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Not Your Average String Thing

Ghost of Hendrix/Defiant Strings/Ragamuffin Style

About Me

"not your average string thing" is an evolutionary ensemble consisting primarily of Ngoma on violin,bamboo flute,didgeridoo,vocals,apple’s garage band tracks and Wizzoz on Electric 6 String Bass.Joined by other collaborators in an interchangeable array of artist that so-far include Vince Hunter on Guitar and Ray Daniel Medina on Groove Box,Phil Young on Traps,Jazz Odums on BassBoasting a sound that defies categories it may best be described as unboxable/improvisational/ freestyle.Blending and flipping Nu-Jazz,Rock,Gospel,Reggae, Hip Hop and New Age, this combination serves as a groove platform for spoken word artist to flow over ~

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Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: Ngomazworld.com
Band Members: Ngoma (Poetry/Vocals/Violin/Didgeridoo/Bamboo Flute/Acoustic Guitar/Garage Band~ Wizzoz(Six String Electric Bass,Drum Program),Vincent Hunter(Guitar),Ray Daniel Medina(Guitar,Groove Box) and a cast of co-conspirators yet to me named
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Influences: There's not enough room for that in this little box,but we'll mention some anyway( in no logical order): Mom,Huddie Ledbetter(LeadBelly),Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson,Joseph Kennedy, Muddy Waters,Pete Seeger, Odetta,Fela,Nina Simone,Bev Grant,Noel Pointer, Billy Bang, Bob Marley,Amiri Baraka, Jaribu Hill,Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Coltranes-John,Alice& Ravi, Bob Dylan, Bernice Reagon, Peter Tosh,Miles Davis,Aerosmith,Chick Correa,Julius Hemphill, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez,Public Enemy,the Welfare Poets,Peter Tosh,Chicago,Oscar Brown Jr,Gil Scot-Heron, The Last Poets,Askia Muhammad Toure,Sonia Sanchez,Saul Williams,Santana,Phil Ochs,Mutabaruka,Linton Kwesi Johnson,Oku Onora, Jean "Binta"Breeze, Mikey Smith, Jon Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith, Leroy Jenkins,Buju Banton, Bro. Resistance, Ben Okri I'll add more later-it's late and I can't think of anymore right now.Besides it will give you an excuse to visit the site again
Sounds Like: unboxable/improvisational/freestyle
Record Label: Ngomazworld
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out this video: Paradigm Shiftin

Check out this video: Paradigm Shiftin ..Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:48:00 PST

Paradigm Shiftin’

Paradigm Shiftin'(flippin' da script on myths) I am, I am, I amI'm the original manI was a run-a-way slaveI was here before timeTime ain't real no howJust something capitalist made up to control ya'll...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:12:00 PST

Our Songs Embrace The Earth

This article was written by me and published in S.P.E.W. Magazine by the War Resisters League, 1986. I am posting it for those interested in a glimpse of Black History.Ngoma"Our Songs Embrace the Eart...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

Words by John Coltrane

"I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.""I've found you've got to look back at the old things and see them in a new light.""When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you de...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:18:00 PST

Yo Mamma's Last Supper

With the Iraq War, Saddam Hussein's trial and John Kerry's latest remarks,I felt obligated to repost this poem. Jesus depicted as a naked woman dangling from a cross hangs in the Brooklyn museum as a ...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

Repost of Poem in Memory of 9/11

B4 the End of the WorldIf you think I'm sexylet me knowcause we could get it on beforethese mad men blow up the worldI could be yr bridgefrom the past to the futurecause the futuredoesn't present much...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:37:00 PST

Poem in Response to the Question-What Kind of Music Do You Play

Poem in Response to the Question-What Kind of Music Do You PlaySwallow sweet sound like quininedog face bluesmusic junkies acquired tastefor flatted fifthsreggae skankin'bubblin' bass, funk in in yo f...
Posted by Not Your Average String Thing on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:35:00 PST