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| | Funk |
 | | Funk, which with its sharp syncopation and improvisational freedom has had a lasting impact on all popular music, is finally the subject of a book-length study. | | | Funk is a vigorous African American style of music developed mainly by James Brown and his band members (especially Maceo and Melvin Parker) on the one hand and groups like The Meters on the other hand. | | | Funk can be best recognized by syncopated rhythm, thick bass line (often based on "on one" beat), razor-sharp rhythm guitars, yowlish vocals (as that of Cameo or Bar-Kays), strong rhythm-oriented brass section, percussion instruments, happiness in style, African tones, dance floor audience, and strong jazzy influences (e.g. |
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http://www.jahsonic.com/Funk.html
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| | Funk Page |
| | Stevie Wonder delved into funk during the 70's, although a lot of people associate him with the Motown sound of the 60's or his more pop hits from the 80's. | | | In the late 70's and early 80's, funk made it possible to dance without having to deal with the dreaded "disco" phase. | | | Their albums contain some of the best funk to be found. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Samba? That's so last year |
| | Depending on who you talk to, funk is either Rio's richest contemporary cultural movement or a dangerous hotbed of delinquency: the music of choice not just for the urban poor but for the armed drug gangs who control the favelas. | | | Rio funk is a crude collage of Miami bass and rap- a pared-down anti-music made on simple machines, with almost identical rhythms and tunes, no grace of delivery and shouted lyrics, predominantly crude and sexual. | | | Funk balls emerged in the 1970s when the music was imported from the US. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/brazil/story/0,12462,1166938,00.html
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| | Can You Get to That? |
| | Funk doesn't have to be heard because the aural music is only a physical manifestation of the yet deeper, noumenal galactic vibe, which is always felt by one whose receptors are tuned to Channel One. | | | Funk is like the carrier wave which is channeled through the eye of the floppy pyramid, through Clinton's multicolored dreads and through sunglasses that could shame Elton John. | | | Funk became a unifying presence -- the godhead as manifest to anyone willing to laugh and boogie at the same time. |
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| | Urban Dictionary: funk |
| | Which (exept the latter) all sample Funk Music. | | | Funk had it's peak between the early and midseventies, before Disco came as a kind of fake-funk. | | | Funk also can be seen as predecessor for Disco and for contamporary musical styles like Hip Hop, Acid Jazz, Drum'n Bass, House, Big Beat and Crossover/Funkrock/Funkmetal. |
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=funk
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| | Music History - Funk |
| | The guitar and horns often are used as primarily rhythmic and percussive instruments in Funk. | | | They brought Funk forward as a powerful force in popular music. | | | James Brown is the undisputed "Godfather of Funk." The "Hardest Working Man in Show Business" demonstrated the use of syncopation and scratching rhythm guitar on the influential hit Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. |
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http://www.iconscious.co.uk/musichistory/funk.htm
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| | Elite Music Management - Funk D'Void biography & booking |
| | An album with a wild concept, it tells the LSD-inspired story of the conflict between the not-much-fun Sir D'Voidoffunk and his laugh-a-minute nemesis Starchild (aka Clinton, who eventually triumphs in getting the old misery guts to feel that funk and shake his booty). | | | Spanish lap dancing's loss is your gain., Funk D'Void has proven to be a consistent player in today's club scene and never fails to deliver powerful, emotional sessions wherever he plays. | | | His new LP "Second Skin" promises a new arena for Lars to showcase his talents as he is constantly looking for new sounds and inspiration - whilst never losing that visceral, emotional core to his music and performances. |
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http://www.elitemm.co.uk/funk.shtml
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| | Amazon.com: Funk : The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One: Books: George Clinton,Rickey Vincent |
| | FUNK is a breathless exploration of the roots of a musical form that has never been given its due respect, is often mis-classified, and has been written off as a gimmicky side-show to "serious" music for too long. | | | Okay, I admit that the author has personal biases about funk artists who "watered down" their music to appeal to a "wider audience", but he is telling it the way he sees it. | | | The philosophy of the P (P-Funk) and the wholesome impact of George Clinton's army of funkers from outta space had on a time in which black music either was 'disco' or blacklisted on radio, is described in fullest detail. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312134991?v=glance
