Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Neck Factor

I have found a new term to describe what I used to call, "making the stank face". Marcus Johnson, pianist extrordinare came up with the more classy term of the "the neck factor". When the beat is just so funky and smooth that you can't help but move your neck. Real music heads know exactly what i am talking about. An example of a musician who always brings the neck factor is George Clinton. His stuff is so funky... you got get the neck going.

But let me introduce this question... what about songs that are so funky and getting it that "the neck factor" is simply not enough. Marcus Johnson's "Just Doing What I Do" is definatly one of those. There is this one part of the song, maybe it is the hook, not sure, but the bass line comes in, and you it forces not only the neck factor, but the stank face will pop up too. Greatness man.

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