MU121 Lecture 19: lec 19 Black Music Part I
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Will post online: black sounds and the birth of the remix i: reggae. Connections between the genres of the african diaspora. Western musicians couldn"t find downbeat, said the music was all backwards . Downbeat is on beat 3 instead of 1. Not really any reggae bands in jamaica, only ones playing to tourists. Djs would scratch song off record so no one else would know what it is. Dj does not play the records, the selector does. Riddim (rhythm = backing track, sometimes just the baseline) Did not have a studio, just one room. Wake the town 1969 was a deejay version of alton ellis"s girl i"ve got a date 1967. There are melodic instruments but they"re played as rhythm instruments. Reggae has the one drop they drop out the one, no bass or drums. Reggae avoids pop songwriting conventions (simple verse song) No need for musicians, just producers and vocalists. Tbe casio mt-40 was central to a major shift.
