Ben Annand Brings The Vocal Funk (Live in Eureka 11-22-19) by Ben Annand published on 2019-11-26T22:19:43Z If you ever wondered what a vocal house set from me would sound like... here ya go! It's a bit fast, due to where I was left off and how well that was working I did not change ;) This set is from the genre, "FUN" - was played live at the FUNderware party at the historic Eagle House in Eureka days ago :) Playing a closing set after Jphlip starting in the wee hours of the morning seemed one of the larger challenges I could take on. Why do I say that? Well we know that Dirtybird is such a popular brand that in smaller towns it's some people's whole concept of house music. It's funky, it's dirty, it's easy to dance to. But not so easy to follow with another style. Thinking of what from my arsenal would work I decided to explore my more vocal, funky side of house and see what happened. I got really into this, pulling tracks from the past decade or so that fit the mood I wanted to create. Spent a lot of time on the playlist and I'm glad I did. Cause here's what happened... I even went on a half-hour late, at 4am, which really worried me. But the dancers did not look tired :) So I danced a bit more to Jhlip and Marjo on the 2 x 4, promised that we did not have to end on time at 5. I got into my set rt away and people were vibing. About 5:15 someone showed me their watch, said it was getting late or something (I can't understand much behind the booth). I thought maybe it was someone from the venue, but then the dude walked onto the floor and started dancing which was confusing. But it was getting a bit thin so I decided to wind up my set at it's original 1.5 hour length and stop at 5:30 Either the dancers smelled this, or they just really liked where the flow was going, but they just kept coming back to the dance floor I got to my final track and the floor was full. Nobody was telling me to stop. I got to about 1.5 minutes left in the track and decided to mix out. You can here this in the mix at 1 hour 34 minutes in. You will notice I made the executive decision to play another hour :) . I was really having fun with the music and happy to continue. Eventually I did outlast the dance floor, and wrapped it up. Oh, also towards the end there was some dude who either was trying to get on the decks , or else to get me to play a track from his usb. Let it be known the answer is always no. If you are not on the lineup you don't play. Period. And I have plenty of my own music, I don't need random extras. Thanks. So I guess another part of going til the dance floor couldn't handle it anymore was actually protecting the dance floor against some rando trying to get on the decks at the end. Happy to defend dance floor integrity anytime :) Genre FUN Comment by Kayla Antonio Track ID on this bootayyyy song 2020-01-15T18:29:01Z Comment by msladybugy @ben-annand: no, i mean you face 2019-12-12T06:25:45Z Comment by michaelroberts This groove is making my day 2019-12-02T16:54:39Z Comment by Manuka Honey I love this~ Thank You Ben~Keeping it TRILLL <3 2019-11-29T02:06:48Z Comment by Ben Annand @zia-gonyea: We were on Kauai 2x last year - Jan and Nov 2018 :) 2019-11-28T22:34:30Z Comment by Zia Gonyea When were u guys in Kauai? I kicked it there for a month and there was nothing going on but Captain Dave taking me surfing where there was No waves and getting his kick’s from watching me flip onto the beach, instead of jumping off. 2019-11-28T09:53:19Z Comment by msladybugy nobodys business!! 2019-11-28T06:00:20Z Comment by TurntnTwisted Sickness !!!! <3 2019-11-28T04:11:08Z Comment by msladybugy yooooo let it go 2019-11-28T00:06:10Z Comment by Ben Annand @msladybugy: You mean this Jphlip track I mix out of? I like it too ;) 2019-11-27T19:39:28Z Comment by Ben Annand @missymolecule: Nobody's business if I do! I think my favorite full-on vocal in here, not sure the vocalist but she really goes off at 1:25! 2019-11-27T19:38:48Z Comment by Ben Annand @missymolecule: Old gem I dug up and should play more... A lot of my music has been hostage on a failed hard drive that I don't have $ to repair. For this set I pulled off my mega usb onto my working laptop and then back out to new USB. When I go through my older music it makes me not want to buy new music lol 2019-11-27T19:31:53Z Comment by Ben Annand @msladybugy: This must be the greatest feeling in the world :) . I think maybe only other place I played it was Tropical Oasis Retreat Kauai, the most memorable one anyway :) 2019-11-27T19:28:33Z Comment by missymolecule i'm going to double down and re-house you ! omg this mixxxxxooooxxxx 2019-11-27T10:28:21Z Comment by missymolecule so so great :) ! 2019-11-27T09:58:12Z Comment by msladybugy 🔥 2019-11-26T23:47:05Z Comment by msladybugy I like de fuzz 2019-11-26T22:41:35Z