Am I the only one here who listens to them?
In case you're wondering the Flecktones are a super-cool jazz/funk/folk/bluegrass/fusion jam band made up of some of the best musicians I've ever heard - all virtuosos on their instruments. Their music is really interesting because it blends all kinds of different influences and instruments you wouldn't normally put together, but in a way that makes it seem natural. How often do you hear banjo solos in jazz? Or how often do you bring in steel pans or tablas or bassoons? It's also really interesting from a theoritical point of view, because they use extremely complex time signatures (they've borrowed some from Indian music, so they end up with weird time signatures like 7/16 or weird combinations, and it's rare that they don't change time signatures in their songs). Not that they don't have a lot of songs in regular time signatures, but it's really cool that they can play comfortably (and even more impressive, improvise) in weird time signatures and make it sound cool at the same time.
Anyway, hopefully someone else here has heard them and likes them, but the reason I'm writing is cause I'm going to see them play tonight, and I'm really psyched for it. A chance to see the best musicians on their instruments playing and improvising together is something I don't get too often!
Soooo...anyone out there?
In case you're wondering the Flecktones are a super-cool jazz/funk/folk/bluegrass/fusion jam band made up of some of the best musicians I've ever heard - all virtuosos on their instruments. Their music is really interesting because it blends all kinds of different influences and instruments you wouldn't normally put together, but in a way that makes it seem natural. How often do you hear banjo solos in jazz? Or how often do you bring in steel pans or tablas or bassoons? It's also really interesting from a theoritical point of view, because they use extremely complex time signatures (they've borrowed some from Indian music, so they end up with weird time signatures like 7/16 or weird combinations, and it's rare that they don't change time signatures in their songs). Not that they don't have a lot of songs in regular time signatures, but it's really cool that they can play comfortably (and even more impressive, improvise) in weird time signatures and make it sound cool at the same time.
Anyway, hopefully someone else here has heard them and likes them, but the reason I'm writing is cause I'm going to see them play tonight, and I'm really psyched for it. A chance to see the best musicians on their instruments playing and improvising together is something I don't get too often!
Soooo...anyone out there?
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