Vinyl Wednesday: AMP FIDDLER - WALTZ OF A GHETTO FLY
Wikipedia does not tell us the age of this multi-talented musician, on the other hand: what is age except a number? Especially if someone is as hip as him. Joseph "Amp" Fiddler is an American keyboardist, sound designer, singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. His musical styles include funk, soul, dance and electronica music. He is probably best known for his contributions to the band Enchantment, and as part of George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic groups from 1985 until 1996.[1] His first solo album Waltz of a Ghetto Fly was released in March 2004.[2] His most recent album, Afro Strut, was released in 2006. (Wikipedia) Here's a track from the album:
Here's one of my favourite tunes of this album, played live in Düsseldorf (2014):
So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - Wikipedia does not tell us the age of this multi-talented musician, on the other hand: what is age except a number? Especially if someone is as hip as him.Joseph Amp Fiddler is an American keyboardist, sound designer, singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan, U.S.. His musical styles include funk, soul, dance and electronica music. He is probably best known for his contributions to the band Enchantment, and as part of George Clinton’s Parliament and Funkadelic groups from 1985 until 1996.[1] His first solo album Waltz of a Ghetto Fly was released in March 2004.[2] His most recent album, Afro Strut, was released in 2006. (Wikipedia)Here's a track from the album:Here's one of my favourite tunes of this album, played live in Düsseldorf (2014):
