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Comment by KENT FREEMAN on July 3, 2008 at 9:51pm

DONNA SUMMER (THE QUEEN OF DISCO)

DONNA SUMMER is known as the (QUEEN OF DISCO). Summer was a pioneer and an innovator of the Disco Music sound. She had begun her music career in Boston, Massachusetts, and the place where she was born. During her teen years, Donna Summer joined a (FUNK MUSIC BAND) called The Crow. Donna Summer moved to Germany, and began her international connections, and her international fame. 1975, was the year Donna Summer debut album LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY changed the rhythm, style and tempo of (FUNK MUSIC). Touch Dancing began to grow internationally, the dance everyone was doing was called the Hustle. The Love To Love You Baby single hit record recording was known as a Hustle song.
Donna Summer was a Disco Music entertainer with a silky smooth, powerful soprano voice. Donna Summer voice is so special a feeling of being touch by a musical sprit, causes an energetic reaction that would reach down into your soul. Whenever a person listens to Donna Summer’s high octave levels of high notes, a feeling of accomplishment, satisfaction, and calmness, penetrates deep into a person’s heart. Evidence of this reaction, could be felt listening to the hit single record recording (Try Me, I Know We Can Make It), released in the year 1976.


DONNA SUMMER (THE QUEEN OF DISCO)

Donna Summer explosive innovative and positive attitude has helped her, become a living legend. Dancing to Donna Summer music is an experience no person could forget. 1977, was the year of the classic record recording (I FEEL LOVE). (I Feel Love) have been used world wide as a mixed record recording to many record singles. The song displays Donna Summer, is internationally known and has the classic ability to market her-self. Many of Donna Summer’s songs are classic and help mold the style of Disco Music. (Our Love), (I Love You) became hit record recordings, and portrayed the unique sexy style of Donna Summer. The record recording (HAVEN KNOWS) pushed Donna Summer towards the top of the Disco Tech Club music playing time by Disc Jockeys around the world, solidifying her crown as the (QUEEN OF DISCO).
1978, marked the year Donna Summer acted in the movie THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY. The hit single music record recording from the sound track was called (Last Dance). Once again Summer’s voice help place the song on top of the entire music recording charts.
1979, was a historical year for Donna Summer, she had four number one hit single records within a 12 mouth period. The double album (BAD GIRL) featured two Funk Music recordings (HOT STUFF) and (BAD GIRL).


DONNA SUMMER (THE QUEEN OF DISCO)

The 80’s and 90’s has been a wave of projects for Donna Summer. The music Donna Summer has introduced into the new century has adjusted to the new era of music. In the year of 2004, Donna Summer was one of the first to become inducted into the (DANCE MUSIC HALL OF FAME), along with the Bee Gees and Barry White. On the date of September 20, 2007 Donna Summer was nominated to go into the (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame), but did not get enough votes to become inducted.
Donna Summer has come along way from being a back-up singer, for the band Three Dog Nights. Donna Summer success story should be told to anyone who has had doubts about achieving their dreams of becoming an entertainer and also making an impact within the world of entertainment.

Comment by KENT FREEMAN on June 27, 2008 at 1:47pm

To Whom It May Concern,

THE IMPACT FUNK MUSIC HAS MADE ON THE AMERICAN POP CULTURAL

Funk Music has had an impact on the world music recording industry.
West Africa, Austria, Japan, West Indies, Canada, The U K, France, Germany, Jamaica, The Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Egypt, and Israel, enjoyed the pleasures of Funk Music. Funk Music artist has produced protégés, and admires of the style of Funk Music. The style of Funk Music could make a person “get up and dance”; displaying a person has rhythm and timing even if a person had no rhythm or timing. A person would find rhythm whenever a person listens to the style of Funk Music. Funk Music has helped the merging of the world musical cultural indifferences, and helped formed the foundation of music expression that has lasted for over 40 years. Funk Music has help spread the pop-cultural and artistic renaissance that has molded the American music recording industry.
Building a (FUNK MUSIC HALL OF FAME) museum would profoundly preserve the heritage of the history of the artistic contribution of Funk-Disco performing artist and the accomplishments towards the world music record recording industry advancements. Written by KENT FREEMAN
PRESIDENT / FUNK MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
502 WEST E Streets, BUTNER, N.C., 27509-1940
E-mail funky.fund1@yahoo.com.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR FORUM.

