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> I think everybody on this
> list supports the concept of sampling to one extent or another.quoted 1 line well, not realy everyone. Anti samplists on the list?> well, not realy everyone. Anti samplists on the list?
I'm not really an anti-samplist, but I do have some serious thoughts about it.
There are categories in this. You can use one sound from someone else's record, or
you can use a complete phrase. If you do so, then repeat it a hundred times and add
some drums or some lyrics or whatever, you may be a good sampler, but your not an
artist, since you haven't really created something of your own. And of course,
sampling without permission of the original artist is stealing.
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> To what extent should we respect intellectual
> property?
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>
> begs the question: who are "we" and what is "intellectual property"?
Intellectual property is everything that is created by someone, possibly influenced
by other creations, but with a certain amount of original elements. Since being
creative is the main thing in which we differ from animals, we should treat
intellectual property that way.
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> Is there some arbitrary acceptable sample length?
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> Yes, anyone out there help me with an exact figure? Again, check the archives.
> 12 seconds and 4 repeated bars? Yes? No?
Probably depending on what's in the sample: One 12 second sound or a 5 sec bassloop
?
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> Does the sample
> need to be messed up/rearranged to be used?
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I think it should be used differently. eg. You can use that bassloop, but then you
should put some different chords on it.