Originality by Jena Abrahamsen

Yes, every trait of an art is influenced. People will get ideas from others and switch it up. If it's not word for word, or obvious, its probably okay. I don't think there is a percentage you can measure either. It really depends on how its copied, what is copied, how long etc.

2021-09-14 14:40:29 UTC

Bansri Patel

2021-09-14 14:42:15 UTC

Everything song that exists has been influenced by something that existed. Artists reinterpret La di da di like Miley Cyrus in We can't stop. Kanye and others sampled this as well. Close to all genres have sampled this. These have become top hits because of the familiarity of the beats and rhythms and the meaning of the words. Every idea has been borrowed or stolen.

George

ggod1726 — 2021-09-14 14:44:46 UTC

You can "steal" quite a bit and you pretty much have to. Your brain subconsciously takes things from other media to combine them and innovate. Even Steve Jobs said they always copy people because there's a reason those things work. People who attack modern music for not bring anything new or original are hypocrites because the music that inspired today's music was inspired by the music before and before etc... I think a lot of artists of any media today, get caught up in trying to make something original that's sacrificing quality.

Jack Benge

2021-09-14 14:45:05 UTC

Many artists sample music from other artists. Miley Cyrus sampled music from Notorious B.I.G who sampled it from somebody before him. While they are sampling the same thing they change it to make it their own. Rock artists try to argue against sampling and promote creativity. Almost every song you have listened to has been sampled from another song.

Natalie Blazyk

2021-09-14 14:46:08 UTC

Merely everything is inspired by one thing or another. In some ways, top hits all have some sort of repetition of rhythms or beats. People are going to create more of what people like. If people like songs that have a La di da di type rhythm, more people will put their own spin on that because the artist may know that that is what the consumer wants. No percentage can be measuredn of whatv is okay and what is not

mdia2653 — 2021-09-14 14:46:20 UTC

The stealing of art word for word is completely unacceptable by most of the people in the art industry. However, every piece of art that has come has been influenced. There are times where many songs will reference an older song that was super popular. The reason being is because that is what made them make this art in the first place. So overall there is going to be "stealing" of songs but the better word for this would be there is always going to be inspiration in all pieces of art.

Chris S

2021-09-14 14:46:54 UTC

The art that is sampled is not used with a vicious intent, the artists use the sounds/parts of music that they love and the build upon it. nothing is original because everyone is influenced/inspired by something and they build upon what they love so others can enjoy and then in turn become inspired themselves. modern music is not original by definition but it is original because someone took a sample and used it in their own way.

Blake Lietz

blie2489 — 2021-09-14 14:46:55 UTC

Every artist steals something from something. Like even star wars was taken from samurais. Everyone steals something from someone especially the ladi da di di, is stolen from a original rap thing and so it has been shared form everyone. It is acceptible because of how people make and style it to make it there own.

Every artists steals from another, no matter if they do it consciously or unconsciously there ideas are not original. We are in a post sample world where we pull things from the past that we enjoy and build on them and make them into a new product. If you are recreating the music or giving it a new meaning or offering a new perspective that the original artist intended. If your music feels like it is a rip off of the original and you change very little that makes it unacceptable, whereas when you alter the sound just enough and change the meaning or flow then it becomes alright and can be seen as innovative.

hwie1744 — 2021-09-14 14:47:11 UTC

bcal0122 — 2021-09-14 14:47:22 UTC

When it comes to music composition, new music is always going to have some type of connection to other people's work. In choir, we have talked about how some songs use the same chords but that doesn't mean the words and overall song isn't original. In the podcast, they mention how music from decades ago can be re-imagined to music that appeals to the current generation. Take Miley Cyrus as an example, she took a 1980s tune and made it into a song that the current generation of teenagers or young people will enjoy. Overall, music can be technically stolen if the song is take in its entirety, but taking pieces of songs to create something new is allowed.

William Janka

wjan0520 — 2021-09-14 14:47:40 UTC

Every song has been influenced by a singer, or another song. If you turn on the radio in your car, you will notice similar rhythms and beats from popular songs that almost everyone knows. A lot of artists today are looking to make their album or songs as original as possible. This is very hard when a lot of new artists are emerging.

