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Christian James Hand
Rick Beato: What Makes This Song Great

I used to really love framing my music around vocal samples pulled from AM radio, late night TV, and obscure movies. Most of my favorite industrial bands did this.

There is so much accessible media to sample now and I don't use it these days. I'm not sure why. I still grab clips and my library of samples grows but I very rarely use them anymore.

I don't hear vocal samples used as much in current industrial either. I wonder if this is due to a shift in style or legal concerns. Maybe I'm not listening to the right bands.

I'd like to hear where you stand on vocal sampling in your music and in the industry.

Nikki Sixx mentioned in his podcast with Steve Vai in October that he started taking guitar, bass, and vocal lessons.

Jump to the relevant bit at 21:20

He wrote some of the greatest, most iconic riffs and lyrics in his era of metal and now he's having lessons. It's inspirational and humbling.

I used the ultrathin 0.36 large triangular Clayton Ultem and Black Raven picks for this experiment.

The Ultem picks are flat and slightly malleable. The Black Ravens are concave and firm.

I tried to flatten out the Black Raven and it snapped in half. I then bent an Ultrex in half and it folded without breaking.