Comment by KENT FREEMAN on June 26, 2008 at 4:11pm

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THE CHANGE OF FUNK MUSIC FORM THE 80’S TO THE PRSENT TIME#2

AFIKA BAMBATAA influenced by Kraft Wreck, created (ELECTRO FUNK) a minimalist machine style of Funk Music with his single (Planet Rock) in 1982. This style of Funk Music was driven by synthesizers, and electronic rhythms of the (TR808) drum machines. Evidence of this is revealed in the hit single (SCORPIO) by GRAND MASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE.1983, marked the year, when the group (WEST STREET MOB) used an entire electronic style and with the use of a 70’s, recording song Apache by (MICHEAL VINERS INCREDIBLE BANGO BAND), and developed a hit single recording record (Break Dance). The song (BREAK DANCE) pioneered the revolution and changes in the musical form of Funk Music forever, and the major Rap Music groups in America jumped on the bandwagon. The opportunity was now made available to an entertainer the ability to use artistic expression without utilizing a musical band or an instrument, nor did an entertainer need to learn how to read musical notes. The only resource a Rap Music artist needed during the 80’s and 90’s was a good old (FUNK MUSIC) beat to be able to make a hit record. The name of the form of Funk Music was labeled Hip-Hop Music. Dr. Dre’s (THE CHRONIC) was released in the year 1992. The album established a style called G-FUNK Music, which relied heavily on samples from 70’s Funk Music songs.
G-FUNK music was most popular during the early to mid 90’s. The 21st century marks the new era for the style of Funk Music, known as Hip-Hop Music. Hip-Hop entertainers and groups are going back to the roots of Funk Music, and incorporating live musians, and singers to merge into their record recordings. I hope the change will become an attempt to maintain the classic style of Funk Music and help develop a new style of music Genre.
The Funk Music style name has changed several times over the years. In the beginning of the insurgence of Funk Music into the music recording industry the form of Funk Music core has remained constant. The steady beat from drums with a heavy repeated BASS guitar line mixed with riffs, on the (ONE) downbeat at the start of a music cord. Funk Music revolutionized the music recording industry and wasn’t given a name until the inventor of Funk Music (JAMES BROWN) expressed the Funk Music style of music into the American music heritage. The need to build a (FUNK MUSIC HALL OF FAME), is becoming greater and greater. Please tell someone about this information.
Written by; KENT FREEMAN/PRESIDENT: FUNK MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY/ 502 WEST E STREET, BUTNER, N.C. 27509-1940
E—mail funky.fund1@yahoo.com. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR FORUM.

