Sampling with this sampling assignment

After being introduced to the sampling assignment in class, I am anticipating a good experience completing it over the next few weeks. I, personally, have virtually no experience with the program we are working with (or any similar programs for that matter) and am interested in becoming more seasoned with it. I think part of the exciting yet daunting aspect of this assignment is that the possibilities of what a person could do with it are endless. Essentially, this assignment is more creative and expressive than writing based, yet is another opportunity to experiment with how composition is something that can focus on more than merely traditional formal writing. As we’ve experimented with such things as ghostwriting and plagiarism and will continue to learn about music composition in completing the mixed tape assignment, this assignment will allow an opportunity to compose something non-traditionally. At the same time, I think the idea of having an assignment centered purely in one’s own creativity is also overwhelming. I am starting to think deeply about what my finished piece will portray. Do I want to express something about myself? Society? Life in general? College? My past experiences? It’s exciting that I have so many options to work with, but I am also not sure which direction I want to go with this. Especially after looking at the sample piece in class, I realize that this is an opportunity to say something in an artistic and creative way, without writing it out. The artist who composed the sample we viewed clearly had some message that we were supposed to find within his work, but each class member had a slightly different analysis of it than the next. I am already starting my own sampling piece to this example one, wondering if it will be sufficient compared to that one example. I think the only way I am really going to answer any of these questions is to play around with some options over the next few days and see what I come up with. Hopefully I will find some good ideas and be able to weed out some less sufficient ones and finally be able to move forward from this brainstorming stage.