October 11, 2009
Hi guys
Well the Sample Me Up 2 tracks are finally online. Many thanks to discobelle.net for hosting them. I finished them a while ago, but we thought it would be better to have them posted somewhere else on the web.
here’s the link
http://www.discobelle.net/2009/10/11/sample-me-up-2/
I’d love to know what you think
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Posted by jamesyuill
September 3, 2009

Hello!
We all know what a huge success Sample Me Up Mofo was, (thanks for the Ivor by the way), but just in case you didn’t notice it the first time. I’m doing it again.
Here’s a quick recap of the general vibe.
I want you (the reader) to send me a short audio sample. The sample must be 5 seconds or less for example banging a pot, kicking a colleague or humming into a biscuit.
you see. I’m going to write a tune with all your samples.
a few rules
1.) I’d like it to be as analogue as possible…so don’t just send me the contents of your sample library from a future music cover mount dvd!
2.) no snippets of actual songs
3.) can’t be more than 5 seconds long…don’t want my inbox crashing
4.) please don’t send me any riffs or melodies. I want this to be as hard as possible.
5.) lastly, by sending me the samples you’re going to waive any-kind of rights you have…so another reason not to send me any killer riffs or melodies as you’re probably going to want to use these in your own music.
I will be keeping note of the samples I use, who they came from and what I did to them, so when the track is done I can name check you guys personally. (so when you do send me a sample, please write your name and where you come from i.e.: James Yuill, London, England or Mr A. Schwartzenegger, California, LA)
Please send the samples to me at
samplemeup@jamesyuill.com
many thanks!
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Posted by jamesyuill
August 26, 2009

Hello there
So it’s done! huzzah!
http://www.jamesyuill.com/mp3s%20256/Sample%20Me%20Up.mp3
I’ve uploaded some screen grabs from ableton to explain what i did to each sound.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28909101@N02/sets/72157622148041602/
the sounds I used are as follows:
Chris Hoare – Leicester, England – memo.m4a
Hendrik Schlimper – Hamburg, Germany – mov00035.mp3
Daniel Bruegge – Munich, Germany – james yuill sample brezn.aif
Andreas Gustafsson – Gothenburg, Sweden – balconytintable.wav
Ruth Tapley, Nicola Bird, Kate Ormiston-Smith – London, England – VN 00004.amr
Aaron Coe – Suffolk, England – sound clip 10.wav/sound clip 07.wav/sound clip 05.wav
Olly@Junc Records – London, England – JUNC sample me up.mp3
Patrick McHugh – Donegal, Ireland – final.wav
Emanuela De Angelis – Pescara, Italy – edaxyuill.mp3
Sebasitian Clark – The Road – untitled 104.mp4
Nobuko Sato – Oita, Japan – zippo.wma
Fentiger – Cambridge, England – post it note.mp3
Sam King – Oxfordshire, England – sample3.mp3/sample4.mp3/sample2.mp3
Zac Wall – Missouri, USA – Intro.mp3
Christian Caterham – Brighton, England – wooden ruler on desk ruler.aiff
Apologies to Lucia Rubio – Obregon, Mexico. I couldn’t use the train passing as it was a bit too distorted. but thanks for sending it over!
A big thank you to those people that sent in samples.
I’m also aware there are some people who still want to send me samples…go ahead…there may even be a sample me up #2!
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Posted by jamesyuill
August 25, 2009

hi there
so I thought I’d go ahead and start doing the track this morning. turns out i’ve almost finished it.
i know that some of you are still to send me samples. please keep sending them in. I will do another one if I get some surplus.
just going to do a mix of it and shove it online for you to hear.
also going to be whacking up the samples that were send to me.
word
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Posted by jamesyuill
August 18, 2009
Hello!
so I’ve decided to do a little experiment/musical project involving…well…you! If you want.
It’s a simple idea…probably been done before (plus I know it’s kind of like Matthew Herbert’s Mission Statement thing)…but basically; I want you to send me a short audio sample. The sample must be 5 seconds or less for example banging a pot, shouting at your neighbour or silently flipping your parents the bird (ideally with some noise going on in the background).
you see. I’m going to write a tune with all your samples.
a few rules
1.) I’d like it to be as analogue as possible…so don’t just send me the contents of your sample library from a future music cover mount dvd!
2.) no snippets of actual songs
3.) can’t be more than 5 seconds long…don’t want my inbox crashing
4.) please don’t send me any riffs or melodies. I want this to be as hard as possible.
5.) lastly, by sending me the samples you’re going to waive any-kind of rights you have…so another reason not to send me any killer riffs or melodies as you’re probably going to want to use these in your own music.
I will be keeping note of the samples I use, who they came from and what I did to them, so when the track is done I can name check you guys personally. (so when you do send me a sample, please write your name and where you come from i.e.: James Yuill, London, England or Peter Potato, Tokyo, Japan)
Please send the samples to me at
samplemeup@jamesyuill.com
many thanks!
(oh and if you know anyone who would love to send me shiz then please let them know)
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