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easy dee on "Sampling Sucks"

easy dee — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:46:56 +0000

zulu9393 said: just look at the dude's website... Ari Gold he's not.

Boneunit said: What a f**king joker.

word ! check this quote:

"Some of his early professional engagements included supporting Jimi Hendrix, Jose Feliciano (TV) and Al Green, as well as touring with Aretha's sister Erma Franklin who did the original "Piece of my Heart". One band he formed included Dave Rowberry (The Animals) on keyboards and Ron Telemacque (Funkmasters, Equals, David Cross - ex King Crimson, Jimmy Ruffin) on drums. "

shed loads of other bands toured with hendrix and stuff nothing special,.....plus the rest of the list goes down hill very quickly i'd want to keep working with eddy grant & Matt Aitkin very hush hush if i was him.

Boneunit on "Sampling Sucks"

Boneunit — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:37:12 +0000

I guess every top journalist and music critic got it wrong giving DJ Shadow a position in the top 10 albums of the 1990's. What a f**king joker. Some people are still in denial about the creativity and art that goes into sampling. So much "good" music today (meaning music that is "written") is f**king trash, practically everything popular today so formulated it's hard distinguish between artists.

zulu9393 on "Sampling Sucks"

zulu9393 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:53:49 +0000

just look at the dude's website... Ari Gold he's not.

SLC HEAD on "Sampling Sucks"

SLC HEAD — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:32:22 +0000

keep your head up man...THis is THe wHaT I Call THe "Andy Warhol sCenario."
THis guy would Have told Andy Warhol His Campbell's Soup Series is garbage... All said & done art is relative to THe observer... you obviously weren't makin' ill beats for THaT sad man to lisTen Too, so put anoTHer drop in THe buCkeT & keep on TruCkin'!

easy dee on "Sampling Sucks"

easy dee — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:37:05 +0000

agreed with all of the above....its about what is art......art is something you do to give meaning to or to convay a feeling ect, thoughtless sampling isn't...like some of the cheap sh!t you hear in the charts....when i hook up a loop i'm not just thinking this sounds good i'm thinking what am i trying to say, then make a beat to go with it....

YoYoPo on "Sampling Sucks"

YoYoPo — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:51:25 +0000

don't be fazed just cause that one guy feels he needs to justify his narrow-mindness to you

treehouse on "Sampling Sucks"

treehouse — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:52:40 +0000

Judgeing by this dudes comments, this guy has to be underpaid or is some sort of failing musician. Sorry he took it out on you! This guy is very ignorant to the fact that sampling is *real* creativity. Its just as real as anything else. It may not take as much practice to make a basic beat as it would to learn to control the sounds of a piano or trumpet. But i think if he did a little research on what really goes into producing something like Jay Dee's Donuts, he would quickly change his mind. Sampling may fall into a different category of music, but it's still creativity. In the end it's up to the beatsmith to decide how creative he wants to be and how far he wants to take it.

grooveoperator on "Sampling Sucks"

grooveoperator — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:12:08 +0000

I wanted to post this to get a few reactions....thats all, nothing serious, as far as I'm concerned this guy is just a dumb f*** with nothin better to do than to ramble some sh!t off to a complete stranger cause he didn't get laid last night!! As for hip hop......I can't even get my dad to understand that it is a genuine art form that requires a special ear, knowledge, and the patients to wait for that perfect sample on that unfinished track that you have been workin on. You know the one........ the one that you tried a million different sounds on and you still ain't got it right. If my MPC could talk it would say.... give it a rest buddy!!

dusty diggin' on "Sampling Sucks"

dusty diggin' — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:51:47 +0000

Yes, sampling does suck......................................................................
from the perspective of someone has not develed neck deep into this Hip Hop sh!t. I look at samplin' as chance to breathe new life into some old tracks that will probably never would have seen the light of day had not been for me sittin' in a cold ass f**king' car hole or basement dustin' the dead bug's off the stacks of lp's lookin' for that perfect sample or stumbalin' upon a phat floor stomper. (workin' in chicago I get many oppertunities to talk to some older funkatiers that don't mind lettin' me dig through there sh!t for $50.) IT'S ALL ART!!! So don't let that fool discurage you. I would also like to say don't be a hipocrite and do what the author of the letter which was simply to talk out of his ass before doin' any research on the subject or genre of music (even country/bluegrass there are some gangsta tales that came from the wild west). Maybe had he taken the time to read a little on the subject he would know that MC Hammer was not the only one to Pay James Brown royalties for use of his music in a hip hop composition.

Thanks for takin' the time to read my ramblin'

easy dee on "Sampling Sucks"

easy dee — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:20:11 +0000

grooveoperator said: ....and you could get very rich re-working samples but it's not for me. I sleep easy knowing I'm a musician and not a samplist.

well sounds like an A Grade asshole to me.....if he would take the time and try to make some hip hop it AS hard to make something NEW from old records as to make "real music" i do both and they offer different creative roads........as for "you could get very rich re-working samples" that f***ing sh!t...with digging hard you can get away with royalties but most crews make their money from touring, just look at UD or PUTS, infact every band make their doe from touring..man i could gone on about what a pile of crap the above is but i'd be wasteing my time and valuable bandwidth....