“I didn’t have to work anymore in life when the rappers started sampling… I’m the most sampled artist in history”*…
A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That’s why I think I’ll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?
– Gotye
From Jonny Wilson– aka Eclectic Method…
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* Rick James
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As we muse on mash-ups, we might recall that it was on this date in 1878 that the modern music business was effectively born: Thomas Edison was awarded U.S. Patent No. 200,521 for his invention, the phonograph.
Thomas Edison with his phonograph, photographed by Mathew Brady in Washington, April 1878