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| | Funk Music |
| | To some funk "is the soul of all Black music, past, present and future." An authority on funk said that "funk is probably the most positive expression that we have had in a long time, not only about our music...but ourselves as a people. | | | He moved music in the funky direction and soon became known as the "Godfather of Soul." His music moved people to dance and to listen to his message. | | | Funk epitomizes the successful end to the civil rights struggles of the 1960's and signaled the dawning of a new beginning for Black folks in the 1970's." The upbeat and rich sounds of funk produced a feeling of positive strength, power and humanity in the black community. |
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| | Listen to Free Online Funk Radio Stations - Live365 Internet Radio |
| | The finest 60's & 70's Soul, Deep Funk, Psychedelic Jazz, Latin Boogaloo, Sleazy Listening and more... | | | Funky Vibes - Non Stop Funk, Soulful 80s and rare R&B Classics - For Your Musical Food! | | | Old School R&B, Funk, Soul& Motown from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s - A though Z (The Complete Soul Experience). |
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http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=funk
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| | Funk History |
| | Funk music is the building material for hip hop. | | | The symbiosis that exists between Funk and Hip Hop is perhaps a musical relationship that has never co-existed in the same way. | | | The classic funk sound of James Brown is easily recognizable but Funk continued to progress through the 80's Chuck Brown, Trouble Funk and experimental new York Rap/Funk groups like Grey and Rammelzee. |
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http://www.dropthefunk.com/funkhistory.html
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| | The P-FAQ! |
| | Ace Records plans to rerelease all of Mutiny's material in the U.K. Funkcronomicon, the Axiom Funk release, was released on July 18, 1995. | | | Anyway, they traced funk from its beginning stages up through Prince and had interviews with Bootsy (sittin' in a guitar store going at it!!) and Fred and Maceo (cutting a track for *some* album). | | | The Funk Mob in general was dormant from 1986-89, as funk was forgotten during the rise of glam-metal and slick R&B. However, hip-hop was steadily growing in popularity, and many of those artists were sampling P.Funk records. |
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| | P-Funk main page |
| | The P-Funk fan publication New Funk Times also has a web site which is still under construction but already includes fun stuff like cartoons, album and show reviews, and interviews with George. | | | Generally, Parliament released the most accessible music, mostly limited to funk and soul, usually with horns and almost no heavy guitar or guitar solos. | | | Since then, George and his associates (known collectively as "the Funk Mob") have largely gone their separate ways, creating some more great records and a lot of mediocre ones. |
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| | Global Funk - Official Web Site |
| | Global Funk is crazy enough to be a favorite for all-night dance parties, while maintaining enough jazz sensibilities to play upscale events such as The Monterey Jazz Festival. | | | Since 2001, Global Funk relentlessly toured the nation; and in the process, transformed itself from a run-of-the-mill jazz/funk outfit to a freewheeling Rock & Roll monster willing to challenge audiences with epic genre-bending compositions. | | | Often short original and cover songs will veer off into improvisational byways that keep people dancing, while exploring new facets of funk, house, latin, reggae and rock. |
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| | Technorati Tag: funk |
| | Funky Music Funky rock band with players from George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Sly Stone, Cameo and others. | | | Feel the Funk with Old School Jams Shout Factory celebrates the old school with Old School Soul Party, a 3-CD set filled with funk and soul jams from the '70s and '80s. | | | O anki ruh haline göre blues ezgilerini funk ritmleriyle harmanlayıp, rock kültürüyle sardıktan sonra içtiğimizmüzikten zaman zaman latin... |
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| | The Official Funky Meters Website |
| | His father, David Batiste, was leader of a family band, David Batiste and the Gladiators, credited by many with being one of the most pioneering funk bands. | | | The Batiste family is one of New Orleans' most prolific musical families, with the Batiste Brothers Band and David Batiste and the Gladiators now playing regularly. | | | Their trademark sound blends funk, blues, and dance grooves with a New Orleans vibe. |
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| | funk-lexikon.htm |
| | Information is nothing if not scant for collectors of late 60s and 70s Black Funk music, and the Lexicon is a needed resource for both the collector and the discographer. | | | This is only the beginning in an attempt to solidify Funk music as an American music form in line with the Jazz, Blues and Gospel musics occuring before it." | | | It's been a 'bible' for funk lovers for years and stands alone as an example that won't be beaten. |
