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The soul that creates
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Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:59:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: [idm] samplespotting. FLA
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Im with you on that... xh --- Anig Browl <anig_browl@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 55 lines From: The soul that creates <themourn@yahoo.com>> From: The soul that creates <themourn@yahoo.com> > > > 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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