The History of
Sampling
MALIK ARSHAQ
Have you ever listened to a track on the radio and had
this unshakable feeling that you've heard the exact
melody or drums or a groove on a track by another
artist? Well, that's probably because you have. extensive sample editing and manipulation. While a lot of
artists use this technique to incorporate an entire musical
section into their own production, there a lot of artists
that employ it in a very tasteful and creative manner.
Sampling is the act of taking a portion of a sound recording
or a song and integrating it into producing a different
piece of music. This may include a drum loop, a bassline,
a vocal section or even non-musical elements such as a
dialogue from a movie or an excerpt from an interview.
Nowadays, it's almost difficult to find music that have no
samples in them. With the trend of DAWs overtaking the
producti