Three Notes & Runnin’
We can no longer use samples unless they are licenced, no matter how small the sample is or how much it is modified beyond the point of recognition. The judges of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, who made this decision, “…do not see this as stifling creativity in any significant way.” The sample in question was three-note guitar riff from “Get Off Your Ass and Jam” by Funkadelic, which was used by NWA in their tune 100 Miles and Runnin.
Music Activist, Downhill Battle, disagree with this decision (as all of us do) and in response have called musicians to download the 1.5 second sample and create a unique 30 second tune…the main rule, “You can slice it, layer it, loop it, stretch it, filter it, smack it up, flip it, and rub it down, but you can’t bring any other sounds into the mix.” By doing this they “hope to showcase the potential and diversity of sample based music and sound art, and to call into question the relationship between a sample and its use”
The project goes by the name Three Notes and Runnin’, at the time of writing there are 72 tunes to hear (full list here).
Favourites so far are Changeiscoming / Sourcesauce by Music From Speakers, Art Crime by Mikrosopht, Deperising by Funkis & Gen Dobre by Smutek. [via]
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