#rockflute

[jandthe9s]

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Check out this clip from last night's performance for @thesunsetjam @ @theviperroom of @royalblooduk's "Little Monster". Thank you @thekevineldridge and @alexnicolewindsor for rockin' out on the guitar and bass (who we just met on the stage at that moment), and thank you @erikhimel for having us once again. 💗 TONIGHT! We're back @ @theviperroom, this time we're doing a full original set opening up for @radkeyrock and @thesahns. We play @ 8:30pm sharp (real time!), so come early and stay late! 🤘 . . . #rocknroll #theviperroom #thesunsetjam #losangeles #larock #lamusicians #glam #glampunk #punk #royalblood #coversong #flute #rockflute #vocalist #guitarist #bassist #drummer #instacover #flutesolo (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBFzuLAs_Y/?igshid=2hl6k3sfm8fr

[amandaruzza]

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🗣Shout out to my dear friend and #flutevirtuoso Elsita Cachaíta, a.k.a. @elsanilssonmusic grooving so hard on #OscarPettiford 's #Tricotism . . . Yeah, #TheMateadors are in business, baby 😜🤓🎶. . . Love these humans: @elsanilssonmusic + @ltinthedark + @jeffmclaughlinmusic + @buttergrams [on the 🎥] . . . #Repost @elsanilssonmusic ・・・ Mateadors at @the55bar playing an arrangement of Oscar Pettifords “Tricotism” arranges by our fearless @bassistamandaruzza. It’s always such a treat to play with this group of amazing humans, I never know where things will go! Thanks @buttergrams for the video. . . . . . . . . . . . @jeffmclaughlinmusic @ltinthedark #flute #altoflute #bassflute #flutist #fluteplayer #jazz #jazzflute #rock #rockflute #music #livemusic #art #artmusic #expression #improvisation #improvised #nyc #newyork #femalemusician (at The 55 Bar)

[fokkercommunications]

Florian Schneider, the cosy jumper, mullet and Meccano years. #kraftwerk #florianshneider #florianschneier #krautrock #electronicmusic #synth #synthersisers #seminalmusician #coldwave #rockflute #fokker #fokkermusic #harryhaller2 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCY5ilHpcf/?igshid=159mpfdwk2gf0

[itwas50yearsagotoday]

5/5/21:  It was 50 years ago this month, May of 1971, the British Prog Rock band Audience would release its third album ‘The House on the Hill.’  Here’s one of those groups I heard about by word-of-mouth like 15 years ago when I was exchanging music with a co-worker (as people did in the olden days)... I came across ‘Eye to Eye’ and ‘Jackdaw’.  I liked ‘Eye to Eye’ immediately, a short catchy little Rockflute number that packs in a lot of social commentary about the generation gap... really cool tune.  However, I didn’t care for ‘Jackdaw’ because the lead singer’s voice was, I thought, a bit much.  After coming back to this record, and listening to the rest of it, I still am not big on the lead singer’s voice (his name is Howard Werth) but it doesn’t detract too much from the material.  Most of these tracks sound like Van der Graaf Generator, specifically because of the raging saxophone throughout the record.  ‘Jackdaw’ is definitely better than I’d remember, but it’s not for everyone... heck, I had to look up what the hell a Jackdaw was (a crow-like bird).  The nice thing about this Proggy record is that most of the songs are relatively short, or at least relative to most Prog albums at the time.  Only ‘Jackdaw’ and the title track, which book-end the record (the final track on Spotify is ‘Indian Summer’, was a single later tacked on the record upon re-release) are over seven minutes long.  Again, ‘Eye to Eye’ is still probably the best track here, but the title track, ‘Indian Summer’ and ‘Nancy’ are all very good songs as well, with decent melodies and more Rockflute this side of Jethro Tull... it’s great!  The other songs on the record are not much better or worse than okay, but that is mostly because of Werth’s voice, and it’s not that he’s a bad singer-- on the contrary, it’s just that his style grates a bit... its like a cross between Tim Buckley and Dennis DeYoung from Styx... maybe?  Well I can generally get past it since I like a lot of weird shit, and again this album uses Rockflute in the most tasteful way possible all throughout.  Recommended for Tull fans who also might be Caravan fans.  That’s all I got.

[amandaruzza]

Yes, @elsanilssonmusic !! . . . #Repost @elsanilssonmusic ・・・ Tonight at 6 pm the Mateadors return to @the55bar! This place always inspired me and brings out music I didn’t know I could play. I hope you can join us, and stay for the hipster assassins after us as well. It’s going to be an amazing night! 📸@buttergrams . . . . . . . . . . @jeffmclaughlinmusic @bassistamandaruzza @ltinthedark #flute #altoflute #bassflute #flutist #fluteplayer #jazz #jazzflute #rock #rockflute #music #livemusic #art #artmusic #expression #improvisation #improvised #nyc #newyork #recording #record #process #gradual #analysis #stories

[jandthe9s]

How awesome is this?? 💞 j9 was just featured in @voyagelamag, an awesome, local online magazine. Link to full article in bio. 📷: @saltnsmoke Thank you @ina.kingqueen for hooking it up! 🤘 . . . . . #losangeles #losangelesmusicians #losangelesbands #longbeachmusicians #longbeachbands #jandthe9s #voyagela #rocknroll #glam #glampunk #rockerchick #punkgirl #badass #flautist #rockflute #colgatesmile #femalemusicians #fashion #music #fashionandmusic (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2VklvuFGxS/?igshid=vx6ta3yagdjz

