Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Corey Sampson. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Corey, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

As a recording artist you never stop learning or developing new skills and concepts to better your craft. My primary genre of music is Hip Hop, however back when I started Hip Hop was just making a wave and I actually became a fan first. I would mimic other artist and copy their cadences, and recite their songs. I had little ambition to be a artist myself I was just inspired by the music. I realize now I was becoming a student of the game and started developing my own rap and song writing skills. As far as speeding up the learning process I don’t think there is a formula for that other than learning the business side of the industry first, which has also been the the biggest obstacle I have faced so far. My mission was always to inspire and motivate through my music, it was something I loved and have passion for. I consider learning every aspect of song creation the most essential skill to have. Once you learn the process of creating a song or project from start to finish the rest is just handling the business end.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Absolutely my name is Corey Sampson better known to the industry as Sammy Cain and I am a recording artist/owner of Bluehouse Records. I’m from the Mississippi gulf coast and I have been in the industry 20 plus years. I got my start in the music industry back in 1995 when I was a freshman at the University of Southern Mississippi in the city of Hattiesburg. I started out in a group known as Elite but later became a solo artist and partnered with one of the first independent labels from Mississippi Darkroom Entertainment. I released my first project in 1997 a single titled Play the Game which was later followed by a compilation album entitled Renegade Nation Anticipation vol. 1. Although we had success with the album business issues caused the label to dissipate and artist to branch off. Fortunately for myself I was able to continue my music career after the departure as a independent solo artist. In 2003 I partnered with Maurice “MO G” Gowdy and we formed Bluehouse Records, which is now a independent record label and recording studio. Bluehouse Records is professionally my proudest accomplishment, there’s been a great deal of hard work and a long road to get where we are today as a company. As a label we offer artist development, promotion, and distribution and as a recording studio we offer all aspects of pre and post production. The main thing that separates myself and Bluehouse from the rest is the vibe and connection we have with artist who we do business with. We take your projects seriously and work it like it’s our own. There is alot of pride in what we do and no dollar amount can be placed on that.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect of being a recording artist is inspiring the listeners, hands down. I try to create high quality music with substance and purpose that will hopefully reach a audience or individuals dealing with their own struggles or even blessings. So much goes into a project from catching the vibe in the writing process to laying the vocals in the studio session, that seeing a person appreciate the craft is a victory.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

As I mentioned previously I started with a label called Darkroom Entertainment, which was also the recording studio I recorded all my music at. So unfortunately when the label left so did the studio and all my recordings with it. Every artist on the label I considered my family but when the label shutdown everyone went their separate ways. I was the only one left their to figure things out for myself. All my music was gone, I didn’t have a place to record at and I was close to calling it a career and moving on to something different. I remember me and MO G just riding around vibing to whatever music we had left thinking of a master plan. We were able to hop on a few features here and there with a few local artists but we had nothing of our own until MO G was issued a settlement and we were able to purchase our first piece of equipment to record with. I remember it was a Korg D-12 multi-track recorder and it was all we needed to start making music again. We still didn’t have our own place to record at but we had help along the way and shout out to those guys who let us come set up and record in there homes until we got on our feet. We never gave up on what we believed in losing all our music and basically starting over, recording out of our friends closets, to now having our own studio and catalog to last us years is a blessing and I wouldn’t change how it happened.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.bluehouserecordsllc.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluehousemusicgroup
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/BLUEHOUSEMUSICGROUP
• Linkedin: Check out corey sampson’s profile on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-sampson-263a4b19
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluehousemusic
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@bluehouserecords7550
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bluehousemusic