MUSIC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Auto-Tune, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Melle Mel
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In early hip hop, djs were the party organizers. Engaged with the crowd by talking and shouting phrases to them. Spoken style on the radio is considered proto-hip hop. Begin by playing rhythm and blues and rock n" roll. As time progressed, more local music was created. Device that was used for recording and reproduction of sound. A transitional slide control on a dj mixer for fading in one input channel while fading out another. Moved to the bronx when he was a baby. Gets his name from kung fu movies. Came to the us from jamaica when he was 12. Dj rhythmically inserts or punches very short segments of sound over another record playing on the other turntable. Marking the record with a piece of tape or cray to mark the return spot. Dj stops the record with his/her hand and reverses its direction to replay that portion of the record.
