Joanna Demers, assistant professor of music history and literature, University of Southern California Is the creative appropriation of previously recorded music theft? Or is that act, better known as ...

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"Trap and drill music sampling the old school classics sucks. I have tried to listen to akina Ice Spice and some new Gen Z music with some 90s samples, but I just can't. Lots of bass and auto-tune and ...

Sampling has become hugely popular in the music industry, and its ability to inspire inventive tracks has earned it the respect of artists and critics alike. However, the outdated nature of the laws ...

Although music sampling—the reuse of previous music in a new song or piece—is a rich, centuries-old tradition, we seldom hear about its successes. On one hand, the mass media seems to have drawn a ...

Heading into its homestretch, Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, examines “a musical revolution that was not only inspired by recording but born from its history: the art ...

Although newer artists and producers continue to breathe new life into the endless possibilities of sampling, there’s been growing criticism of contemporary popular music reaching back to sample the ...