I'm a upcoming hip hop beat maker. I have an MPC 2000XL and I was wondering about the sampling techniques. I've made various beats/productions that include samples from old songs etc. etc. But I am afraid to sell them because of copyrights. For example, I took a vinyl record from The Beetles called Something. I put it on the turntable. Loaded it to the MPC, chopped it up to get the drums and a guitar. Then made a beat outta the chopped instruments from the song. Once I am finished I mix it and finished. Then I sell it to an artist that wants to use the beat. I know I can get sued. But how do I get permission to use the beat and sell it??? Do I have to pay?? RZA from the wu tang clan, Kanye West, and others probally have to pay alot because they use alot of samples from old records.
2007-10-20
06:29:05
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Senseless Productionz
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