My samples are all original: djpain1beats.com/sound-kits/soulful-samples-high-society-138290

Being an old school, late 80s DJ...sampling was LIFE. It was the ultimate tribute to the original song. It was part of what made rap music so FUN. Rap was beats, scratching, beat boxing, rhyming, and SAMPLING. It was a core element of the art. I would love to make an album chock full of samples. Eventually people will just make the music they want to make by going underground.

Thanks for clarifying this troubling issue Homie. I guess I’ll just continue to be the underground copyright criminal I’ve always been. Sampling and mixing/scratchin vinyl is the sonic foundation of our culture and will never be abandoned by the diehard Heads. Even if we end up just making it for ourselves. Yes yes Y’all! And it don’t stop!🔥🔊🔥 Peace to all the crate diggas with dusty fingas. Keep on.

Weaponizing against artists never ends.

Shout out to Portishead, the GOATS. For their self titled album they wrote a completely separate album, pressed it to vinyl, wore the vinyl out to age it, then sampled it for parts of the actual album. Literally sampled themselves.

This breakdown is gold. More people need to hear the business side of making music.

Keep sampling!!!! keep breathing new life into these forgotten songs!!!!! keep bringing back these forgotten artists!!!!! keep the music alive!!!! obviously the suits and the execs dont care about creativity. they cant stop the bum rush!!!!! if they let modern artist actually make things they enjoy making, maybe they will garner the respect the artists and execs before them. of course, i know the main goal was to make money back then, but look at how much great and iconic music we used to get. look at how potent and stacked the genres were. it was grand and we enjoyed it as the listener and as inspired artists.

You have been a digital mentor for me since 2013. I love sampling but I started playing in bands before I started making beats so I prefer to play my own compositons. I stumbled upon making my own samples by mistake as I was writing beats the way you write songs for bands and they just didn't work out. After watching a video where you broke down how to make beats with space for the vocalist I found myself chopping up my original attempts. I swear man you do justice to the community. you taught me to think outside the box and have given me the ability to create and work from an informed point of view. From how to shop beats to how to interact with other producers and industry you have my my adventures in LA fruitful much love and keep dropping knowledge on us thank you Pain

Definitely a convo that continously needs to be had and you my G are at the forefront in my opinion of keeping the community properly educated! Salute!

Ignorance is so loud and entertaining. We appreciate you Pain... you're doing us a huge service by spreading knowledge. Much Love G

I sample all the time, but if tomorrow we could never sample again I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Learning how to write and arrange a song from scratch is a priceless skill set.

we should ALL keep sampling and post it constantly, overwhelm the system

Time for all producers and musicians to come together.

Great video, thanks for explaining this issue so well. I've been involved in a lot of recording contracts over the years, I'm a vocalist with a decent mid-teir-level following but spend a lot of time hidden as an annonymous ghost-producer on this account to avoid the drama...but because I'm deep into the producer side of the music realm, I often find myself explaining this very issue to A LOT of other producers and artists and having to tip-toe around it myself. I can speak from experience that you are spot on in your perspective here. And things are only going to get worse, with the removal of human interpretation, enter A.I. and sync tech to replace. IMO, the safest bet is just to approach the creation of music with a clean slate and open mind, whildst making your best attempt to be as original as possible each time you create. Honestly, the software and hardware these days is so advanced, that one can make insanely dynamic loops for themselves, that could suffice as a sample-level composition. Thanks for another great vid Pain.

thank for all this info!!

You're not anti sampling bro you're just spreading the knowledge about sampling and the business side of it. Me personally I would use tracklib to clear the samples that I use or I would just use one shots from sample packs and just make my own melodies off it.

This indeed is frightening. If content id gets hit on these short things, what happens to any kind of electronic instrument, many of these use samples to generate the sound...

Thank you so much for educating people on this man you a real one fr. Too many people out here thinking they slick and it's usually the people that are trying to do things right that pay the price for it.

Excellent work in explaining a complex situation. Thanks much!

Thanks, Pain! I’ll keep this in mind when I get back to making music! Appreciate the knowledge base you share with your audience! ✊🏾

Yeah man, BIG, ALL-DAY type ups for this type of content. Explained but not OVER-explained... and my dude is RIGHT on the money with this stuff. I went through a little Arts & Tech school 2 year program that taught me a TON about recording, back in the 2000s before EVERYBODY did it from home.. but some of the best classes we had there? Record Label Operations sec I and II were taught by one of the partners of the Police's manager. He would tell us crazy shit about being on tour in the 80s.. but even then he was telling us "sampling, if I teach you nothing else, I need to teach NOT to screw yourself over if you choose to do it!" Same as you, he didn't tell us don't, but don't get it twisted there's no 'sample safe' minimum amount of something you can use, I don't care what anyone tells you! And everyone out there- tell your people too! Put em on to the video, but educate your friends! Sampled? Clear it. Re-recorded? Not mechanical, it's called a "SYNC LICENSE" and you need to... you guessed it: Clear it!

Thorough and VERY insightful! Thanks!!!

Good info. Learned a few things.

I would much rather pay the creators of music than a label.

Another well explained video delving into the world of why I don't buy sample packs or try to sell my own samples. The internet is loaded with lawsuits waiting to happen lol. I do enjoy your breakdowns of how the business works. Great video as always brother! Cheers 🔥👊🧡👍🔥

Thanks for the heads up

Great information bruh, I didn’t know some of these things and the other 1/2 is frightening af

My only concern is the misidentifying of a track thinking it's a sample from a song. This sample detection software might not be flawless. The days of being secretive about a sample is over 😂

Sampling music is paying homage to artist. I give people their flowers through my beats. I’ve sent them to many known artists and got nothing but love. I appreciate the knowledge behind sampling bro, because it is important to know the law behind it. But it’s therapeutic for me. #HandsDown

Thank you for the wisdom!!

Priceless info mate thank you, sorry you’re going through it! ☹️

ALWAYS SHAZAM LOOPS

It's funny how DJ's can play out any track they want in the club and make their entire living off of other peoples music. But when someone actually does something interesting and creative using someones pre-existing music, then the sample police come out in full force

Always appreciate these vids Pain! The chain lookin clean too 💎💎💎

Hey pain that was so good info you shared thanks. Keep sharing that knowlege bro...

15:48 That reminds me when people thought DJ MUGGS used horse sample from "Good Guys Only Win in the Movies'' by Mel and Tim in Cypress Hill's 'Insane in the brain' song but DJ MUGGS refuted that sample. He said it's just high pitched blues guitar runned through guitar AMPs but he also admitted that horse sample sounds almost same. Crazy

And this is exactly why i stopped sampling a while ago. I get the point was to educate & not scare people away from sampling but, since i know how to play some instruments i decided this was a headache i didn’t want to deal with. Now i just sample myself lol.

Peace, thanks 4 da info: stay up, one

awesome breakdown!

I got into making beats because of sample producers, I had to relearn beat making without it, it's easy sometimes but overall always feels like something is missing

Also I think if it's possible we could go back to selling out of the trunks of our cars like the 90's except this time it won't be CD's it could be jump drives or San disk😅😅😂😂

An extremely comprehensive and balanced guide to sampling, replaying samples, publishing clearance. Your real-world scenarios are golden. Thank you! SCORCCiO Replays + Clearances

You are real asF man!!!! Keeping us informed thank you

🔥🔥🔥🔥 good topic and tips

What about VST Synths, just by being put in a recording they become samples. Does that make presets copyrighted? What if you use a popular synthetic guitar and amp simulation on the default setting and hit a common note or chord?

Its crazy to me that as many times as you talk about this people still respond with "thats why i dont sample" as if they didnt hear cleared samples, original works,licenesed samples etc still get falsely flagged

Good looking outPain!

