Music History

How Sampling Changed Music Forever

Sampling–the art of surgically excising a sound and implanting in as part of creating a new piece of music–goes back to the 1950s but only really came into its own in the middle 80s with the advent of new electronic devices that could sample, hold and manipulate this sounds. That technology ushered in a brand new era of deconstruction and composition that can be heard throughout music.

Producer Mark Ronson explains exactly how profound the changes have been in this TED talk. (Via Holy Kaw)

Alan Cross

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