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Mini Documentaries
This crafty music selection device created by Ken Shyvers (inventor of the pinball machine) allowed you to select music to be played via the phone lines. You could deposit your coin into the slot, and it would ring to a female “DJ” operator who would take your request and play it so you could hear it right at your tabletop or counter. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
Twenty-five years after the release of their sophomore album, De La Soul Is Not Dead, this documentary visits the group's Amityville, Long Island history and discusses how they linked up with Prince Paul and got their demo to Tommy Boy Records.
If you've ever caught an episode of How It's Made you know how easy it is to get swept up in finding answers to questions you didn't even know you had. Here are some of the musical instrument segments in one place for your binge-watching pleasure. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
In this animated short by Blank on Blank & PBS Digital Studios, Joni Mitchell shares her perspective on fame that many creatives can relate to. She speaks about coming to grips with both her rise to fame and the price that she paid for experimenting in her career and not seeking only hits and fame.
A mini music documentary examining the golden era of New York radio in the 80s detailing the innovation of legends Shep Pettibone, Tony Humphries, The Latin Rascals, Marley Marl, and Kool DJ Red Alert.
In this animated short by Blank on Blank & PBS Digital Studios, John Coltrane discusses setting up to practice, connecting with the sound of an instrument, Malcolm X, music as means of expressing that state of society, and how he wanted to change the world.
Peep the animated short of Jimi Hendrix discussing The Experience by Blank on Blank & PBS Digital Studios.
This brief documentary from the How It's Made series on the Discovery Channel shows the steps that go into making the precious possession that crate-diggers and music lovers crave. | Visit Achickwitbeatz.com for your instrumental needs & dope stuff for music lovers.
Blank on Blank x PBS Digital studios share animated video of a lost Beastie Boys interview
Jay Shells visits specific locations mentioned in hip hop songs and posts the lyrics that pertain to that block. Dope vids for any hip hop head to enjoy…check them out!