Dominic Pelliccioni

2021-09-14 14:48:08 UTC

Every artist in a way steals lines from other artists. La di da was first used in 1984 and is still being used by artists to this day. All forms of art is influenced by other peoples thoughts and work. By taking a line or two from somebodys work and creating it into your own tune, or two line stanza doesn't mean its wrong. It also doesn't mean that there work was stolen, but means there work influenced others in a positive way to interact and create there own twist. Now if you take several lines, don't switch up the tune, and copy it verbatim, that's too much.

Yes, most music and song have been influenced by something a artist heard or saw. Artist can take certain lyrics, beats, and background and it be okay and help their songs become hits.Certain artist like prince don't listen to others music before they go into a studio because they don't want to be completely influenced by another artist and take their ideas. Some people try to argue that you shouldnt "steal" music

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Nicole Payne

2021-09-14 14:48:37 UTC

Every artist does steal from others but they should try to reinvent their piece to an extent it sounds new. Artists will always take something they love and incorporate it into their work, be it art, music, or writing. There are influences artists take from every aspect of life, but they must build on the works of other people to make it their own. To be acceptable, the artist should layer their samples until it's unrecognizable. You must transform and combine elements in exciting in new ways, it can't be an exact copy of someone else's work.

David Duta

ddut0565 — 2021-09-14 14:48:58 UTC

I believe that sampling content is fine. Now, there is a difference between sampling and stealing. If you take someones work, and do not modify it what so ever, but pass it off on your own, it's not okay. But if you take a piece of content, improve it, and then pass it off as your own (with credit to the original provider) then that works. For example, Drake sampled a popular youtube background music song in his new album and he got away with it. Another artist also sampled this and made a hit. I think they either paid to obtain the right of use of that song or credited the original artist.

Matthew McCormick

mmcc1678 — 2021-09-14 14:50:06 UTC

Yes, I think that every artist steals something from other artists because it can connect different eras of music together. This gets past and current listeners interested in your work. Without copying some tracks from other artists old beats will go and be outdated.

Zack Tschosik

ztsc0950 — 2021-09-14 16:11:45 UTC

Since the era of sampling songs started in the 1980s. Most artists have taken a part of a song from a song and put it in their own song. However, it is not the entire song being sampled it is a line or two that they take and build off from the song. This sampling help makes songs better and creates more creativity with an artist to make different songs such as when Miley Cryus sampled off of Notorious B.I.G. Artist use verses to make their own song better by transforming the lyrics into their own songs.

Edward Lukhanin

2021-09-14 16:48:48 UTC

Yes, every artist takes something from the artists before them. They may be inspired with their music style or lyrical flow. I think it's okay for them to sample or copy beats so they can repurpose them in their own songs. It is unacceptable not to credit the original artist however because they helped contribute to the creative process. If they do credit the original artist and add their own editing or mixing to the sample they should be able to publish it.

Kendall Hennelly

khen1108 — 2021-09-15 13:05:39 UTC

While artists can be inspired to write music in different ways, they all work off of each other and use other's lyrics and/or beats. Just about every song out there has been sampled by another and the interesting thing is that sometimes you can't even tell until you hear them "side by side." While this could be viewed as plagiarism or stealing, art is art and if the artist adds their own touch, they can label is at their song. For example, Notorious B.I.G. was sampled by Miley Cyrus

for the chorus. As similar as it sounded, other versus were different so the music was considered each of their own art.

Kaedin Kuster

kkus1344 — 2022-01-26 15:34:25 UTC

It's very common for artists to steal little rifts or portions of songs and add it to their own. For example, one of my favorite songs by a Russian Raper has a rift that is originally from Neil Young. As long as there is a twist to the song and not directly the exact same I believe it is acceptable. Sometimes the remix or added bit can sound better than the original.

Molly Svoboda

msvo0388 — 2022-01-26 15:35:08 UTC

Yes. I think that everyone samples something from someone else. I feel as though there wouldn't be the variety of music we have today if people didn't take a rhythm/song and change something about it. You can almost think of it as a "family tree" of the song. I feel like there needs to be a bigger chunk of original work for it to be able to be called original.

