Backlash

Hey guys
from my other blog about youtube musicians i got a few comments about selling artist short...I'm not selling anyone short but those two songs (one by T-pain and one by sean kingston) I did not say anything about writing them or producing them i simple pointed out the computer enchancement in their voice. And the girl who i linked to about not good singing I didnt say anything about the song I talked about her voice and she didn't write the song that she played behind her it was Paramore's 'Misery Buisness' that was written by the band. I respect most artist if they are serious about their work. If they want to go around saying that they make their own music or write their own music and just don't then I don't have any respect for them. Which brings up another topic...sampling

We watched a video in class about sampling and it got me thinking if you sample songs from other artist will you pay them royalties for their song. My own personal thought about this is....to an extent. If your taking like verses or chorse out and using them in your song then thats a no because that is their words that you have taken (also remember "covers" talk about that later) but if your taking riffs and licks that you layer over to make it sound like your own then I think thats okay as long is it doesn't sound exactly like the original (remixes)

Covers are a different story though. A cover is when an artist takes a song and does a remake of it in his or her own way and or does it the same way with their own voice. Covering a song does not mean taking it as long as the artist reconizes the original artist. Maybe covers can be better or worse that then original but is all a matter of interpritation. A good example of a cover is Cristina Marie's cover of Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' (which is intrestingly enought is also a cover itself) So next time you hear that song you love from that artist it isn't originaly from it is probably a cover!

Hayley Michelle Simpson
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Ps. Maybe one day I'll do a song on youtube but not today! and yeah I know its not very easy!