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RhythmGJ

RhythmGJ

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  • Rooftop djing troubleshooting

    RhythmGJRhythmGJ
    Assuming that the question is serious, and that the gig hasn't happened yet: Yes, rain (and lightning) are the more serious issues. But if you have a lot of paperwork (notes, announcements, set list, lyrics if you're singing, whatever), a little musicians' trick might help. Use a heavy duty music stand, and get a couple of pieces of unbreakable glass or heavy plexiglass and put it on your paperwork on the stand. That way you can read but it won't blow away.

    You can weigh equipment, tables, etc. down with weights or bricks/cinderblocks. Speaking of plexiglass, if you are really looking for a "windshield," you could try putting-up and playing behind a plexiglass drum shield. It would need to be weighted down somewhat. A secondary benefit is as a physical "no request" barrier between DJ and audience: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&site=&source=hp&ei=WS9TWfmvEITjmAHByI3oCw&q=drum+shield&oq=drum+shield&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3..0l5.1511.5139.0.6552.12.12.0.5.5.0.139.1177.10j2.12.0.crnk_qsds...0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-hp..0.12.784.3..41j0i131k1j0i10k1.niMWVb-pQo0

    GJ
    ketan

  • Please help id this possible Isaac Hayes produced tune? LISTEN

    RhythmGJRhythmGJ
    Where did you find this (context clues)?

    GJ
    ketan

  • What even is Hip Hop?

    RhythmGJRhythmGJ
    You're thinking too hard, SPLDY. And yes, music scholarship is important (I'm something of an academic myself), and yes, your analysis and musical examples are spot-on.

    But sometimes, some things just-- Are. If you like it, enjoy it. Once a music genre/culture starts evolving, and that same genre is undergoing critical/historical analysis, things can get confused and murky. But put simply-- Hip-Hop is Hip-Hop. You can ask the same questions of any genre ("What is Jazz, anyway?"), or point to examples of "off the mark" stylistic changes ("That's not real Country music!"), and get 1,000 different answers and opinions, but in the end, it is what it is...

    What I learned, and what I teach in class when/if we study the subject academically, is that Hip-Hop is a culture, of which Rap music is a part. other aspects include DJing, breakdancing, grafitti art, fashion, and slang/language. A culture is something social that is passed on to the next generation-- music, art, language, manners of dress, social norms and expectations. Hip-Hop has (or at least had) all those things, hence, a "culture." You don't need to know more about it if you like it (what I mean is it isn't a requirement). Yes, those elements existed prior to "Hip-Hop" as a culture/genre. But Hip-Hop put them together in a new way, just like Jazz, Blues, Reggae and Latin music all share similar cultural roots, but came out different in each case. "Geography is Destiny," somebody said.

    GJ
    Duderonomy

  • New African Sounds

    RhythmGJRhythmGJ
    Tracks 5 & 6 in this "live audio recordings montage" were recorded on a trip to Ghana in 2013. Hopefully I will get around to posting some more of these recordings, and some from last year's trip to Kenya, sometime soon.

    * https://m.soundcloud.com/nocturnal-productions/live-recordings-demo-reelmontage

    GJ
    foe