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Music, In Rotation Nov 18, 2013
In Rotation: Matt Clark of White/Light on Nile Rodgers's winterized boats

Plus: Reader writer Leor Galil on East of the Rock, Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop on Lucius's locked-in harmonies, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Leor Galil, East of the Rock, rap, Chicago rap, Black Pegasus, Fifth Element, Lorde, sampling, TV Nicks, Universal Records, SPF420, vaporwave, Bandcamp, Matt Clark, White/Light, Nashville, television, TV shows, Reckless Records, Lizzy Calhoun, Twitter, Nile Rogers, @nilerodgers, Instagram, Stairway to Stardom, Wayne Rubin, Frank Masi, jazz, hairdressing, Mark Greenberg, composers, Mayfair Workshop, Basta Records, Raymond Scott, electronic music, Rebecca Dudley, photography, Lucius, Mom + Pop Records, Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, pop music

Music, Music Feature May 8, 2013
What music's outsiders and oddballs got up to before the Internet

A new coffee-table book and CD set documents the weird bygone world of private-press records.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, DJ Shadow, family bands, private-press records, private-press albums, records, vinyl, Jr. and His Soulettes, The Rhodes Kids, Michael Thevis, GRC, Captain Hook and His Pirate Crew, Von R. Saum, Now-Again, The Invaders, Cleo McNett, Gary Schneider, Silk & Silver, Jimmy Flemion, DIY distribution, The Invaders, Cleo McNett, Jonema Wintergate, Kalassu Kay, 33 1/3, Robert Baldwin, Gary Higgins, The Frogs, Gary Wilson, vanity records, vanity pressings, self-released records, The Shaggs, Austin Wiggin, sampling, The New York Times, Drag City, reissues, rereleases, Numero Group, Gear Fab, Byron Coley, books, record covers, coffee-table books, Enjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992, history, record collectors, Johan Kugelberg, Michael P. Daley, Paul Major, St. Therese's Folk Group, The Happy Eggs, Century Records, Endless Boogie, Harriette Blake, Chicago Sun-Times, Irv Kupcinet, Don Alan, Von R. Saum, YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, CD Baby

Music, Music Feature Feb 27, 2013
Video
Who's really doing the Harlem Shake?

What this month's biggest meme says about cultural property and appropriation on the Internet.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Feature, The Harlem Shake, Plastic Little, viral videos, attribution, Tumblr, cultural appropriation, Le1f, Time.com, Burton W. Peretti, cultural property, Philadelphyinz, Mad Decent, popular culture, sampling, internet memes, Filthy Frank, Baauer, Harlem, EDM, hip-hop, Puff Daddy, YouTube, Billboard, manifest destiny, Video

Music, Music Column May 9, 2012
No sale = no defense

From Flosstradamus to Kanye West, artists are learning the hard way that they can catch heat for an uncleared sample even if they give their songs away
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, hip-hop, sampling, remixes, copyright law, Flosstradamus, Mad Decent, Tumblr, Mediafire, Olaf Veldkamp, Dutch Master, file lockers, Soundcloud, copyright law, copyright infringement, Kanye West, Robert Poindexter, the Persuaders, Young Chop, Chief Keef, Legitmix

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2011
An interview with Legitmix creator Omid McDonald

A Q&A with the guy who might be bringing back legal sampling
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Legitmix, Omid McDonald, Sharp Darts, El-P, Rush, hip-hop, sampling, technology, the biz

Music, Music Column Nov 23, 2011
Sampling’s not dead

Legitmix puts legal appropriation back on hip-hop's table
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, hip-hop, sampling, remixes, copyright law, M3U files, entertainment law, Omid McDonald, Legitmix

Blogs, Bleader Oct 18, 2011
Syl Johnson's not feeling "The Joy"

Local soul legend's taking Jay-Z and Kanye to court
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Syl Johnson, Numero Group, Peter Margasak, the Reader, hip-hop, Jay-Z, Kanye West, sampling, lawsuits, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2011
Video
Copyright Criminals

"Can you own a sound?" asks the sampling documentary "Copyright Criminals," screening Saturday 1/14 in the 3rd Annual Winter Block Party for Hip-Hop Arts at the Chicago Urban Art Society.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Chicago Urban Art Society, Winter Block Party for Hip-Hop Arts, Chuck D, De La Soul, Pete Rock, Saul Williams, George Clinton, Clyde Stubblefield, Funky Drummer, sampling, Copyright Criminals, Toronto Film Festival, hip-hop, Benjamin Franzen, Kembrew McLeod, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 22, 2009
Video
Diggin'

Who Sampled gives you the song behind the song.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Video, Hip-Hop, dance music, sampling, The Internet, Who Sampled, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2007
Amen

The story of the most sampled break in history.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Hip-Hop, The Winstons, sampling, funk

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In Rotation: Matt Clark of White/Light on Nile Rodgers's winterized boats

Plus: Reader writer Leor Galil on East of the Rock, Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop on Lucius's locked-in harmonies, and more

What music's outsiders and oddballs got up to before the Internet

A new coffee-table book and CD set documents the weird bygone world of private-press records.

Video
Who's really doing the Harlem Shake?

What this month's biggest meme says about cultural property and appropriation on the Internet.

No sale = no defense

From Flosstradamus to Kanye West, artists are learning the hard way that they can catch heat for an uncleared sample even if they give their songs away

An interview with Legitmix creator Omid McDonald

A Q&A with the guy who might be bringing back legal sampling

Sampling’s not dead

Legitmix puts legal appropriation back on hip-hop's table

Syl Johnson's not feeling "The Joy"

Local soul legend's taking Jay-Z and Kanye to court

Video
Copyright Criminals

"Can you own a sound?" asks the sampling documentary "Copyright Criminals," screening Saturday 1/14 in the 3rd Annual Winter Block Party for Hip-Hop Arts at the Chicago Urban Art Society.

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Diggin'

Who Sampled gives you the song behind the song.

Amen

The story of the most sampled break in history.

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Plus: Reader writer Leor Galil on East of the Rock, Mark Greenberg of the Mayfair Workshop on Lucius's locked-in harmonies, and more

A new coffee-table book and CD set documents the weird bygone world of private-press records.

What this month's biggest meme says about cultural property and appropriation on the Internet.

From Flosstradamus to Kanye West, artists are learning the hard way that they can catch heat for an uncleared sample even if they give their songs away

A Q&A with the guy who might be bringing back legal sampling

Legitmix puts legal appropriation back on hip-hop's table

Local soul legend's taking Jay-Z and Kanye to court

"Can you own a sound?" asks the sampling documentary "Copyright Criminals," screening Saturday 1/14 in the 3rd Annual Winter Block Party for Hip-Hop Arts at the Chicago Urban Art Society.

Who Sampled gives you the song behind the song.

The story of the most sampled break in history.

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