Sampling Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

This is the most-sampled song in hip-hop and how it came to be that way

In 1985, Slick Rick and Doug. E. Fresh released a track called “La Di Da Di.” Since then, it’s become

Tracklib, a company that offers legal clearance of samples for use in songs, has released its State of Sample 2019

TrackLib is a service that allows creators of music to discover and license original recordings for use as samples in

If you’re counting the minutes until the weekend starts, burn up half an hour to watch this fantastic lecture on

Writing history takes a very long time. Sure, you could write everything down as it happens, but that’s only really

Can you guess the title and who performed the most sampled song in history? According to WhoSampled.com, 1969’s “Amen, Brother”

How much time do you spend on YouTube each month? One-man electro-pop act, James Hinton, aka the Range, spent over

Remember “Vogue,” Madonna’s hit song from 1990 that introduced the world to a hand-swirling, hip-gyrating dance craze? The courts haven’t.

June? Already? Here’s your music news. Here’s how things work in the US when it comes to the music business.

Every morning at 8:45, I do a break with Fred and Mel on the morning show on 102.1 the Edge.

Sampling–the art of surgically excising a sound and implanting in as part of creating a new piece of music–goes back

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver