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Which was the first reggaeton song to the use the dembow rhythm?
The characteristic sound of Reggaeton is called dembow. They took it from a song called "Dembow" by Shabba Ranks (1990), but that's a Dancehall song, not a reggaeton song. Many says the ...
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How was "Hymnes et marches de la République Démocratique Allemande" distributed?
I've seen the album (?) Hymnes et marches de la République Démocratique Allemande (MusicBrainz release link) on YouTube, Qobuz, even Apple Music.
According to MusicBrainz this was released in 1990, ...
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How has the concept of authenticity in live pop performance evolved since the introduction of autotune and backing tracks?
In popular music criticism, authenticity was once closely associated with unaltered, live vocal performance. Since the late 1990s, technologies like autotune and backing tracks have become widespread ...
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What does a philomel sound like?
I'm deeply interested in this historical steel-string instrument and I'm wondering if anyone has ever come across any recordings?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomel_(musical_instrument)
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BBC Glastonbury documentary - looking for a list of musicians
The BBC produced a documentary in 2006 charting the history (and weirdness) of the Glastonbury festival.
Obviously there was a lot of music in it but none of the artists were named.
Is there a ...
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Who sang Hooka Tooka first - Judy Henske or Chubby Checker?
Judy Henske has a version of Hooka Tooka (youtube) which comes with an interesting story of what the song means. According to Judy in the extended spoken preface to the song, it was a code sung by ...
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When filter sweeps became a staple arrangement technique in electronic music?
A common arrangement technique in electronic music, often even applied on the fly by the DJs, is slowly changing frequency of a low pass filter (and sometimes high pass filter) in a wide range, just ...
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Where did the "good morning Mr / Mrs / Ms. <name>" tune students greet teachers with, come from?
I'm watching the episode of The Simpsons where Bart goes to France, and Bart and his friends say "good morning Mr. Skinner" in a sing song way when Skinner shows up with his mum.
We used to ...
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What hat did Lightning Hopkins wear on the cover of the "Texas Blues Man" album?
For some blues history work I'm doing, I want to determine the style of this hat:
It seems to have some characteristics of a fedora or a trilby, but none of the images I've seen on various hat sites ...
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Early recordings of "Once I caught a fish alive"
I’m looking for information on the earliest recording of the children’s song “12345, Once I Caught a Fish Alive.” Despite my efforts, I haven’t been able to find any recordings that date back before ...
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Did Phats & Small only earn 5000 GBP from the sales of their "Turn Around" track?
I read on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phats_%26_Small&oldid=1231722309:
The song debuted at number three in the UK Singles Chart, before climbing to number two, with career sales ...
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Is the line "love love love I want your love" in Bad Romance borrowed?
When I listened to Bad Romance by Lady Gaga I cannot shake away the feeling that the line "love love love I want your love" (timestamp 0:56) is something I've heard somewhere else. It could ...
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what are your music recommendations for someone trying to expand their music taste? [closed]
i want to expand my music taste so tell me ur fav albums!! i’m open to any genre as long as it’s good music. adding more characters because this dumb site wants me to for some reason…
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Where is Chris Brown from?
Where is Chris Brown, the famous American artist, from? His music genre is R&B and Hip Hop, he sang "With You".
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Where is Fat Joe from?
Where does Fat Joe, the famous American rapper, come from? His musical genre is Rap, and he sang "Make it rain".