Posted on Jun 22, 2010
Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop...
This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen...
13K views youtube.comInterest
on Apr 30, 2006
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Zeeek
andrew
6 seconds that changed the world. The original copyright owner went on to be a PhD in something or other, doesn't matter...but makes me smile when i think of the rip off artists who made a living from Amen who are now scraping a living after their talentless careers went down the tubes. Amen. With exception of Mantronix...and NWA, err i don't want a "Cap in my ass"
Posted on May 25, 2010
RichardDOwens
Richard D. Owens, Artist
6 seconds that forever changed the world of music.
Posted on Feb 23, 2010
thinkscout
Laurence
Brilliant Brilliant vid. Nails on the head the importance of cultural accessibility. On the sholders of giants!
Posted on Nov 22, 2009
brokenazn
brokenazn
Ridiculous. Amazing stuff.
Posted on Sep 10, 2009
ralrahc
Charla
This is fascinating where the break originated. I've probably heard this in hundreds of different ways...Great history lesson for hip-hop/electronic culture
Posted on Jun 25, 2009
chuggaboo
Ethan
This is, like, seriously fascinating.
Posted on Apr 19, 2009
lysergicwindow
Lark
A very kewl little 20 minute documentary relaying the history of the Amen Break... Why watch it? Because breakbeats rocked my dancing days to killer grooves down at Speed (London) in the mid 1990s with the likes of Fabio, Bukem, Grooverider, DJ Lee, et al... spinning some of the best up front break driven grooves around... Without this break, we would never have had the killer cuts from Cert 18, Photek, Prototype, Good Looking, Metalheadz, Juice, Precious Materials, Basement, Reinforced, Juice Box, yada, yada...
Posted on Apr 3, 2009
Skeja
Skeja
great and indeed fascinating.
Posted on Feb 5, 2009
chummers
Joel
someone is using this video to take on the topic of intellectual property in music and other genre. I will have to come back to this to view the whole thing.
Posted on Feb 20, 2008
gingerbhoy
Matt
Fascinating look at the world of sampling in music from the story of the Amen break. How indeed 6 seconds can last a very long time. That break will outlive us all. It has gone around this globe many times as part of tunes that has brought the people together. Amen indeed.
It also goes into the ownership of that sample and how the record companies have taken it away from the original source.
There is a lot to learn from this film, i highly recommend it
Posted on Jan 19, 2008
Old-Jonesy
Old-Jonesy
"Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics."
Take, for example, a six second drum break from a song from 1969 called, "Amen, Brother," a funk/soul cover of a gospel tune. These six seconds of solo drum kit playing went on to be the raw material for some of the most innovative music of the last couple of decades, then worked thier way into the zeitgeist and popular culture. This video ends talking about the demise of sample-based music as copyright laws are being geared to take all rights from end-users and artists making derived work.
Posted on Dec 22, 2007
AtlantaHoopla
AtlantaHoopla
From the page: "Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop"
Posted on Jun 17, 2007
jwm-art
james
Particularly interesting is the second half of the video, looking into copyright and the Amen Break, culture, and markets, money.