From: The soul that creates <themourn@yahoo.com>
quoted 6 lines How do you people personally feel about an artist
> How do you people personally feel about an artist
> sampling another artist for use in a song...not for
> any kind of cover, just stuff like ripping a sound
> break or a beat and making into a whole new song???
> Would this lessen the repect you have for the artist
> or the song??
I don't really like it. It can of course be very creative and there are a
whole bunch of songs/tracks I've heard where this is used very effectively
as a creative device, eg Old Blues Loop Over Breakbeat with Sensitive New
Lyrics. And I like a lot of tracks where some identifiable sample is used as
a stab/accent - like my treasured copy of Utah Saints' 'Something Good'. But
a lot of the time it's just tired and says to me that the sampling artist
just did a quick jam/rap/pro tools session over somebody else's proven hit.
I particularly don't like it in electronic music, because if I hear the
sample-based track I might think it was really cool, be interested in how
the artist makes those interesting sounds, etc. etc. I'm always hugely
disappointed if I later find that they came from another track/a sample CD.
OK I am more of a sound designer than a muso, but I'd be totally embarrassed
to use someone else's sounds.
I guess I'm saying that samples can make a great garnish on a track, but
artists should provide their own main course. The alternative is 'McDonalds
music' - proven formula, tastes OK, but after a while you just consume it
out of habit. Besides the direct sampling, I'm hearing more and more chart
music which is just barely-legal ripping off of older tunes...oh well, you
can't legislate good taste. Welcome to capitalism.
Anig Browl
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