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| Wilhelm Richard Wagner |
the other day my niece was telling me how she was falling asleep in music appreciation class in college. she was complaining about the orchestral music portion of the class. i'm like, what? you don't know? some of that shit is fly. i told her about Wagner (pronounced Vag-ner), who was alive in the 1800's who was strait hardcore. listen to this joint and tell me it don't make you feel like you're the star of an epic action drama on a distant planet, fighting the forces of evil? now, your life, like mine, might just be the everyday day fight against the haters. here's what it sounds like when you brush them off and keep it moving.
she asked me, "how did you start liking THAT stuff?" i'm like, i'm a real bboy. a part of the core portion of hip hop, as a producer or dj, is the mining for records and sounds that can be interpreted back into hip hop. that exploration into different worlds really informed our outlook and opinion and made the participation in the culture more than just the weekend dance party. i mean, that's what most other music genres are. they really ain't something you can live everyday. i went on to tell her that that's the part about hip hop that i miss for them; that portion of exploration. as the commercial music of today, their choices are neatly boxed. i miss for them that portion of the culture that taught us how to think freely.
and, if you didn't know, this stuff IS ROYALTY FREE. most of the orchestral music that you hear was created before there was such thing as a copyright. therefore, they are in what's called the public domain. you can sample this shit until you turn blue and back to your regular color. and you don't have to pay NOBODY.
start your day with this playing. or, make a mp3 and ride to this. you will be buggin with this shit crankin in your system. you'll think you're at the movies. but ride wit this shit after you inhale a couple... get ready for an experience...
oh, and here's a piece of Wagner's work that i know you all know... and Reina is probably wishing she'll hear one day...
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"that exploration into different worlds really informed our outlook and opinion and made the participation in the culture more than just the weekend dance party. i mean, that's what most other music genres are. they really ain't something you can live everyday. i went on to tell her that that's the part about hip hop that i miss for them; that portion of exploration. as the commercial music of today, their choices are neatly boxed. i miss for them that portion of the culture that taught us how to think freely."
I for one can spend hours in a record store. just searching for hidden gems. That never gets old to me. Diggin in the crates/ record hunting is just as important as pressing play and reading the liner notes. I liken it to the the whole mission in copping a bag of chiba, thats part of the fun of it, to getting it home, sniff the bud, breaking it down, rollin up and lighting up.
IDK thats just the way I think
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DV!
whats good my dude?
i still love exploring shit. now i be looking thru the web and in my inbox for shit to display on the site. then the other day, after a plate of vegetables, i went thru a lot of the shit i had sittin to the side. i was buggin off of just the breaks i have collected. then i was goin thru samples... shiiit i aint get nothin done that day almost. i looked up and i burned like 5 hours easy. music is a journey. i love the ride.
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Real funny, Culture! lol What makes you think that it hasn't happened for me already? Ok, maybe it hasn't... but I am in no rush. My job keeps me plenty occupied. If there is a man out there for me, he'll have to catch while he's being productive.
And this was a revelation. I had no idea this was a classically composed piece. How do you know all of this stuff, Culture?
Reina!
i knew you would dig that!
lol! i dont know... i been diggin for quite a while now. i guess it's like any passion. u spend ur free time on it by default. like you sound like you love ur job. u probably think of things that will make you better at when your not at the office. it's probably easier to do when you love it.
thats me n hip hop.
Wagner is the man, Epic for real. Loving the fact, you are a music lover like myself. I am lucky in the regard that here in a OZ we have a government funded national radio station, that plays all types of music. not funded by advertising so pretty much everything gets played on that station. So i hear a lot of diffrent stuff. helps i am older than the average net cat too i guess lol.
also i prefer mate over buddy dude lol
well, then mate it is, mate!
that must be real dope to hear it all on a regular basis. i bet it makes it easy to NOT get sick of hearing songs. here, there is no such thing. we have NPR (National Public Radio) radio, but it's slanted toward the arts.
it used to be a time that you could spin the duial in New York City and hear a whole assortment of things. ethnic music from all over the world, amazing talk radio, symphony orchestra, jazz, salsa, hip hop, eru-pop, just whatever. when i used to go there as a kid i used to make tapes of me just spinnin the dial. that shit used to be special. i guess that where it comes from, mate.
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