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THE ART OF MUSIC SAMPLING
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion (sample) of one sound recording and reusing it as
an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.
WHAT IS SAMPLING?
"Sampling is lacking in creativity"
vs
"Sampling has been innovative and revolutionary"
1960s – experimental musicians and musique
concrete, electroacoustic
1970s – Hip Hop and scratch DJs
Mid-1970s – Electronic music and disco
HISTORY
Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture (1880)
La Marseillaise 1792God Save the Tsar! 1833At the Gate, at My Gate - Traditional Folk 1854O Lord, Save Thy People (Hymn) 1863
Loops Variety of short samples of beats strung together; a
repeating section of sound material
Musical instrument Sampling of a sound
TYPES
6 second drum solo 1969 by "G. C." Colemann
"Amen, Brother” The Winstons
Used in:Hip hop, breakbeat hardcore, hardcore techno and breakcore, jungle, D&B, TV
advertisement.
“AMEN BREAK”
No royalties
Plagiarism
Flattering
Sampling is an area of contention from a legal perspective
LEGAL ISSUES
Campbell vs. Acuff-Rose, 1994(Roy Orbison v. 2 Live Crew)
SUPREME COURT CASE
The court ruled that any financial gain 2 Live Crew received from their version did not infringe upon Acuff-Rose because the two songs were targeted at
very different audiences.
2 Live Crew's use of copyrighted material was protected under the fair use doctrine, as parody,
even though it was released commercially
"The highest form of flattery is imitation”
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal”
Samples are fair use (a legal doctrine in the USA)
International sampling is governed by agreements such as the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the WIPO Copyright
and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act
REGULATION
BLURRED LINES CASE
Marvin Gaye “Got to Give It Up” (1977)Robin Thicke “Blurred Lines” (2013)
Let’s hear some examples!
(for John)
Fifth harmony “Work from home” (2016)
Daniel Bedingfield “Gotta Get Thru This” (2002)
Edwin Birdsong “Coca cola bottle baby” (1975)
Daft Punk “Harder Better Faster”(2001)
Kanye West “Stronger” (2007)
“Notorious” by Duran Duran“Notorious” by Notorious BIG
“Butterfly” by Crazy town“Ditty” by Chili peppers
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