DavesTrumpet | Mona (I Need You Baby) Trumpet Cover (Rehearsal/Work in progress) @DavesTrumpet | Uploaded July 2015 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Here's a popular song originally written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1957. It's called, Mona (I Need You Baby).
While I was driving in my car today, listening to B.B. King's Bluesville on SiriusXM Radio, I heard a great cover version of this song by Sugar Blue. It was so nice that as soon as I got home I decided to make an arrangement of the song based on their version. (You can hear their version here: youtu.be/Pjg1K227TQY ).
I recorded the percussion parts and bass line, then pulled out the horn to test things. I still have a lot of work to do writing out different horn lines, etc. This is basically a rehearsal/working version of where it stands at this moment. The final version will be uploaded later. Until then, I hope you enjoy this. Thanks for listening!!! :-) Dave
TECHNICAL DETAILS
David Miller, arrangement and all instruments:
Trumpet, Drums, Tambourine, Bass (Keyboard)
Equipment:
Trumpet: Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 (copy of Chicago Benge 3X ML)
Mouthpiece: Laskey 65MC
Microphone on all instruments: Royer R-122
PreAmp: PreSonus w/ vintage Telefunken 12AX7 tube (for added warmth)
Compression: ART Pro VLA II
All into a Tascam DP-008 8-trk digital recorder
Mixed onboard the Tascam
Recorded July 11, 2015
Here's a popular song originally written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1957. It's called, Mona (I Need You Baby).
While I was driving in my car today, listening to B.B. King's Bluesville on SiriusXM Radio, I heard a great cover version of this song by Sugar Blue. It was so nice that as soon as I got home I decided to make an arrangement of the song based on their version. (You can hear their version here: youtu.be/Pjg1K227TQY ).
I recorded the percussion parts and bass line, then pulled out the horn to test things. I still have a lot of work to do writing out different horn lines, etc. This is basically a rehearsal/working version of where it stands at this moment. The final version will be uploaded later. Until then, I hope you enjoy this. Thanks for listening!!! :-) Dave
TECHNICAL DETAILS
David Miller, arrangement and all instruments:
Trumpet, Drums, Tambourine, Bass (Keyboard)
Equipment:
Trumpet: Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 (copy of Chicago Benge 3X ML)
Mouthpiece: Laskey 65MC
Microphone on all instruments: Royer R-122
PreAmp: PreSonus w/ vintage Telefunken 12AX7 tube (for added warmth)
Compression: ART Pro VLA II
All into a Tascam DP-008 8-trk digital recorder
Mixed onboard the Tascam
Recorded July 11, 2015
![Straight, No Chaser (Slow Blues in F) [T. Monk] - David S. Miller](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eK9sYhopb2M/hqdefault.jpg "Straight, No Chaser (Slow Blues in F) [T. Monk] - David S. Miller
Straight No Chaser by Thelonious Monk, performed as a slow blues.
This tune is usually approached and played as an up-tempo. That’s the way I’ve always played it in public. But I got thinking this morning that I’d like to do a slow blues to work on my drum chops, so why not this cool blues by Thelonious Monk!
I hope you enjoy! Thanks!!!!
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I used my Kanstul Chicago CHI-1000 model trumpet with a Laskey 65MC mouthpiece; Ludwig Classic Maple 14x5 snare drum; Zildjian Avedis Take Five Reissue 20” ride cymbal, Paiste 2002 15” Soundedge hi hats, a generic no-name bass drum; and Yamaha PSR-E433 keyboard all into a Tascam DP-008 Pocketstudio digital 8 track recorder.")
![Seasons in the Sun - David Miller, flugelhorn [trumpet]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gW21uvmlqAM/hqdefault.jpg "Seasons in the Sun - David Miller, flugelhorn [trumpet]
Seasons in the Sun - David Miller [flugelhorn]
Seasons in the Sun is a song with an interesting history. The original song actually predates the 1974 pop hit by an entire decade, when Jacques Brel penned and recorded the tune (then called, Le Moribond) in 1961. Beginning as a French-language song, it would eventually be covered by such groups as, The Kingston Trio, The Beach Boys, Ray Conniff, The Coachmen, The Fortunes, Nirvana, and others. But it seems its the 1974 hit by Terry Jacks that people remember most. Its certainly the version I heard and liked as a child 40 years ago! So here is my version, in remembrance of the song I heard so often as a 10 year old in the spring and summer of 1974. I loved the melody back then and even today it still has special meaning. I hope you enjoy it!
Dave
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Flugelhorn: Kanstul 1525 Flugelhorn
Mouthpiece: Curry 3FL
Microphone: Royer R-122
PreAmp: PreSonus w/ vintage Telefunken 12AX7 (for added warmth)
Compression: ART Pro VLA II
All into a Tascam DP-008 8-trk digital recorder
Recorded August 2, 2014")
