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Black Music Month: House Music

House music is the predecessor of today’s EDM with its repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms and use of the hi-hat cymbals and synthesized bass lines.

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Black Music Month – Gil Scott-Heron

See that black boy over there, runnin’ scared his ol’ man’s in a bottle. He done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time so now he’s livin’ in the bottle. See that black boy over there, runnin’ scared his ol’ man got a problem and it’s a bad one Pawned off damn near […]

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Black Music Month – Play With My Heart

#Iknowpeople is a hashtag I use all the time when my AMAZING friends do incredible things!!!! Today for my Black Music Month post I wanna shout out my boy Taye Jay (Taye Johnson, Taj Jay he has a lot of names). We are members of the same church and I’m so very proud to know […]

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Black Music Month 2016

I borrowed this from the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) What Is Black Music Month? Black Music Month began in 1979 when Kenny Gamble, Ed Wright, and Dyana Williams developed the idea to set aside a month dedicated to celebrating the impact of black music. Created by music business insiders, the group successfully […]

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Hey June! How you Doin’?

June is the halfway point of the year! Parents in the northern states are preparing for graduations and the end of a long school year. We all just celebrated Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer. June to me means I have 6 more short months to make this year count! At the top of the […]