I was at the studio yesterday and this kid was asking questions about sampling. He wasn't so much curious about how you get them cleared and stuff like that, he wanted to know if all samples were indeed samples to start with. ????
 

 

Well he gave an example to help us understand what he was asking. "You know how a lot of people sample the Isley Brothers "In Between The Sheets", well didn't they (the Isley Bros.) sample that sound too? BLEW MY MIND! He went on to ask, "Well where did they get the sound from? Trying not to cry, I said "they used real instruments... it's an entire song". He responded " So before they made the song, that sound was never used before? We told him no, they wrote the SONG! He looked for a while and said " So that (again) sound was never used before that? Us:  "No!" The kid: "EVER?" My man Hoffa went on to explain to him that before all of the computer generated, digital music people played all of the instruments LIVE and wrote the songs from scratch. I don't think he understood but he left alone and I went almost out of my mind.


This is a direct result of them removing music classes from the schools. Not all kids have families with musicians in them or have parents old enough to know what band is. Let alone expose them to raw music. I grew up with bands in the basement and stuff like that. Not to mention, the Isley Bros. were all the rage when I was growin up. I was in jazz band, had a rap demo, all that kind of stuff. My oldest brother was the dj at allllll of our parties and block parties! So I am struggling with the idea that this poor kid has no idea where or how music begins.  


 

People, there are children running around not knowing what music IS!
 

Let us pray........