I generally don't use samples outside of my Mellotron Micro (which, in the manual, made it VERY clear that there were non-audible fingerprints on every sample which identified who bought the actual mellotron; registration is required)

I see u flossin w ur new 💎 chain P 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Well damn explained good sir! Pain Chain looking smooth 💯💪🏾

I'm not stopping!

Regardless of the intention, this shit is discouraging as it is informative. What I love most about sampling is the cultural aesthetic. Sure it helps to enrich my sound, since I'm not a formally trained musician, but I have no problem creating my own compositions. But I really love reworking an old record from another genre to make it hip-hop, that's the foundation. That's what I fell in love with. And that's whether it's slapping more drums on a dope break loop, or doing more creative chopping/rearranging. But we all wanna get paid of course, and who really wants to deal with all this bullshit? 🙄

Pain, i’m still really hoping to hear your 2 cents on tracklib. Unfortunately i definitely have some unreleased beats that will require a lot of legwork if i want to release it but many i’m building are around tracklib samples. Saving money to pay the fees oh them a few at a time and launch my beatstars.

Subbed after watching a 2nd video. Great content dude!

Your comments seem informational, sincere, and objective barring experience. Good guy.-Ernie Moore Jr

hey, pain. can I make short clips of this and upload them as shorts?

3:26 and this ruins it for EVERYONE. I made a sample that Dillygotitbumpin used this week and an artist left a comment asking if they would have clearance issues if they leased the beat... I shouldn't be penalized by shady business practices of other producers and the consumer shouldn't have to second guess everything just because my work sounds authentic.

Thanks for Sharing... Humble Magnificent

I just discovered this channel bro. Gratefully Subscribed

Sample recreation is a niche I'm glad to fill. 😂

How is it that mid journey, for example gets to steal “samples” from millions of visual artists, but for musician it’s gettin harder and harder? I believe that a lawsuit needs to take place where this comparison is fairly tackled

I’ve learned a lot from you bro! And that chain 🔥 by the way

Good shit bro

I released a album over ten years ago full of uncleared samples, which just blew up over the pandemic. isn't there a statue of limitations on making a copyright claim or am I screwed?

It’s crazy that you ALWAYS show receipts and people STILL try to discredit your knowledge of the business.

thank you very much for this information it makes sense when you break down the fact these samples contains various instruments played by various musicians on top of the major label owning the masters

GOOD INFO BRO....SALUTE

Wow this sampling issue has really advanced and seems to be continuing to be a serious problem for non instrument producers

AI ruining art related jobs speedrun

good stuff king 💯

Great channel! Thanks. 30 years ago I had an album accepted by Capitol. A Korg sound designer heard part of it through my A&R guy and said I used one of his unreleased sounds for the M1. Korg sent him to my studio to confirm it was his. Now, I composed, arranged and played along with my band, the album using no Korg devices. He actually came to my studio and went home with egg on his face. Was a weird experience. These days I use almost exclusively (like then) my own composed beats and samples but it sounds like I may still have to prove my originality someday if I quit just doing music as a hobby.

Sounds even worse. Because the next meta for copystriking past even hip hop is the george harrison standard. But youtubes entire content ID history I heard has been a minefield of false and legit strikes for even non sampled material. I wonder how this detection works on vsts like addictive drums or even other ai like emergent drums. Because a person could still create funky chords and riffs themselves, but synthesizer drum synthesis....kinda tough to make funky drums completely from synth presets and patches.

Drake samples the shit out (not just sample but copy word for word) of everyone's music and doesn't get in trouble for any of it.

I’ve worked as a signed artist the last decade (out of contract last month). Every word this man says on copyright, labels, recoupment etc is spot on. I never worked with samples, outside of royalty free stuff like sound effects, sample based virtual instruments: the safe stuff. Now I make samples for people. Having to clear samples is a losing game, sadly.

Love the chart vus sometimes I still get a lil lost on the details of everything.

