I’ve been making sample maps, diagrams showing what songs include samples of what other songs. I’m a big sample geek. I like knowing where my music comes from the same way I like knowing where my food comes from. This map shows many, probably not nearly all, of the songs that sample Michael Jackson’s solo [...]
Filed in Autobio, Copyright and Authorship, Internet, Key Musicians, Music, Race and Identity, Sampling, Social Media
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Also tagged anthro, blogs, digg, digging the crates, flickr, hip-hop, Internet, jackson 5, memes, michael jackson, Music, Politics, pop, race, remixes, sample maps, Sampling, Social Media, soul makossa, twitter
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“The Funky Drummer Parts One And Two” by James Brown and the JBs is one of the most-sampled recordings in history. “The Funky Drummer” is a cornerstone of hip-hop and other sample-based electronic music, but for the first decade after its release it was an obscure tune. It’s a nice groove, but as a song, [...]
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Evolution, Improvisation, Key Musicians, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged algorithms, audio editing, black thought, digging the crates, eminem, freestyle, funk, funky drummer, godel, hip-hop, james brown, looping, memes, mos def, Music, programming, recursion, remixes, rnb, Sampling, soul, susan blackmore
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Sampling, remixing and mashups make some people angry. A lot of people think that repurposing existing ideas is bad, that it’s lazy, or a form of stealing. We value originality highly. Should we? My own experience of music making is that there are no original ideas. There are novel combinations of old ideas, but it’s [...]
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Evolution, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged beatles, composing, creativity, jonathan lethem, memes, Music, remixes, Sampling, susan blackmore
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