Sampling In The Music Summary

Sampling, Championed & Criticized

Some say that sampling other artist’s song is one of the worst things a musician can do. However, others argue that greater things can occurred while combining a songs. In the article “Sampling in the Music: a practice that’s here to stay”, by Trevor Paxton. Explains on how sampling has been happening since the early ‘60s, and it will not stop anytime soon. There’s not really one way to control this situation, because there are quite a few factors that have to be under consideration. Such as, how to prove the artist is actually sampling or did the artist just get inspired? I think if an artist actually is sampling is not a negative result, but sometimes when combining a song from the past and making it better

Paxton states “ when done correctly, a sample can be a tasteful or fresh take on classic- or even lesser known- song” (2). Kanye West, is one of the artists that has teamed up with other artists such as Justin Vernon and mix two different types of genre. I think sometimes as an artist you can’t help yourself to get inspired by the artists they grew up with. For instance artist, Pharrell Williams was sue for sampling one of Marvin Gay’s song. The song title “Blurred Lines” was a massive hit for many months and made lots of revenue. When Pharrell was asked if he had sample the song, he reply, by saying that Marvin Gays has a Big Influence in his childhood and that he inspired him as an artist. Sometimes you don’t necessary take the whole idea but just a small part to help you get your thoughts together. Of course artist should also give credit to the person that inspired them, by acknowledging this persons it shows a lot character and

Using ideas from the past can make the perfect combination. In a way your bring history alive and educating the youth, showing them how our music culture has changed over time. Any true music lover would be open mind about listening to a new types of songs. I think most artists in a way want to help the new generations of musicians with their careers, but like any person they just want to get the credit. Anyone would get upset if they copy something that took time and hard work. In the music industry every artist wants be remember as one of the greatest of all time. For example “Pit-bull” started only making songs in Spanish, he was known all over Latin American. Suddenly he started to work with different artist such as Lil Jon, David Guetta, and Ne-Yo which the song call “Time of our Lives” was a huge hit. Pit-bull and Ne-Yo connected two cultures. In my opinion is great when two different artists come together and come out with a great