It's tough to explain, tougher to master. (Michael Jackson tried to explain it to his band as "getting outta bed on a saturday morning".) That's why it can be elusive. So many folks have a hard time describing what the groove really is. (P-funk, the Meters, James Brown, early EWF, early Kool and the Gang, early Commodores, etc). Also, all of those funk drum beats that hip-hop artists steal are all excellent examples of totally nailing the groove. The clash of styles really accentuates the rhythm. It's fun when you get used to hearing it on those old records (early Elvis, Fats Domino, Bill Hailey, etc) because some guys in the band weren't groovin', while other guys were really swinging it. Listen to some of the jazz and funk greats and you'll start to hear the groove. Just let those other notes land a bit later. Try to avoid being perfectly mathematical about it. Everything else can be just the slightest little bit late. Your drummer is probably nailing the groove, so let him/her do it. Even some of the downbeats can be a bit behind the beat. Höre kostenlos Swing It or Wing It von Eric Gilchrists 100 Easy Listening Jazz Hits und sieh dir Coverbilder, Songtexte und ähnliche Künstler an. Try thinking about playing the shuffle notes just a tad bit late. With bass players, it's especially tricky because you need to both push the groove (by being dead on for certain rhythmic parts) but also get a bit lazy (in order to really capture that swing feel).
There's a subtle laziness that's required in order to really get that feeling of a swing, shuffle, or backbeat. That's what's known as "groove" or being "in the pocket" or (especially for drummers) the backbeat. While your approach is technically correct, I'm guessing it lacks the feeling you're looking for. As you're discovering, there's more to it than the mechanical (or even mathematical) approach of playing certain notes with a triplet rhythm. This is a fine, fine record by three brilliant, completely authentic women: a gem of backwater to runneth over.What you seek, my friend, is "the groove". Their backup reads like a veritable roster of first-chair Memphis originals, installing that swampy-deep backwoods, diggin-it groove.
The songs themselves sing of familiar old territories - deadbeat dads and old lovers, less than rosy rolling in the clover, releasing those Saturday night ya-yas - but the intensity of each of these hardcore principals bring a resonance to each small moment on the record. These tunes romp as well as they stomp and successfully mark territories among soul singers, blues artists, country strutters and just plain funky womanity, they way we love our Memphis gals (and how they can scare the crawfish out of a fella). Her sass is matched by Marci Ball's downtown attitude and hunker-down suggestiveness. Irma Thomas growls ferociously from under a streetlamp and will not let us walk on by. Tracy Nelson has that earth-mother caterwaul as she summons, and we recall, the depths of the '60s as only Tracy Nelson can remind us. Es wurden Duette gesungen, aber nie sangen alle drei zusammen. Die drei Sängerinnen waren immer schon Fans voneinander, hatten musikalisch aber nur selten Kontakt. Gently place these fingers on your solar plexus, about two inches above your belly button. Sing It ist ein R&B-Album, das Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas und Tracy Nelson 1998 für Rounder Records aufgenommen haben. Bring your index and middle fingers together like you’re pointing. Try to choose a note that the singer holds for a long time. Other triple threat records take heed: this is exactly how its done, a perfect collaboration done with honor, grace, and deep within the southern traditions of vocal licks-trading, which makes this artifact timeproof. Here’s a great exercise to help you sing vibrato: Pick a note from a song that you’d like to sing with vibrato. Sing It! is a blessed event, too - and a great excuse to visit New Orleans for this "summit meeting" of major minds and throats of three of the most formidable female voices on at least three musical maps today. As a matter of fact we are docking into past ports a bit here on this retro excursion into protofeminsit diva rock.
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