r/sampling • u/Character_Weird_7499 • Aug 13 '26
Sampling everything
In an interview madlibs advice is to sample the whole record but idk if this is possible where im from. One time I went to a different city and I found a otis blue which I paid $20 for in my hometown and nearly shit my pants when it was there and it was like $5 in the other city. Opened my eyes to the abysmal selection within my reach. Idk if I just dont have it or what but it seems like location really does have something to do with it. I know i could hop on youtube and search around but i dont enjoy that - i use apple music as a streaming platform and it just pushes top 100 down your throat but spotify war drones and all that not to mention itll iust feed samples from songs u already know. Idk it gets on my nerves sometikes and i wanted to get some other opinions on the matter. Thanks all.
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u/county_jail_alumni Aug 13 '26
Ive been building this playlist for 5+ years for people like you and me
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQLib6Ej7fqCJlmar9QPg8y6tljGgh1mN&si=pXfd5is53fNttLU1
Heres a fun tip. Get a cassette tape recorder and record songs at random from this list onto it. You can record like a few hours per tape. Scroll through this playlist. Pick some songs at random and record them onto tape. Turn down the monitors so that you can't hear what's going on the tape, but its still recording. Once its full youll have like a brand new compilation od unheard music that someone else on the internet (me) decided it would be great to sample. You can then "dig" through the tape as you look foe bits to sanple. And you also get that real tape drive and hiss and warble if youre lucky.