There are countless examples of artists that I can refer to, but here's one example that clearly supports my point: the legendary immortalized mighty Wu-Tang Clan - nine emces with their own unique style of vocal delivery and personality.īack to The Alchemist. Now mind you, during the early stages of hip-hop there was those who adopted certain trends, but originality was more prevalent. The inspirational factor for me is that although his style evolved and honed over the years, Alchemist always committed to producing music that was authentic to him and never bandwagoning trends. Some notable figures who have applied this method are Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, and the list goes on. This applies to literary, visual, and performing arts. Every art form has taken pre-existing resources from other sources to create their own adaptation/recreation. To me, music production is an art form and the sampling process is one method of producing that art. This is something I will go into further detail in a future Melonious Thonk episode. What I enjoy doing is extracting various diverse sounds from multiple songs and combining them to create new music. It's a like a putting together a puzzle for me. So, for the reminder of this post, when I share a song with you, I will also include the song it sampled, provided that I was able to find it. Musicians that were once forgotten or simply unknown are now in the spotlight again. There were countless phenomenal songs produced in the past that didn't receive their due respect. I try to share with the public the original source of the samples so that the listeners can appreciate the original song. When I sample, it's an acknowledgment and appreciation for the musicians that created the original track. Let me share you my perspective about sampling. Now, before we get into the legality of sample and the controversies surrounding it. Technics SL-1200 turntables & AKAI MPC2000 sampling sequencer ( Source) The Art of Sampling This is also the technique I use to create my music. After sonic manipulation and rearrangement of the sample and overlaying with additional sounds (more samples, bassline, drum elements, and etcetera), the outcome is, more or less, an instrumental. What this means in that he searches for songs (in his case, songs often dating back to the '70s) and extracts a portion of the song - it could be a half-second orchestra hit, an outro of the song, the kick and snare, or basically any part of the song. With almost three decades of involvement in the hip-hop community, Alchemist is on a short list of hip-hop based musicians and artists that have been able to consistently release quality music, as well as stay respectively relevant.Īlchemist is predominately a sample-based music producer. Daniel Alan Maman, better known by his stage name The Alchemist, is no doubt an iconic hip-hop producer and one who has solidified his name into the book of hip-hop history.
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