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SAMPLING KING: BOON DOC

For those of you just getting up to speed on some of the lingo, sampling is the process of recording sound/audio onto a storage device that will allow you to manipulate and edit the final sound accordingly. To keep it simple and make it easy to identify its the basis of these sped up vocals that appear in a lot of music today. Its also a really useful tool for those who struggle with writing music or hear something and want to remix it as you can just record something and then use it in snippets to then make your music from.

If your into sampling and want to catch a few extra tips and tricks check out this guy BOON DOC and see how he uses the MPC 1000 to capture his favourite drums sounds and old skool soul artists to make some new fire for the new skool. I've recommended him and his tips and tricks for over a year to all my students, so have a look at my favourtie vids below and check his myspace here and his you tube page here.







Check his live drumming skills in this clip



He then adds a band around him and his drums.



Check out the rhythm weaver too, he uses the MPC 2500 but is very crafted in the samples he chooses:






EKLiPZ is a beast in the making too, check him out at his You tube right here.



Finally a must see for the old school hip hop heads and production geeks - Dead Presidents is put together again for you all with producer Ski Beatz



MUSICAL MAESTRO: RYAN TEDDER

This guy is unbelievable, there are so many styles to choose from that he covers not to mention writing music that sounds like it should be a sample itself. I found him randomly on a your tube search about 6 months ago and I'm hooked.

He is a classic example of how using musical scales and chords makes simple but effective music. The more you get into music the more you should really look at what makes a musician a musician and how to apply those skills in a technology environment. All of his music he lays a simple basis and then uses the correct chords and scales accordingly to add layers. Finally he puts the icing on the cake with the drums or simple melodies. Check out these vids for some inspiration and his full you tube page is available here.













Other top producers worth checking online are as follows:

Pete Rock
Just Blaze
Heatmakerz

Unfortunately and to remain honest for our followers, I will hold my hands up and admit that I am a little biased with the urban producers, however, for a more informative overview of how to use an mpc check here, similarly for some cool musical tips check here and type music in the search, they cover everything from writing music to preparing a home studio, mixing, mastering, promoting your music and learning to DJ.

In the next few posts we will give you the Gold Seal golden tips around similar subjects with some footage to reinforce what is being taught and to help all learning styles. For those that want to improve their music writing skills and keyboard skills check this clip too, you may need to do some additional research using google etc into chords and scales to fully understand it but it helps you to get the picture.


Enjoy and catch you real soon.