Brainstorm was the band Belita Woods sang in before she joined George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic; in 1992 the band was called P-Funk All Stars. Brainstorm made 3 albums, "Stormin'" is the first. When siniging with Brainstorm, Belita has a significantly different voice from her period with P-Funk. I love both voices although her voice sounds brighter when she was young. I saw her a couple of times live and her phrasing and timing were just unique. Unfortunately she died way too early in 2012, by the age of only 63. I can hear her influence on fellow p-funk singer Kendra Foster, who was singing with her during the late 90's and early 00's. She's definitely one of the most underrated female singers in history and should be mentioned alongside other funk/soul diva's of her age..
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! - Brainstorm was the band Belita Woods sang in before she joined George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic; in 1992 the band was called P-Funk All Stars.Brainstorm made 3 albums, Stormin' is the first. When siniging with Brainstorm, Belita has a significantly different voice from her period with P-Funk. I love both voices although her voice sounds brighter when she was young. I saw her a couple of times live and her phrasing and timing were just unique. Unfortunately she died way too early in 2012, by the age of only 63. I can hear her influence on fellow p-funk singer Kendra Foster, who was singing with her during the late 90's and early 00's. She's definitely one of the most underrated female singers in history and should be mentioned alongside other funk/soul diva's of her age..Belita live in 2004 with P-Funk.
