Pictures from the KXSC Sample Showcase with Patrice Rushen and Josh Kun.
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KXSC Radio proudly presents the 2nd Sample Showcase featuring special guest Patrice Rushen. Ms. Rushen is not only a USC alumnus, but is also the Director of the Popular Music Program of the Thorton School of Music and a Grammy-nominated musician. On January 29th, Patrice Rushen will sit down with Professor Josh Kun of the Annenberg School of Communication and share her thoughts on sampling and what it is like to be a sample musician.
This Friday is your chance to watch KXSC DJs and Thornton School of Music professors deconstruct the thrones of some of hip-hop's reigning songs.
The jazz and hip-hop departments at KXSC have collaborated to bring you the first ever KXSC Sample Showcase, where a panel discussion will explore the relationship between these two genres and the impact of sampling on music.
If you're a music-lover, come to Ground Zero, grab a delicious milkshake, and get a taste of the jazz songs that have created the sound of hip-hop we love today.
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Probably one of my favorite things. People need to listen to more jazz...
My Favorite Things
It's a long song, I know, and the album is dope. You really should just Buy it..jpg)
I'm trying my best to keep the blog musically diverse... so here we have one of the finest technical death metal albums ever, by a band that is unsurprisingly named Death. I'm not even a big death metal fan, but this is a sweet album (actually pretty much everything released by Death is awesome). This album, along with Human and Individual Thought Patterns, really helped established thinking man's metal. While both of those are great records, the thing about Symbolic is that it's actually catchier. Human and Individual Thought Patterns have alot of awesome jazzy riffs and complex song structures and whatnot, but let's face it, as great as some of those tracks are, they just aren't as catchy as say, "Crystal Mountain." You guys decide:
Crystal Mountain
Without Judgement
Pretty good? Hopefully you dig it, even if you aren't a fan of the genre. Buy it anyways.
And... the disclaimer: this is for promotional use only. If the band does not wish for their material to be posted please let us know at publications@kscr.org so we can take it down.