tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704017.post7120976625965411206..comments2023-12-20T02:50:32.941-06:00Comments on Livepa: Where Electronic Music Comes Alive: The Sampling DilemmaM.A.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13944710567280372295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704017.post-40869251341040460902007-01-03T13:14:00.000-06:002007-01-03T13:14:00.000-06:00Sadly, the issue of sampling is even more torrid a...Sadly, the issue of sampling is even more torrid and complicated.<br /><br />In a recent decision by a US court, A judge found that sampling even 3 notes of a song would be considered infringement. This decision was made in the case of Bridgeport Music Inc. v. Dimension Films, all over a piece of music by the funk-master himself, George Clinton. Ironically enough, George doesn't seem to have a problem with his music being sampled. Its his record company that does.<br /><br />Just look at the "Amen", "Funky Brother" or "Think" breaks. These breaks have been stretched, distorted, and chopped so many times as to become absolute staples of 2 Supergenre's of music (Breaks and Drum n Bass to be specific).<br /><br />If you're concerned about how crazy the copyright system is getting, you should really check out CreativeCommons.org<br /><br />Also, this might be of interest to all you sampler fiends out there: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ Freesound, which is a fairly large (25 thousand samples large) repository of royalty free samples.<br /><br />Freesound is full of musicians and artists who are saying "here, take this, and use it!"Jonnayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07136270173499291025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704017.post-72208849039982463922007-01-03T03:12:00.000-06:002007-01-03T03:12:00.000-06:00It's a mixed bag, really. You can analyze it a mil...It's a mixed bag, really. You can analyze it a million ways, but what it really comes down to is the question of whether or not what you're hearing agrees with your musical values and prejiduces while still remaining cool enough to listen to. If it's uncreative blag like an unending funk loop with some huffy hip-hop tard stumbling over it, then that's what it is and it sucks. If it's some dude spinning Elvis over drum-n-bass and it's wicked, it might be a dnB-head retelling history through his own eyes, and one can't deny the artistic merit of that. <br /><br />So it's a case by case thing, I guess.J. Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257437462952152308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704017.post-60693792131162927772007-01-02T16:22:00.000-06:002007-01-02T16:22:00.000-06:00Very intresting post. I think it lends a lot of cr...Very intresting post. I think it lends a lot of credence to the emergence and popularity of "Mash Ups" in the past few years. <br /><br />It seems amazing however the level of hypocrisy in some genres over others is quite surprising. Hip Hop artists seem to be praised in their usage of samples, yet when others use them they are deemed "uncreative" or something along those lines.M.A.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13944710567280372295noreply@blogger.com