What a shame we're still in the culture Of blatant sample nicking without creativity Surely things should have advanced a bit beyond that now.. What do *you* think?
I personally approve of blatant sampling, the reason being that there are many pieces of music that I have discovered through samples that I otherwise wouldn't have come across. In a lot of cases types of music that I otherwise wouldn't have usually listened to e.g. Classical, or in this case Indian. I've a few albums and stuff now that I've bought based on just hearing a sample. Obviously it's good to be creative with samples and change them into something new and different but a lot of the time that means that they're changed beyond recognition and you miss out on discovering and enjoying the original piece. Phil.