Great soul music which covers alot of territory thoughout time and space
Spinning records at ROOTDOWN every thursday night @Little temple (santa monica & Virgil).
people, spaces ,beautiful places and faces.
trying to grow heirloom tomatoes in my yard...
Real folks food, no matter where it's from,ya know street grub is the best!
Meet me at 3rd and fairfax y'all or the east village for that matter.
Joseph campbell's power of myth series
Real History not HIS-story(thank you jungle brothers)
paying my mortgage on time
paying dues till you've had enough and are ready to move on to the next ones and so on till the day you die(thank you little beaver).
travelling round this great big ball with breakestra making music having fun.
One day feeling the same thing that i think other folks feel when they're cool and copacetic with all that surounds them.
Oh yeah, round shiny plastic with electromagnetic grooves not to mention chunks of wood with strings and things attached.
Music
i love discovering music that was right under my nose sitting on my record shelf for years.
passionate music or an amazing kiss are the closest that we can get in this world to God.
Duke Pearson "it could only happen with you"-Bossa jazz perfection featuring brazilian songbird Flora Purim on vocals!
Terry reid "seed of memory"
eddie jacobs exchange- "love your pain goes deep" reissued by jazzman
HOLLY GO LIGHTLY,Slowly but surely,great songwriting ,NO Fakin' bacon here!
Jeff Buckley still does me good,bless his soul.
dixie hummingbird's divine gospel,thanks to jesse chairez
Lennie hibbert"creation" and more creation"
Aggrolites- rocksteady scorchers
bobby d-highway 61 revisited
Muddy watters anthology("I roll and i tumble" goin out to chuck chilla
johnny cash,,,almost anything he done did!
whatever funky soul mix cd 's swimming round my office of a car
John mothrfuckin'Edwards "if i don't use my head"thank you jesse chairez
Motown "cellar full of soul" peep the rare stevie wonder unreleased cuts
The latest "funky soul" finds that my homies unveil
Kinks" all day and all of the nite".that's one of the first riffs i ever learned on guitar,after the stones/little walter, slider "litttle red rooster"
Delroy Wilson's"good all over".rocksteady sweet soul ya can't control
John holt "greatest hits" .ditto
Lee dorsey's anthology Check for "lottie Moe 68" funky funky funky
Edan the emcee or Dee jay either way he's running shit but don't sleep for even a second on Mc insight cause he's always doin' it right!
still listening cocteau twins still sing me to sleep.
tom waits Heart of saturday night will forever run my late nights,well now that i mention it,Miles' Kind of blue epic can keep anything in check.
Movies
What about bob,hedwig and the angry inch,Pan's Labrynth,bad news bears,The ring trilogy!wild style,blazing saddles and most mel brooks,american splendor,Thunderball and all good Bond,raising arizona,harold and maude,watership down,a little romance,Latcho drom,jail house rock,cry baby,love and death,Excalibur,Jeckyl and hyde together again,the shining,fitzcaraldo,X men,
time of the gypsies,amadeus,zoo "your friend billy zane" lander,monty python's meaning of life and life of Brian-Blasphemy!!!
star wars minus the effin' gerbils .Interview with the vampire,Purple rain(i am a sentimentimental fucker for real, i think actually cried during this one),Hard days nightcity of lost childern,X,barry lyndon,The last temptation of christ,Rocky horror,Debbie does dallas was damn good 70's porn,don't front!
Clearly not a connoiseur of the fine cinema wine but still willing and looking to learn more,so please feel free to try and enlighten the heathen that i am.
Television
works great for vhs and dvds
but....am loooking forward to the 3rd season of deadwood.fuck those fucks for cancelling one of my fucking favorite fucking cable shows.
Books
kim,candide by voltaire,the alchemist,conversatons with god,cash,women by buk,
beneath the underddog for those who love mingus.City of Marvels,
Soulsville.
a people's history of the united states,doomed generation,trying to finish or even start some of the classic religious texts for the funk of it.
once again i'm still looking for more to feed my brain so don't hesitate to let a brother know.
Heroes
Joseph campbell,malcolm,Martin,john lennon,twain,mohandes,mr.nesta marley,Patricia and ready freddie tackett,
FOR MY FRIENDS WHO DON'T KNOW THAT MY ROOTS ARE PLAYING GUITAR & SINGING IN INCLINED, IT WAS MY LIFE, OBSESSION & 2ND FAMILY FROM THE TIME I WAS 15 TILL JUST BEFORE I STARTED THE BREAKESTRA.BASICALLY 13 YEARS OR SO.LONGER THAN MOST BANDS YA THINK OF.MYSELF,STEVE SMART & GENE PERRY PLAYED AROUND THE WESTSIDE/SANTA MONICA/TOPANGA (WHERE I'M FROM) AREA FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS & THEN AFTER MADE OUR WAY INTO HOLLYWOOD BARS WE WERE TOO YOUNG TO EVEN LEGALLY BE IN.AFTER MANY YEARS OF DIFFERENT 4 TRACK CASSETTE TAPES & A HANDFUL OF "GOOD" STUDIO SESSIONS WE MADE OUR FIRST SELF RELEASED CD IN 1991.SOON AFTER COLUMBIA BOUGHT THE RECORD WE RELEASED & REPACKAGED IT WITH A FEW ADDED TRACKS & THERE IT WAS "BRIGHT NEW DAY".
