Friday, 30 July 2010

Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot (Make It Funky Edit)


Curtis Mayfield - Toot An' Toot An' Toot (Make It Funky Edit) by James DB

Make It Funky Favourite: A special one for you, from the amazing 1981 album Love Is The Place, this lesser known (well it took me a long time to find it) soul/funk bomb is probably my favourite Curtis Mayfield tune (big shout i know...)

There's not much you can do to make this any better, so I've just looped a few bits to make it easier to mix and changed the arrangement a touch.
all done in one take using the loop feature on Serato.

I hope you enjoy it as much as i have the original over the years. Go buy the album. you won't regret it

Friday, 2 July 2010

Melba Moore - Standing right here (Make It Funky edit)


Melba Moore - Standing right here (Make It Funky edit) by James DB


Make It Funky Favourite: classic disco action from 1977 on Buddah Records. written and produced by McFadden, Whitehead and Carstarphen.

I (controversially I'm sure) never liked the chorus, so have taken it out and turned it into more of a disco groover. I hope you like it...

edited in one take looping live using Serato, so it's a little rough (as always). I'll tidy it up one day...

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