Pace on Earth

Just Like Music

I stumbled across a very interesting show on PBS's Independant Lens the other night. It was a documentary called Copyright Criminals about the industry dispute over sampling another artists' work. Here is the trailer:

The doc itself was very good. Arguments are solid on both sides really. There is something to be said for creative license and making something new out of something old. On the other hand intelectual property is the law and, on using someone else's original recording as a tool, George Clinton said it best - "You pay for a guitar, you pay for a piano, you pay for anything else you make a song with." Truthfully though, for me the show was truly compelling for the music and the process that went into some of that early stuff; De La Soul, Public Enemy, Biz Markie, etc. And it also reminded me of some stuff I forgot existed, like this great song...:

...for which Erick Sermon paid $200k. Damn!

Pace out.

Labels: Flashback Friday

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:21 p.m.