IPTA Blog has an abbreviated transcript of a panel on sampling at the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit featuring Funkasaurus Rex and one of rap’s greatest producers. Good bits:
- George Clinton: “The first artist found who sampled P-Funk was De La Soul.”
- Clinton: “When hip-hop came out I was glad to hear our songs [sampled], because we were getting on the radio. [...] I’d figure out a way to make money off it. We went back on the road and started making money playing the long version of the songs.”
- Clinton responding to the question, “Is sampling lazy?”: “My mother called us lazy, too. She said that we just vamped– got on a groove for 20 minutes and jammed and that was lazy.”
- The original artists don’t see the sampling money, unless they pull a van Winkle and get sued: Clinton says, “We haven’t gotten hardly any of the money from the sampling.” In response, Shocklee says, “I know for a fact that we paid a LOT of money to Bridgeport. You look at the fact that these guys have been suing for a long period of time and a lot of money is being made and we should get a license for sampling, who is this actually benefitting? The original artist who made the song or the person who just happens to be the [rightsholder]?”
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Funkadelic post, gotta love George! Saw him live in Texas and he had them spliffs smoking on stage. Awesome show…
Surprised that this post hasn’t been touched with comments….
And once again the guys creating the sounds from the beginning are the lowest on the money food chain…
I just thought it was so funny that George Clinton’s mom thinks he’s lazy.
hey jim, since no ones hitting this one might as well hit it again myself..
yeah, thought that comment was pretty hilarious myself!
anyone who’s seen his shows knows that he is definitely one hard working mofo….
u know how those mum’s are, always picking at your for some reason or another….
Yeah- we can turn this thread into a bunch of jokes about rock star moms. Like, I imagine Iggy Pop’s mom knitting in a bucket.