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| | Funk - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music |
| | While not rooted in jazz, funk nevertheless took the expansiveness of bop and implemented the resulting freedom from pop song structures into a steamy soul context. | | | When James Brown and his band began exploring the innermost workings of the almighty groove in the mid-1960s with "Out of Sight" and his seminal funk workout "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," the age of funk had officially dawned. | | | Lengthy explorations of a single chord, horns accentuating the beat rather than the melody, freeform song arrangements--these became the hallmarks of soul's rawest, dirtiest outpost. |
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| | Funk You |
| | This song is so funk laiden and catchy it just makes you want to meet him, praise him and hang with him even if you're not religious. | | | Roy Ayers, one of the great jazz vibraphonists of the 1960s and funk fusion greats of the 70's could take any subject and make it soulful and funky. | | | This blog is used as a conversation piece to discuss lost or forgotten soul, funk and rare groove music. |
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| | Amazon.ca: Funk: Search Results Books |
| | Funk : The Music, The People, And The Rhythm Of The One-- by Rickey Vincent (Author) | | | Funk Keyboards - The Complete Method: A Contemporary Guide to Chords, Rhythms, and Licks with CD (Audio) | | | Funk Guitar: The Essential Guide with CD (Audio) |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=bookstore0e86-20&keyword=Funk&mode=books
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| | G-Funk Downloads - Download G-Funk Music - Download G-Funk MP3s |
| | G grew up in Long Beach listening to his parents' extensive collection of jazz, soul and funk records, also frequently hanging... | | | G grew up in Long Beach listening to his parents' extensive collection of jazz, soul and funk records, also frequently hanging out at the local V.I.P. record store. | | | As a teenager, he and his friends Nate Dogg and future superstar Snoop Dogg formed a rap group called 213, after their area code. |
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http://www.mp3.com/g-funk/genre/567/subgenre.html
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| | Funk Metal! |
| | SCIENCE is deffinitly funk metal, so is the Blue album by 311. | | | I just realized most of my favorite bands could be considered funk metal: 311, incubus, faith no more, rhcp and of course Primus and all Calypool derivatives. | | | Sick band of Berklee musicians playing some of the most interesting stuff out there. |
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http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/printable.aspx?m=768855
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| | Brit funk |
| | Funk Is Here Records Offers used rare funk and jazz funk LPs, 45s and CDs. | | | Shakatak and Kajagoogoo are other examples of brit funk bands that had their peak in the 80s. | | | An important stylistic element of brit funk is the dominant role of the bass guitar. |
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| | The Motherpage - Makin' Your Funk The P-Funk |
| | The P.Funk Discography: a complete listing of U.S. and international releases, detailed information on specific albums, lyrics, Funk Mob members' work before P.Funk, and more. | | | Feel free to distribute to your local record supplier, your congressman, your DJ, your radio station, your milkman, or anyone else who can spread the funk or needs it spread to them. | | | We're just starting on this one, but the plan is to make available short bios on various members of the Funk Mob. |
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http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html
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| | Funk |
| | P Funk mythology The bands concept albums and live shows, primarily from Parliament and Funkadelic, have a group of recu... | | | P Funk P-Funk is a catchall term used to describe, primarily, two bands, offshoot groups and solo musicians. | | | Funk, Nebraska Funk is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 204. |
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| | Instant Funk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the backup band for tons of stars, including Lou Rawls, Loleatta Holloway, The O'Jays, MFSB, Curtis Mayfield and Evelyn Champagne King (they are the backing band on the classic disco hit "Shame"). | | | Instant Funk were a 1970s disco band, best known for their disco classic "I've Got My Mind Made Up". | | | Slam Dunk The Funk - a notable song by the band. |
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| | FUNK FINGERS FAQ & FEEDBACK |
| | Im having trouble using these extra bits on stage (mixers nightmare), but they fit quite nicely into my groovy punk funk bands sound. | | | I was just reading over the funk fingers invention, as it's a hobby of mine to experiment with my bass in dangerous ways, by hitting them with such objects as drills, bolts, nuts, cups etc. The funk fingers really appealed to me! But just as I opened my wallet... | | | Use the funk fingers to hit the strings in a certain percussive pattern and hammer on and pull off with your fretting hand. |
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