THE CD FEATURED 13 SONGS THAT HAD DEVELOPED FROM PLAYING & EVOLVING OVER THE 9 PREVIOUS YEARS.IN ADDITION TO ITS UNIQUE SOUNDS & SONGS IT ALSO IS PROBABLY THE FIRST POP/ROCK GUITAR RECORD TO HAVE USED SAMPLE PIECES FROM RECORDS, LOOPED BREAKBEATS & ALSO FEATURED DJ CUT CHEMIST 'S SCRATCHING, WHO MADE HIS CD DEBUT ON BND ON THE LAST TRACK "OUTCLINED", A SHOUT OUT TRACK,ALSO THE FIRST FOR ANY NON HIP HOP RECORD.
WE WERE AS INFLUENCED BY THE LATE 80'S EARLY 90S HIP HOP GOLDEN AGE SOUND AS WE WERE BY PROGRESSIVE OLD & NEW POP,ROCK, PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS.
WE TOURED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, SPENDING SOME VERY EXCITING & FUN TIMES WITH BLIND MELON WHOM I WOULD LATER PLAY CELLO WITH ON THE 2ND CD.
WE MADE A SECOND RECORD FOR COLUMBIA CALLED "SIFTER" THAT THEY PASSED ON & THUS BEGAN OUR CHALLENGE TO STAY ON OUR PATH.WE MADE A BOOTLEG EP CD CALLED "SIFTER" & GOT SOME OUT THERE BUT CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN & BEYOND OUR CONTROL LEAD US TO DISBAND IN 1996.
STEVE SMART THE DRUMMER & GENE PERRY THE BASS PLAYER CONTINUED TO PLAY AFTER IN A LATIN JAZZ FUNK PROJECT CALLED CUSTOM THAT IS GOING TO PLAY AT THE INCLINED REUNION SHOW AS WELL.
THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM LINE UP ACTUALLY FEATURED THEM PLUS DAN UBICK OF THE LIONS & CONNIE PRICE AS WELL AS JEREMY RUZUMNA,KEYBOARDIST AND MAIN SONGWRITER ON MACY GRAYS FIRST & 2ND CDS.
AFTER WE SPLIT, I PUT THE GUITAR DOWN IN FAVOR OF THE BASS ONCE I ORGANIZED WHAT QUICKLY BECAME THE BREAKESTRA, MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT ITS HARD TO FIND BASS LAYERS WHO LOVE THE HEARTBEAT, HARMONIC FOUNDATION THAT THE BASS PLAYS IN FUNK/SOUL JAZZ MUSIC.ALSO I NEEDED A BREAK FROM ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT JOYFUL BUT SOMETIMES FRUSTRATION FILLED HISTORY I HAD KNOWN AS INCLINED FOR 13 YEARS.WHEW...
BUT I RARELY SAY NEVER...
STEVE & MYSELF STAYED IN TOUCH PERIODICALLY PLAYING TOGETHER HERE AND THERE BUT I COMPLETELY LOST TOUCH WITH THE BASS PLAYER GENE.
A FEW MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A VERY WARM PHONE CALL FROM GENE PERRY SUGGESTING WE GET TOGETHER AND ALL PLAY AGAIN IN OUR POWER TRIO GLORY.
I WAS READY AND WELCOMED IT WITH AN OPN HEART.
CONSIDERING STEVE LIVES IN PITTSBURG,PA IT WAS A DIFFICULT MANEUVER BUT AFTER OUR OLD MANAGER CHARLES RAGGIO GOT ONTO BOOKING SOME SHOWS WE TALKED STEVE INTO FLYING OUT FOR 2 WEEKS OF GIGS IN L.A.!
ME & GENE GOT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS & STARTED TO DUST OFF OUR GEAR & IT FELT GOOD.I JUST GOTTA KEEP PRACTICIN MY SOLOS NOT TO MENTION SINGING WHILST GUITARRING.LOL.IVE BEEN STAYING HOME THE LAST WEEK.NO LATE NIGHTS EXCEPT TO SIT HERE & WRITE THIS.
THANKS FOR CHECKIN THIS OUT...
You can catch up with Inclined here:
www.myspace.com/inclinedband
You can read about us here:
http://palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3932
also the topanga messenger has an article.google that mutha,cause i'm too lazy to...
Need a Signed copy of the Sifter EP? Drop us a reply via the myspace site.
