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Doesn’t matter if it’s sweet or hot, just give it everything you’ve got. Also, while we’re on the subject, check out J Dilla’s body of work. A true maestro gon
by adfm 4y ago
Doesn’t matter if it’s sweet or hot, just give it everything you’ve got.
Also, while we’re on the subject, check out J Dilla’s body of work. A true maestro gone too soon. RIP.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla
- jjulius 4y agoA discussion involving swung time and J Dilla needs a Chris "Daddy" Dave mention, too. That dude is in a different universe from the rest of us when it comes to time.
- j_kao 4y agoFor fans of Dilla's music (you may not know the producer, but I'm sure you'll know some of his songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla_discography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla_discography), I'd highly recommend the book Dilla Time. The author goes into a lot of detail about what swing is, its origins in African music (polyrhythms) and the racial tensions that came from these rhythms, and how it eventually made its way into modern music.
- jjulius 4y agoCan also vouch for this book. I'm about halfway through and I absolutely love it, though I'm biased because I've always had a penchant for anyone or anything that fucks around with musical time. There's a documentary being put together based on the book as well, which I'm really looking forward to.
- agumonkey 4y agoI read an article online long ago, telling how he told amp fiddler how he made beat, by aligning tapes with a pencil to overlay samples one by one. I never found that article again and I wonder if his wobbly swing came from the lack of time grid here.