Devin D

2022-01-26 15:35:22 UTC

Yes everyone samples or borrows from other artist. I think as long as credit is given to an artist or legal discussions take place you should be able to do this. We all are influenced by our surrounding and it is the same thing with music

Grace D'Amico

2022-01-26 15:36:47 UTC

Sampling has become such a huge part of the music industry. Lots of artist that we know sample other peoples music to make it their own. It is okay to take other peoples music only if you take it and make it into something brand new. You shouldn't take a 100% of someones work because you want to be original is some way. If we didn't use others work then we wouldn't have as much music or art as we do today.

francisco m

fmag2960 — 2022-01-26 15:36:53 UTC

yes ever artist takes something from some other artist but i think he its ok to take something from someone as long as they give the person credit but dont take alot just take and little or a verse but to just copy from some is such a bad thing to do it makes artist look bad and lazy to to sample someone its okay to take a certain percent of a different song

jill merrow

jmer1487 — 2022-01-26 15:36:55 UTC

yes, alot of artist get ideas from others music, they all work off of eachother to create their own music. you can "steal" alot of a song but most artist take it and make it into their own style of music. they tend to use similar beats and rhythms but end up twisting it into what their fans would want, like mily cyrus when she made we cant stop using the di da di.

Jacob Zambreno

2022-01-26 15:37:32 UTC

I think most artists take inspiration or steal from other artists. These artists however take this old music and make something new with it. As long as it is generally new, I think sampling is a good tool used by artists to take something old and give it new meaning.

Sam Bowerman

2022-01-26 15:37:44 UTC

Art evolves and adapts over time. The music a century ago is very different than it is now. Whether artists give credit or not, I believe all art is at least inspired by art that came before it. I think that music adapts over time by transforming the music that came before it. I don't think it is morally wrong to be inspired or sample art from someone else as long as you give credit.

Jaina Rattary

2022-01-26 15:38:01 UTC

I think artists rely mainly on inspiration from other artists and sampling is just another easier way to access the sound that they are wanting for their music. I don't think that using similar beats/tempos/lyrics is necessarily "stealing" in some cases but credit should be given where it's due if the two songs in question are too similar. But by sampling, we are able to have more variations and inspirations for music.

Kevin Nelson

knel1158 — 2022-01-26 15:38:08 UTC

I think that all artists steal from each other. I think that some do it intellectually and some dont. Artists in the 40's and 50's would record cover albums of different artists and it was fine. I also think that some artists just hear music and it sticks with them, then it ends up showing in their own work. I think that especially since there is so much music out now, it is hard to come up with a 100% original song. Id say 25% of a song is okay to steal or use. I think 25% is a fair amount because 75% is still unique and changed. Plus so many people notice when a song is copied. Most people think it is a bad thing but I think it should be okay. I for one would be very happy if someone thought my music was good enough to copy.

Lucas Tschosik

ltsc0949 — 2022-01-26 15:38:33 UTC

Artists have the capability of creating something out of nothing. It may be difficult to create an original sound or possibly create a new genre of music but it is still possible. Artists now continue to choose sampling as opposed to creating something new. This, however, is no fault of their own. People no longer enjoy experiencing new songs. They love to hear similar songs with similar sounds that make them feel similar things. Many people who listen to rap, will listen to many of the same artists because they enjoy listening to those same sounds over and over. In such an advanced technological age with access to virtually any song it is shocking to see how little diversity we see with people's music taste. So while every artist steals something from another it is only acceptable if they make it into something new. For example, having a similar melody in a song would be stealing but if your lyrics have a completely different meaning then it would be considered a new song.

Yes, every artist borrows art from another artist, then turns it into their own. I don't think it's fair to say a word count or amount of time can set these rules. An artist is giving these old songs new meanings and putting their style on it, which is totally acceptable. The original artist should be credited. -Ava G

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Elissa Tapia

etap2864 — 2022-01-26 15:39:02 UTC

I believe that every artist steals something from other artists. Every idea emerges from another work of another artist's work whether that be sampling or actually painting, it is hard to actually say what is truly original when there are so many variations of that work being produced. The idea of something being "new" or "original" is truly not realistic because everything is layered and as you take off those layers, and hear every beat individually, the art is truly not original. For all that is known, you can take someones "original" work and as long as you credit them, it is acceptable.

Josh Castro

2022-01-26 15:39:22 UTC

There are artists out there that take others work and make it their own, but they do not take much of it. if a large chunk of it it taken, it will be noticed or they add their own twist and create their own song/ piece of art. A lot of songs have been sampled by another and its interesting that there are no similarities when they are side by side. this can be seen as plagiarism but every piece of art has its own touch. Credit must be given to the original artist.

