Announcement

So..I've made some changes

This blog will now be used for life updates and writing stuff, I've picked up poetry and short story writing again. So I'm devoting this blog to personal updates and to that, My new music blog will be at http://wisedirect1.wordpress.com/.

Both will have weekly updates every wednesday (hopefully).

Till next time blogosphere readers!

Swing, Swing, Swing!

I'm making glenn miller proud, cuz the blog today is all about swing and big band!

Joke of the day

Q: How many IT guys does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None, that's a Facilities problem.

(Being an IT I can make this joke)

For years I've been a big fan of swing, way back in the day I used to go to a club called bricks (now called sound) for their swing night. We would learn a couple moves and then take it out to the dance floor to give it a try. Swing gets you movin and shaking and the dance sequences are amazing.

Let's start off with a classic




Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood




Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing

The verb "to swing" is also used as a term of praise for playing that has a strong rhythmic " groove" or drive.

Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. Swing uses a strong anchoring rhythm section which supports a lead section that can include brass instruments, including trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets or stringed instruments including violin and guitar; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement.

-Taken from Wikipedia

Count Basie Orchestra Swingin' the Blues

Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing

fats waller- aint misbehavin (stormy weather)




Royal Crown Revue-Somethings Gotta Give




Big Bad Voodoo Daddy-Always Gonna Get Ya


Video of the day!




Dutch Swing College Band - Swing That Music

(These guys are amazing!)

http://www.dscband.nl/index2.php?l=uk

Who got me into music

But first a story, I think the first thing that got me into music was the breaker kids that used to come to my grade school when I was very little. Between lessons they would teach us how to break dance.

I found this video, which was a great lead in to the blog today




which brings me to what artist got me into music (well it was actually two groups)
Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5

Yep that's right the king of pop is the catalyst for my music addiction. Starting from the early years of off the wall and Dancing Machine, I was hooked. Sporting my Captain EO glasses as a kid, I would rock out to MJ tapes all the time.

For those who are not aware of what Captain EO was here's the videos






Some of his/there works that influenced me are;



Jackson 5-I want you back



Jackson 5-ABC



Jackson 5- I'll be there



Michael Jackson-Thriller (Original Version is copyrighted so I couldn't use it, but this one rocks)
1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice!



Michael Jackson-Beat it



Michael Jackson-Smooth Criminal



Michael Jackson-Dangerous



Michael Jackson-Bad



Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough


-Video of the day-


Till next time!