'' Legend of a Cowgirl '' : Instrumental Sampling

One of the many reasons i wanted to be recording producer/DJ is the skill of producing an instrumental so original and articulate that i would get a call from someone asking to sample my work. It's a good feeling to know that someone else was inspired by your own work cause that's more proof that your work still holds influence over a current audience rather being labeled as ''yesterday's news'' while another musician is in the limelight.

The 1997 hit, ''Legend Of A Cowgirl'', which solidified Imani Coppola as one-hit wonder samples one of my favorite 60s classic, ''Sunshine Superman'' which was released in 1966 by Donovan. I actually heard ''Legend Of A Cowgirl'' when i was 18 years on the radio, and thinking it was originally made by the current artist, Imani, i got hooked onto the psychedelic soulful instrumental. But a year later i stumbled upon the ''Sunshine Superman'' song on a commercial and realized that instant that Legend Of A Cowgirl was sampled. After hearing Sunshine Superman, it made me develop an interest in 60s songs and contributed to my appreciation of 60s music when i hated it at first. But one question that is on my mind about sampling, is to how does a current mainstream producer in get contact with just any past producer in order to sample a song that was made like 40 years ago? Cause there are tons of instrumentals that i'm dying to revive for two or three tracks on an album!

Pride ( In the Name Of Love )

How do you feel when a ballad or melody you love all of a sudden becomes an uptempo dance craze? For me when i hear redone songs like "Pride", my ambition for recording songs gets higher and my curiosity increases as to how "good" songs are created. The 1991 techno track, "Pride" was recorded by the 90s dance production act, C+C Music Factory. For those who are familiar with the discography of the English rock band, U2, you'll notice that all of the lyrics in the dance track was used from U2's "Pride". As a fan of the 1990s house/techno phenomenon, i considered dance to be my first and only love of music i was exposed to from at least age 5 to 10 cause that was all i knew as kid coming up in the mid to late 1990s. Without the house/techno genre, i'll probably just be an actor and not a recording producer. Hope you enjoy "Pride".