The Rocket by Phil Motion

These are my earliest solo DIY recordings. I was eager to really try my hand at putting together tunes from the ground up and playing all the instruments, in particular my first time giving it a go on guitar and bass.

These recordings also marked another chapter in my working relationship with friend and mentor Jay Jaknunas (Souljazz Orchestra, KOYUZ). i remember just bringing him the shittiest prettiest recordings, all wrong but somehow with a vibe that was all right. He just embraced it with open arms and we began chipping away at mixes.

I was so broke at the time. I wasn't even using an audio interface; just two mics going through a 4 channel mixer out to the 8th inch audio jack of my macbook! These early recordings were all done on an early version of Garageband. I was living in an apartment where I converted the 4ft x 4ft closet into a drum booth... how I fit in there with a drum kit is still a mystery.

I was really inspired by all the early Daptone and Dunham stuff that was coming out at the time, from Daktaris, to Antibalas and onto Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band, etc so much of that fueled these "studio" explorations. I didn't have the faintest idea of how to write for horns yet so I just stuck to what I knew at the time and tried to break new ground with this collection of tunes.

Tracklist

1.	The Rocket	4:16

2.	Supafunk	3:54

3.	Down & Out	5:07

4.	Along The Way	4:40

Credits

released October 23, 2011

All songs written, performed and recorded by Phil Motion (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, percussion) and produced by Phil Motion for UP & UP MUSIC. Mixed and mastered by Jay Jaknunas at Metropolitan Studios. Cover photo by JC Batista. Copyright, Phil Motion, 2012. SOCAN.

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We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Nous tenons à remercier le Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario, de son aide financière.
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