A Beginner's Guide to Funky, Part 3.

Now that you're learned how to play and you're learned how to dance, now it's time to put it all together.

Now, you can do it Old School style:


[via Monkeys for Helping.]

Or you can do it New School AltRock style:


Or you can do it New School Japanese style:


[via TV in Japan.]

A Beginner's Guide to Funky, Part 1.

I've been sitting on this one for a while, so why not post it now? It's a cool little mash-up made from some music instructional videos.

Swingin' and Pressin' With the Duke.

From 1937 comes this promotional short from the Master/Variety record labels that show how 78 rpm records were made. And as if that wasn't cool enough, it's all accompanied by some classic swing from Duke Ellington and his orchestra: