After The Release...

Man...where do I start...
The feedback I've gotten from the "DontSayIDidntWarnU" project has been shocking. A lot of new people have reached out and shared what they thought of it. Nothing negative has been spoken....but tomorrow I will address what I think I need to work on. The support is overwhelming...I don't even know how to properly show my appreciation, I just hope everyone at least has an idea of it.

@Little Miss Knowbody of chiefofaffections.com ...if you received my email earlier, you already know, music-buddy. ;)

@Digs of wuxflux.com ....my g, that post you gave me was something epic. #toast2you

#Shoutout to the following sites that have posted the project...

WuxFlux.com
BackToPluto.Com
DealWithNoDeal.Com
WhereIsCharlesHamilton.com

...so.....now what? :) ....a better project.
I originally planned to release a string of beat-tapes, continuing my Soultape series and releasing my "Code420" vocal project in April...in time for 4:20. I think I will stick with that. Specially with my Jimi Hendrix beat-tape project almost completed (beats using nothing else but Hendrix samples). Regardless I'm charged up to keep the music moving.
-Gambitt

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Experiencing Jimi Hendrix In 2010

I've managed to get a hold of the new Jimi Hendrix album, "Valleys Of Neptune". Hearing it gives you the impression that it was recorded yesterday. I've never heard Hendrix sound so great, clear, detailed. It's the way his music should have been mastered after all these years.
Granted, the 12 song album is bound together with a few unreleased studio tracks, an alternate version of "Fire", and a few studio recorded versions of songs that were only heard in his performances in the live-concert album releases. Regardless, this is an album to listen to. Hearing Hendrix in this quality is like listening to him for the 1st time all of over again...a brand new experience. I've found this article written about the album, it's a good read to get an better idea of the album for those who may be unsure on purchasing it.

Valleys of Neptune: like being there, in the studio, with Jimi Hendrix

And the Hendrix-news only gets better...on the way are remastered versions of Hendrix's classic albums. After hearing the quality of the new album, it's a must I get a hold of those. This type of treatment for quality of Hendrix's music is way over due. I need to get my pops a CD player...I bet he would have a hell of a moment listening to Hendrix in the quality I've heard him in.(My father is a big Hendrix fan...the 1st taste of music I've ever heard was Hendrix thanks to the old man.)

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The Original Guitar Hero

In the beginning of last year...when I started to take making beats serious... I toyed with the idea of making an Jimi Hendrix instrumental-project. Beats made completely from Hendrix samples. At that time I was still learning my ways to making beats and needless to say, as a rookie-level-beatsmith at that time making a beat sampling Jimi Hendrix is far from an easy task.

However, at that time frame while I was battling with the idea, I did manage to flip one beat titled "Soul Of A Machine Gun"...sampled from Hendrix's "Machine Gun".
One of my favorite Hendrix songs. It's actually the earliest song I can remember from being a child. My father is a big Hendrix fan and that's what he played mostly. I can even remember him giving me tapes for my little boombox when him and my mother split up. I think I was age 4 or 5. Even younger I can remember in Baton Rouge, Louisiana sitting at the table in-front of his HUGE old-school boombox listening to his Hendrix tapes staring at the EQ lights jumping up and down on the stereo. I would do that for hours...while daddy lights up a joint in the back room hehehe.

Anyway...I finally took a shot at sampling the Hendrix song and it didn't come out too bad for the beginner level that I was at. But it wasn't enough for me to proceed with the full project.

A year later here I am again...toying with the same idea.
What's changed? My beat-making experience and skills has grown.
My "sampling-ear" has grown...meaning I'm hearing patterns that I hadn't heard the 1st time. I feel more comfortable in sampling Hendrix's songs. It seems....easier now.

I've flipped two other Hendrix tracks since my growth in beat making and I'm proud of them. They pretty much overwhelm my "Machine Gun" sample. One of those beats will be on my "SoultapeLvL2:Sound Therapy" project that I will either release this week or next week...depending on the cover art and when I find this final beat to finish off the project.

So...I'mma give it a shot. I have no idea for a title yet. I'm going to just go with the flow and see what happens. Another thing I'm trying to decide is if I will wait for the new Hendrix album to be release on March 9th and samples some of those tracks or just work with the classics.

Here's the original "Machine Gun" song and my sampled-beat.
Keep in mind that the beat is my early work but still worth a listen.
And the youtube vid...it's nice to see Hendrix actually performing the song.

Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun


Gambitt - Soul Of A Machine Gun
Soul Of A Machine Gun by Gambitt4Aces

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New Jimi Hendrix Album On March 9th

Source:www.stuff.co.nz
Jimi Hendrix fans will be able to hear around an hour's worth of music from their guitar hero never commercially available before when his family and Sony Commercial Music Group release a "new" album on March 8.

Valleys of Neptune features studio recordings dating from 1969, the year before Hendrix died in London aged 27.

"My brother Jimi was at home in the studio," said Janie Hendrix, head of Experience Hendrix LLC, the family-owned company set up to protect a legacy valued at tens of millions of dollars.

"Valleys of Neptune offers deep insight into his mastery of the recording process and demonstrates the fact that he was as unparalleled a recording innovator as he was a guitarist.

"His brilliance shines through on every one of these precious tracks."

Valleys of Neptune will feature several songs familiar to die-hard fans from bootleg recordings, but there will also be more than 60 minutes of previously unreleased Hendrix music.

The album will include covers of Elmore James' classic Bleeding Heart, Cream's Sunshine of Your Love and performances of original Hendrix compositions like Ships Passing Through The Night and Lullaby For The Summer.

The record is part of an early wave of re-releases of Hendrix music, with new editions of Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland and First Rays of the New Rising Sun all out on the same day.

Janie Hendrix told the LA Times that the estate had enough material for "a decade's worth" of new releases, both music and video.



...this should be interesting.

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