How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
The www provides easier access to everyone else's music, it's also quicker to get your own music out there.
live and direct.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
Depends on the section of the contract that involves a private jet!
Band History:
I love listening to and composing music, especially in the Jazzy, ambient, bassy, beat, string genre. I prefer to create compositions with no fixed boundaries. My mother played all of the sophistocated jazz/vocals classics of the 50's and 60's, along with those Hollywood musicals, I was fascinated by Fred Astaire...those beats and his incredible timing! I was soaked in all the color of Piano/Guitar/Strings and Syncopated rhythms. From then on I began messing about on Guitar and Piano at school. After seeing Enter the Dragon in the early seventies with Lalo Schiffrin's classic film score, I was hooked on the style and feel of his music. I have my sister to thank for introducing me to Burt Bacharach's beautiful compositions. With the explosion of Disco, Funk, and Jazzfunk..it was a great time to be involved in the club scene. The first live band I saw was Betty Wright and the Cleanup men around '75, I was in my element! Enter the eighties....I bought an Ensoniq SQ1 and an Atari 1040 ste, along with stiff fingers and plenty of passion and ideas, I got busy using the one and only Emagic Creator/Notator sequencer, in my opinion one of the best music software platforms of that era,
I now use Live 8 +iMac along with the Akai APC 40.



Your influences?
Burt Bacharach | Lalo Schiffrin | Bob James | Andreas Vollenweider | Quincy Jones | Herbie Hancock | Weather Report | Jaco Pastorius | Pat Metheny | Frank Sinatra | Irving Berlin | George Gershwin | Count Basie | Cole Porter | Everything Motown | George Benson | Spyro Gyro | George Duke | The Brothers Johnson | James Brown | Ralph Towner | Lee Ritenour | Stanley Clarke | Bill Laswell | The ECM label | Kool and the Gang | Rose Royce| Brass Construction| Marvin Gaye | Gill Scott Heron | Artie Shaw | Robbie Vincent | The Beatles | Ray Charles | Disco | Funk | Jazz Funk | The Orb | Bootsy Collins | Sting |
Favorite spot?
Whitby, North Yorkshire, ascending the 199 steps to St Hilda's Abbey,(Dracula Fame!) A very spiritual and historical place, it's where I always went to whenever I visited my home town..... magical!
Favourite Cities-New York City at night
Brighton Beach, Summer time U.K. by day..
Equipment used:
iMac + Live 8+ APC 40, Guitar Rig Session. Yamaha keys, all middied up...
Anything else...?
Tea and Toast.
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A mix of Rhodes Piano, laid back beats with an electronica feel.
A SoundClick Top 50 song
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BEATS, BRASS, BASS, STRINGS 70's style
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Driving Bass, Deep Ambient, Electronica, dark feel
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Laid back, mellow lounge style, beats'n'bass'n beats!
A SoundClick Top 50 song
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Driving Bass, Horns, Solid Groove..Fusion Funk style
A SoundClick Top 100 song
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Smooth, chilled deep beats, with a tight syncopated section.
A SoundClick Top 100 song
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Beats, Bass, Strings, a fusion of 70s mellow jazz funk, a pinch of ambience with a whiff of a smoke filled lounge, a Vodka Martini...Shaken, not stirred..
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Funky,Scratchy,Avengers 60's type track.Lalo Schiffrin feel,(Enter the Dragon,Early 70s)Donald Byrd, New York City, haunting Muted Trumpet, with a touch of itching and Scratching.
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Fender Rhodes, Strings beats n' a little itch and scratch to let the vibe flow free
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Grand Piano with strings and classical nylon string guitar and flute.
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Track produced and arranged by NormanWarren, Lyrics written and performed by Becky Francis
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Fast moving bass 'n beats,Rhodes,Grand piano, layered and plenty of reverb....smashing!!
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Tight crisp beats and rythms,Get your dancin' slippers on.....
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Summer Chill is a smooth, laid back, fresh composition,deep piano chords with a tinkle or two to let the vibe flow free.
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The essence of style, talent and timing is prevalent in this classic song from the Broadway musical...' NEXT'...
A SoundClick Top 100 song
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Tremendous energy at the very first bar. Sensational character in this track. Love the way you move the groove with terrific bass and synth lines throughout to keep everything interesting and fresh. Everything work in the track. Great break with the piano horns mix...Yep, this one had me tapping my feet and moving my head...Great work as usual.
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On fire bro dynamic and funky stay on that groove cool bass line great get up feel house feel piano licks,lots of elements on my station for sure.
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This is one of my favorites tracks. The groove is so infectious. It just laids in the pocket so goooood!!!!! You captured IT!!! That bass line is to die for...(love the guitar element at the end) Terrific Norman.
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Superb intro...pulls the listener into the song immediately. Phat beat delivers the drive. Imaginative orchestration score carries the message...Love your build-ups at the end of the passages.
Awesome use of the percussion...Cool energy with is so great.
BUBBLIN'FUNK is super!!!
THANKS BROTHER!!!!
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Soulful vocals great beat,club feel style.
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Funky and adventurous. Heavy beat with a lot of good stuff going on in between. Awesome Ear Candy...and the trumpet...yeah...wonderful. Had to take a DL on this one. Just really music.

