break notation

neil_something · January 2012

Possibly of interest to the producers and beat diggers here... I was reading the following blog post which discusses a project that puts together a graphic notation for twenty classic breaks:

http://www.kempa.com/2012/01/02/funklet/

I want to make a book about drumming that looks good. A funky beat is a great design. Some great designers:

Bernard Purdie
James Gadson
Herman Roscoe Ernerst III
Zigaboo
Roger Hawkins
Clyde Stubblefield

Follow the link to the http://funklet.com/ website for more information (terrible name, by the way). Also there are some interesting, though not amazing, Bernard Purdie / Beatles remixes towards the bottom of the blog post.

TheKindCromang · January 2012

This is cool as shit! Thanks for posting the links

smoking_robot · January 2012

it looks nice but even if its representing midi data say, i feel like its missing a lot that traditional scores might capture a little better.

is it not intended to be used as a true "score" and more as a coffee table piece?

im gonna check out the blog post you mentioned but the funklet website could use a bit more explanation :/

ameldabee · January 2012

Reminded me that reaaaly nice book, skratchin' related -> http://laurentburt.wordpress.com/category/scratch-graphique/

wehkah · January 2012

I'm new here. Thanks for this nice post. Funklet is really cool. So i will rebuild the breaks with the new BFD2.

peaace&sun;
T

wehkah · March 2012

Here is my first attempt on the Amen break, free download avail on my ULS Soundcloud page

http://soundcloud.com/u_like_sampling/sets/amen

have fun peeps!

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