Comment by KENT FREEMAN on June 26, 2008 at 1:29pm

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THE CHANGE OF FUNK MUSIC FROM THE 80’S TO THE PRESENT TIME #1

During the 1980’s many of the core elements that forward the foundation of P-Funk music began to be change by the electronic machines and sthesizer.
Synth keyboards replaced horn sections of saxophones and trumpets and the horns that remained were given simplified lines and few horn solos. The classic keyboards of Funk Music, like the (HAMMOND bb ELECTRONIC DRUM) machines began to replace the “Funk Music Drummers of the past, and the (Slap Pop) style Bass guitar line”. In the year 1981, the single hit record recording song (BIG TIME) by Rick James illustrates the change of Funk Music from the 70’s to the 80’s. Rick James was known as the (KING OF FUNK) during the 80’s, James had assumed the Funk Music mantle dominated by the P-Funk music bands in the 70’s. 1981,Rick James album (STREET SONGS) had, featured hit singles such as (Give It To Me Baby), and (Super Freak) paved the way for the future direction of the explicitness of the Funk Music style in the early to mid 80’s until the mid 90’s. During the resurrection of Funk and Disco music it was in the year 1979,the music record recording form Michael Jackson’s (OFF THE WALL) album with the single hits, (Working Day And Night), (Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough). The death of Funk-Disco music was in effect by radio stations refusing to play Funk-Disco Music on the radio air waves, but the radio stations could not stop the new sound of Funk Music. The combining of the background of the 70’s Bass guitar Funk Music style, and rhyming lyrics of a MC on a microphone developed into another form of modern Funk Music known as (RAP MUSIC). Rap Music developed in the late 70’s, with the street parties thrown in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican immigrant started simple Raps at his parties. As Herc would explain in a interview,” the whole chemistry came from Jamaica. I was listening to American music in Jamica, and my favorite artist was (JAMES BROWN) when I came over here, I just had to put it in the American (Funk Music) style”. The first Rap Music record released was by the (FAT BACK BAND) King Tim The Third. A week later the first commercialized Rap music recording song was played on the radio across the country, and was placed on the American recording pop-charts, 1979, RAPPERS DELIGHT by the (Sugar Hill Gang). The song demonstrates the style of Rap Music fused with Funk Music style from the group (CHIC) hit record single (GOOD TIMES), many Rap Music groups used the same song during the early to mid 80’s. Written by KENT FREEMAN/PRESIDENT FUNK MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY: 502 WEST E STREETS, N.C., 27509-1940
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR FORUM.

Comment by KENT FREEMAN on June 25, 2008 at 11:06am

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PERFORMERS AND BANDS OF FUNK MUSIC


The recording artistic expression during the Funk-Disco music era of the 70’s shared a common recognition of the contribution towards the advancement of music history and the artistic changes in America culture. The list of groups who will become inducted into the (FUNK MUSIC HALL OF FAME) categorized as (DISCO-FUNK). Donna Summers, Barry White, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Michael Jackson, Frankie Valli, Hall and Oats, David Bowie, Tavres, Sister Sledge, Natalie Cole, Tramps, T.S.O.P., KC and the Sunshine Band, Jermaine Jackson, Evelyn Champagne King, Diana Ross, Village People, Hues Corporation, Stephanie Mills, Jody Watley, Spinners, The Bee Gees.
KENT FREEMAN /PRESIDENT
FUNK MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
502 WEST E Streets, BUTNER, N.C., 27509-1940
E—mail funky.fund1@yahoo.com.

Comment by KENT FREEMAN on June 24, 2008 at 3:41pm

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PERFORMERS AND BANDS OF FUNK MUSIC

Sophisticated Funk Music is a blend of (Funk Music), (Pop-Music), and Soul Music. The solo performers, Bands, and singing music groups placed in this category of Funk Music were very popular though out the country during the 70’s. Sophisticated Funk Music performers had the ability to reach the popular music charts with number one hit record singles, and the ability to maintain Funk Music status. Sophisticated Funk entertainers were groups such as the OJAYS, Sly and the Family Stone, Rolls Royce, Earth Wind and Fire, Brass Construction, Slave, Chic, Taste of Honey, Heatwave, Brother Johnson, The Temptation, Midnight Star, Average White Band, Dazz Band, Lyn Collins, Otis Redding, Switch, Hamilton Bahannon, Isaac Hayes, Herbie Hancock, Rufus/Chaka Khan, L T D, Fat Back Band, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Shalamar, Teddy Pendergrass, Chilites, Stylistics, Blue Magic, Manhattans, Stable Singers, Steve Wonder, Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Tower of Power, Cutis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Jackie Wilson, Wilson Picket, Chucky Brown , Groover Washington Jr, Dramatics, Teena Marie, Bobby Womack , and the Spinners. Each one of these music recording pioneers should become enshrined into a (FUNK MUSIC HALL OF FAME) museum, as a historical monument and the achievements of Funk Music entertainers has made towards the American popular artistic cultural heritage. KENT FREEMAN /PRESIDENT
FUNK MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
502 WEST E Streets, BUTNER, N. C., 27509-1940
E—mail funky.fund1@yahoo.com.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR FORUM.

Comment by tito"2hott"hernandez on March 29, 2008 at 1:10pm

NOW THIS IS A OLD SKOOL CLASSIC THAT YOU DONT HERE ANYMORE......T2HH