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post #1 of 4
12/21/10 at 12:36am
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What's up guys.. looking for some suggestions for beat samples.  The feel I'm looking for is hard to describe but I think the words which fit the best are "southern rail road track laying" (haha if that makes sense).  Here's an example of what I'm looking at...

 

 

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.

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post #2 of 4
12/21/10 at 9:50am
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Bluegrass?

 

There is lots of bluegrass around

there is no such thing as "southern"

 

there is blues, blue grass, country, western, southern rock, and rock and roll

 

most of the songs on the O' Brother where art thou soundtrack are bluegrass from 1940's

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post #3 of 4
12/21/10 at 3:51pm
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awesome thanks for the reply. gonna do some digging.

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post #4 of 4
12/29/10 at 1:19am

The workers who laid & straightened railroad tracks were called gandy dancers. Since all the work did had to be synchronized, they would sing and chant in order to stay in time with one another. 

 

Here's a couple links for you:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandy_dancer#Songs_and_chants

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025QQwTwzdU

 

 

 

Don't know how much that helps you, far as finding beats to sample, but it might send you in the right direction.

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