USA, Sam Ash NYC, USA & Anyone I’ve Forgotten!!!

LOVE to My Kids Ylana (Lily)& Theo (Great to be with You at My Gaff for the last 3 Days!) & Charlie & Alice!!!

FINALLLY a THANK~YOU to EVERYONE Who has Checked Out My VIDEOS on the TRULY MARVELLOUS YouTube.com & GoogleVideo.com!!!! You are ALL BRILLIANT (Even the oNes Who gave Me Negative Feedback!!!)

MORE VIDEOS ARE COMING IN 2008!!!!

CLICK ON “DOWNLOADS” to BUY My Music so far……………..

GO TO www.myspace.com/daddyfunkscorpionking to Check Me Out & BeCoMe My “Friend”

LoVe & PeAcE to YOU ALL for 2008,

KEEP ON DRUMMING FROM THE HEART,

*** <<< The OriGinal Daddy FuNk >>> ***

It is I, SiMoN The Original Daddy FuNk Here, bringing You the NeXt iN My GREATEST Musical Influences Blogs & It IS……………………..The Living Monsters of Rock Inspiration………………………….

RUSH!!!! >>> Featuring the ASTOUNDINGLY TALENTED & Truly Nice MaN oN DRUMS………..

NEIL PEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Got into this AMAZING Canadian Rock Trio in the Summer of 1979, not long after My 14th Birthday. >>>

I have Vivid Memories of Cycling down Wimbledon Hill, in London to Rummage throuGh the Packed Shelves of My Local Record Store!>>>

Before Very Long I owned Just about Every LP RUSH had Released Up to that Point, spending My Hard Earned Cash on this Imaginative, Creative Music.
(By this age I had 2 Paper Rounds, a Saturday Job in a Stationary Shop in Wimbledon Village & I was a Child Actor on the West End Stage in London, in the Production of “Oliver” at the Albery Theatre on St.Martin’s Lane!)

My ALL TIME Favourite Albums by RUSH would have to be “A Farewell to Kings” 1977, “Permanent Waves” 1980, “Moving Pictures” & the Live Album “Exit…Stage Left” both from 1981.

More Chat in a Minute, but without Further Ado, Here is a GREAT Live Performance I found oN the MIGHTY YouTube……

This is “YYZ” from “Moving Pictures”>>> This Clip Includes a NEIL PEART DRUM SOLO!!!!!
Ooooooooooh!!!!

What can be said about Neil Peart that hasn’t been said by Drummers a MILLION tiMes Before?! >>>

He is an Amazing, Intellectual, Introverted GENIUS! >>>

An Astounding DruMMer, a GREAT Lyricist & Writer……a Calm, Humble & Amazing MaN!>>>
Working Tirelessly in the same Band, with the same Guys since the Early 1970’s.>>>

Also to have the Inner Strength to come back to the Music Business after Soul Destroying, Personal Tragedy (Both His Teenage Daughter & His Wife Died shockingly, His Daughter in a Car Crash & His Wife of a Terminal Disease, brought on by a Broken Heart)
to Record, in My Opinion oNe of their Greatest Ever Albums “Vapor Trails” 2002, followed by an ENORMOUS World Tour which produced the INCREDIBLE Live DVD “Rush in Rio”2003.

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson were & still are responsible for My Aspiration toward & Understanding of Integrity & Honour in Music. The Emotional Excitement & Sense of Freedom that the Power of GREAT MUSIC can Create.

TOP MEN IN THEIR FIELD!!!

& Neil Inspires Me to Keep oN DRUMMING & Keep oN Writing Imaginative LYRICS!

CHECK OUT RUSH’S FANTASTIC WEB SITE www.rush.com

ThaNks for Reading, Out there iN Web~Land!

PeAcE, Power & Creativity,

*** <<< SiMoN The Original Daddy FuNk >>> ***

Scorpion King & I NOW have a MySpace.com Page to Promote Our MUSIC & THIS SITE!!!

Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King MUSIC can be Checked Out on Our NEW MySpace.com Page:

URL: www.myspace.com/daddyfunkscorpionking

It’s Just SooOOOO CoooOOOOL!!!>>>

Lot’s of GroOVy Photos, Profile Info, Our “Prog Pop” MUSIC etc. etc. etc.

GO THERE!!!

IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!!

PeAcE & MUSIC JOY EXTREME,

*** <<< SiMoN The Original Daddy FuNk >>> ***

Thanks to the INCREDIBLE SAM at Drummers-Paradise.com & PETER at TuneTribe.com, Drummers-Paradise.com has 9 FANTASTIC TRACKS to BUY on the DOWNLOADS PAGE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES Folks, it has FiNally Happened!!! >>>& I Couldn’t BE MORE HAPPY!!! >>>

9 GREAT Songs & Tunes by Daddy Funk & Scorpion King are NOW Available to BUY on THIS SITE, at the AMAZING PRICE of 79p Sterling/ $1.49 US or Canadian PER TRACK!!!!! >>>

WOW!!!! >>>

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK THE “DOWNLOADS” ICON AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE!

Listen to CLIPS of ANY & ALL of the Tracks available & Then BUY YOUR FAVOURITES & ENJOY!!! >>>

As My 14 Year Old Student Jeremy H’ said ToniGht……This is the Birth of “Si-tunes”!!! HA HA!!

JUST THINK, You Could be GroOVing or RoCkin’ or JazZing OUT to Daddy Funk & Scorpion King Music on Your Own MP3 Player ANY MOMENT NOW!!!! >>>

DO IT!!! >>>

YOU’LL LOVE IT!!!>>>

BE UPLIFTED BY OUR MUSIC NOW!!! >>>

PeAcE & GREAT MUSIC to the World,

*** <<< SiMoN The Original Daddy FuNk >>> ***

Busy, Busy, BUSY!!! >>> PheW! >>>

It’s ALL a Bit Hectic at the MoMeNt, with all the NEW Web~Site Developments, LOADS of TeaChing, Writing the “Melodic Drumset Applications” Book (It’s going to be REALLY Great!) & ReCording like CRAZY for the “Daddy Funk & Scorpion King” NEW CD “3″ (TOP NOTCH Music, Songwriting & Production!) BliMey!!!

Oh & Some NEW YouTube Videos Will be Heading Your Way SOON TOO!!!

So FiNally, Here is the NeXt iN My Series of GREATEST Musical Influences Blogs……….& It IS……………STUART COPELAND, the Ground~Breaking, Original & Awesome DRUMMER, from the Iconic Band “The Police” !!!

In 1979 Stuart Copeland COMPLETELY Changed the Way I Heard & Understood RHYTHM on the Drums!>>>

The Young Simon Greenhill was 14 at the tiMe wheN “The Police” EXPLODED onto the UK Music Scene & I swiftly BouGht Both of their Albums “Outlandos D’Amour” & “Reggatta de Blanc” & All of the 7″ Singles I could get My Hands oN, Including a Multi~Pack of Picture Sleeves & BLUE VINYL Discs!!!

What was SO DIFFERENT about this Rock Trio was their RHYTHMS, which were ALL ABOUT Displacement & Syncopation within a Pop Music Song Structure. >>>

BRILLIANT!!!

I’ll let Stuart Himself explain this Phenomenon, in a Video Clip takeN from an Interview on the Music TV Programme in the UK “The Tube”. The Interviewer is Jools Holland. ENJOY!!!

This Clip was Recorded in Monserat, where “The Police” were Recording their, then, New Album “Ghosts in the Machine”.

I was SoooOOOO Into this band, in their EARLY COOL days! >>> So much so, I joined their Fan Club “The Outlandos Fan Club” in January 1980! & I still have a Ring binder Folder to this day, which contains all My Correspondence until I went off them in early 1981!!!>>>

For the ReCord, it took Me a While to write this Blog About “The Police” because, much as I LoVed Stuart Copelands Drumming & Stings Songwriting………………Sting is NOW a Class “A” DICK!!!!! >>>

I Have VERY LITTLE Respect for the Man or His Music anymore (He NOW lives Permanently Up His Own Arse, Owns Half of Tuscany & in the Recent Reunion Tour, WILDLY Overcharged for EVERY Ticket…..as if ANY of them NEED the Money!!!!)…………but in 1979 He WAS CoOL!

