Lisa Brune and FunkyFreddy Republic came to Voodoo Shilton's show at Cat's Art MusikCircus and it was surprising how many musicians were there. You know a show is happening when musicians start turning out for it.
Lisa and FunkyFreddy had to leave for their own show which would start at Key West right after Voodoo's show ended. Cat asked if I would like to go to that show as well so off we went.
Lisa Brune does just fine by herself singing solo and she has been doing it for years. FunkyFreddy also does just fine on his own and he too has a long history in the virtual world. There is always 'jam synergy' that comes people get together even if it's only two of them and the duets between Lisa and FunkyFreddy work very well.
Lisa sings from France and her accent is delicious. She may not think much of it but an accent like that can fuel a million or so fantasies in America. FunkyFreddy sings from America and his accent is, well, upstate New York. Put them together and they are music that's 'bigger than both of them.'
Lisa has a beautiful voice but there are two things I notice when I listen. The first is that she could easily overpower FunkyFreddy with her voice but she doesn't do it. In jams, this is major class. I also notice hear her being more aggressive, experimental, and many things which she may not otherwise have the freedom to do. It works the same for FunkyFreddy as he is bringing out his best stuff too and the combination is a beautiful thing. There was a very good crowd so you can clearly see people appreciate it.
FunkyFreddy was making some sounds with his guitar that have me thinking it is a MIDI guitar (i.e. the guitar is capable of sending signals understood by synthesizer hardware). I'm not positive as he has a smoothness similar to Voodoo in employing various pieces of background hardware. This is interesting to me as my guitar has MIDI capability as well. It's not working at the moment but that's not due to a fault in the guitar. When it's used well, MIDI augmentation of a guitar's native sound can be exquisitely beautiful so I'm very curious about what FunkyFreddy is running.
Lisa and FunkyFreddy had to leave for their own show which would start at Key West right after Voodoo's show ended. Cat asked if I would like to go to that show as well so off we went.
Lisa Brune does just fine by herself singing solo and she has been doing it for years. FunkyFreddy also does just fine on his own and he too has a long history in the virtual world. There is always 'jam synergy' that comes people get together even if it's only two of them and the duets between Lisa and FunkyFreddy work very well.
Lisa sings from France and her accent is delicious. She may not think much of it but an accent like that can fuel a million or so fantasies in America. FunkyFreddy sings from America and his accent is, well, upstate New York. Put them together and they are music that's 'bigger than both of them.'
Lisa has a beautiful voice but there are two things I notice when I listen. The first is that she could easily overpower FunkyFreddy with her voice but she doesn't do it. In jams, this is major class. I also notice hear her being more aggressive, experimental, and many things which she may not otherwise have the freedom to do. It works the same for FunkyFreddy as he is bringing out his best stuff too and the combination is a beautiful thing. There was a very good crowd so you can clearly see people appreciate it.
FunkyFreddy was making some sounds with his guitar that have me thinking it is a MIDI guitar (i.e. the guitar is capable of sending signals understood by synthesizer hardware). I'm not positive as he has a smoothness similar to Voodoo in employing various pieces of background hardware. This is interesting to me as my guitar has MIDI capability as well. It's not working at the moment but that's not due to a fault in the guitar. When it's used well, MIDI augmentation of a guitar's native sound can be exquisitely beautiful so I'm very curious about what FunkyFreddy is running.
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