When one thinks of what goes on in the Nashville music scene, rarely does the concept of vibey mid-tempo chillout music come to mind. But that is exactly what Ellen Tift and Kurt Goebel [aka: Worldwide Groove Corporation] are up to on their nights and weekends. Some might say they would be misplaced in the Music City, but this music production team have recently emerged as one of the few downtempo duos in town. Both members have hired out their skills at music production, programming, and arranging to others in the industry for years, but they have finally taken initiative to do something for themselves.
Worldwide Groove Corporation’s first independent musical endeavor is taking the shape of a downtempo chillout project featuring ageless jazz standards completely reinvented into a collection of modern electrolounge styles. This project combines sultry drum grooves, ambient textures, and electronica flavors with a remix approach to the smooth vocal performances. The track “Tangerine†showcases the wonderfully quirky voice of former Universal Records artist Fleming McWilliams of Fleming & John over a pseudo bossa rhythm and fun vintage organ samples. Other songs like “The Man I Love†and “My Funny Valentineâ€, and the title track "Fever" which includes a French rap verse, take on a more sexy mid-tempo groove, giving the listener the feeling that they’re either sipping a martini after hours in a vibey NY club, or are enjoying an evening of romance.
When Worldwide Groove Corporation are not creating these hypnotic grooves, they are kept busy with their music production work, specializing in pop music production, artist development, remixes, and string arranging. Check out their website, www.worldwidegroovecorp.com, for snippets of recent projects, and to keep up to date on the progress of their own “Chillodesiac Lounge: Fever.â€
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WHO HAVE WORLDWIDE GROOVE CORPORATION WORKED WITH? WGC have been fortunate enough to work with many talented artists and musicians through the years. The following list contains names of people with/for whom WGC have worked in various capacities including: live performances, string arranging, studio recording, production work, remix work, teaching, writing, vocal arranging, or anything else that would take too long to explain...
Santana
Josh Turner
Marie Osmond
Michael Jackson*
Big Kenny of "Big and Rich"
Tea Leoni**
SheDaisy
Amy Grant
Melinda Doolittle
Denver Bierman of "Denver and the Mile High Orchestra"
Nichole Nordeman
Jennifer Paige
Plumb
Third Day
Blue County
Matthew West
Rissi Palmer
Chris Young
Todd Smith of "Selah"
Cindy Morgan
Chazz Palminteri**
Susan Ashton
Charlie Peacock
Sam Ashworth
Marabeth Jordan
Missi Hale
Margaret Becker
Lisa Bevill
Paul Baloche
Jeff Slaughter
David Phelps
Will Denton
Jaime Jamgochian
* OK, we didn't actually do any music work for Michael Jackson, but Ellen did step on his foot once when she went forward to get his autograph, and this was back in 1984 when he was a total rock star.
** Alright, again, these people are not even musicians, they are movie actors. But Ellen waited on them when she was a waitress in grad school, so hey... we thought we'd mention it.
OTHER WGC WEB APPEARANCES:
Facebook.com
iLike.com
Virb.com
ReverbNation.com
Last.fm
MP3.com
Worldwide Groove Corporation Radio on Pandora.com
Live365 Internet Radio stations that play Worldwide Groove Corporation Other sites to purchase WGC's music:
Amazon.com
iTunes.com
TradeBit.com
MusicIsHere.com
PayPlay.com
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