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. — mobius32
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Music hath charms to soothe the beast - or unleash it.
Music is integral to identity in culture and society, from our most primitive expressions to the iPod.
We will explore cross-cultural music trends and examine how music affects learning and creativity, contributes to economy, and connects performer and audience .
- Source: Chautauqua Institution
A lecture by Robert Greenberg:
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