From Moonlight Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 05:56
From Moonlight Sent Wed, Jun 9th 1999, 05:56
>And as for cliches and overused breaks, the JB's "Funky Drummer" >break *still* rocks the brains out of my head even though *that's* been >played out *way* more than Amen, yes? That's the biggest cliche break in the >history of modern dance music and IT STILL KICKS ASS! Man, where would the world be without that break? Hiphop, triphop, MBM, jungle, "Big Beat," etc. were all built on that. Maybe this makes James Brown (well, actually his drummer) the most important musician in the last quarter of this century. I used a direct sample of that for something i did a while ago, and i think just having something that basic as a backbone made my noise much more solid. What people need to do is fully exploit the range of James Brown breaks. People probably would never need to develop thier own beats with those as a starting point. I just have a $5 "Best of" James Brown Collection, and so i haven't even heard any of these great breaks ever used. And thanks for those who helped explain the amen break. i know know that it is the jungle equivalent of hip hop's funky drummer: the basic beat. _________________________________ Adam Roesch / xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx Augsburg College / Minneapolis / MN / USA Visit my Fila Brazillia/Pork Recordings fan site: http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/pork/ "Because success needs killing" TRICKY