Mythology + Meaning
Latin for “The Archer,” Sagittarius embodies the restless search for truth, a symbol of motion and discovery.
In mythology, the sign is tied to Chiron, the wise centaur who taught heroes like Achilles, Jason, and Asclepius but carried wounds of his own. Teaching medicine, music, and the art of restraint his greatest lesson: One’s deepest wounds can be the source of greatest strength.
Cosmos is a seasonal horoscope series in collaboration with altagracia that explores myths and music advice for the astrological season. New posts at the start of each season.
I’ve watched this whole sampling conversation get way more paranoid lately especially now that WhoSampled is under the Spotify umbrella and folks are convinced the feds are coming for every dusty loop they ever used. I get it. I’ve dealt with copyright issues, had records pulled, and had to fight just to get my own rights back. Instead of gambling on random records and praying nothing gets flagged later, I started being way more intentional about how I sample and where I pull from.
🌀 What Tracklib Is
Tracklib is a subscription platform that lets producers dig through over 100,000+ songs from every decade and genre: soul, funk, R&B, Bollywood, jazz, gospel, everything. You can download full songs, stems, or loops to chop, flip, and resample and then clear them for official release.
Their library has two sides:
Songs → Real records you can sample and clear legally.
Sounds → 100% royalty-free one-shots and loops to build around your samples. Think Splice.
It’s basically a digital record store + clearance desk + sample lab in one place.
💿 How It Works
Dig — Browse by genre, era, key, BPM, or mood.
Download — Grab the record or multitrack stems for inspiration.
Flip It — Sample, chop, pitch, or reimagine however you want.
Clear It — If it’s from the Songs section, clear your sample directly through Tracklib - no emails, no lawyers, no stress.
There are no upfront clearance fees, your subscription covers that, and Tracklib automatically splits royalties with the original rights holders.
🧩 For Producers Who Dig
If you’re looking at the current landscape: Spotify owning WhoSampled, AI detection getting better, labels getting stricter and wondering how long you can keep doing “business as usual,” this is the pivot.
Tracklib lets you keep the spirit of sampling alive and build a catalog that can actually move: get synced, get placed, stay on platforms, and not be one email away from disaster. You dig, you flip, you clear same creative freedom with way less chaos.
Use my We Had Our Time referral link to check it out:
🎧 Explore Tracklib
Anyone who signs up for a paid plan gets 30 days free and 100 credits.
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Sample: The Player By The First Choice
Label:
Philly Groove Records Incorporated
Released:
1974
Genre:
Funk/Soul
Style:
Funk,Soul,Disco
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Leno Zachery
Arranged By – Norman Harris
Artwork – John A. McKinzie
Bass – Barry Gibson, Ronnie Baker
Bass Trombone – Edward Casceralle, Fred Linge, Ricci Genovese
Cello – Romeo DiStefano
Congas, Bongos – Larry Washington
Design – The Music Agency
Drums – Earl Young, Jerry Goldsmith
Engineer – Don Murray, Mike Hutchinson
French Horn – Danny Williams
Guitar – Bobby Eli, Herbert Smith, Norman Harris, Ron Smith
Horns, Trumpet – Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene
Music By – The Sound Of Philadelphia
Photography – Elijah Petteway
Piano, Organ – Ron Kersey
Producer – Norman Harris, Stan Watson
Trombone [Tenor] – Fredrick Janier*
Viola – Angelo Petrella, Davis Barnett
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
B2 Recorded at Future Gold Studios
Mastered at Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs, Philadelphia, Pa.
℗ © 1974 Bell Records, A Division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