Tracklib clearance not enough?

Good thing I learned to make my own samples because something told me that they would start to crack down on samples. To be quite frank I think sampling in this day and age can be a bit lazy and doesn't sound like my material so I'd rather just make my own melodies anyway

Thank you

This is a prime example of how intellectual property is suppressing creativity. With the current state of affairs, the powers that be are trying to make it impossible to sample. Think about what that means for an industry that has largely been kept afloat, by the very same genre, they are attempting to eliminate. Clearances have the ability to shut down an entire song, whether it be beforehand, or after the fact. If it becomes impossible to obtain clearances, that is a lot of music not being made. What are they going to do next, outlaw samplers? I'll take it a step further; What happens when they decide to pull every song that has ever been sampled, and completely restructure copyright law with A.I? All it takes is legislation. We are definitely in need of a producer's lobbying group. By the time we organized one, it will be too late...

hip hop has been transgressive from the go. just as you're not supposed to do graffiti on people's properties, you're not supposed to sample other people's music. i get where you're coming from but I hope people who are 25 and under won't be discouraged by this.

Good stuff, bro

This is really good insight. Not many people are informing the masses about this.

Hip hop is dead. It's safe to say it now.

Dope chain pain💥💥

Excellent information

This video is a must watch for music producers.

I need to watch more of these videos .

its time like these i give thanks for that kit you gave us (Clearance Guaranteed)

I wanted to start sampling obscure rock music into beats so ty for your insight

Thank you again for the consistent gems you're posting. The point by point breakdown is a masterclass every producer/beatmaker needs to learn and memorize so they don't screw over other composers. Another amazing and very important discussion that more producers need to address. I'm just wondering what copyright protections people who upload original music and compositions to Yt or some streaming service have if they did not file a copyright for sound recording or performing arts given how expensive it is these days. Is there any advice you could please share regarding sending out loops to other producers/beatmakers whether via email or some collective like artistconnect on how you could properly protect yourself from copyright infringement? We all know there are going to be unscrupulous people who will sample the work of others and not give credit and since the burden of proof lies with the claimant, it will be an uphill battle especially when facing a well known producer or major label. (Like the pvlace gunboi dispute and Black Eyed peas stealing songs for Boom Boom Pow and I Got A feeling)

That's why Ruff Ryders used to hire me. To create samples that sound like the original but are different compositionally.

This could actually be exciting for the underground music movement. Give us a real reason to have to dig again.

I remember u from back in the day. I was learning that program called sony ACID. Great content bro. Very tela😅and real

It’s crazy how much you have to break stuff down for people, I’m new to producing and sampling but it really didn’t take me long to find out the laws and where I stood, always great information in your videos though and always learn something I didn’t know. Also it’s mental how many people flip out and lose their minds from what you say and are too stupid to realise that you’re really trying to help. A lot of smooth brains about these days 😂 keep up the good work pain you’re a legend 👍🏻

you directing me to dj pasta, as a big daft punk fan, has made this one of the rarest moments on youtube for me being absolutely amazed. waw

It's times like this, I feel glad and blessed that I learned music theory before I learnt the tech. I don't ever need no samples and now i'm extra glad about that fact. Thanks for the Video DJ Pain 1!

Thanks 4 keeping it real 🫡

Thanks

Bro bro! YOU are so absolutely correct! It's Amazing that a million+ viewers that are "ARTISTS/PRODUCERS" in the business have not seen this!?🤔

Thanks man, I've been freestyling for 8 years, and writing raps for 5, I just started taking things seriously, built a producing studio and have been writting raps heavily, and will be starting an independent career, all of these licensing implications and legal details of the industry I have a feeling will save my ass down the road. As it stands, using samples for promotional drivers seams like still a good idea, but for mixtapes it seams that legal ownership is the golden path to actually getting paid for your shit and not ripped off like every other schmuck that gets conned by the industry goons lol.