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 ...

When artists sample music, are they stealing or merely being creative and using the work in a new way? Before diving into my research on the art of sampling music, I’ll admit I was the person on the ...

Dean Garfield, president and CEO, Information Technology Industry Council, Washington, D.C. Kembrew McLeod, associate professor, department of communication ...

Over the years, DJ Shadow has shared much wisdom with MusicRadar across a range of interviews ...

This is sure to put a damper on his weekend plans. R&B hitmaker The Weeknd is named in a copyright lawsuit over his top charting song, “The Hills,” according to documents obtained by The Hollywood ...

The practice of music sampling, which is the integration of pre-recorded sounds into new musical gestures, experienced a golden, unregulated age in the late 1980s that is almost unimaginable today.

Steinski compiles a sampler of five songs which showcase a variety of sampling techniques. Read the list and listen to the songs here. Humphrey Bogart may not have known much about it, but he was part ...

A New York label claims the rapper illegally used bits of a 1969 song by New Orleans legend Eddie Bo in the chart-topping 2010 disc "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." By Erik Pedersen A record label ...

Imagine sitting in your car, listening to the radio and hearing yet another song that sounds strangely familiar—only this time, it’s a sped-up version of a ’90s R&B track or a drill beat layered over ...

Do you keep hearing people talk about sampling rate in music? But aren’t certain what that actually is?? Well, friend, you’ve come to the right place. On a fundamental level, sampling rate is a result ...