D'Angelo

D'Angelo (2014 RBMA Lecture)

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• published: 23 May 2014
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D'Angelo opens up about his career in a rare extensive interview as part of Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York in May 2014. ------ Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0 ------ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/10OyDHc ------ JUMP TO A TOPIC 00:01:25 How playing guitar has affected D'Angelo's music 00:06:47 "The blues is the thread that holds everything together." 00:08:50 "If it's confusing at first, that's a good thing." 00:10:37 What is the Vanguard? 00:11:56 "We up here singing for the Lord. Don't be cute." 00:15:56 D'Angelo's group IDU (Intelligent Deadly But Unique) 00:18:40 "My main musical love was Prince." 00:22:00 "I've been playing piano since I was 3." 00:27:00 D'Angelo goes to the Apollo 00:30:05 D'Angelo on Mtume 00:34:05 D'Angelo on how he met Questlove 00:35:45 Questlove tells the story of how he met D'Angelo 00:38:25 Questlove: "I thought... Yo, this is our savior." 00:41:42 D'Angelo on Voodoo 00:44:20 The evolution of D'Angelo from Brown Sugar to Voodoo 00:49:40 D'Angelo on Pino Palladino and Roy Hargrove 00:51:45 D'Angelo on "Devil's Pie" 00:52:40 D'Angelo on Black Men United's "U Will Know" 00:57:20 How technology has changed the music industry 00:58:20 "I met Sly Stone recently." 00:59:35 Social media pressure on the creative process? 01:00:35 "I have a teepee." 01:02:40 D'Angelo on the process of recording 01:03:31 "I'm kind of a first take dude." 01:04:30 Where are you going musically? 01:06:25 If you were not a musician, what would you be? 01:07:50 Is there ever a temptation to do Christian music? 01:10:00 Questlove on how D'Angelo transformed his drumming 01:16:50 D'Angelo and Questlove on Soulquarians 01:19:20 Can we grapple with the phrase "neo-soul"? 01:22:00 "You put a name on something, you put it in a box."