#SoundFieldPBS #IndependentLens #FunkMusic #FunkBasslines What are the ingredients of a funky bass line? The simple, syncopated bass lines of funk have influenced modern music from hip-hop to K-pop but what makes them so funky? Arthur L.A. Buckner gets a lesson from bassist Nik West and talks to funk scholar Rickey […]
Join me this Tuesday, December 31st for the 2024 Digging The Greats New Years Livestream Party! Yeah, that name feels long, so let’s go with “NYE with DTG” This livestream is free, public, open to everyone, and will be streaming on YouTube! Make sure you’re subscribed and turn on notifications […]
You know those ambience videos on YouTube? It’ll be like “Chill Lofi Beats to Study To” with or a “Jazz Coffee Shop” with a badly photoshopped room and non specific royalty free or AI music? Imagine that, but actually good. Just real music, real vibes, curated by yours truly. Throw […]
Checks you signed with love and kisses, later come back signed, “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS” Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain (released 1971.) Subscribe for more […]
You know those ambience videos on YouTube? It’ll be like “Chill Lofi Beats to Study To” with or a “Jazz Coffee Shop” with a badly photoshopped room and non specific royalty free or AI music? Imagine that, but actually good. Just real music, real vibes, curated by yours truly. Throw […]
Tune in LIVE on Friday, March 7th at 5pm PST for the first “Late Nite Digs” Live Music, Giveaways, New Segments, Special Guests, a DJ Set – as well as a BRAND NEW MERCH DROP! Replay will be up after, but you will NOT want to miss it Live – […]
James Brown had an influence on early hip hop in many ways, but the most obvious way is how early hip hop DJ’s sampled his music. But was this… purely coincidence? Or was this a calculated move by the Godfather of Soul to GET people to sample his music? Was […]
Prince’s song “Kiss” is an undeniable classic, but did he actually write it? It was his third number one single, released in 1986, and it gave his already substantial career new life. It’s got that iconic guitar riff, a danceable feel, and it’s so good.. but did he actually write […]
https://www.twitch.tv/alfomedia https://www.patreon.com/AlfoMedia https://twitter.com/renshawhs https://www.instagram.com/renshawhs/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/alfo-media Hey everybody! Thanks for watching this video on “5 MORE Albums to Expand Your Taste in Music”. This is a little sequel to last week’s video because the reception was so warm. I loved seeing everyone be helpful in the comments & giving their own […]
Give the sound engineer what they need, while also impressing everyone within earshot. Here are my Top 8 Funky Bass lines for soundcheck. Is this an incredibly vain idea for a video? Yes. Is this something we ALL subconsciously do? Come on, I can’t be the only one who does […]
