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  1. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    I've thrown some around the room until they comply, but some are stubborn fuckers and just keep telling me to fuck off no matter how many times I kick them in the nuts
  2. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Been a few times I've heard a dope sample and think it will be easy, then realise it's some 3/4 time signature and it's hard as fuck to make work Or even 5/4 like Tubular Bells
  3. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    You don't have to make your life hard all the time, sometimes a sample is hard to work with so have no choice, but if its already dope why fuck it up?
  4. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    This is a great profile on Instagram, for sampling heads... https://www.instagram.com/think_you_know_music?igsh=anVmZTkxMGFnbjZy
  5. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    It's amazing what you can come up with when working with a challenging sample. Ones that force you to chop them up to come up with something that loops smoothly. That's why I take part in most of the sampleflips, to be forced to chop and rearrange stuff because I can be lazy and just listen out...
  6. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Me when I stop procrastinating and turn this raw material into pure fire.
  7. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    He better buy a stab proof vest, cos he's coming to London
  8. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Better buy in bulk now, Diddy will be free soon so prices will go through the roof. Supply and demand, Economics 101. Might be a good time to buy shares in Johnson and Johnson.
  9. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Stop being a fanny and make time like a man
  10. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    I checked when last years one was and it's in September, got 2 months to get ready. More than enough time
  11. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    When is battle that, I have found everything I need for the next one. Oh man, got the next 2 days off. Im making my retirement fund this weekend.
  12. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Been chipping away with my little pickaxe and its not just gold, its fucking diamonds too.
  13. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Ive literally just stumbled into a goldmine of samples. Whenever you are ready
  14. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    We cant all be Dj Premier
  15. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    That's the spirit
  16. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    Even when composing I tend to stick to 4 or 8 bar loops so that the end result resembles hip hop. A lot of the variation comes from drum variation, or other 4 bar loops that I compose that come in and drop out for progression and to keep things interesting throughout
  17. Opium Dave

    Still regarding sampling

    I agree to an extent, sometimes I feel really dirty. Like with the Kill Till I Die one, I had to stem rip it to make sure I could make it more my own and not just chop and rearrange the sample and just adding some drums and some bass. Done a couple others I feel bad about too. I would like to...
  18. Opium Dave

    SHOWCASE: June 29 - July 6, 2025

    Dm me your email, I'll send an MP3, literally just made it.
  19. Opium Dave

    SHOWCASE: June 29 - July 6, 2025

    @Memento Beats I really really like the 4 bar loop at the intro, any chance I could get that without the bass and the vox?
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