Decades Project Remix/Arranging

Decades Project Remix/Arranging

David Rodigan

Background Information

David Rodigan was born on the 24^th of June 1951, in Hanover, Germany. David played his music on the following radio stations; Radio London, Capital 95.8, Kiss 100, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 2 and BFBS Radio. David is well known for his love for Reggae and Dancehall, which he so happens to play. He went to school in Gosford Hill School in Oxfordshire. David states that his love for Jamaican music came from witnessing Millie Small perform “My Boy Lollipop” in 1964. Once David had hit 15 he was already DJing at school dances and local youth clubs, after David had left school he was selling records in Oxford followed by Putney which was when he had found himself a radio on Radio London in 1978 to DJ on a show called “Reggae Rockers”. Almost a year later he was given a permanent slot on Capital Radio, which he stayed with for about 11 years. David has clashed against recognized sounds such as Bodyguard, Bass Odessey, Killamanjaro, Barry G and Stone Love. David joined the British Forces Broadcasting Services in 1984, where he had a weekly show and stuck with it for 25 years. David was added to the Sony Radio Academy hall of Fame in late 2005. In 2014 he combined with Chase & Status, Shy FX and MC Rage to make the sound “Rebel Sound” for the Red Bulls Culture Clash, which they won.

How He Motivates The Crowd & What Equipment He Uses/Used

David motivates the crowd by talking to the crowd a lot through his microphone, which he also uses to make random out bursts of noise to express his passion for DJing. In addition David sometimes, even uses a Caribbean accent during some of his performances, bounces and even adopts the poses of various animals. David used to use and still uses a unique set of Dubs.

Task to review an album from 1969 - Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

Background

Hot Buttered Soul is the second album released by the American soul musician Isaac Hayes who was mostly known for song writing and arranging for Stax Records born on the 20^th of August 1942. The album was released on the 23^rd of September 1969, and is recognized world wide as being a key aspect in soul music. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis and was produced by Al Bell, Marvin Thomas and Allen Jones.

“Walk On By”

The opening track “Walk On By” which is unusually long for a song, (however not the longest on the album) was composed by Burt Bacharach and the lyrics were written by Hal David. The songs original artist was Dionne Warwick and Isaac was the second out of eleven artists to cover the song. In addition Isaac was the only one out of the eleven to stretch the song to 12 minutes 2 seconds, but upon single release was shortened down to less than 5 minutes. The track reached No. 30 on the U.S. charts. Similar to all tracks in this album there’s a huge lack of lyrics in this track as Isaac must like to focus on the instrumental in his songs as it is very soothing.

“Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic”

“Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” the second track on the albums name is known for being so long due to Isaac Hayes and Stax Records making fun of people who use long words unnecessarily, so the name its self is almost a mockery. Further more the name for this song is often spelt wrong (as you could probably guess).

“One Woman”

“One Woman” is the shortest track in the album at 5 minutes 8 seconds yet manages to feel like it has the most vocals in the track. There’s not much information online about this track however I like how this track starts off with a calm slow piano which plays into the rhythm and stays on the track through out a bit quieter than the vocals but high enough in pitch and volume that you can enjoy it.

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

“By The Time I Get To Phoenix” is the longest track in the album at 18 minutes 42 seconds, this is mainly because more than half the song is Isaac Hayes telling the story and 8:40 minutes into the song the bass changes and the song truly begins. I’m sure Isaac enjoys the sound of the bass guitar as he keeps that going throughout the song from start to finish, although the song really only starts at 8:40, which I think is an interesting thing to do on such a long track. In addition the song was written my Jimmy Webb and originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, and Isaac compliments the song writer at the beginning of the song and goes on to say how he will express how he portrays the power of love through this song.