Merry merry, and happy happy.

In the spirit of this giving season, I have an offering for you all, and mad props to give to some old friends.

T'was the day before x-mas (2 years ago) all was quiet at Long & Mcquade in Regina, SK. Few and far between were the customers, almost as if people were organized with their gift getting!

Between the bitter, yet hilarious jokes - not many were happy to be working on the eve of eves - an idea was tossed around. we should record a track. We got the talent, the gear and the know how... but only 2 1/2 hours before closing. Can we do it? Yes, we can.

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I created a session in Cubase SX3 with Reason 2.5 ReWired... 10 minutes later the Drums were down. The boys in the shop were given the heads up and some had grabbed their weapons of choice... it was going to be mostly improve. I remembered, from my innocent childhood, a track from the movie Beat Street (I killed that soundtrack)... shortly thereafter I had laid it atop the drums and bass.

Brad Papp was first... Dude freestyled the bassline in fine fashion, playing well of the drums and setting the tone for something funky to come. check him out here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=113469051 Brad returned for som killa guitar (so talented).

Brian Warren was next... playing some nifty electric violin, and then returning on the flipside for some wicked vox! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51987609

The sweet sax sounds were provided courtesy of Art Neil. Chris Gervais, Eric (something-or-other... sorry man forgot ya last name), and Dan Flaman provided the rest of the percussion, attitude and extra guitar.

We all went crazy with the background vox. The Funk was heavy, the funkwas thick. We all had a blast on xmas eve.

Have a listen, Download and give-it-away now!
and,

boogiewityabadselves!