Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

Here's the video to watch on the history of the Amen Break. It's very in-depth and I highly recommend it. I just noticed it's 20 years old too! ▶ this video

This is my favorite video on the Amen break from about 20 years ago that explains the history and more of the context ▶ this video

17 Years ago this audio/video explained it all. Props to the artist Landon for laying down the audio to a record and playing the audio (with examples) from the record. 6.8 millions views - the Winstons will never be forgotten. ▶ this video

For those who don't know what the Amen Break is, here is the most important documentary ever done: ▶ this video

The TR-808 is up there with samplers and the Amen Break in terms of defining modern music. If you have twenty minutes, there's a wonderful video explaining the Amen Break that I suggest everybody watch at least once: ▶ this video

For anyone interested in more thoughts on copyright and (the killing of) culture, I highly recommend this video on the Amen break: ▶ this video Additionally, this comic is informative and fun: link

If you want to go farther down the rabbit hole, this is an excellent 20-minute video about the history of the Amen Break, the "six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures" and the rise of sampling: ▶ this video

I wish you the best of luck Mdotstrange (if you didn't see it, he posted in this thread claiming BFM actively claimed copyright over the sound of wind.) Yes, piracy and copyright infringement is rampant, but by both individuals and corporations. A great example is the Amen Break. If you've got 20 minutes, I can't suggest this video enough for everyone: ▶ this video It's in everything from old hip hop, to Oasis' "D'You Know What I Mean?" to the original Futurama theme song! And all used with, according to the creators, absolutely zero royalties. (And they're fine with it, having been told. They get it.)

...and here's a great documentary about this: ▶ this video This is a video about Amen Break, read from a wax disc which can't survive more than 5-6 plays.

If you aren’t familiar with the Amen Break, here’s a now classic 18 minute documentary on the Amen Break and its origins and evolution: ▶ this video

▶ this video great deep dive into the Amen break. this video is from the yt days of yore, nice to see the yt algo still propping it up.

This documentary from 2004 (uploaded to YouTube in 2006(!)) is how I learned about the Amen Break and it's immense influence on the music of the 80s and 90s: ▶ this video