A ? on how y'all prefer to pr0duce

for me, I've moved away from "traditional" for me. this means much less bass sampling and instead live bass or synthed bass, and for samples, I intetinoally dig for non-traditional samples, IE I look for stuff I'd normally never find, IE is skip jazz, rock and stuff and search classical, country, pop anything for a sound. I find that it kicks me into new ideas. U?

For me it depends on what I'm lookin for. For dark guitar samples I'd turn to folk music. For that "laid back but still gansta" vibe, Jazz (60s/70's). Clever vocal phrase (blaxploitation flx/ old movies). Foriegners got some heat too (Arabic music, old latin pop). Emotional tracks (R&B/ Soulful gospel/blues).

What I don't typically sample is country (you can have it homes). I sample classical stuff..... but not from classical music. For strings and that classical vibe I grab movie soundtracks/scores, or symphonic jazz.

Me and my synth didn't always get along, but since my needle died we've been getting to kno each other better.

I think you can find Samples on any kind of record. I`m diggin a lot of european music from the 60`s and 70`s, french chanson, classic records, straight rock records from my parents collection.... there are so many records out there, you only have to find them. On record conventions or in used record stores, I´m not paying 50 bucks for a James Brown Classic, witch was sampled a hundred times before, I go straight to the boxes with the cheap, unknown Stuff and spend the 50 Bucks on records from unknown Artist. 9 times outa 10, you will find more than one usefull sample on these records. Drums/Percussion, Hooks, Single Bass Sounds etc.

PEACE

there are no rules and NO musical genre is safe from my sampling. For dude skipping over the country section, its cool bro, but trust me, there is some sick stuff going on in those records too.

i just experiment alot. i play guitar also, and keys, so i dont only rely on samples. usually if i am starting off on the mpc, or the computer i just mangle and freak something that is normal sounding, until i get something totally different that leads to a new direction and idea.

all I gotta say is two names. kenny rogers and anne murray. plus countless others but those are really famous so.. whatever.


peace

yeah im with you guys, you can sample from anything. i havent picked up any country records when diggin, but i sure dont spend more than $3.50 on a record, and usually spend between .75 and $2. find the boxes of un-sorted stuff that is real cheap and you can find the weirdest shit. i got some dope muzak records that way.