Guilty Conscience Music Blog

Where’s that from? Ooh, it sounds so familiar this guitar riff. The clue is in the title for those struggling. This track is based around a sample from one of the greatest bands to come from the Motown label. If, by some cruel twist of fate you are a lawyer for said label, I’d just like to point out that I’m just a struggling musician which perhaps even the Temptations were once.  Oh balls, that’s let the cat out of the bag hasn’t it? Well, in the interest of artistic transparency it’s Cloud Nine; go and buy it, listen to the differences and feel free to post a comment.

Personally, the upright bass felt right from the beginning. There is no over reliance on the sample with plenty of original added parts and although I’ve got a version without it, I feel it is another track entirely to the original. In order to keep the listener from getting tired of the sample, there’s a question and answer structure: The question being the Temptations riff, the answer being my own delayed acoustic guitar part. The part that I am particularly proud of is the breakdown at 2′20″. The insistent chords that come in just seem to wash over you with the samples plus the chopped up drums it’s an understated but effective 16 bar build up. No machine gun snares here just a fusion of the old and new.

So, Mr (or Mrs) Lawyer send me an email and let’s do a deal.