Music

Infinite Wheel – Learn about the roots of the DJ-producer. If you’ve ever been to 720 Records in East Liberty [big up Selecta], you will have likely learned the significance of the number 720. This website demonstrates the infinite possibilities of 720 in the most addictive hands-on audio tutorial & demonstration [requires Flash Player].

Break Selector – Try this one after the Infinite Wheel demo [requires Flash Player].

Drum breaks - To satisfy that never ending curiosity of "yo, where'd they sample those drums from"?

Beat Matching - The foundation of the DJ.

Capoeira Fighter – Experience the roots of breakdancing in this unique interactive online game. Learn the keystrokes for it and then practice your moves. Two can play the game. If you’d like to experience some real-life capoeira in the steel city, check out Nego Gato [Capoeira game requires Flash Player].

Capoiera Tutorial - Requires Flash Player

Breakdance – An interactive online tutorial for the beginner. Learn the steps, practice the moves, show off to your friends. [Requires Flash Player].

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@ the Movies:

Black Orpheus

The Harder They Come

THX 1138

Pinero

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Wild Style

Space is the Place

Pather Panchali

Coffy

Fear of a Black Hat

Downtown 81

Chameleon Street

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Some Music Resources:

Music Awareness Pittsburgh – Get involved in the Local music community. Put your scene on the MAP.

All Music Guide

All Things Deep – A website that takes music to the deep levels of bass. Listen to some tunes. Enjoy the reading.

Beta Lounge – Premier DJ showcase, broadcasting from San Francisco, CA, worldwide on the internet.

Moogmusic.com – Find out what Robert Moog’s been up to lately.

The Global African Music Series

Tibetan Music Online

Acid-Jazz Server – The grassroots internet community that nucleated a worldwide musical movement defining the new sound of underground soul & electronic music. Excellent informational resource for the urban music enthusiast.

Future of Music Coalition - A not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities.

The Pauper – Financial Career and Legal Resources for Artists.

MUSICA - The Music & Science Information Computer Archive. Analysis and commentary on the broad field of research on music and behavior, including evolution, brain mechanisms, child development, perception, learning, memory, performance, health and related topics.

The Hyperreal Music Archive – An excellent and very comprehensive website for all things related to “electronic” and “DJ”.

The U.S. Copyright Office

Detroit Electronic Music Festival – Woodstock for the 21^st century. The annual Memorial weekend music festival in Detroit, MI that attracted 3 million people from all over the world under a spirit of community and soulful vibrations.

Jazz Links

Electronic Music Instruments

Capoeira.com

The African Music Encyclopedia – Taking us back to the roots.

Techno Rebels – An often under appreciated fact is Techno music’s true origins in the working-class American Midwest. Read this book to learn the real history behind the music. Listen to some audio clips, too.

DeepFunk.org – A very comprehensive site about the deep soulful sounds we call funk. For all your Funk needs and indulgences.

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe – A multi-cultural artistic community pushing the boundaries outside the mainstream. A living room hosting the freshest art to come through the ports of New York City.

The Jammin’ Reggae Archives – all the flavas of kulcha.

iReggae – A website livicated to change through the word, sound, and power of reggae music.

So you wanna press your own record?

Koto Music Homepage

Gospel Links

Temple of Hip Hop – The preservation society for promoting and protecting Hip Hop culture as a social strategy toward health, love, awareness and prosperity.

So You Wanna be a DJ?

Comprehensive links to Tabla websites – dha tere ki te….

ECM Records Website – For the sophisticated music connoisseur.

RedHot.org – Music organization dedicated to AIDS awareness and prevention.

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Some Listens [be sure to browse the other links above for more internet audio feeds]:

Momentum – March 2nd, 2002 @ The Shadow Lounge

Momentum – May 11th, 2002 @ The Shadow Lounge

Momentum – Aug 3rd, 2002 @ The Quiet Storm

Radio Locator – Can’t find the music you’re looking for on the city’s airwaves? Check this website to find and listen to countless radio stations and internet audio streams from any zip code, any state, any country.

Moonstarr – Live at the Beta Lounge w/ Rosina on vocals, Jugular on Beatbox.

Clear Radio – the best in soulful underground music from your most trusted DJ, Dave Cooper.

Jazzanova – Live at the Beta Lounge

Real.com listening station

Titonton Duvante – DJ set at the Beta Lounge

Shawn Rudiman

· Blu-12

· Live @ HyperVinyl w/ Akil Harris

· Detroit Vibes

Ed Luna – DJ set at the Beta Lounge.

Funk45.com

Pablo Valentino – Weekly radio show broadcasting from Strasbourg, France.

iReggae.com – Real audio archives containing over 100 hours of reggae kulcha.

Persian Music Audio Websites

Beta Lounge - Weekly live and archived sets featuring DJs from around the world. Broadcasting from San Francisco, CA , worldwide on the internet.

Broken Beat Radio – Weekly radio show broadcasting from Philadelphia, PA w/ your hosts Argo and 99.

Gilles Peterson Worldwide – Listen to the legend himself, the DJ who’s defined the realm of Nu Jazz. From BBC Radio 1, worldwide!

Todd Sines + Natache Labelle – Live!!!

Radio Tunisia – Live from Tunisia. Listen to something different.

_{Jazzanova Radio
- ‘nuff said.}

Harit’s Collection of Indian and International Real Audio sites – Excellent comprehensive source for internet audio of all music genres from South Asia subcontinent.

Jwan Allen – Live @ Zythos. Funky Detroit Techno and Deep House from the steel city’s minimalist maestro.

Gongcast – Real Audio broadcasts of all types of Gamelan music from Indonesia. For the full cultural experience, check out the Indonesian Recipe Archive while enjoyning the music.

Luke & Luke – Live @ Zythos.

Acid-Jazz List – Wide selection of internet radio listens on the soulful groove tip.

All India Radio – Numerous real audio selections including Indian Classical and Hindi Film music courtesy of the Government of India Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

M-Rock – Rockin’ a quick turntable demo in the basement. 56K or 300K real media stream.

Laurent Garnier – Live in Detroit

Solar Radio – Broadcasting from the UK, soul music in all shades of blue [Windows Media Player required].

Jazz – mp3 or real audio

Poetics – mp3 or real audio

Movement – mp3 or real audio

Soul Train – mp3 or real audio

Technoir – mp3 or real audio

Some breaks and beats

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