Totally psyched, but unfortunately distracted

...this is a repost from my myspace page. i'm not trying to fool anyone.


from reading an endless amount of music magazines, i sometimes find some amazing leads to free, awesome music.

i have stumbled upon a music blog that posts song lists that i would otherwise never find.

they have a sections of sample source songs that artists have used. there are lots of old school hip hop sources mixed in there. most of those songs are simple disco/electro, old r&b and deep cut funk.

the stuff that really got me were sample sources for:

daft punk
basement jaxx
m.i.a.
lilly allen
missy elliott
rjd2
outkast

it's amazing how, by either digging endlessly through old records or in some cases, hiring a producer that already has... some artists can almost exactly copy and old song and end up with a hit.

if i played some of these songs at a dj show, most people would think i was playing the familiar song. then they would all be disappointed.

the classic version of a dj fooling everyone is playing 'under pressure' by queen and david bowie... and the crowd thinking it's 'ice ice baby' by vanilla ice.

anyway...

all this excitement over these songs has distracted me from sleep and school work.

shame on me.