The Score Magazine March 2018 issue! | Page 39

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