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Name That Tune...
”Hello?”, I answer my phone at 3am, it’s my cousin, which is the main reason I answered incase it’s a family crisis. But in reality, I should have guessed, she’s calling from the local bar in our hometown. She’s playing the popular song game, “Name That Tune”, “What’s That Song”, or whatever variation thought of by the clever entertainment staff.
Smiles Through All DarknessPublished 3 years ago in BeatNujabes: What He Taught Me
Jun Seba, AKA Nujabes 瀬葉 淳, was an underground Hip Hop Producer in Japan that collaborated with fluid underground artists such as Substansial, Pase Rock, and Shing02. Because of his unique beats, he inspired a known genre of music called Lofi.
nostalgia.radio🪲Published 3 years ago in BeatBasics of Songwriting
I know everything there is to know about music theory. ~ Yngwie J. Malmsteen Malmsteen’s statement is quite a statement to make considering the complexity of music theory: someone who claims to have mastered theory is either a musical genius or possesses a giant ego (or both). And there are probably few people qualified to disprove him. So does that mean there is no hope for us lesser mortals? Of course not. Pop music doesn’t require an exhaustive understanding of music theory for the simple reason that it’s just not that complicated. Many pop musicians and songwriters can’t read a note and have little formal training.
Richard RevelstokePublished 3 years ago in BeatPaul McCartney's Bad Notes
Paul McCartney has already gone into the musical history books as one of the greatest songwriters the UK has ever produced. It's why he is now Sir Paul, knighted for his services to the music industry.
Alex MarkhamPublished 3 years ago in BeatRecording
Everything I learned about recording I learned the hard way. By being forced to be a techie when I’m really an artsy-fartsy. There is definitely a school of thought out there, perpetuated no doubt by the techies, that all this high tech recording gear is way over our heads and we can’t do it without them. This is totally not true. The Beatles had technology equivalent to a $400 cassette 4-track and look what they accomplished.
Richard RevelstokePublished 3 years ago in Beat2021 GRAMMYs Predictions in 30 Major Categories
The Recording Academy organizes the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on a quarantine-friendly and partly virtual event on Sunday, March 14. Trevor Noah hosts the show — officially known as the 63rd GRAMMYs Award. Beyoncé leads the race with nine nominations. Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch, and Dua Lipa hold six nominations each.
Powerful With A Little Bit of Tender
I usually like to write these in lists. Top 5 reasons for this or top ten songs for that, but when it comes to an artist I admire I figured I should go a little off the beaten path in her eclectic honor. Janelle Monáe is more than just a fantastic musical artist and a talented actress. She is an innovator in modern art. So here is my love letter to this creative powerhouse who has inspired and entertained me and will continue to do so for many more years to come.
yanina maysonetPublished 3 years ago in BeatA Tribute to Five of the Greatest Black and Female Artists in the Music Industry
“Everybody wants to know my style and where it came from. It’s no big secret. It’s how I feel.” -Ella Fitzgerald “Have faith in humankind / A respect for what is earthly.” -Tracy Chapman
Sophia PaffenrothPublished 3 years ago in BeatA New Era For Black Women
Growing up, there wasn’t much representation of black women in a lot of spaces. Not in the shows I watched. Not in the books I read. This led to me feeling unseen in ways that I couldn’t comprehend as a child. But in music… in music they were present. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my mom and I singing at the top of our lungs to our favorite songs. Music was a staple in our household. My mother loves music and singing; it's the main thing that we have in common. I grew up listening to a lot of oldies, thanks to my mom. It’s still one of my favorite types of music to listen to. I have so many memories of my mom blasting tunes in the living room while she danced and twirled. I always enjoyed watching her because it was when she seemed the happiest. She would often pull me out of my seat to dance with her. Music by these women lifted our spirits like nothing else. We struggled a lot throughout my childhood because of how poor we were, but we always had our music and our voices. Nothing could take those things away from us. And hearing black women, just like my mother sing about their lives with such passion and love despite what they had been through was undoubtedly inspiring. It was then that I had my first glance at the magic that black women held within. I fell in love with music because of black women.
Taejiana ZhanePublished 3 years ago in BeatBlack Ambition
1. "Come From Away" is a musical set in Gander, Newfoundland, so you might not expect to discover a Black singer, but I did.
Melissa Yi Yuan-InnesPublished 3 years ago in Beat- Top Story - February 2021
I Was Raised by Barbie and The Acid Queen
Music has always been a vessel for the African American experience. In the beginning, it was traditional biblical gospel to cope and communicate within the Antebellum South. Since, it has transformed into multiple genres, from the blues during the Great Depression, describing the trials of down trodden Americans. To rock and roll alongside the flower children of the sixties.
Top of the Vox
There are voices, and there are voices. Voices that find you at certain moments in your life when you need a little guidance or a sonic nudge in the right direction. They swoop in, fix your frequency and keep it moving. I have selected ten such voices from my life soundtrack, ten stars in the firmament of Black women who, musically, had a hand, and voice, in raising me. Muhammad Ali once said, about Larry Holmes, “Musically speaking, if he don't C sharp, he'll B flat.” These incredible vocalists have all helped me see sharper, and without their songs my life would definitely feel flat. Here they are, in chronological order.
Desta HailePublished 3 years ago in Beat