Cheers Al
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Rich bass lines, plush pads, ambient sounds, and jazzy instrumentation. This is truly a nice mellow track. Love the percussion/drum vamp starting around 5:17. The listener has to move and groove to this music. I know, I did. Peace.
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Again Norman, what really cool laidback jazz...the groove... the awesome synth line running in the backing tracks....the chill soundscape/stings...yes, really like this one.
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What a marvelous track. Very soulful and funky. The bass line is awesome. Sets the mood for the entire song...and the keys lead in riff, Wow! Brass is kickin. Awesome work.
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I love the smooth cool feel of this one, and the piano licks. !
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Nice feel track cool atmosphere like the little dynamic bite on the beat nice deeper feel to track round the 5 min 30sec mark,more light touches on keys pulsin electronics nice track.
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Hi Norman glad to hear from you.
Great stuff you are doing with cool sound and production as usual ;-)
We talked about a collaboration some times ago and maybe the time has come for us to join for a production if you like.
I will write you privately about that on the next days.
Regards
Manuel
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quite aside that both red snapper and john barry have to eat their hearts out on this one, and that your music was already excellent, it is pretty clear to me that you surpassed expectations here and created a classic designed to make you feel not only proud, but also tearfully grateful to sunyata, Christ, or whatchamacallit, so maybe, just maybe of course, congratulations are in order... p.s. good job is an understatement, but the feeling is sincerely felt... (artaudir aka axel, member of soundclick since september 2008)... good job, norman !!!
Norman i wish you all the best!!!!

SUPER SONGS!!!!!!!
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Hi Norman How are you?
This one really funk man, I definitely like your sound and music.
I'm quite busy in studio right now, but I think it would be nice to do something togheter in the future if you like ;-)
Keep on grooving Norman, I'm always happy to hear from you and really thankful for your kind words & friendship.
Manuel
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Well, Norman...why did you stop!....It's great!. You kept me interested all the way. Love it, so many details. Thanks for sharing it with me and, please keep me posted. Love your music. Have it in my station. Have funk!
Zilia
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Great keyboard touches and tones and sultry sax like the woody acoustic bass behind the funk beat.
Hi Norman very pleasant warm and soothing athmosphere here. Congratulations for your nice job.
Manuel
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Hi Norman,

this is a great piece. Love the mix of jazz and electonica. Makes you FLY AWAY.

Very cool and soothing!

Congrats

Andreas
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Hi Norman
Excellent groove ! Superb sound of Rhodes, and nice cool atmosphere ! Great stuff ! I haven't got the glass of red wine, but I am enjoying this laid back on my club sofa, excellent experience.
Take care.
Mejazzz
Hi Norman,
Nice work on RetroVibes. Another Ableton man, like me!
Thanks for your comments on my Sun Voyage track. Much appreciated.
I've just uploaded a new track - Free Your Mind - which is quite different. Much more funky this time. Hope you like it.
Best Wishes
Peter
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Nice keys great vocals adding touch of soul to track heavyweight feel to bass and drums great balance to the strings and pads.
Norman
Like wow I gotta give it up to you. Very good tracks.
Reflections is amazing.
Mike B
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Good Track!! wink ;)

RAMON
LSC Team
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Nice mellow ambient feel liking the horn licks, open sounding mix nice pulsin keys on 5.20 mark stylish sound.
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Beautiful, as always!...I keep visiting and stay for a long time, listening. Like your music so much. Thanks for sharing. Love,
Zilia
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Retro superfunky tight groove and deep soulful pads in back smooth n hip.
Hi, Was listening around and liked every singel song you have here. You gave me a welcome to your world. Now, I invite you to mine...with love and music,
Zilia Tol
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Love this song. Would have to have done it myself.
The sounds and the vocals are just perfefect. Such good taste.
Congratulations,
Zilia
YOU ARE SUPERCOOL ARTIST BROTHER
Your welcome anytime bro my stations are my reaction to a lack of good jazzfusion stations in london south ,and your track" hynovibes" not just as cool as thought on early listens, it gets serious funky the more I listen,keep on that groove tony
Alls well that ends well. I believe I've soiled myself due to the funky nature of your music-ing. This is a good thing.
Holler at the Hawk.
Peas
Hey I`m walking on your funky "Grass" liking your style putting on my stn best fjazz
Hello from Maryland! Ilove ur tunes and added u to my locals only station! come check out my tunes sometime!
Summer night's, after hours,....the joys of it all