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Originally Posted by Amnorix
Thanks for this. Is "sampling" the industry term for borrowing a riff or entire melody from another song and incorporating it into your own?
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"Sampling" is taking an existing portion of a song and using it to create a new song. For example, James Brown's music is the most sampled music of all time. Rappers & Hip Hop Artists have used portions of his music as breaks or have used them as the music "bed", so to speak, and "Rap" over that music. In essence, no new music is being created. It's pre-existing music that's using a portion or "sample" of the music.
For example, in Tone Loc's
Wild Thing, Eddie Van Halen's guitar from
Jamie's Crying, along with Alex's signature drum fill can be clearly heard. When those aren't in play, there's a drum machine keeping the beat, or acting as the music bed, while Tone Loc raps.
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Originally Posted by Amnorix
And believe me when I say that every word that you write about the music industry is news to me. I know absolutely nothing about it (as is probably obvious by now) and I thank you for your insight and patience!
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No worries.
