Too Much Time In My Head: August 2012

07 August 2012

Funk

http://themusicmomma.blogspot.com/2011/10/history-of-funk-music.html

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B and soul songs, which are centered on chord progressions.

Like much African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands sometimes have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits".

Many of the most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk samples have been used extensively in genres including hip hop, house music and drum and bass. It is also the main influence of go-go, a subgenre associated with funk.

(Thanks to wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk)

06 August 2012

Life is a journey

http://nmullins.blogspot.com

Part of the problem is that we forget that life is a journey, not a race. A journey has a start and an end point, sure, but there are a lot of adventures along the way. There are side roads, lessons learned, disappointments and triumphs. We fall down, get up, start over, maybe backtrack and take a different fork in the road, the one we avoided before, but that appeals to us now.

- Flynn

(via @GradnessMadness, http://gradnessmadness.tumblr.com/post/28692421673/out-of-the-gate)

03 August 2012

One of the best traditions in sport ...

During training camp in the summer months (held outside the Don Hutson Center), young Packers fans can take their bikes and have their favorite player ride their bike to the practice field from the locker room. This is an old Packers tradition dating back to approximately 1957 (the first years of Lambeau Field's existence). Gary Knafelc, a Packers end at the time, said, "I think it was just that kids wanted us to ride their bikes. I can remember kids saying, 'Hey, ride my bike.'" The practice continues today. (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers)