The story behind "Conductor & Cowboy - Feeling This Way" with Adam Pracy | Muzikxpress 091

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Back in the year 2000 the track "Feeling This Way" by The Conductor & The Cowboy came out; a big vocal trance track, produced by Adam Pracy. The lyrics for "Feeling This Way" are written by Lee Hallett, who also took care of the vocals, together with his sister Laura. "Feeling This Way" became a great success and this year, it is exactly 20 years old! So, a good reason for an interview with Adam!
In this week's vlog Adam Pracy tells the story behind "Feeling This Way". You will hear how he and Lee got to meet, he tells more about the production of the track, what happened after the release and more! Plus Adam tells how his music career started, with a cheeky bootleg remix he did of Sonique's classic "It Feels So Good".
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[@theNeathBoy]

This channel is great. The music Twan covers was an essential part of the soundtrack to my youth (born ‘79). I had completely forgotten this Trance gem, a classic. Love the interviews, thumbs up from me!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm from 1975 and since when we grew up, there was no internet, so there are so many great and untold stories of all the tracks we did listen to when we were young. So that's the reason I made this channel hehe :)

[@theNeathBoy]

muzikxpress judging by the comments I’m not the only one. Your approach and execution are as good as any journalism in the mainstream. It looks as though many others are like me and don’t only love these tunes but have often wondered how the creative people behind the hits came up with these tunes and also what they produced them on. Bendigedig 👍🏻

[@muzikxpress]

@@theNeathBoy Thanks a lot for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed them!!!

[@onairrecordings]

What a nice guy!

[@kbruns33]

Feeling This Way was the first record I ever bought and one my all time fav club tracks when it dropped. Every time I hear it a flood of emotions come over me and im immediately transported back to 2000/2001.

[@AdamPracy]

🙏❤️

[@lsmith7757]

Just an amazing record; nothing sounds like it even up to 2020. There's no set you can play it in where it doesn't stand out and is instantly memorable.

[@DavidAdams-y1g]

One of my favourite interviews from you. Cool guy. So open and honest 😊

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@mortenhn1981]

I played around sooooo much with the propellerheads rebirth, so fun to hear that he actually used it for something :)

[@AdamPracy]

Loved Rebirth. 👍

[@mixerdave900]

So glad I picked up the track on vinyl back then. Its not a track I play often, but when I do...I enjoy its uniqueness and uplift it gives me.

[@alanwisdom7777]

I always found this track very spiritual... Feeling this way... Like something whispering to my ears 💙👌💫

[@GaryVandalize]

Such a great track. Seems like a great guy too.

[@GL-xz3xk]

What an interview; so many connections and blasts from the past names wise. Absolute banger of a track too.

[@muzikxpress]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@angelus1417]

Great interview 👍

[@markporritt9569]

such a great track one off the very first vinyls i bought thanks

[@TonystravelsOriginal]

Legend!!!

[@local_celebrity]

Wow, just discovered this. Such a great tune. Didn't realise it was a UK production; thought it was a trancey spin on an old Chicago house tune. And Adam Pracy - what a nice guy.

[@muzikxpress]

local_celebrity Adam is great! Hope you enjoyed the interview!

[@alanryan1408]

What a track

[@Jouni-V]

Loving it's feeling! 💙 Just found this thanks to the new remastered release.

[@mrblairrichardson]

Factor B has brought this track back to life as well with a monster of a remix

[@muzikxpress]

Haha yes, that's the new remix Adam is talking about in this interview ;-)

[@rothsothy]

When I saw the title of the video, I was already humming out the melody and lyrics "feeling this way.. makes me like falling~" before clicking to watch. I used to jam to the Solarstone remix a lot back in the day. Then recently in the 2018, a new remix labeled ID - ID (White) played on ABGT episode 303, and I was the only one in the live chat who recognized what the vocals of the song was. Interesting to hear more of how the the label side of the scene handled things over the years.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks Roth! Hope you enjoyed the interview and Adam's stories :)

[@MichaelOglesby]

Another amazing interview! After all these years, I've finally found out why 'Sunshine' was never released, especially after Judge Jules was playing the track on his BBC Radio 1 show. Glad to learn that the track was given away for free on their SoundCloud page; I can finally listen to it again after 20 years. Can't believe 'Feeling This Way' was co-produced on a Commodore Amiga :) And Propellerhead Software 'Rebirth RB-338' software (great piece of software). Looking forward to the unreleased Conductor and the Cowboy tracks :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks Michael! And yeah, kinda sad they did work so hard on all these tracks that never got a release, right? But great that Adam is giving them away! What a champ ;-) Can't wait for more of the unreleased material and of course for the brand new stuff he's working on!

[@MickyStardust]

I have just remixed this track and Adam loves it and has sent me the original vocals and files of it so I could sort it properly. He's currently helping me put the finishing touches to it ❤

[@bdttrance4194]

Another of my favourites from the millennium. I have a playlist of classic trance, but this wasn’t on it! How could I forget!?

[@muzikxpress]

It better be on your playlist now :P ;-)

[@paulsimpson4613]

Nice one for doing this one Twan! I started clubbing in 99 and I first heard this on Boxing Day at Cream when Judge Jules dropped it! The whole place erupted! Keep up the great work fella.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Paul! I appreciate it :) Many more to come in the next few weeks ;-)

[@azovskymusic]

Обожаю эту группу, есть пластинка feeling this way. Очень замечательная музыка на долгие года

[@narghizaumarova_uzb_rus]

Such a great guy and the track is a masterpiece

[@stevenmcguinness4751]

Would love to see Jules and Paul Masterson Interviewed, between HiGate, Yomanda and their other Projects, they created some of the best Trance of the Era

[@muzikxpress]

I don't have a travel budget for these vlogs, but once Paul Masterson is coming to The Netherlands, I would love to sit down with him and talk with him about at least 1 or 2 of his projects. (He's actually the one who took care of most of the production part FYI). Already spoke to Paul on FB a while ago and he's up for it, so fingers crossed he will visit The Netherlands somewhere in the near future ;-)

[@questioneverything8301]

Hi Gate Yomanda were okay nothing special

[@electronomist]

If that could ever happen then I'd love to see that. Especially Paul Masterson as he's produced so many great tunes under different aliases and collaborations! Dont know where he is based these days but if budget ever allows or it could easily happen it would be a great vlog!

[@muzikxpress]

electronomist I would need flights, hotel and other transportation, so most likely not going to happen.... I hope he does visit NL in the near future though.

[@monkeytennis8861]

Steven, what a wild claim. Those two are utter hacks - their music is poorly produced and cheesy.

[@Deepakufo]

Oh another interesting interview 🤩😁🕺✌The conductor and cowboy name I think I've seen in many 90's Cassettes/CDs, gotta learn about them now🤔 ... Wow, Muzikxpress team you guys are genius 😄when I thought I knew each and every music band/djs from 90's, you guys surprise me everytime😁🙌thank you for this interview 🤩👍

[@muzikxpress]

Deepakufo thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview!!

[@robertgemmell1485]

Superb tune....cheers.

[@muzikxpress]

For sure!!

[@magdelayna]

Great interview - always interesting to hear from these producers from 20 years ago who had some success but then kind of disappeared - great to hear he is back producing now though :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! And yes, I agree hehe! I'm happy Adam was willing to share the story, kinda sad they were working so hard on new material, while the A&R manager wasn't really helping them. But very glad he's back in the studio working on new material, can't wait!

[@deepcloudsmusic]

Thanks Twan for another great interview!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot!!! Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@DeanFeeneyMusic]

1 of my fav interviews to date from you Twan, love the back story to this, it's a record I have treasured since it came out and 1 of the very first in my collection.

[@muzikxpress]

Oh wow, thank you very much for the kind words! We should thank Adam for his great insight and answers ;-)

[@DeanFeeneyMusic]

@@muzikxpress Indeed, Adam is a great guy very down to earth, love that he worked in the gaming industry too, I'm sure I have played some of the games he worked on.

[@ChubbyLizzie]

Some of my best clubbing memories are attached to this trance anthem. I remember listing to a debate on Radio 1 about whether Laura was saying "feeling" or "being". Nobody could decide. P.S loved the interview.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much! I loved Adam's stories as well, such a nice guy and such great stories! :)

[@electronomist]

Seems such a nice guy, open and friendly, remembers so much detail and loves sharing it in a humble way. Great vlog as always, always loved the tune!

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much! And yeah, Adam is great!!!

[@chriswilton9976]

Pleasant interview; and the Sonique remix is spot on.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Chris! Hope to interview Sonique one day as well about "It Feels So Good", love that track!

[@rocko44444444]

I love this song, good to know the background!

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you, hope you enjoyed the interview!

[@rocko44444444]

@@muzikxpress Yes, surely!

