One of the funkiest albums ever recorded is The Clones Of Dr Funkenstein by Parliament. Even if you never listen to it, you’ll get funkier just by looking at the cover. There’s much to love about this album beyond its joyously ridiculous science fiction theme. There are the deft, bebop-flavored horn charts by James Brown’s [...]
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Also tagged bernie worrell, digging the crates, funk, hip-hop, keybs, moog, nice and smooth, parliament, royksopp, Sampling, seventies, synths, talking heads
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As I mentally prepare for my Revival Revival show tonight, I find myself thinking about the scene in Revenge Of The Nerds when they perform their talent show:
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 [...]
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Also tagged bass, bernard edwards, chic, dance, david bowie, disco, duran duran, funk, gremlins, guitar, hip-hop, madonna, nile rodgers, pop, Sampling, sugarhill gang
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This PBS Independent Lens documentary on sampling culture is a good one, and you can watch the whole thing on Youtube. Their resources and links page includes my Biz Markie blog post. Thanks Beautiful Decay for posting the videos. Part one:
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Music, Music Business, Politics, Sampling, Software
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Also tagged a tribe called quest, audio editing, beastie boys, biz markie, clyde stubblefield, computers, copyright, dance, dj, george clinton, hip-hop, Improvisation, james brown, jeff chang, looping, mashups, memes, michael jackson, Music, pro tools, public enemy, Recording, remixes, rock, Sampling
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
A little late but it took me this long to track down: Steve Dallas channels the King of Pop. Thanks Adam G for scanning this from his extensive Bloom County collection and sending it. Click for full size.
Filed in Dance, Key Musicians, Music
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Also tagged anxiety, billie jean, bloom county, comics, dance, fan art, michael jackson, steve dallas, white people
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Christmas makes me depressed. I would like it not to make me depressed. I want to have kids, and I want them to at least have the option to enjoy this time of year. In order for that to happen, I need to learn to enjoy it. I remember enjoying it when I was little. [...]
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Also tagged america, Autobio, christmas, dickens, drumming, duke ellington, elvis presley, Emotion, family, ibm, nostalgia, santa, tv
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Here’s Revival Revival’s arrangement of Lionel Richie’s classic “Dancin’ On The Ceiling.” Ohhh What A Feelin’ Revival Revival vs Lionel Richie vs Michael Jackson mp3 download, ipod format download Vocals, guitar and bass by Babsy. Beats, loops and production by me. The beat is from “Billie Jean.” We love this song. Here’s the original.
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Also tagged autotune, billie jean, dance, guitar, lionel richie, michael jackson, pop, remixes, revival revival, rock, Sampling, typography
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Janet has been on my mind a lot the past few months, what with Michael, and I was driven to go listen to Control again.
Filed in Music
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Also tagged candida haynes, drum machines, erykah badu, janet jackson, jimmy jam, joni mitchell, mashups, michael jackson, new jack swing, nicole bishop, prince, pro tools, production, q-tip, remixes, revival revival, Sampling, terry lewis
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Today the Michael Jackson fan art I have on my mind (and on the iPod) is “Please Don’t Stop The Music,” sung by Rihanna and produced by a couple of Norwegian guys. It includes a sample of MJ singing “Wanna Be Startin’ Something.” The sample includes both his quasi-Swahili chant and his unearthly woo-hoo. It [...]
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Also tagged beatboxing, dance, digging the crates, fan art, funk, Improvisation, manu dibango, memes, michael jackson, pop, recursion, remixes, rihanna, Sampling, seventies, songwriting, soul, soul makossa
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Hip-hop artists love Prince. Like them, he blends drum machines, live jazz-funk musicians and samples of other songs.
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Key Musicians, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged digging the crates, drum machines, george clinton, guitar, keybs, pop, prince, remixes, rock, sample maps, Sampling, synths
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