Friday, September 9, 2011
If you had to name the most influential drummers in contemporary music, who would you pick? If you’re a rock fan, you might go with Ringo Starr, John Bonham, or Keith Moon. A jazz fan might talk about Max Roach, Elvin Jones or Tony Williams. You probably wouldn’t think to name Gregory Cylvester Coleman. He [...]
Filed in Copyright and Authorship, Math, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged amon tobin, aphex twin, copyright, curtis mayfield, digging the crates, dillinja, drum n bass, drumming, eighties, electronica, futurama, golden ratio, hip-hop, jungle, looping, luke vibert, lupe fiasco, mantronix, Math, memes, nineties, nwa, powerpuff girls, recycle, reggae, rnb, salt n pepa, Sampling, snow, soul, the impressions, the winstons
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My friend Adam suggested combining “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie and “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga. Here’s the result. Let’s Just Dance by ethanhein
Filed in Dance, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged dance, eighties, electronica, fashion, lady gaga, mashups, nile rodgers, remixes, revival revival
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Meet guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers, one of my favorite musicians in the world. He founded Chic along with the late bassist Bernard Edwards, and he’s on Twitter. Nile Rodgers has led an action-packed life. As a teenager, he played with the Sesame Street band, and then with the Apollo Theater house band, where he [...]
Filed in Dance, Key Musicians, Music
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Also tagged bass, bernard edwards, chic, dance, disco, duran duran, eighties, funk, gremlins, guitar, hip-hop, madonna, nile rodgers, pop, Sampling, sugarhill gang
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Here’s Brian Williams’ daughter doing a live mashup of “Nature Boy” with the Mad Men theme song. Hear my remix, electronica arrangement, whatever you want to call it, with beats from Duke Ellington and Ol Dirty Bastard: mp3 download, ipod format download Moulin Rouge! opens with Ewan McGregor’s character singing “Nature Boy.” Here’s the David [...]
Filed in Composition, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged classical, dvorak, ella fitzgerald, hippies, jazz, john coltrane, memes, moulin rouge, nat king cole, nature boy, remixes, Sampling
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