[amandaruzza]

Let's go!!! 💃🏽🐣🙃 . . . #Repost @elsanilssonmusic with @get_repost ・・・ The Mateadors are back! Join us for happy hour tomorrow 5-7 at @bar9ny (9th ave and 54th street) for some fun Brazilian jams and original music. “Fuck the world, let’s dance” bird songs guaranteed. 📸@buttergrams . . . . . . . . . . . #flute #altoflute #bassflute #flutist #fluteplayer #jazz #jazzflute #rock #rockflute #music #livemusic #art #artmusic #expression #improvisation #improvised #nyc #newyork #stories #brazilian #brazilianmusic

[amandaruzza]

Photo by @elsanilssonmusic . "Tonight at @nublunyc classic, 10 pm, come hear songs about birds and soccer. And maybe some birds playing soccer. Who knows, things change. I love playing with The Mateadors, this group has some special magic. See you there! 📸@buttergrams . . . . . . . #flute #altoflute #bassflute #music #livemusic #livenyc #nyc #jazzflute #jazz #rock #rockflute #tjflutes #bass #guitar #drums #magic #nublu" #ipreview @preview.app

[amyraasch]

Still high from my #rockflute stint with @mirandaleerichards in her killin' opening set at the sold out #brianjonestownmassacre show Saturday night. Special thanks to the rad sound department at the @fondatheatre - you made us sound so good. #singersongwriter #echoesofthedreamtime #existentialbeast #mirandaleerichards #fondatheatre #soldout #psychedlicfolk #psychedelicflute (at Fonda Theatre)

[itwas50yearsagotoday]

3/19/21:  It was 50 years ago today, March 19th, 1971, Jethro Tull released their fourth album ‘Aqualung’.  Holy shit, this is a biggun... the title track and ‘Locomotive Breath’ are the cornerstones of any respectable Classic Dinosaur Rock station... I mean, c’mon... just listen to that riff!.. everyone knows it (ok every white guy above the age of... 35?).  Anyway, why in the hell is this band NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??  I mean that initial riff alone... it’s like ‘Smoke on the Water’ or ‘Whole Lotta Love’... NOPE!  Not in the Hall.  I have suspicions (I may have said this before) that the shunning of Tull (which let’s face it, is the shunning of band-master Ian Anderson) has everything to do with the Grammy Awards awarding the first Heavy Metal Grammy to Jethro Tull in 19-freakin’-89 for an album they released in 1987 (’Crest of a Knave’... ehh??), as opposed to Metallica’s ‘...And Justice For All’ and Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Nothing Shocking’ (although the latter is hardly Heavy Metal either)... I bet there’s some industry folks associated both with the Grammys and the R&R HOF that are holding Tull back just because they’re still embarrassed 32 years later by their ridiculous pick.  It’s the only explanation I can think of... I mean they let in Bon Jovi for fuck-sakes (not to mention Yes and Rush, maybe Tull’s closest relatives in the HOF).  Oh my... that is quite an aside... let’s get back to this awesome record.  Okay, it’s actually just a touch overrated... I still think ‘Stand Up’ is better, but this is certainly considered the band’s commercial and critical peak... oddly the title track with the crazy riff... you know, about a homeless guy who is a bit too lustful for young girls... did not make the Top 40 (was not released as a single)... and yet, it is sooooo well-known... just goes to show the power of FM radio in the 1970s... obviously the same can be applied to Zeppelin, and other Rock dinosaurs (I mean that in a good way).  Anyway, ‘Aqualung’ is awesome, and I would venture to say it is usually the first favorite song of most casual Jethro Tull listeners... if you have at least heard of Jethro Tull, you know ‘Aqualung’ (and maybe ‘Bungle in the Jungle’ too!).  Awesome multi-part song, would fit on many a hard rock or prog rock album of the era, but Anderson makes it Tull with his voice, lyrics and of course ROCKFLUTE.  The album is somewhat of a concept album, as many of the songs are about God and religion, and not it a nice way... although the title track really isn’t... but the second track certainly is:  ‘Cross-Eyed Mary’, with our friend Aqualung making a cameo... and then you have ‘My God’, ‘Hymn 43′, ‘Wind Up’, and probably more... ‘My God’ is a bit much, but ‘Hymn 43′ is a cool song, hard rocking with piano... ‘Cross-Eyed Mary’ is awesome too.  I mean if you can’t tolerate Hard Rock riffs mixed with flute, you’re gonna be disappointed.  And then we get to maybe the album’s twin to ‘Aqualung’ in power and fame... the onomatopoeic (I had to look up that spelling) ‘Locomotive Breath’... it really does chug along once it gets going... probably the hardest rocking Tull gets (at least in this era).  ‘Wind Up’ is a decent album-ender, but maybe a hair too long for it’s own good... and maybe a bit self-indulgent on Anderson’s part, as the middle hard parts outshine the softer intro and outro... too much explanation of things as Ian sees it, and it gets tiring on multiple listens.  Oh yes, and I forgot that I very much like ‘Mother Goose’ now even though I didn’t used to... that song is about as close as Tull musically gets to their true Elizabethan-Folkie cousins, the Fairport Convention... it could be background music in a D&D session... a journey both lovely and rugged.  Anyway, this is a giant album of the era, and it should be respected.  If you’ve not at least heard it all the way through once, you are truly missing out.