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The Art of Sampling

@Art_of_Sampling

Sampling, copyright law, & hip hop. Official account for The Art of Sampling (book & website); musician account for Sa’id (@amirsaid). [email protected]

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My book The Art of Sampling, 3rd Edition is now available. 27 chapters 1746 pages The most comprehensive study ever written on sampling and copyright law. The Art of Sampling, 3rd Edition illustrates the different artistic, legal, and social questions related to music sampling…

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No Production Setup Is the Same; and Neither Is No Beatmaker (producer) No two digital samplers, drum machines, sequencers, keyboard workstations, or even software programs are identical. There may be many similarities at their core, but each piece in any setup performs in line…


Copyright law requires a focused examination to understand it, but it's not impossible for most people to comprehend it once they know the fundamentals and key variables. Yet many copyright owners and proponents of the clear-all-samples stance do not want the public to…


Jay-Z - “Marcy Me” (Prod. by No I.D.) #BeatStudy / #SamplingStudy: Sample chops, vocal stabs, pitch-down technique, bass filtering, Hi/Lo filter contrast, cuts & ruptures, drum fills.


The art of sampling is the backbone of hip hop/rap music. In recent years, hip hop/rap music displaced rock 'n' roll as the world's most popular music genre. But the truth is, hip hop/rap music was applying pressure since the late 1980s. And sampling — a mainstay of '80s and…


Merely the *act of* sampling a song does not constitute infringement, neither does using some of the exact sounds from the sound recording. Infringement takes place only when any *substantial* piece of a copyrighted work is used in another work without the copyright owner's…


We lost Quincy Jones today. He was 91. Quincy Jones’s moved effortlessly through different styles and genres of music, often bringing together what he called “a family of musicians” to produce some of the greatest music of the twentieth century. Here, in this interview (by Oscar…


The sampling tradition of hip hop/rap music is so dope. Case in point: Three Times Dope - “Funky Dividends” Imagine hearing a smooth, laid-back love song and sampling a snippet of it and using that snippet to make something new and powerful like “Funky Dividends.”


One of the greatest values that the sampling tradition of hip hop/rap music provides is music discovery. In fact, this is both a vital function and benefit of sampling.

Sampling in Hip-Hop is such a great art form. Just listening to an Earl Klugh song from 1979 and realised that that's the song Tim Brindle sampled on Love Music.



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