[@marklewis35]

Love these interviews :-D

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot Mark! More to come ;-)

[@MaximumEfficiency]

great guy and interview! The track sounds a bit similar to Anomaly - Calling Your Name

[@muzikxpress]

MaximumEfficiency thank you very much!

[@fezmania5078]

A fantastic interview, Twan. Great job, again. It's quite detailed. I enjoyed listening to it. 👍👌

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Hersh! Very happy with Adam's answers and stories, great insight :)

[@stavroshardcore]

One of the all time great trance tracks. Great interview from Twan on a great channel 💙

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks a lot for the kind words!!! Glad you enjoyed the interview!

[@GuyTallo]

Nice interview

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@kimm3757]

Great work as always. Look forward to the new music too :)

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you Kim!!

[@RaveyStabs]

Really liked this track and was pleasantly surprised when an Octamed snippet came up from one of my vids! Sorry to hear Adam spent 15 minutes doing a volume slide, pressing the Amiga key and the O key automatically does it for you between two volumes in seconds.

[@muzikxpress]

Haha I'll let Adam know lol :D And I hope you don't mind me using a bit of your video, it was perfect to show what it looked like ;-) Thank you! :)

[@RaveyStabs]

@@muzikxpress Yeah no worries at all, really enjoy your channel's content and to see some of the artists behind the trance tracks I knew and loved. That clip was OctaMED Soundstudio, which is a newer than OctaMED 4 (many people prefer 4 to the later versions and it looks more badass too!). Also, not many know about that shortcut, it was towards the end of the manual.

[@AdamPracy]

@@RaveyStabs Hey there Mr Stabs. 🙂 I am a big fan of your content sir. Cheers for being cool about Twan using a quick clip. I specifically selected this clip because it was OCTAMed Soundstudio, which is exactly what Feeling This Way was written on. (think the midi support was better in SS, I know there was a reason I prefered it) As for that shortcut, I thought it was for internal Amiga samples, not midi data/midi volume slide? I might be wrong and happy to be corrected though. However an auto slide between 2 values would be a straight slide between those 2 values and not allow for me to effectively spline that data into a more musical volume swell /crescendo. 😁 (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it 😝) please keep making your awesome content. I often find myself on your channel and for obvious reasons now. 🙂👍

[@MrMihaelp]

Great stuff as usually! Solarstone did his thing with remixing this one and it's one of his best i think.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you so much!

[@Pablito1980Brigante]

Yeah he did a remix which was on the official release and an instrumental/dub remix which 10 copies were only ever pressed. Paul Van Dyk opened his famous set from Home in Londonivr on BBC Radio One essential mix in April 2000. Almost 21 years ago, unbelievable.

[@MrAmericansalamander]

I love this channel great concept great interviews

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you very much! Working on some great names for future episodes, stay tuned hehe

[@rememberthisnameslut]

This was actually the second vinyl I ever bought. The first was Ferry Corstens remix of Libra pres Taylor - Calling Your Name 😎 Always found this record particularly difficult to mix with. I was never quite happy whether it was mixing in or out.

[@stevenmcguinness4751]

I used to play his Remix of Sonique in my Club, much better then the original (which was great too)

[@ShhhHhhhz]

Though not a fan of the 2017 remixes, Sunshine was such a beautiful track, a shame it didnt get its release during trance's hayday.

[@muzikxpress]

Yeah, pretty sad they put so much work and effort in the track (and album) and that in the end it never got released...

[@pietjepukt6]

It’s a long time ago that I started to listen to trance and that I missed serious journalism about the genre. Your channel fills this gap after so many years. Since you know a lot about trance, Twan, do you know something about this track?: Nebular B - Liquid (1999) It pretty much stayed under the radar back in the day, although it appeared on some successfull compilations, like Gatecrasher. Many people who know the track call it amazingly good (source: reactions on KZbin videos of this track). I’ve always wondered why the record stayed relatively unknown. And I’m curious about the story behind it. Since it’s easily one of my favorites of all time.

[@muzikxpress]

Thanks so much Pieter for the kind words! And tbh, I've heard the track before, but the name didn't really ring a bell to me hehe.... Nice one! And for my vlogs I focus on big classics / big hits only. The interviews take a lot of time and since my time is very precious these days (currently working 3 different part time jobs...) I focus on tracks that are known to a bigger audience. But no worries, lots of cool interviews are coming up, also some very nice trance ones ;-)

[@pietjepukt6]

Off course :) Just tried to take a shot for that one (nooit geschoten is immers altijd mis...) Curious for new stuff. I have to say, DJ Misjah & DJ Tim really surprised me. Almost forgot about that track. Funny how a lot of producers really had no idea that they were making history. I also love the variery between a track that’s produced within two hours and the ones which took the producer about half a year. I can go on like that, haha... Next time

[@muzikxpress]

Precies, niet geschoten is altijd mis haha ;-) And I try to get some "forgotten big hits" as well (if that makes sense hehe). There's so many great tracks that have super cool / funny stories as well :) Tomorrow I'll post a new vlog btw and.... #100 is coming up soon as well!

