Re: Amp Fiddler died.
I had the pleasure of meeting Amp in 2004 at Movement. He did a voiceover for my college radio show back then. Real friendly nice guy and extremely talented. On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:35 AM kent williams wrote: > In thinking about Amp, I forgot about how much he did to help Dilla when > he was just a kid. Dilla was a talent that would have found a way without > Amp, but we're all lucky Dilla had such a mentor. Detroit might not be > unique in how its network of mentoring & influence works but the results > have been staggering over the years. And it's a web that connects everyone > alive & working today back to Detroit's amazing past. > > On Monday, December 18, 2023, the Beauty and Belief Society < > thequietoverh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Words. >> RIP. >> >> Long time no hear kent. >> >> Def made his impact on some Dilla shit off the top, and if im thinking >> correctly he's prob the guy who ended up lugging an obnoxiously heavy old >> ass synth out just to record Over the Breaks. >> >> Lots of 313 folks like that during the same era. No disrespect. Just >> wanna recogonize real for being real. >> >> Like... on some Mike Huckaby shit. >> >> For real I'm pretty sure I have a Prince Po 12" somewhere burnin' up for >> a spin right now. >> >> Any Bling 47 fans out there? >> >> Don't mind me. I have no idea what I'm talkimbout >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 9:43 PM kent williams >> wrote: >> >>> Amp was singular. I had a press pass the year he played the main stage >>> at DEMF so I watched him from close up, checking his hands on the keys >>> and how he interacted with thousands of people like they were friends >>> on his couch. I drove into Chicago to see him again a few months >>> later, and he was the same, but different. In both contexts, he read >>> the room and modulated his performance for the space and audience. >>> >>> When I think of comparisons, Prince, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo all come >>> to mind. But it's more like they're all drinking from the same well, >>> not that Amp was like them, in any imitative way. He was someone who >>> you can identify from just a few notes. >>> >>> And it always seemed effortless, weightless. The funk flowed out of >>> him like his breath. That's how you can tell that someone is an >>> artist - they've mastered the mechanical demands of their music, to >>> where they don't have to think about playing. They're just there in >>> the music, and their goal is emotion and communication. The music is >>> a seamless part of themselves they can share. >>> >>> When I think of Amp that's what I think of: his personality, his >>> humor, his emotional connection. I will miss him a lot. >>> >>
Re: Amp Fiddler died.
In thinking about Amp, I forgot about how much he did to help Dilla when he was just a kid. Dilla was a talent that would have found a way without Amp, but we're all lucky Dilla had such a mentor. Detroit might not be unique in how its network of mentoring & influence works but the results have been staggering over the years. And it's a web that connects everyone alive & working today back to Detroit's amazing past. On Monday, December 18, 2023, the Beauty and Belief Society < thequietoverh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Words. > RIP. > > Long time no hear kent. > > Def made his impact on some Dilla shit off the top, and if im thinking > correctly he's prob the guy who ended up lugging an obnoxiously heavy old > ass synth out just to record Over the Breaks. > > Lots of 313 folks like that during the same era. No disrespect. Just wanna > recogonize real for being real. > > Like... on some Mike Huckaby shit. > > For real I'm pretty sure I have a Prince Po 12" somewhere burnin' up for a > spin right now. > > Any Bling 47 fans out there? > > Don't mind me. I have no idea what I'm talkimbout > > > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 9:43 PM kent williams > wrote: > >> Amp was singular. I had a press pass the year he played the main stage >> at DEMF so I watched him from close up, checking his hands on the keys >> and how he interacted with thousands of people like they were friends >> on his couch. I drove into Chicago to see him again a few months >> later, and he was the same, but different. In both contexts, he read >> the room and modulated his performance for the space and audience. >> >> When I think of comparisons, Prince, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo all come >> to mind. But it's more like they're all drinking from the same well, >> not that Amp was like them, in any imitative way. He was someone who >> you can identify from just a few notes. >> >> And it always seemed effortless, weightless. The funk flowed out of >> him like his breath. That's how you can tell that someone is an >> artist - they've mastered the mechanical demands of their music, to >> where they don't have to think about playing. They're just there in >> the music, and their goal is emotion and communication. The music is >> a seamless part of themselves they can share. >> >> When I think of Amp that's what I think of: his personality, his >> humor, his emotional connection. I will miss him a lot. >> >
Re: Amp Fiddler died.
Words. RIP. Long time no hear kent. Def made his impact on some Dilla shit off the top, and if im thinking correctly he's prob the guy who ended up lugging an obnoxiously heavy old ass synth out just to record Over the Breaks. Lots of 313 folks like that during the same era. No disrespect. Just wanna recogonize real for being real. Like... on some Mike Huckaby shit. For real I'm pretty sure I have a Prince Po 12" somewhere burnin' up for a spin right now. Any Bling 47 fans out there? Don't mind me. I have no idea what I'm talkimbout On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 9:43 PM kent williams wrote: > Amp was singular. I had a press pass the year he played the main stage > at DEMF so I watched him from close up, checking his hands on the keys > and how he interacted with thousands of people like they were friends > on his couch. I drove into Chicago to see him again a few months > later, and he was the same, but different. In both contexts, he read > the room and modulated his performance for the space and audience. > > When I think of comparisons, Prince, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo all come > to mind. But it's more like they're all drinking from the same well, > not that Amp was like them, in any imitative way. He was someone who > you can identify from just a few notes. > > And it always seemed effortless, weightless. The funk flowed out of > him like his breath. That's how you can tell that someone is an > artist - they've mastered the mechanical demands of their music, to > where they don't have to think about playing. They're just there in > the music, and their goal is emotion and communication. The music is > a seamless part of themselves they can share. > > When I think of Amp that's what I think of: his personality, his > humor, his emotional connection. I will miss him a lot. >
Amp Fiddler died.
Amp was singular. I had a press pass the year he played the main stage at DEMF so I watched him from close up, checking his hands on the keys and how he interacted with thousands of people like they were friends on his couch. I drove into Chicago to see him again a few months later, and he was the same, but different. In both contexts, he read the room and modulated his performance for the space and audience. When I think of comparisons, Prince, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo all come to mind. But it's more like they're all drinking from the same well, not that Amp was like them, in any imitative way. He was someone who you can identify from just a few notes. And it always seemed effortless, weightless. The funk flowed out of him like his breath. That's how you can tell that someone is an artist - they've mastered the mechanical demands of their music, to where they don't have to think about playing. They're just there in the music, and their goal is emotion and communication. The music is a seamless part of themselves they can share. When I think of Amp that's what I think of: his personality, his humor, his emotional connection. I will miss him a lot.
