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Any questions for Herbie?

Started by Manic Hispanic, June 19, 2004, 10:44:53 AM

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Manic Hispanic

I'm meeting Herbie Hancock tonight.  Does anyone have any questions I should ask him?  They don't necessarily have to be about Rhodes either.

Funk

What are his favourite effects on Rhodes and clavinet?

Manic Hispanic

On the Rhodes he used tape-echo (Echoplex), for clav he used Wah (Crybaby), as well as Phaser and filtering in later years.

Anonymous

whoa whoa whoa!! how the heck did u get to meet Herbie????!!!  :o  :o  :o ....

....and why didnt i see this topic earlier!!

I'd ask him about his lydian chromatic stuff, and general soloing ideas;  I'd ask him what he is practicing/exploring at the moment;
What his favourite synths are;

ummm... yeah, i guess its kinda hard to know what questions to ask.

What did you ask him, Manic Hispanic?

Tbird65

Id like to ask Herbie about his tune Misstery, based on Stella by Starlight.
***Tbird65***

bluenote908

I would ask him why he used so many rhodes samples on "Future to Future," yet seems to believe that the rhodes is a thing of the past. Maybe he still has a warm spot in his heart for the sound, not neccesarily the instrument.

Manic Hispanic

My question was the same as Funk's, although I'm kicking myself now for forgetting a million things I should have asked  :cry: .  It was backstage after a concert and I was just one of fifty fans trying to get a word in.  I did, however, manage to get my copy of The Prisoner autographed as well as my Native Dancer by Wayne Shorter. :D  By the way I highly recommend both albums to anyone that hasn't heard them for some great rhodes playing and hip tunes!

Herbiefied

I would have asked him to spend a couple hours (o.k. 5 minutes) to lay down some funk with me in my studio.

Yes,yes i know. Not very practical.

I probably would have asked him about the wah he used on his clavinet (it doesn't sound like a crybaby to me).

well anyway, this might be a good place to ask: Does antone know anything about Herbie's tone on albums like Headhunters and Thrust?

Echoplexed Rhodes, Clav, and Arp as well as wah ( sounds like more of a filtery sweeping high resonce sound more so than the crybaby i think).
This is as far as I've gotten. I have all three of these keyboards and they just sound different. Maybe it's just cause I'm playin' 'em and not him but it's fun to ask.