MP3 Wah Wah Swamp Funk Rock

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Jan 2006 4:48 pm

Hi people,
This is me, my 8 string lap steel, a fatty and GarageBand. I'm using the built-in wah wah of garageband. Thanks for listening. Don http://www.ehmz.org/ttt/music/SwampFunk.mp3 [This message was edited by Don McClellan on 27 January 2006 at 04:48 PM.]

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 27 Jan 2006 5:01 pm

Woohooooo!! I loved it,- made me smile on an otherwise boring Friday night!

Steinar

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Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 27 Jan 2006 5:40 pm

Cool, neat job Don reminds me of some of the fuzz/wah we used to do a looooong time ago (circa 1975)Pusher Man, Proud Mary, etc

Bill

Ron Bednar · Post by **Ron Bednar** » 27 Jan 2006 5:40 pm

That's great, especially the fatty part...big smile here!

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 27 Jan 2006 6:21 pm

Okay...

We'll there's something I love.

Great job.

Richard Sevigny · Post by **Richard Sevigny** » 27 Jan 2006 6:29 pm

Fantastically cool! Love the Jekyll & Hyde "clean" bridge. Great contrast to the greasy funk.

Keep 'em comin'

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Jan 2006 8:37 pm

Thanks guys, Don

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 27 Jan 2006 9:13 pm

Nice playing! What tuning?

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Jan 2006 9:34 pm

Thanks Jim, the tuning is B6th. From Hi to Lo; Bb (1/2 step below 3rd string) Eb, B, G#, F#, Eb, C, A Don

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 27 Jan 2006 9:53 pm

! That's a bad mammajamma there, Mr. Don...

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Jan 2006 10:14 pm

It's good Don, but personally I'd prefer to hear it without so much wah. I love to hear the attack of notes and phrases, but I feel the wah overwhelms it. Buried in there were some nice licks.

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 27 Jan 2006 10:31 pm

Mike, you're right. There's too much wah and its too low in the mix. I'm going to redo the wah wah lead and maybe I'll post the redone version if its better, Thanks, Don

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 27 Jan 2006 10:39 pm

"Get down, get funky"

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 28 Jan 2006 9:07 am

Will Do.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 28 Jan 2006 9:20 am

Maui Wowie!!!! Love it!

Gotta love that last chord too (#11? I call it the "Get Smart" chord because they used it alot on that show from the '60s).

Cool backing track too with the nylon string guitar. Tell us more about how you put together the backup instruments please.

Hey Don, I lived over there back in the late 70s, on Halama Street. Had a gig with Mitch Woods at the Blue Max and other joints in Lahaina playing bass. Was blissfully ignorant of Hawaiian music back in those days.

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 28 Jan 2006 10:33 am

Bill, The "Get Smart" chord is F#minorMajor7add9 you might say. Its (from low note to high) F#,A,F and G#. I don't know what to call it really.
First I set the metronome, played the initial nylon string vamp and then looped it. Then I played nylon funk style fill licks all the way through and then came back and edited out the bad stuff. Then I found a drum groove I liked along with that wild drum roll fill and the shaker I added later. Then I added bass which I played on a real bass guitar. The song sort of wrote itself. I had no idea for a bridge when I started but soon realized it would need some sort of bridge so I began to play what I felt and before too long the bridge was in place. Then I found a wah wah sound I liked and started jamming (and editing). I'm glad you like it. Don[This message was edited by Don McClellan on 28 January 2006 at 10:36 AM.]

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 28 Jan 2006 11:33 am

Thanks for the info Don!

Jim Ives · Post by **Jim Ives** » 28 Jan 2006 1:57 pm

Don,
I sent you an e-mail. I'd really appreciate a MP3 emailed to me so I can practice my wah pedal usage for the pedal steel.
Thanks,
-Jim

James Quackenbush · Post by **James Quackenbush** » 28 Jan 2006 2:01 pm

"roooooolll another one......just like the other one !!" .....
I 'll bet you had as much fun playin this as I did listenning to it !!.....
Dare to be different ......

Mike Selecky · Post by **Mike Selecky** » 28 Jan 2006 2:59 pm

Don - loved this tune! I'm not familiar with GarageBand - is this a software program similar to BIAB?

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 28 Jan 2006 3:20 pm

Thanks again folks.
Mike, GarageBand is an Apple MacIntosh (Mac) recording program that is very easy and fun to use. [This message was edited by Don McClellan on 28 January 2006 at 03:47 PM.]

Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 28 Jan 2006 3:39 pm

I love it, Don!

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Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 28 Jan 2006 3:48 pm

Thanks Dan, Go Seahawks!!!!!!

Larry Weaver · Post by **Larry Weaver** » 29 Jan 2006 7:09 am

Great stuff Don! Man,in addition to your tasty playing, I just love the feel and flow of the whole tune. Very cool indeed! Thanks for sharing it with us.

-Larry

Don McClellan · Post by **Don McClellan** » 29 Jan 2006 9:07 am

Larry, thank you very much