Yesterday one of the musicians died who influenced so many of my colleagues: Maurice White. I think all the big band people I knew were dreaming of playing in Earth Wind & Fire (EWF) when we were in our late teens and early twenties because of this cd. Maurice White and his younger brother Verdine White founded the band already in 1969. Maurice White started out as a jaz drummer. In the first albums you still hear a big jazz and latin influence, also in the instrumental tunes. Maurice was not "only" a drummer, he wrote most of the tracks, producer, arranger, band leader and last but not least co-lead singer together with Philip Bailey. This cd from 1996 is what got my generation into: "EWF: Plugged in and live", also called "Live in Velfarre" or "Greatest Hits Live". Appearently they sold the material to a couple of rcord labels. By my knowledge it's all the same concert, with Morris Pleasure on keys and Scott Mayo on sax. Hard to find these days but people uploaded it to Youtube, so we can enjoy it here:
All their big hits who are so universal and made so many people dance throughout the last third of last century and still do. It's incredible. Put a EWF tune on any party and people will start dancing or keep dancing.
My latest mix is now online. Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - Yesterday one of the musicians died who influenced so many of my colleagues: Maurice White. I think all the big band people I knew were dreaming of playing in Earth Wind & Fire (EWF) when we were in our late teens and early twenties because of this cd. Maurice White and his younger brother Verdine White founded the band already in 1969. Maurice White started out as a jaz drummer. In the first albums you still hear a big jazz and latin influence, also in the instrumental tunes. Maurice was not only a drummer, he wrote most of the tracks, producer, arranger, band leader and last but not least co-lead singer together with Philip Bailey. This cd from 1996 is what got my generation into: EWF: Plugged in and live, also called Live in Velfarre or Greatest Hits Live. Appearently they sold the material to a couple of rcord labels. By my knowledge it's all the same concert, with Morris Pleasure on keys and Scott Mayo on sax. Hard to find these days but people uploaded it to Youtube, so we can enjoy it here:All their big hits who are so universal and made so many people dance throughout the last third of last century and still do. It's incredible. Put a EWF tune on any party and people will start dancing or keep dancing.