Kylie Miller

kmil0335 — 2022-01-26 15:40:24 UTC

How much can you steal and call it your own?

To call it completely your own? Not much, but you are able to sample from other artist as long as you credit them and/or ask for permission from the original creator. If you are sampling from another artist (which is common in every subject of art) you must add your own twist to it to even call it yours, otherwise, you are copying the original. Humans don't know how to create COMPLETELY original work, especially in art, every piece is inspired by another. If sampling is stealing, even just a little bit, then every artist should be in jail.

Ella

2022-01-26 15:40:57 UTC

I believe that every artist starts with their own idea, but then they use other songs and samples to build off of their original ideas. They use different verses and lyrics to make their own music more original. It ties in music from the past and producers create it to be more for today. Overall, artists steal samples of music to make it better and their own to appeal to listeners today.

Ryan Weber

rweb1315 — 2022-01-26 15:41:01 UTC

No single artist has done every piece of work in their career without some form of inspiration from other artists. The extent of the inspiration can vary and as some may implement a similar style, others may take lyrics and twist them into their own, while some may take an entire part of another sing and insert it into their own work. I believe if the original artist is credited, sampling beats, lyrics, or bits and pieces of song are acceptable. Many popular songs that we know and love are not completely original works, and if the artists who inspired those songs are referenced for what they have contributed, those songs are fine to put out. Sampling other songs is a way of art and can lead to beautiful results. Kanye West specifically, uses several samples in his most famous tracks and has allowed other artists to be put on and grow from the exposure they received for the use of the sample.

Rob Matthies

rmat2975 — 2022-01-26 15:42:58 UTC

Yes, almost everything comes from somewhere, whether in inspiration or direct sample. The amount something is sampled really shouldn't change the value of art as long as it serves to be constructive or transformative in nature. I think sampling only really becomes dangerous when something claims to be entirely original when it clearly aims to copy. Large amounts can be taken but only if they are heavily changed or reimagined to be something new that doesn't have the same target audience or serve the same purpose. I think a great example of this is Kanye West's 'Famous' which has a beat entirely comprised of reggae artist Sister Nancy's 'Bam Bam'. I think this use is justified though as it's highly transformative and the original artist is credited heavily for the portion of the song that used her original work.

2022-01-26 15:44:48 UTC

I believe majority of artists use other samples as their own, I also think they can get inspired by other artists which builds into new ideas based on old. I feel it happens a lot because it’s hard to find a new sound or risky to go with something new because you don’t know how people would react. As for how much is acceptable, I believe just using small bits of sound, lyrics, etc is okay as long as the original creator is notified. If you don’t tell them and mimic alot of their work, I think that’s too far. -Ashley C

Liveta Ezerskis

leze2257 — 2022-01-26 15:46:08 UTC

Every artist steals something from another artist by sampling and then making the piece unique in their own way, but still not original. I feel that if artists sample, they should at least credit the original artist before claiming it as their own. If artist's were restricted to only having full original pieces, there wouldn't be a variety of music pieces. In my opinion, you can give credit to yourself if it is fully original or less than 10% sampled and recreated in a very unique way.

nate lee

2023-01-20 18:56:04 UTC

There is nothing new under the sun. All things will take inspiration from somewhere else and will be a visual amalgam of influences from the artists life. Granted, it is possible to go beyond inspiration and just take someone's specific idea and then claim as your own, and thats called plagiarism. But you can't make art without having it resemble something else .

karol bednarz

2023-09-18 14:38:27 UTC

Basically, you can't really steal but you can definitely sample off other artists. I feel that most artists make an idea and they sample more ideas from other artists. They base their idea off a sample but put their own twist on it to making it theirs. They do this to make it appeal to the audience, us. There should be credit due though, I believe if you are using someone else's work, you should at least somehow credit them.

Fauna F

2023-09-18 14:44:26 UTC

Lots of artists have their original ideas but they also gather ideas from other sources and inspirations. They can take an idea and alter so it has a personal twist. The amount that can be claimed depends and varies on the amount taken and changed. As humans we get inspiration from people around us, but how much is too much?

