Skol303 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 No offence intended by this, but it's a bit naive to suggest that sampling is somehow a talentless art. Like anything musical, it can be done lazily and badly, or brilliantly and creatively. It's both a musical and technical process - it's certainly not as immediate and spontaneous as playing an instrument, but arguably it can lead to more innovation that can be achieved through a traditional band set up: it provided a bigger 'palette' of sounds to play with. Electronic music - and hip hop in particular - wouldn't exist without sampling. And you can of course dismiss such genres as 'talentless' if you wish, but there's a multi-billion$ industry surrounding them that says otherwise (talent being very much in the eye of the beholder, of course). Personally, I'd say that sampling is far more innovative than, say, playing in a covers band - which essentially involves 'borrowing' other people's musical ideas but doing very little in terms of creating something new with them. Obviously I'm bias, as electronic music is my 'thing', hence I'm quick quick on the defence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr M Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I've always been somewhat fascinated by the impact of the 'Amen Break' - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break[/url] A 5.2 second sample from a fairly obscure B-Side that went on to become a fundamental part of a lot of 1980s popular music. Of course, the copyright owner considers it to be plagiarism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol303 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 [quote name='Dr M' timestamp='1345726036' post='1780895'] I've always been somewhat fascinated by the impact of the 'Amen Break'... a 5.2 second sample from a fairly obscure B-Side that went on to become a fundamental part of a lot of 1980s popular music. [/quote] ... and it's still being sampled today! I must admit I'm very guilty of 'borrowing' the Amen break on numerous occasions. Love it. It's massively over-used, for sure, but there's something about it that's magically addictive, for me anyway. There's a superb documentary about it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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