[@pietjepukt6]

Hé Twan, als je het leuk vindt om te weten. Ik heb de producer van bovengenoemd nummer een mailtje gestuurd (Nebular B - Liquid). Ik kreeg een uitgebreid antwoord over het productie proces, waar de naam vandaan komt, etcetera. Opvallend genoeg vindt hij het zelf helemaal geen bijzonder nummer... Groetjes

[@hinsen]

Great interview, although I don't know this project. From what I see on Discogs they have done only one song. But I must admit that this is a very good song with the typical sound of the early 2000s.

[@muzikxpress]

Thank you! And in the interview Adam explains exactly why there was only 1 release back then ;-)

[@hinsen]

Thanks, my English is not as good as I would like, but I will watch the video again this time with the subtitles on, so I should understand more.

[@muzikxpress]

Hinsen no worries! Check the part from 19:00 etc

[@frederikalbrecht6091]

Bedankt Twan!!

[@muzikxpress]

Frederik Albrecht Graag gedaan! En jij ook bedankt!

[@gavsmith1980]

It did tick some important boxes, it has that certain chord progression that still saturates pop music, and it’s a duet which is nearly unheard of in vocal trance tracks.

[@muzikxpress]

Yeah, the idea of a duet in trance, amazing! And smart idea ;-)

[@Pablito1980Brigante]

It'd interesting to know why the Solarstone instrumental/dub remix was never released. I believe 10 copies were only ever pressed onto vinyl.

[@bennyceca]

Go write the lyrics, hard job! Ok, "Feeling this way, makes me feel like falling!" - done! ;p

[@AdamPracy]

Let's not forget, the lyrics had to be clever, they had to be about love without actually using the word love, we wanted to hint at it and let the listener join the dots for themselves. Those lyrics were then set to a melody, which was then sung and recorded by both vocalists before being returned to me. It's never as simple as it sounds. 😉❤️

[@traida111]

Ah mate, if he's got some old trance he hasn't released I would be honored to listen to it. I'd even pay to listen to it, but the problem is the copyright isnt it? maybe a live stream on youtube where people can donate? then release them afterwards for free?

[@AdamPracy]

Good to know. 😉 Very kind. 🙏 ❤️

[@austingreen6042]

The way feeling this way is sung is VERY simular to Libra Presents Taylor "Calling Your Name - Grannys Epicure Mix" (which came out years before Feeling did) I also own the promo of soniques feels so good "conductor & cowboy mix" which i assume came after this track ;-)

[@AdamPracy]

Before not after. 🙂

[@diablobarcelona]

Another stonking interview, about a stonking track, from a stonking act.

[@jonjohnson2844]

If he was in a ten year record deal does that mean he was still getting paid good money or not? Sorry, not sure how the industry works. And Sunshine, wow, what a banger - it's a travesty that the world wasn't allowed to hear that at the time.

[@AdamPracy]

Hi Jon, sadly that's not how it works. You get paid on selling music. If you're not releasing any music (because the label are constantly knocking it back) then you are not releasing any new music, and therefore not getting paid because you are not generating new product to sell. 🙂 Hope that helps. 👍 And thank you for the kind comments about Sunshine. 🙏❤️

[@jonjohnson2844]

@@AdamPracy thanks for the reply, Adam. Could you not have just walked away from the deal if they weren’t taking your music? Sorry if my question seems ignorant, I’ve no knowledge of the industry I’m just a consumer of the music! Yes sunshine has been on my playlist all week, few friends in my car have asked who it is, my response was “well, can you remember that banger Feeling This Way…”

[@AdamPracy]

@@jonjohnson2844 no apology required. Signing a 10 year deal meant the label owned everything we created in that period. Its a contract with terms and conditions just like most contracts so I was contractually tied. Once it was clear that the partnership wasn't working, the label did eventually let us out of the contractual commitments, however by the time this happened, I felt very creatively drained and just needed a decent break from the industry. 🙂 Pleased you are enjoying Sunshine, original or 2020 version?

[@SomaticState94]

Enigma state rework this track