# My band's album made it to #2 on the Itunes Reggae Charts!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413 "2013-12-03T22:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/1 "2013-12-03T22:37:43Z")
Just behind Bob Marley “Legend”! A 2 year labor of love went into this album. It just dropped this morning. We are enormously excited to see it launch and (at least initially) succeed. Our first album did well locally, but now it feels like our band might actually have a teensy chance of making it to “the big time”! If you like reggae, South/West African music (think Paul Simon’s “Graceland”) or afrobeat, please check it out. [ITunes Reggae charts](http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10reggaealbums.html) Our website [An early review of the album](http://www.thepier.org/review-the-hip-abduction-self-titled/) Happy to answer any questions about the album, the music, and the journey so far. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/2 "2013-12-03T22:45:03Z")
Congrats! I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/3 "2013-12-03T22:48:10Z")
Congrats Sounds like you guys are working hard and it is paying off Cheers **Capt Kirk** ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/4 "2013-12-03T22:58:37Z")
First impression: I really like “Walk Away.” I also dig “Hideaway,” “Why Say One,” and “Golden Sky.” And…great band name! I didn’t get the pun until I googled y’all and got all these orthopedic treatment sites. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/5 "2013-12-03T23:10:34Z")
Question: is that a [kora](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora_(instrument)) that’s plucked toward the end of “Walk Away”? ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/6 "2013-12-03T23:37:27Z")
That is a [kamale ngoni](https://www.google.com/search?q=kamalengoni&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZGmeUu7VLoaNkAe6-IGwAg&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=635) being played with octave harmonics. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/7 "2013-12-03T23:38:44Z")
Very cool – thanks! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/8 "2013-12-04T02:02:39Z")
That’s some good, fun music! Thanks for sharing. What do you play? And where did you come up with the band name? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/9 "2013-12-04T03:10:48Z")
I play the kamale ngoni, the kora, the guitar, and a bunch of weird percussion stuff like the cuica. The name was a double entendre on both “hip” and “abduction.” Also referring to music that makes folks want to dance (or abduct their hips for other reasons:D). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/10 "2013-12-04T14:23:12Z")
Shipping this over to CS. And congratulations! * * * **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/11 "2013-12-04T14:26:16Z")
> [@mufatango](#): > > I play the kamale ngoni, the kora, the guitar, and a bunch of weird percussion stuff like the cuica. > The name was a double entendre on both “hip” and “abduction.” Also referring to music that makes folks want to dance (or abduct their hips for other reasons:D). Are you the only guitarist? I’m enjoying the guitar sounds. What are you/others playing and playing through? Was it recorded direct in/digital, using mics/digital, or using mics/analog? ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/12 "2013-12-04T15:43:30Z")
Two electric guitarists. Both playing through miked Fender twin reverb amps. I play a Buscarino custom guitar with live EMG pickups and extra fat frets. The other guitar is a 1956 Les Paul special. Pedals are Lovepedal Superlead, Holy Grail Reverb, Moogerfooger phaser, Crybaby wah, and Keeley compressor. The african harps that play a lot of the arpeggiated, syncopated sounds are miked but also run directly into the board through BigShot piezo setups. The album was recorded at ClearTracks in Clearwater, FL on analog tape. Thanks for listening! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/13 "2013-12-04T16:21:06Z")
What the hell, I downloaded the album from iTunes. Really digging the African flavor to the instrumentation. Exactly the kind of world/fusion I like. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/14 "2013-12-04T16:31:53Z")
Thanks very much! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/15 "2013-12-04T16:41:48Z")
> [@mufatango](#): > > Two electric guitarists. Both playing through miked Fender twin reverb amps. I play a Buscarino custom guitar with live EMG pickups and extra fat frets. The other guitar is a 1956 Les Paul special. > Pedals are Lovepedal Superlead, Holy Grail Reverb, Moogerfooger phaser, Crybaby wah, and Keeley compressor. > > The african harps that play a lot of the arpeggiated, syncopated sounds are miked but also run directly into the board through BigShot piezo setups. > > The album was recorded at ClearTracks in Clearwater, FL on analog tape. > > Thanks for listening! Dammit!! I totally should’ve called the Les Paul Special - I heard the Marley-ish tones, and I used to own a 1957 LP Special, so know it pretty well. Sounds great. Have to look up the Buscarino… ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/16 "2013-12-04T17:06:01Z")
Steve Buscarino is an awesome luthier in Florida. I think Steve Morse and George Benson are both playing his guitars nowadays. I lucked out and got this one back in the early 90’s before he got world famous. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/17 "2013-12-05T22:54:13Z")
I downloaded the album from iTunes. Well done! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/18 "2013-12-05T23:46:08Z")
> [@mufatango](#): > > Steve Buscarino is an awesome luthier in Florida. I think Steve Morse and George Benson are both playing his guitars nowadays. I lucked out and got this one back in the early 90’s before he got world famous. I can’t find a website or photos - can you point me anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/19 "2013-12-06T00:10:15Z")
We’re big fans of West African music. We were lucky enough to see Ali Farka Toure before he died and we enjoy Salif Keita, Toumane Diabate and Habib Koite (who we’ve also seen). You guys have a great fusion sound going on there. ---
**Author:** ![mufatango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@mufatango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mufatango)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413/20 "2013-12-06T16:40:29Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I can’t find a website or photos - can you point me anywhere? [http://www.buscarino.com/](http://www.buscarino.com/) Sorry! I must have conflated Steve Morse and John Buscarino somehow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bands-album-made-it-to-2-on-the-itunes-reggae-charts/675413.md?page=2)