Direction Quote by Jens Lekman

The problem you get with most today's drum samples is that when you use them, you sound like everyone else using them.

— Joey Sturgis

I work with any producer that brings me a hot beat, but you don't always know if it's a sample.

— Cam'ron

I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always done that.…

— James Mercer

I find it really disappointing and cheap when someone's copied the whole drum sound from a record.

— Alexis Taylor

I strive to create drum samples that have a variety of engineering and capturing options in order to build a unique drum sound.

— Joey Sturgis

A band like Depeche Mode would go out and record them hitting a trash can with a steel rod or something and recording it.…

— Chino Moreno

I didn't want to make a record that's just drones or completely experimental. A lot of the time bands that make this psychedelic style…

— Tamaryn

We would work up a tune that would make me learn a drum pattern I hadn't played before. In the early stages, the pattern…

— Butch Trucks

Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.

— John Bonham

I was making all my own beats, and I really liked sampling stuff, like old '50s and '60s pop and soul and doo-wop records.…

— G-Eazy

I wanted to make the album that my kid self dreamed of, a hybrid of pop/rock but with drums out the front.

— G Flip

I didn't want to just be making music randomly and not have any direction.

— Mura Masa