Selling Beats with Uncleared Samples!!

[peritus]

Sorry if this sounds offensive, but the whole sampling thing seems kind of lazy or something to me. Yeah, I know you can play around and make some cool new sound from it and that's its been done 100 times over, but still. I know it's usually hip hop or whatever people call it, but... I just feel if I had written a new song, I wouldn't have as much pride in it knowing parts of it are "samples." Just my 2cents. And yeah, I'm not much for hiphop, so I am biased.

I might not agree.. but I understand what you mean...

I try to sample artists that I care about or ones who are quite possibly dead and gone (or both).. That way I know people who I care about will be getting money, if I get big with a song... Don't know if that makes sense to anyone else, or not..

If you ever get really bored some time.. Sit down and attempt to sample something... Not only will, most likely, find it difficult (to conceptualize what you will be doing with that sample, before hand)... You'll probably find it difficult to connect it back to it's source... On the real... If I was a musician of the past, I'd be trying to get people sampling my stuff... A) it's cool (to me anyway).. b) I get paid ...

It's funny that everyone talks about sampling not being a "true artform"... Like I'd rather be making pseudo-metal or be in a boyband...haha!.. I'd venture to say that the majority of musical progress in the past decade has been in hip hop and therefore sampling... (in my opinion, of course)...

Either way.. I'm rambling.. no harsh feelings..just felt like typing...

Edit: prolly more than a decade

 

[X man Da Legend]

Also remember there is a second limit in sampling until you have to get sample clearance. Years ago it used to be about 5 seconds. I think it may have changed over the years. I have to look into that.

thats commoon misconception that can get a lot of people in trouble. someone elses material is still their material it doesnt matter how much of a sample u take. I have nothing against sampling I sample myself but taking someone elses work is still taking someone elses work no matter if its 1 second or 2 hours.

 

[BeatsBuY]

Sorry if this sounds offensive, but the whole sampling thing seems kind of lazy or something to me. Yeah, I know you can play around and make some cool new sound from it and that's its been done 100 times over, but still. I know it's usually hip hop or whatever people call it, but... I just feel if I had written a new song, I wouldn't have as much pride in it knowing parts of it are "samples." Just my 2cents. And yeah, I'm not much for hiphop, so I am biased.

No offensive taken. We've been making all tracks from scratch (no samples) as of late. We just wanted to polish up our skills and give our self a challenge.
But, sampling is an art in itself. You can abuse it, and you can do it justice. I'm for doing it justice.

 

[tone_aot]

Gracefully said beatsbuy.