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The Art of Sampling: The Sampling Tradition of Hip Hop/Rap Music and Copyright Law, 3rd Edition
By Amir Said
The art of sampling, one of the most innovative music processes to emerge in the late-twentieth century, stands today as both a celebrated art form and a cultural activity within the hip hop/rap music tradition and beyond. ‘The Art of Sampling’ (Amir Said, author of ‘The BeatTips Manual’), examines this complex and controversial music process, and presents a study that illuminates the history, creative mechanics, and philosophy of sampling, while also exploring the implications that it holds for copyright law.
The Art of Sampling’ is detailed, sharply informative, and engaging. Astute and intensely thought-provoking, it’s the definitive book on sampling in the hip hop/rap music tradition and copyright law. It’s also one of the most striking and poignant music studies to come along in years.
eBook (PDF VERSION)
Page Count: 1746
Trim Size: 6×9
Publisher: Superchamp Books
ISBN: 978-1-64404-006-5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
PART 1: THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP CULTURE, BEATMAKING, AND THE ART OF SAMPLING
CHAPTER 1: A CULTURE OF SAMPLING
An Overview of the Four Elements of Hip Hop
CHAPTER 2: THE ART OF BEATMAKING
The Birth and Rise of the Hip Hop/Rap Beatmaking Tradition: Eight Periods of Distinct Development
PART 2: COMPOSITION & INSTRUCTION MUSIC TRADITION, CULTURE, AND THEORY, AND THE AESTHETICS, COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS, PERFORMANCE, AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE ART OF SAMPLING
CHAPTER 3: GRANDMASTER FLASH BATTLED MOZART AT THE FEVER, AND MOZART GOT BURNED
The Hip Hop/Rap Music and Beatmaking Traditions, Its Theory, and How it Does and Doesn’t Jive with the Western Classical Music Tradition and Its Theory
CHAPTER 4: HOOK A BEAT UP AND CONVERT IT INTO HIP HOP FORM
Composition, Programming, And Arrangement — Getting The Ingredients And Putting Them All Together
CHAPTER 5: AN OVERVIEW OF THE ART OF SAMPLING
CHAPTER 6: THE SAMPLING EQUATION, AND COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT IN THE ART OF SAMPLING
CHAPTER 7: DRUMS AND SAMPLING
CHAPTER 8: THE STORY OF RHYTHM IN BLACK MUSIC
The Origins of Rhythm in American Popular Music; Key Characteristics and Nuances of Rhythm and Groove; Rhythmic Feels; The Indelible Influence of James Brown on the Use Rhythm In Popular Music; and Four Critical Factors that Impact Rhythm in Hip Hop/Rap Music
CHAPTER 9: THE MISSING CONTEXT FOR THE CLICK-AND-CLOCK RHYTHMIC FEEL
Putting “Dilla Drums” in the Proper Context
CHAPTER 10: THE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
Extended Sampling Techniques, Notes, Tips, and Analysis
PART 3: THE CRITICISM SURROUNDING SAMPLING
CHAPTER 11: THE FUNCTION AND VALUE OF THE ART OF SAMPLING
The Influence of Race, Cultural Background, Musical Hierarchies, and Other Factors on Perceptions of the Art of Sampling — and Why Sampling is a “Useful Art”
CHAPTER 12: A CRITIQUE OF DAVID SANJEK’S ESSAY “‘DON’T HAVE TO DJ NO MORE’”
Detailing the Primary Problems with Scholarship and Criticism Surrounding the Art of Sampling and the Implications that it Holds for Copyright Law
PART 4: COPYRIGHT LAW
CHAPTER 13: AN OVERVIEW OF COPYRIGHT LAW DETAILING HISTORICAL CLARITY ON COPYRIGHT LAW AND POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER 14: DEMYSTIFYING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Substantial Similarity and the Complexity of Proving Infringement (And the Problem with Copyright Infringement Cases Involving Music)
CHAPTER 15: “NO RIGHTS WHICH THE WHITE MAN IS BOUND TO RESPECT”
The Unequal Protection of Black American Music Artists and How Copyright Law, Racial Discrimination, and Inequality Has Historically Disadvantaged Black Music Artists in America… And the Impact This Has on Sampling and the Implications it Holds for Copyright Law
CHAPTER 16: THE TRUTH ABOUT ORIGINALITY AND AUTHORSHIP
How the Romantic Concept of Authorship Came to Be, and the Importance of Relocating the True Meanings of the Concepts of Originality and Authorship
CHAPTER 17: FAIR USE, PART 1: COMMUNAL CREATIVITY AND FAIR USE DEFINED
Communal Creativity and Fair Use Defined
CHAPTER 18: FAIR USE, PART 2: DETERMINING FAIR USE
A Detailed Examination of the Four Factors of the Fair Use Test and How the Courts Typically Apply Them
CHAPTER 19: FAIR USE, PART 3: THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Determining Fair Use: A Detailed Examination of the Four Factors of the Fair Use Test and How the Courts Typically Apply Them
CHAPTER 20: BRIDGEPORT AND THE FALE BRIGHT-LINE
Deconstructing the Most Infamous Court Case Involving Digital Sampling
CHAPTER 21: POST-BRIDGEPORT, PART 1
10 Key Developments that Signal Change in the Music Industry’s Attitude Towards Sampling, Part 1
CHAPTER 22: POST-BRIDGEPORT, PART 2
10 Key Developments that Signal Change in the Music Industry’s Attitude Towards Sampling, Part 2
PART 5: SAMPLE RIGHTS vs. SAMPLE CLEARANCE
23 THE SAMPLE CLEARANCE SYSTEM
How the Sample Clearance System was Born, What it Looks Like Today, and the Climate of Sampling in the Music Industry
24 HOW TO FIX SAMPLE CLEARANCE, PART 1
How the Sample Clearance System Should Work
25 HOW TO FIX SAMPLE CLEARANCE, PART 2
The Tracklib Model and the Danger of Conflating “Sampling” with “Sample Clearance”
26 SAMPLE RIGHTS vs. SAMPLE CLEARANCE
27 SAMPLING, AI-GENERATED MUSIC, AND THE CONTINUUM OF PERMISSIVE BORROWING