How one simple drum break changed the entire world.
Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos
Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-the-most-sampled-song-ever
In 1969, GC Coleman played some drums on a song not many people would listen to. You'd be excused for assuming that was the end of the story, but over a decade later, his solo would be dug up by an enterprising hip-hop producer. That producer republished the song, sharing Coleman's drum break with the world, and the world went nuts for it, sampling, remixing, and transforming that humble, formerly obscure break into one of the most iconic sounds in music history. Let's talk about it.
Merch: http://standard.tv/12tone
Discord: https://discord.gg/pq2QBEw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@12tonevideos
Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com
Script: https://tinyurl.com/mryrcab5
Dr. Hein's article: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2023/building-the-amen-break/
8-Bit's drum video: https://youtu.be/FoMmVlAvjmM
Huge thanks to our Elephant Club members:
Susan Jones
Jill Jones
Duck
Howard Levine
Kevin Wilamowski
Len Lanphar
Warren Huart
Ken Arnold
Elaine Pratt
William (Bill) Boston
Chris Prentice
Jack Carlson
Christopher Lucas
Andrew Beals
Dov Zazkis
Hendrik P
Thomas Morley
Jacob Helwig
Kelly Christoffersen
Donal Botkin
Davis Sprague
Damien Fuller-Sutherland
Stephen Cook
b-rom
Hendrik Stüwe
Dan Bonelli
Kevin Boyce
Darius Rudominer
Luke
Ian Seymour
Jon Hancock
Dhruv Monga
Ken Jones
Obadiah Wright
Neil Moore
Carlos Rendon
Kylie McInnes
Michael Mol
RAD Donato
Jody
Reiji Kobayashi
OrionWolfie
Laurence T Maloney
Catherine Berry
Matt Ivaliotes
Kai
Chris Davis
Luke Klima
HardScale
Chris Piro
Matt Robbins
Ryan Evans
Fred Kroon
Shanta Kaneshiro
Chris Burgess
Leigh VanHandel
Aaron Boodman
Samuel Ollesh
Leo Bellantoni
Steven Fines
Mikko Koli
Direangel
Jonathan Lonowski
DrJRad
David Krieger
And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gene Lushtak, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, Oliver, Anna Work, Adam Neely, Dave Mayer, CodenaCrow, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Blake Boyd, Charles Gaskell, Trevor Sullivan, Tom Evans, David Conrad, Ducky, Chris Connett, Kenneth Kousen, h2g2guy, W. Dennis Sorrell, Andrew Engel, Peter Brinkmann, naomio, Alex Mole, Betsy, Tonya Custis, Dave Shapiro, Walther, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Rebel RMS, Jim Hayes, Scott Albertine, Evan Satinsky, Conor Stuart Roe, ZagOnEm, Dragix PL, רועי סיני, Kottolett, Brian Miller, Pamela O'Neill, Thomas Morgan, Mark James, Matty Crocker, Adam Ziegenhals, Mark, Amelia Lewis, William Merryman, Justin St John-Brooks, DialMForManning, JD White, Andrew Wyld, Joe Johnston, A Devoted Servant of the Holy Water Bottle, vivi mouse emoji, Claymore Alexander, gunnito, Taylor Malik, Graham Orndorff, Daniel Sim, Drunk Wookiee, Douglas Anderson, Foreign Man in a Foreign Land, Boomer Dell, Paul Tanenholz, Tom, William Christie, Jeffrey Mann, Joyce Orndorff, Stephen Tolputt, Messier42, Mark Mitchell Gloster, Andy Maurer, William Spratley, Don Jennings, Cormag81, Derek Hiemforth, Bryan, Mikeyxote, Milan Durnell, Dan Whitmer, Thel 'Vadam, N Zaph, M3RK Chaos Official Patreon page, StephAgosta, Ceri Williams, Kyle Kinkaid, Marc Testart, Carlfish, Peter, Michael Morris, Bill Owens, Martin Romano, George Burgyan, Mike Wyer, Belinda Reid, Matthew Soddy, DraconicDon, John W Campbell, StellarDrift, Isaac Hampton, Jimmy2Guys, Megan Oberfield, acefusti138, morolin, An Oni Moose, Ken Birdwell, Blue 5alamander, Panda, Cliff Hudson, Olivia Herald, doug lute, or dahan, Ethan Savaglio, Robert Bailey, Deirdre Saoirse Moen, Trudii, Macy Allen, Patrick McKenna, Alin Nica, juneau, Sina Bahram, Ira Kroll, Patrick Minton, Justin Katz, Roahn Wynar, Chuck Dukhoff of The Stagger Lee Archives, Bob D'Errico, Robert Shaw, Shawn Beshears, David Shlapak, JD, Rennie Allen, Travis Briggs, Donald Murray, Cindy Klenk (Highlands Recording Arts LLC), Jonah C., Head_Canon, rondell merrill, Greyson Erickson, Matt Deeds, Claire Postlethwaite, Strife, Brian Covey, paganpuppy, and Miles_Naismith! Your support helps make 12tone even better!
Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold!