Theme from Shaft - Jasmine and John Pascuzzi

Music and samples available at
http://www.asinglethread.com
A tribute to the Theme from Shaft, the 1971 groundbreaking action movie. It stars my 8 year old German Shepherd "Jasmine". I played the funky rhythm guitar part on a bowed instrument called an "igil" (pronounced ee-GIL). It is a 2-string bowed instrument from the country of Tuva, and is traditionally used to accompany Tuvan Throat Singing. I play it a little differently though :)
All the backing tracks were recorded on keyboard with the help of Jasmine. A tribute to the great Isaac Hayes and his tune that broke a lot of ground, making Isaac Hayes the first African-American composer to win an Academy Award.

On the igil, basically what's happening is that every time I make a full downstroke and upstroke, the bow is flexing bouncing off the strings 4 times. So in this song it's bouncing and scratching on the strings 480 times per minute, or 4 times per beat, or every time you hear the cymbal hi-hat.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• igil
• shaft
• Isaac
• Hayes
• funk
• soul
• rock-n-roll
• sexy
• funny
• dog
• music-video
• German
• Shepherd
• Jasmine

[sidhe333]

hahahahahaha!

brilliant!

i'm curious...

does jasmine vocalize when you play the igil?

my shep would howl along in tempo

'tho perhaps not in key

but i can't catch a frisbee in my mouth, so i figure we're even

s:.

[oddmusic]

hee hee, nope she's quite with the igil, but she makes noise when I play the didgeridoo! :)

[Shunyata242]

Is a beutifull dog... like me

[oddmusic]

arf arf! :) Thanks, she's my best pal.

[wigglebump]

Wow! You must have strong muscles to do a song like that. I have done continuous stuff and it gets tiring. Of course, men usually are much stronger than women.

Still, that is pretty impressive! Gorgeous and cute dog and vid. Thanks! Ya'll rock!

[oddmusic]

thanks wiggle! :)

[alicebailes]

you and jasmine are great...

[kentuckyschmoe]

Awesome job. Wish I knew enough about youtube to honor your video. German shepards and shaft...what a hell of a combination!

[Remantel]

hammer geil

[ravehead]

SAY MY NAME!!!! lmao

[mbtemlett]

why do dawgs always chase their tails?

[sebring98]

whatta cute doggie!

[54spiritedwill54]

this is amazing ^_^ !

[gretchin123]

Hi to Jas, still my fav. vid. all your muz is wonderful.

[taoistcowboy123]

Those eyes!

[sandy049]

Great tune,Great dog,Great video.5 *