The Art of Sampling: The Sampling Tradition of Hip Hop / Rap Music and Copyright Law

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. Divided into three primary parts, including an in-depth History part, a robust Instruction (how-to) part, and a highly comprehensive Copyright Law part, '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, and one of the most striking and poignant music studies to come along in years.

CONTENIDO:

Preface
Introduction

- Part 1: History
1. A culture of sampling
2. Looking for the perfect beat

- Part 2: Instruction. Aesthetics, compositional analisys, performance, and philosophy of the art of sampling
3. An overview of the art of sampling
4. The mechanics of sampling, part 1
5. The mechanics of sampling, part 2
6 Drums and sampling
7. Sampling techniques
8. Misconceptions, criticisms, and the value of art of sampling

- Part 3. Copyright law and the art of sampling
9. An overview of copyright law
10. Fair use
11. Fair use, the Supreme Court Court, and the music industry
12. The sample clearance system
13. Bridgeport and the false bright-line
14. Post-Bridgeport
15. Proposal

Afterword
Appendix
Index