Take care,
Steve, Miles and Gene
The Inclined
Friends of the Funk! Breakestra has finally gotten it's soul back togetha to drop Hit Tha Floor! on Ubiquity records. The new cd & vinyl of 14 original tracks for your bumpin',groovin' & samplin' pleasure drops today October 25th instores around the world and ... Check hiphopsite.com for an exclusive free promo bonus cd featuring an alternate mix of "Faily Rap" and a couple other jammies for the first 500 customers buying the album. thanks for supporting independent musicians folks. The new record produced by Music Man Miles includes the single "Family Rap" featuring Chali2na & Soup from J5,Double K(people under the stairs),Mix Master Wolf(rappin' on wax debut) & Wolf's father,renowned musician munyungo Jackson on percussion. Family rap is special dedication to the foundation of our los angles musical family going back to the 90's when parties like Peace Pipe and the Breaks were keepin the funk alive and direct. Also there's a new more bangin' drum re-cut mix of "you don't need a dance" on the album that miles did last minute at 7 a.m. before the cds mastering session. Look for a wide variety of new soul sounds to hit ya hard but never hurt.
ME?
Just a mellow kinda fella trying to find a good melody to go with the groove and soothe whomever drifts my way.
No matter what it is i'm into it seems to be about bringing peoples together for music.
Been on this planet long enough to say that the only thing you can count on besides your own real self love is change.though doesn't it sometimes seem that things never really change?
I've been makin' music since i was wee lad in various forms.right about now i lead and produce a funk band called Breakestra.I also dj a bit and have been putting on a party called ROOTDOWN for 8 years(check for rootdown in here or ..@ rootdownclub.com.I just came out with my first mix cd cd "funky sole vol 1" which ya can check out or cop on turntablelab.com and hiphopsite.com and just dropped a new breakestra single on ubiquity.so peep it ,if ya please.
Also EVERY SAT FUNKY SOLE@ star shoes w/ myself egon and special guests spinning....you got it funky soul all nite for freee.
Oh yeah,(to quote my man Dusk) FUCK GEORGE BUSH and the rest of his swine!
Yes i finally am no longer that or this kid but simply a music man.
Who I'd like to meet: The Inclined - “Bright New Day” – FREE digital album re-release – AVAILABLE TIL SEPT 5TH!!!
MY FIRST BAND INCLINED MAKING 1ST CD AVAIL FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON MYSPACE NOW! FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, I, MUSIC MAN MILES AKA (MILES OM TACKETT) OF BREAKESTRA/ ROOTDOWN/ FUNKY SOLE AM IN A BAND CALLED THE INCLINED THAT I PLAYED GUITAR, CELLO AND SANG IN FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE FORMING BREAKESTRA.
WE ARE MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE:
www.myspace.com/inclinedband
FREE DOWNLOAD OF SIDE TWO UNTIL SEPT 5TH - -
BREAKING NEWS: A new full-length album of Inclined songs, called “Might Not Know It Now”, featuring some material from the “Sifter” EP as well as several other unreleased songs COMING SOON!!!
Hey Miles - great tunes there, dude. My band and I just spent a couple of days with your Pop, Mom, and Little Feat. Fun times. I first met them in New Orleans and they put me onto Breakestra. Groovy, baby, groovy. Your version of Ring Of Fire is inspired (always thought about doing a Bo Diddley version myself). Will definitely drop in to hear more good tunes. By the way, did you design the cover to your dad's solo album in 2003? Great stuff. Keep well, Barry* :)
of course it's wood-ye, it took me a minute to conch my memory...it's from annie hall. but it does sounds like a LD quote, i mean he is wood-ye lite;) sorry if that disturbs you, but it's the truth.
Hi Miles! is Nicola the italian guy came every saturday at Funky Sole...now i'm back in south Italy but the vibes is still in my soul...this is my band and i hope to coming back soon to the roots of soul funk in L.A. Ciao ciao Nicola.
MILES , what the deal !!! we got the new website : WWW.FUNKDOOBIESTMUSIC.COM new album "THE GOLDEN B-BOYS" coming soon in may 2009 !!! respect to the ROOTDOWN family ..1
Hey brother, lil' birdy told me Grace Potter was coming your way to record a track for The New Mastersounds!?! Too cool for school Miles, let us know how dat goes? Do your thing, T
Last month Coquete was canceled so that we could attened SXSW. THis month we are back and ready to make it up to all our groovy friends with a FREE Anti Coachella dance party!
CB RECORDS presents CHANGE THE BEAT!!! with DJ CENTIPEDE CITIZEN TEN Special Guest: DJ EXPO (Root Down, LA) Riot Funk and Thug Jazz, Psyche Madness and Funk Rock, Mixed with the Hardest and Dirtiest Instrumental and Dub Beats from around the world…. $3 Red Stripe $4 Jameson Shots all night
