Tag: Sample
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AI for Sample Spotting – Content ID +?
This article explores how sample spotters are using AI to detect even the tiniest of samples, leaving many music producers and artists with sleepless nights. With no legal exemption for even the smallest sample, this new form of Content ID could revolutionize the way we approach music production.
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Homebound Kid – Not So World Famous album
It’s finally here! The first Homebound Kid album by departure and butterfly boy on Lemon Hed Records called ‘Not So World Famous’ – and it’s great. If you like William Maranci’s Meat Mountain or the Avalanches you’ll love Homebound Kid and their plunderphonic album of blends – less ‘mashup’ or bastard pop and more experimental…
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One Very Important Thought
Never realised til now that the speech sampled on Boards of Canada’s ‘One Very Important Thought’ was from a porn movie, 1982’s ‘A Brief Affair‘! It was re-recorded for ‘Music Has A Right To Children’ to include ‘Boards of Canada’ but the original version was used on their earlier BOC Maxima tape.
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Keep Tracking
A great video and basically this is how I produced my early music tracks 30 years ago! I had a Yamaha Portasound 160 and later 590, but my first keyboard was very similar to the one in this video without the fun synth waves. That said, later I had OctaMED and I think a version…
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?uestlove on sampling and hiphop
Tell the truth, James Brown was old ‘Til Eric and Ra came out with “I Got Soul” Rap brings back old R&B And if we would not, people could’ve forgot Stetsasonic came on the radio, and I’ve always loved this lyric as it really said what needed to be said about sampling in hiphop. Apparently…
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Integrity and liability, or samplers shouldn’t throw stones
Mentioned this before on Twitter and Facebook, but I’ve been ignoring the sample litigation over here which really is the home of such discussions (for me anyway). This article on PolicyMic about the recent Beasties win made me kind of annoyed. Really not sure the Beasties suing people for millions of dollars is the epitome…