Sampling is definitely a different type of music. Some people would think that sampling would be considered plagiarism, others would find it to be creative. I would say that depending on how it is done will determine whether it is a knock off of what has already been made or a unique way of using a different song to enhance a new. There are some artists that I could think of to represent both of these sides of my argument. There are a couple of songs by Pitbull, one of them being Bon Bon, where h uses the beat and chorus of a different song to make a new song. Another song would be when he uses the beat and sound of Palmdale by Afroman, at this time and point I can’t think of the title of the song. I would say remakes are a type of plagiarism, but that isn’t necessarily sampling.

Many people feel that Lady Gaga is using things and doing exactly what Madonna had done in her younger ages and feel Lady Gaga should give credit to Madonna for her ideas. I am not quite sure what they are talking about since I am not a big follower of Lady Gaga, I only know a few songs; that goes the same for Madonna. I hear about it from many of my friends every time I hear Lady Gaga on the radio. From the collective group I would have to say it isn’t far from the truth.

I personally don’t care all that much, so long as the song sounds good and doesn’t butcher or feel like a knock off of the original. That usually goes for remakes for me rather than sampling. Sampling is just using a piece of a song, rather than making the older song new. The Song You Spin Me Round has been remade so many times, and each of those sound good, well from the ones I have heard at least. It has also been used in sampling as well for many songs. The most recent that I know of that sounds really good to me is You Spin My Head Right Round by Flo Rida. This is a good example of sampling. I could accept Sampling to a point.

Now what I have been talking about is a light version of sampling. Real Sampling is using other sounds to make a completely new thing. I have a good amount of friends that are DJs and they make some amazing sounds. It blows me away. I don’t know how they think of these things and how it all combines to make its own piece of art. If you are real good at it you can almost forget that the pieces used are of other songs. It is taking art and making new art of it. There is This interview that I have found on YouTube that would probably explain it much better than I would. It is an interview of a DJ who samples and makes it his own.