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From:
James R McPherson
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Date:
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:08:25 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) monkeys with samplers
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quoted 6 lines BigKumquat@aol.com wrote:>BigKumquat@aol.com wrote: >> >> << I can live with sampling when it's used as an instrumental >substitution, >> no different really than someone using a 303 instead of a >trombone.>>
I forget which artist said it, but aren't most instruments samplers in their own way - what is a guitar but an instrument that millions before have played the exact same notes on, just in different order? That seems like the most intelligent stance on sampling; it's no different than "notes" re-arranged in a new progression. Only when a song/section of a song gets used in a wholesale copy (ie Puff Daddy) is sampling really a un-creative process. J "No rose without a thorn. But many a thorn without a rose." - Schopenhauer Join The Party @www.cpusa.org ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.