Can I Get An Amen? is an audio installation that unfolds a critical perspective of perhaps the most sampled drum beat in the history of recorded music, the Amen Break. It begins with the pop track Amen Brother by 60's soul band The Winstons, and traces the transformation of their drum solo from its original context as part of a 'B' side vinyl single into its use as a key aural ingredient in contemporary cultural expression. The work attempts to bring into scrutiny the techno-utopian notion that 'information wants to be free'- it questions its effectiveness as a democratizing agent. This as well as other issues are foregrounded through a history of the Amen Break and its peculiar relationship to current copyright law.

Created by Nate Harrison http://nkhstudio.com total run time 17 minutes, 46 seconds

An Oklahoma Podcast - ElmoCast #37 Friday Feb 17th, 2006 - Sometimes Muppets are Secretly Fond of Each Other

• Podsafe Music Network
  • Gert - Pink Skirt
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• pissed off today..
• Fuck Sally Kern and her closed minded anti gay right winged theocratic agenda.
• Magnatune
  • Electric Frankenstein - Sweet Sickness
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• OkieFunk.com - great progressive Oklahoma blog
• Sunspot coming to Oklahoma City! March 14th at Galileos.
• Nice Valentines day...Bin73 is nice
• Podsafe Music Network
  • State of Being - Haywire
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• Delicious Links
  • dead mic....
  • Olympic Spammmer
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  • Willie Nelson releases gay cowboy song.
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