Posts Tagged ‘sampling’



Sampling The Past

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

There are plenty of ways to add depth and colour to your music productions; using your own field recordings are a safe bet from a copyright point of view, but it is also possible to create an entire album from samples…

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Sampling The World Of Music

Friday, October 28th, 2016

There are still those who dismiss sampling as derivative re-hashing of other people’s work, but in truth the potential of sampling extends the reach of musicians into new avenues much as (then) new technologies like the piano once did…
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Music Samples For Fun Or Profit

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Plagiarism is an age-old tradition, but sampling is a very recent technique that allows musicians to directly lift sounds and phrases from another’s work. Is this any different from Ben Johnson‘s advice, to wit: observe how the masters have imitated, and imitate likewise?
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