FunkyHiFi
06-26-2006, 02:04 PM
Nate Harrison explains the Amen Break (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac)
From the above (it really is a very interesting story & has lots of music samples to demonstrate what is being discussed):
"This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip."
I didn't realize so many songs used this break!
From the above (it really is a very interesting story & has lots of music samples to demonstrate what is being discussed):
"This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip."
I didn't realize so many songs used this break!