Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
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What used to be "the signature lick" is now a "signature rhythm"


now there's an eye-opening observation!

I've noticed that a lot of current music in MANY genres has borrowed the rhythm of rap music without taking anything else.

Early rappers took beat snippets from other songs and rapped along with the beat. One of those early snippets was known as the AMEN BREAK , and you can hear it everywhere these days... new age to Contemporary Christian to Country to NewGrass etc etc

This beat is available in RealDrums as one of the hip-hop beats

Pat - correct me if I'm wrong... but it sounds like you are thinking in terms of (sort of) drum beats... The rhythm that I am referring to is a combination of everything (all instruments) going on together - particularly the chord progressions of the guitars - the rhythm of the backing tracks as a whole....It might have been better expressed as the "signature SOUND"...

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