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The Amen Break

This is an enlightening bit of history about how one tiny drum break from a 1969 B-side record can go on to influence entire new genres of music. The mini-documentary is 18 minutes of audio; if you don’t have time to listen to it, Wikipedia has a nice entry covering the basics of the Amen Break.

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2 Responses to “The Amen Break”

  1. Geof F. Morris's Indiana Jones School of Management Says:
    January 28th, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    The Amen Break…

    Colter points to a wonderful documentary on YouTube on the Amen Break.
    Wicked awesome.

    ……

  2. Jeff Says:
    January 29th, 2007 at 9:26 pm

    kick. ass.
    That is so awesome. It didn’t take long for me to realize just how many places I’ve heard that break (or pieces of it). The commentary on copyright is very interesting as well.

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