Manhattan transfer were simply brilliant. Punk, Disco, new wave, pop? Forget that, how about some close harmony jazz?rcgldr said:
pinball1970 said:
I listened to a mix of music back then. Went to some clubs that had switched to DJ's, but it wasn't until 1975 that the clubs with really good sounds systems opened up. Tavares is one of those bands that needed the high end disco sound systems to appreciate the sound quality. In addition to the funk style disco music, you also had what I called New York Hustle music, like Cerrone - Je Suis Music, Voyage (entire albums), Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots, ... . Disco had a grip on the music scene back then except for Fleetwood Mac with Rumours. If it wasn't for Risky Business, probably few would have remembered Old Time Rock and Roll.pinball1970 said:
Do you hate it now though?gmax137 said:
I never once heard any song by ABBA at the disco's I went to (Los Angles + Orange County California). Maybe they were played in other cities. I do recall some obscure songs played at the discos (sort of a competition between DJ's to find little known songs).pinball1970 said:
Initially I wasn't sure, but the first time I went to a disco with a high end sound system is what did it for me. Another issue is much of the music played at discos in 1975 and early 1976 were promo 12 inch singles that never got any radio time.gmax137 said:
pinball1970 said:
I know what you mean, it was certainly impressive. But at the time I thought that snappy sound was kind of fake (or say, overproduced), in the sense that it is not what live music sounded like.rcgldr said:
Depends on what equipment a band used. Around that same time (1975), some pop | rock | r&b bands, including cover bands I heard, were using high quality components (mixers, compression (mostly for vocals), effects (like reverb), pre-amp, power amp), feeding everything into a soundboard for mixing and output to power amps to high quality speakers, instead of using high powered but noisy guitar amp speakers and PA type systems. Guitar amps and drums were mic'ed in order to feed them into soundboards. Jazz and swing bands had been doing this since the 1940s.gmax137 said:
Follow up on feeding everything into a sound board dating back to the 1940's, often done in order to be able to directly record a live performance.gmax137 said:
They're terrific. That's smooth jazz? Sounds more like fusion. Not whiff of Kenny G.rcgldr said:
I updated that post.Hornbein said:
Arrangement of what? No link, just an image.morrobay said:
rcgldr said:
That link works, showing the DJ's. I thought "arrangement" meant a reference to one of the songs posted earlier in this thread. I couldn't find those DJ's on youtube. There are a few nightclubs with DJ's in my area, but they're very crowded. One of the venues, Skyloft in Laguna Beach, has bands on some nights, DJs on other nights, but it is always crowded. BIG (Brothers Igniting A Groove) at Skyloft, keyboard player (on the left) using DigiTech Talker vocoder box. Recorded with a Note 8, good enough to get an idea (other than it is also very loud there).morrobay said:
I missed that. I started discos in the LA area in 1975, then later Orange county 1976 and on. I already mentioned Bamaha Mamas (Santa Monica), Destiny II (Culver City), and Crescendo (Anaheim). There was also the Starwood (Hollywood), and Circus (Hollywood). I never went to Circus, but the DJ for Circus worked at a stereo shop called the Ear Drum in Santa Monica, and sold extra copies of those disco 12" promo singles, which I bought a few of. For Orange County, it was Tin Lizzies (?), City Lights (on the top floor of a building near Knott's Berry Farm), McConahays (Costa Mesa), FoxHunter (Costa Mesa). Other venues included places like Bobby McGees, California Sun, Red Onion, ..., and some hotels. The last two were the Arium (Irvine); its dance floor is now a second bar, and St Regis (Dana Point), which became Monarch Beach Hotel, and now Waldorf Astoria. In LA, Hacienda Hotel near LAX had New York Hustle nights 2 to 4 times a month before the hotel was taken over about 10 years ago. The music changed and the dancers aged:morrobay said:
Wikipedia said:
I wouldn't change one single thing in this song. DennisN said:
Some modern stuff being used there. She's wearing ear buds for voice monitor, and the drums are mostly controller pads (MIDI). Keyboard is standard, sounds coming from the keyboard as oppose to a keyboard controller hooked up to sound modules or later laptops with sampled sounds. This snippet video shows a high end keyboard controller (Arturia Keylab 88 MKII) using a laptop for sampled sounds and mixing. Each band member has wireless earbuds (drummer has wireless headphones), each with their own mix.DennisN said: