What should a tiki band play? - Tiki Music

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Apr 10, 2013 10:54 AM On 2013-04-10 08:33, Tiki Kaimuki wrote: On 2013-04-07 16:22, VampiressRN wrote: Go old school...Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, and Martin Denny...JMHO Yes! More straight up exotica in the tiki music scene would be refreshing. It would be interesting to hear a smaller band pull off a large sound. The reason you don't hear more of this is because the music is too hard to play. Baxter/lyman/denny just made it sound easy. But to play like those guys did, you must have some skill in jazz or classical. In my opinion, this is why the majority of "tiki" bands are playing surf instead of true exotica.

On 2013-04-10 08:33, Tiki Kaimuki wrote:

On 2013-04-07 16:22, VampiressRN wrote:
Go old school...Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, and Martin Denny...JMHO

Yes! More straight up exotica in the tiki music scene would be refreshing. It would be interesting to hear a smaller band pull off a large sound.

The reason you don't hear more of this is because the music is too hard to play. Baxter/lyman/denny just made it sound easy. But to play like those guys did, you must have some skill in jazz or classical. In my opinion, this is why the majority of "tiki" bands are playing surf instead of true exotica.

Post #673960 by tiki mick on Wed, Apr 10, 2013 10:54 AM