Lincoln Geist

lgei1785 — 2023-09-18 14:45:48 UTC

I believe that every artist steals and samples from other artists. Everyone gets inspiration from other artists which makes them able to make art. I dont think we can put a number or percent about what is the right percent you can steal/sample it is really just making sure it has parts of it that represent you. Many songs that we love did not just get made out of nowhere from singers, they hear something that they like and they use that to make something that they like. I think if you are taking a significant amount from an art piece that you need to give credit back to the person you used that for.

stot0564 — 2023-09-18 14:46:27 UTC

"Is Everything a Remix" podcast talks about everything that has been created being an inspiration. He specifically talks about music, rhythm, and sound. He thinks that if you take a large chunk of somebody else's piece then it is considered copying, but if you take a little and build more off of the piece using your own creativity its okay. He thinks that transparency is important and recognizing where and from who you took something from.

Sarah Khader

skha1732 — 2023-09-18 14:46:55 UTC

A lot of artists get ideas from other music and they all work off each other's music. Artists don't steal from one another, they just use other songs as inspiration and sample them, because they will always take something they love and try to incorporate it in their music. The amount that can be claimed by them depends on how much is taken or changed.

Megan Campbell

2023-09-18 14:47:16 UTC

I believe that most arts rely on others to get inspiration for their own artwork. Though it is possible for some to create something given no inspiration from others, it is difficult to create an original piece without being influenced by other artists. Overall, I think it is okay for artists to implement similar beats, melodies or even lyrics as long as they put their own unique spin on it.

Maeve Costello

mcos0638 — 2023-09-18 14:47:46 UTC

My podcast explains that everything is a "remix" of something else, and that even though we alter things to our liking, it is all still based on other peoples work. In music, the podcast explains that it is very common for music artists to steal sounds from other artists, but still making their own spin on it. They say that it all depends on mimicry and how much of it you do, and if you only copy a little bit of something, you can still call it your own. For example, Steve Jobs claims that he created a new technology when the first iPhone came out, but it was later revealed that he compiled a lot of other creations from other people and called them his own. It is a common idea that we create and think of new ideas, but they always have to start from another discovery or idea someone else has had before you.

How Much can you steal and call it your own?

2023-09-18 14:49:01 UTC

In the podcast, the host speaks upon the topic that people are able to take others work and use it as their own. Such as the song Ladidadi. This was used by both Notorious B.I.G, to create the song Hypnotize, and used by the Miley Cyrus. When listening to the original sample, and new songs, it shows the close similarities. Artists were able to use songs that were created from before their time to make new music. Even if an artist does not intend to steal from the original creator, they are influenced by their emotions because they like that beat or part of a song so much that they will still use it unintentionally. It sounds like as long as the new piece is changed to make it your own, or a new version of the old song, it is acceptable and not totally stealing from other artists.

Donal O'Driscoll

dodr1097 — 2023-09-18 14:49:43 UTC

The thought that you are stealing if you use a small part of an older song is just an outdated way of thinking. Many people think that sampling is stealing. Many awards shows say that you can't win song of the year if you sample the song. The sample does not make the artist. The artist makes the sample. When sampling a song you can't make it sound like something else you have to be original.

Abbie Scantlen

asca1945 — 2023-09-18 14:50:34 UTC

Artists have been sampling other artists work for a long time. In the podcast I listened to, which was the one Mark Ronson played a part in, multiple examples were provided of artists taking spins on previously released songs to make it their own. He states that nothing is original and everyone is influenced by others. The things you produce can be influenced by others to take inspiration and put your own individual spin on it. However, stealing someone elses work completely and calling it your own is not acceptable.

Brandon

bgar3118 — 2023-09-18 14:50:36 UTC

Essentially you are able to take inspiration from others but I don't believe you can fully steal something because everyone has their unique touch with their art even if that art was built off another piece of existing art. Everyone even if you don't notice takes inspirations from things they see. However even if that person copies what they see exactly it will never be the same because each person adds something that make it their own . Everything that you believe is unique was most likely built off something that the creator took inspiration from therefore would that persons work still be considered unique. Everything is built off previous ideas and inspirations.

