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Dunno what you guys are reading from brad's post, but i don't see what you guys are seeing  . I would like to add to his post: if you do your own guitars, rhodes, clavs, etc.; I feel things go smoother (smoother does not mean easier!) than sampling if you have a plan out for the song. If you want a guitar part, synth part, clav layer, and so and so, then you just put it in your song. Compare that to sampling loops, you pretty much have to do what the loop tells you to do. It's more dynamic than sampling, but there are challenges that come with that freedom .
The thing with sampling is that it may be easier in many cases, but you'll be doing a lot of hard work crate digging. Going through my dad's record collection, I found that the songs I wanted to use to sample in my 2 month french house phase were already used in older songs. Many of the songs just don't have housey parts in their structure either. When you hear a hook, it'll just come to you.
I find serendipity too much a factor when it comes to sampling since I don't come in with a structured gameplan. The only gameplan I had when I was in my french house phase was just digging through as much old stuff as possible (only to find out where my favorite artists sampled from)and experiment by slicing and dicing the sample. You are a slave to what you hear, and you can't really direct the project since your main tool is static.
The static nature of sampling made me just take a long break from the old house style sampling sound. You'll be doing a lot of grunt work and digging. Ever hear Todd Edwards' stuff? He takes time to sample that. It's pretty obvious he takes time to sample when you listen to his songs. He must have a huge library of snippets, and the patience of a monk. For now, I'll just make things from scratch.
That's just my experience though...
| quote: | | So how do you guys find tracks to sample? I don't really know any funk besides James Brown and a few tunes here and there, so can anyone point me in the right direction? |
Go to your general music record store, flea market, and goodwill store. They will usually have lots of old funk, disco, and rnb vinyl that'll be pretty cheap. You'll be sure to find obscure stuff too. Great for getting one shots too even though you can't use a bar of the song in your own song. It also helps to know a few dinosaurs who lived in the paleodisco era. Pretty sure your old uncle might have some old records he isn't playing in his garage.
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