Guitarist muso question : the Nile Rodgers sound

well, not so much the tempo but the gravitas, almost darkness, of the track make it less mainstream, I guess.

Yeah, if anything, LYTD seems like a perfectly designed third single.

Is there an unstoppable ubiquitous summer jam on the rise for this year, by the way ?

the "robots" parts in LYTD might be the best of the whole album... or even their best ever !

Is there an unstoppable ubiquitous summer jam on the rise for this year, by the way ?

I Really Really Like You?
Bills?

song is out; video drops in 2 hours

i love "back in the old school"

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/nile-rodgers-chic-ill-be-there-video.html

nice tune. video is uuuuuuh

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt-kw2EkfU

i really wish that whole documentary were available with english subtitles

― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 16:52 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the documentary is pretty cool, yeah.
from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !
I didn't even know he had made an album for her...
I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:32 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 17:33 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Am I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.

― The Reverend, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:03 (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.

― example (crüt), mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:14 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Surely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !
I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.

Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.
With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.
A bit like a kid bragging.
Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.

(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)

― AlXTC from Paris, mercredi 29 avril 2015 18:40 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the interviews are in english but they're inaudible because of the dubbing!

"I'll Be There" is at the top of the Billboard dance charts.

Duets added, also re Freak Out Festival:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6612809/nile-rodgers-chic-album-interview?utm_source=twitter

Lots of younger/other artists I'd like as guests, but these are mostly people he's known and performed with live and/or on their own records, ones he's comfortable with, so (maybe occasional stage colleague Prince will get in there too? NR's still working on tracks!)

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/22/nile-rodgers-goes-busking-london-south-bank

Chic’s Nile Rodgers treated passersby to some of his classics beside the Thames – and kept his guitar case open for donations.

Initially unrecognisable in a wooly red hat, multicoloured scarf and camel jacket, he drew a modest crowd when he started singing Le Freak.

So no Londoners here saw him busking, I guess...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/fashion/mens-style/nile-rodgers-still-chic-after-all-these-years.html

He is helping to score Hugh Jackman’s new one-man show, and it’s going to be “insane.” Coachella called him and booked Chic to perform at the festival for the first time next spring, right around the time he is due to hit 64

...
Last month, Mr. Rodgers was on deadline to deliver tracks to Mr. Jackman, to Mr. Urban and to Stargate, the Norwegian producers behind many of Rihanna’s and Katy Perry’s hits.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/may/18/nile-rodgers-my-greatest-mistake

The single biggest mistake of my entire life was not taking Miles Davis seriously when he said: "Write me a motherfucking 'Good Times'". We had done an Issy Miyake photoshoot together and become friends, but I still couldn't believe that he would ask me to help him make a hit record. This is a great man who changed my life – and he wanted me to help change his. The same thing happened when I first met David Bowie and he wanted a hit record: I thought he was joking.

oh my god

o_O

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@CHICorg

RT nilerodgers "Thrilled to announce that as part of the BBC’s Glastonbury Experience weekend (June 25th-29th), you’ll be able to watch the nilerodgers & CHICorg 2017 set on the Pyramid stage on BBCFOUR and BBCiPlayer. More details about the weekend … " To follow, I hope.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eat0pe0XsAAewNw?format=jpg&name=medium

We Are Family played on a wah pedal. I played it this way so folks can hear the voice leading and substitutions. The G11 I play as a D-9 at times pic.twitter.com/RA67DduGP5

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 20, 2020

This was a surprise to me!

Attending the #funeral of a Panther’s baby. I’m the skinny 16 year-old brother on the right. Sub-section leader of Lower Manhattan Section, Harlem Branch. We were so filled with love. pic.twitter.com/qyewOg59PI

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) June 4, 2021

love him even more now

So great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRERgcQe-fQ

I had so much joy in the past 15m and that’s only halfway TY

I kind of remember reading that he never used an amp on records- just DI. Sounds like a lot of compression going in. I've gotten similar sounds with my strat and DI to an actual mic pre/ comp channel strip (as opposed to a pedal).

Delays such as the rhythm guitar on Let's Dance were a Bob Clearmountain thing, more than a Nile thing, if I had to guess.

About 4:00 in this fascinating video, Niles explains the reason for using the delay like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDCPCwVNUw

In college, I sang with the keyboard player who busts out the impromptu Soul Glo solo

lmao that guy was so good!!!

Dang that Tiny Desk concert is ridiculous - thanks for posting

Haha yes, that guy was totally the highlight