Henry Conkright

hcon2033 — 2023-09-18 14:50:54 UTC

According to Mark Ronson, professional music producer and DJ, you can steal a pretty significant part of someone's art and still call it your own. Whether you know it or not, you could be taking ideas from someone else. This is why it's important to have a clear line of separation between your inspirations and your creative process, as sometimes you can steal without even realizing. When willingly utilizing samples and parts of other art to create your own unique ideas, making sure you are citing your source is vital. The part that matters most is what you do to make the new art your own—the creative aspect that makes it unique. How you use that already created art and spin it to make it your own is what gives the work value.

Mateo Cruz

2023-09-18 14:51:25 UTC

According to Kirby Ferguson no one can really come up with something completely original so everything is always based on something else. He also mentioned how for music you used to be able to take a beat of a song or the melody and change the words and use it for yourself and it was ok because you brought something new to it. He talked about how the iPhone uses a lot of things that wernt made by the same people that made the iphone to show us that its ok to borrow other things if its for the purpose of making something new. So in conclusion according to Kirby Ferguson its ok to use some of the work of other things that were not made by you for yourself as long as you bring something new to it.

Jake Riemer

jrie1928 — 2023-09-18 14:51:25 UTC

Everyone in the world gains inspiration from something or someone. While people may think that they have their own ideas, they gather ideas from other artists without even realizing it. Artists can take an idea and alter or conform it to make it seem like an original but undoubtedly everyone takes inspirations. The amount that is "allowed" for an artist to take cannot really be defined with a number. The amount of material used for inspiration really depends on how much credit the artist gives to where they got it from. Overall what I was hearing it sounds like as long as the new piece is changed and made your own it is fine to use inspirations to create your pieces.

Alex Lopez

2023-09-18 14:52:52 UTC

Nowadays, where everyone is online and getting information from everywhere, it is hard to argue that anything is truly original anymore. Artists often get ideas just from putting their own spin on something created by someone else. Knowing this, it can be ruled out that you have to create everything yourself, as that is unrealistic and maybe impossible. For me, I would say that as long as you can tell that some twist has been put on a piece of art to make it something new, that is enough to make it your own. While that is subjective, I don't believe there is an objective answer to this question, and I feel like this is the best balance between "originality" and taking ideas from other art.

Tamara Vlaskovic

2023-09-18 14:52:58 UTC

Nothing is original, everything we create is inspired by something. The point is to take something you love, build from it and transform it into something new. The thing is that sampling and taking inspiration can be completely unintentional too. We see things in our daily lives, and that can unconsciously come through in the things we create. As long it's not just blatant copying, and there is a uniqueness to the piece, then inspiration and sampling is I'd say highly encouraged.

Finn Ormond

form1205 — 2023-09-18 14:53:03 UTC

According to my podcast, there is not truly a limit to how you can steal and call it your own. While stealing a song does still exist, what matters more is the way that you use what you sample. Mark Ronson described how the music landscape has drastically changed to allow sampling, and that there is something special about using another person's music and building off it. What matters more than how much you use is more about how you use it. As long as you are building off a song to make it your own and truly unique and special, then you can use a lot more and have it be your own as opposed to if you just put a sample in there for no purpose other than it sounds good.

Sarrah Handla

2023-09-18 14:53:47 UTC

In the podcast, the host says how a lot of songs come from other songs. And, this is not just true for music. It's the same for film or novels or technology - pretty much every idea out there. Whether we steal or we borrow, it's impossible even if you're telling yourself you're not stealing, subconsciously, you're influenced whether you like it or not.

Dezi

dwhi2870 — 2023-09-18 14:54:00 UTC

Artists bounce off of each other's stuff all the time, it's not really anything new. However they do have their own unique ideas and add their own style to it. A lot of artists mostly take little samples which I feel are okay as long as they don't fully copy the song. There's nothing wrong with using/having inspiration. In my podcast "Is Everything a Remix" it is explained how humans aren't really capable of coming up with something from nowhere which I agree with because there is inspiration everywhere.