So there You have it!

Oh & Stuart Copeland’s CD Project “Oysterhead” “The Grand Pecking Order” was Very GoOd, if a Little Weird! >>> But then it DID Feature The UnCrowned KING of Weird……Les Claypool!

Oysterhead.com

Again, GoOd Drumming thouGh!

PeAcE & Drum~PasSioN,

*** <<< The OriGinal Daddy FuNk >>> ***

CheCk it Out There is a NEW DOWNLOADS PAGE on this Site NOW!!!!!!!!!

OH YES!!!

The Fabulous People Behind Drummers-Paradise.com (ThaNk YOU Jason & Sam!) have Installed A NEW DOWNLOADS PAGE!!!>>>

CoOL HUH!>>>

At the Moment there are FREE WALLPAPERS of the “Superhero” CD Single Cover, by the ENORMOUSLY TALENTED Steve Robson of AnsonRobson Marketing!!! >>>

SoON there will be DOWNLOADS to BUY of The Very Best of Daddy FuNk & Scorpion King’s
FuNky, CoOL, BIG Production MUSIC! >>>

OH HELL YEAH!!! >>>

Keep it Here,

PeAcE & Prosperity,

*** <<< The Original Daddy FuNk >>> ***

So here’s the NeXt oNe iN My Series of GREATEST Musical Influences Blogs & It’s the FaNtasticly Stylish 80s Pop Band “Japan”, Fronted by the Enormously Talented & COOL David Sylvian! >>>

STYLE, FASHION, STYLE & COOL!!!! >>>>

That is what this Band were ALL about. >>>

It’s 1981 & the Young Daddy FuNk is 16 & into High Fashion, CoOL Music, Art & Theatricality. At the TiMe I was taking Art, Drama & English “A Levels” before Finally Going to Art College in 1983.>>>

Britain in the Early 80s was a Hotbed of Creative Culture, with the Rise of Style in Youth Culture throuGh Magazines (iD, Sky, Smash Hits), Music & The Pop Video, HuGe ReCord Company Budgets & Youth TV (The Tube, Top of the Pops, MTV, Max Headroom). The Pop Video was King & Radio & Music TV was HUGE Business.>>>

“Japan” were at the Forefront, but iN a Way also Under the Radar, or dare I Say it, SliGhtly ABOVE it All! >>>

“Japan” were Brothers David Sylvian (Vocals&Guitar)& Steve Jansen (Drums & Vocals), with Mick Karn (Bass&Vocals) & Richard Barbieri (Keybords)>>>>

They are Probably Best Remembered for Their Single “Ghosts” whiCh Reached Number 5 iN April 1982, oN the UK Pop Charts. This was their BIGGEST Single from Their Most Successful (& Final) Studio Album “Tin Drum” >>>

HoweVer it’s Japan’s Penultimate Album “Gentlemen take Polaroids” (1980) which was My Personal Favourite……& it is the Title TraCk which I would like to Show You Now!>>>>

This LiVe Performance was taken from Their Live LP & Video “Oil on Canvas”, which I Watched ENDLESSLY!!! >>>

The DruMMing of Steve Jansen was HiGhly Influencial oN My Style of Playing & He Remains to this Day one of My ALL TIME FAVOURITE Pop Drummers!>>>

David Sylvian & Steve Jansen are Still Recording GREAT Solo Work & Tour the World from TiMe to TiMe for their HuGe & Die~Hard FaN Base.>>>

Super~CoOL, Super~Chic, Super~Stylish!!!

Catch You ALL Really SoON,

Keep it REAL,

*** <<< The Original Daddy FuNk >>> ***