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Little Mister liked 2 videos on YouTube in the last 24 hours that weren’t music. I watched them, read along with what was said and picked the moments worth seeing. In the video version of this page you see those moments; here, each one is cued up in the player.
What he’s into right now
Little Mister is currently engaging with content centered around music theory, hip-hop, and sampled music, as seen in his recent views of Adam Neely’s guide to creating a ‘drunk’ feel through rhythmic patterns and Bleeps and Boops’ deep dive into Orbital’s ‘Chime’ sampling mystery.
- New this month: hip-hop, drumming, music theory, rhythmic patterns, electronic music, sampled music
How to Play Music With a ‘Drunk’ Feel
Adam Neely · 15:31 · liked Fri 6:34 PM · watch on YouTube
Adam Neely’s YouTube video “How to Play Music With a ‘Drunk’ Feel” is a music theory lesson exploring rhythmic techniques used in hip-hop and electronic music to create a lopsided, off-kilter groove. It explains how drummers like Chris “Daddy” Dave and Questlove use odd groupings and tuplets to mimic the “drunk” or “Dilla” style of drumming, blending technical analysis with playful examples and live demonstrations.
He watched two videos about music theory, and now every fridge hum is in a minor key and needs a sample cleared.
- Drummers create a ‘drunk’ feel by subdividing beats into odd groupings like septuplets, making the groove feel lopsided and human.
- Repetition turns intentional rhythmic “mistakes” into musical elements, making sloppy delivery feel heartfelt and authentic.
- The video connects rhythmic techniques to harmonic shifts, showing how unexpected key changes can create a similar off-balance feeling as odd grooves.
Why it caught his eye: The video cleverly bridges technical music theory with accessible, humorous demonstrations, showing how subtle rhythmic choices can evoke emotion without needing advanced gear or knowledge.
Worth seeing #1 — 0:44. Neely introduces Questlove and Chris “Daddy” Dave as pioneers of the ‘drunk’ drumming style, showing live examples of their rhythmic techniques.
Worth seeing #2 — 10:31. The video connects harmonic shifts to rhythmic techniques, explaining how sudden key changes create a similar off-balance feeling as odd grooves.
Topics: music theory, drumming, hip-hop, rhythmic patterns, electronic music
Solving the sample mysteries of Orbital’s ‘Chime’
Bleeps and Boops · 13:38 · liked Fri 5:01 PM · watch on YouTube
A YouTube deep dive into the sample origins of Orbital’s 1989 track ‘Chime,’ where the creator traces the iconic piano melody to Johnny Pearson’s 1972 ‘Sleepy Shores’ and identifies other sampled elements from Pearson’s album, including ‘Man and a Woman’ and ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water.’ The video details the gear used to recreate the track’s hardware setup and shares the detective work behind uncovering the samples.
- Orbital’s ‘Chime’ samples Johnny Pearson’s ‘Sleepy Shores’ from a 1972 album, with the melody reversed and pitched down to create its signature sound.
- The video demonstrates how to rebuild the track’s hardware arrangement using vintage gear like the Akai S3000XL and Behringer TD-3.
- Community collaboration on platforms like WhoSampled and WatZatSong helped solve the sample mystery through collective detective work.
Why it caught his eye: The video masterfully blends music history, technical analysis, and community sleuthing to unravel a decades-old mystery, making the process both educational and engaging.
Worth seeing #1 — 4:29. The creator demonstrates how to reverse and pitch-shift the ‘Sleepy Shores’ sample to match ‘Chime,’ revealing the exact moment the sample was identified.
Worth seeing #2 — 6:08. The video credits the community’s detective work on WhoSampled, highlighting how fans collectively solved the sample mystery through shared research.
Topics: sampled music, vintage gear, music history, community collaboration