Joli Lemus

alem0926 — 2023-09-18 14:54:14 UTC

Many artists take inspiration from others in order to create their songs. A lot of things now aren't brand new, and can be found in some songs created at a point. There's a fine line behind paying homage to the original artist and straight up stealing. Ronson states when we take our own ideas and music and add on to the original arrangement, a new masterpiece is created. But flat out stealing a composition without adding anything new to it at all is questionable. In the Grammy's, any song that has pre-written or pre-sampled music is ineligible for song of the year. However, we live in a time when sampling is extremely popular, so finding a song without any borrowing is almost impossible. In conclusion, individual artists and producers encourage it, but the higher levels don't/

Peyton Hennager

phen2144 — 2023-09-18 14:54:31 UTC

Artists all have their own ideas and some of their ideas are sampled from other artists. When artists do take samples from others, they use the sample as inspiration and put their own twist on it. We can’t put a number/percentage on how much you can sample from another artist because it can vary depending on what you’re
making. I believe that when you do sample, you should give credit to the original artist if you do end up using that sample.

nraj0223 — 2023-09-18 14:56:28 UTC

Everyone creates art based on what they see, hear, and experience. Defining how much someone is allowed to use someone else's work is difficult because of the possibility that you are using the work of many other people. Great ideas are often built off of many peoples ideas. It's not one person's idea. To create one thing requires the expertise and opinions of many people, which is why there is a difference between copying and remixing.

fcro0642 — 2023-09-18 19:07:05 UTC

Art is something that is very subjective. Something that is fully original in someones opinion could be completely copied in someone else's eyes. Someone can get an idea from someone else and use that as a basis for their work, however it can be completely different and can be considered their own. No matter how "original" an idea may seem, someone may have already thought of it, but their exposure is much less, causing your piece to seem falsely original because you were the first to reach many people. An example is, someone who has heard a newly sampled song, may have no idea that the original even exists.

Owen Thulin

2023-09-18 19:07:21 UTC

In the fashion industry anyone can copy any clothing piece. People cannot copy the brand name but they can copy the brand's clothes. Fashion has no copyright protection so designers can sample all designs and incorporate any element into their own design. A lot of designers are in-curating things from the past and pretty much replicating it and bringing it back to the present. A lot of people value being new but not a lot of clothes are new, most of the clothes are just replicas. Everyone wants to be apart of the "new" and a lot of time is why trends occur.

snow2142 — 2023-09-18 19:07:24 UTC

A lot of artists have great ideas, but they take their ideas usually from others. This is called sampling. When most people do take samples they will change it and use it in a different way it was originally used. In the the podcast the person said that you can't really come up with your own thing even if you don't try. Another thing I heard was that if your a DJ most of what you do is using someone else's song and putting your own spin on it which is a stronger use of sampling.

Ruben Maya

rmay1141 — 2023-09-18 19:07:33 UTC

For the past decades artists have been sampling other artists work but adding their own spin to it. In the podcast I listened to which was the Mark Ronson one, he gave multiple examples that proved that many artists just change a couple of lyrics and some beats and release "new" songs. He also revealed that many songs are not original and all the music that is released by artists are basically like every other song. Many artists just take examples from other songs and add their own pattern to their music. Even if artists choose to take samples from other artists, the fact that they added their own twist to it makes it theirs per say. That is what makes it your song, when you add something that is distinctive to you.

Hailey FitzGerald

2023-09-18 19:09:04 UTC

Art is incredibly prevalent in today's society. Everyone gathers inspiration from others in some form, including artists. These days, it is practically impossible to produce something completely original. Yet, there is a difference between taking inspiration as opposed to copying something entirely. Therefore, the standard for artists is not to be all the original, however they must produce work that is unique and somewhat personable.

lutt3078 — 2023-09-18 19:09:12 UTC

Samples from songs like "Lottie Dottie" become the building blocks for new songs and ideas. The small sound bites become involved in new songs and create new ideas. Most of the time we don't realize that some of our favorite songs are sampled from other songs. Ronson states that in music we take something that we love and build off of it, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, completely stealing the full composition of a song is a different issue because it makes the song have 0 originality. There is a difference between using pre-existing music as inspiration and blatantly stealing someone else's creation and labeling it as your own.

mcre0541 — 2023-09-18 19:09:15 UTC

I think people can interpret music in their own ways. Every person has their own taste in music, and songwriters make their music based on the several songs of a certain genre that they enjoy. Artists change the lyrics or use the same beat or melody. Reinterpreting music into a different genre is not a crime, but when you take every piece of something already created I think it does defeat the purpose of creating art. Putting a twist on a song and making it your own is what makes a song special and new. There's a fine line between sampling, borrowing, and just ripping off a song.

Christina Diaz

edia0429 — 2023-09-18 19:09:50 UTC

According to Johanna Blakley, in fashion you can copy 100% of an item and it is acceptable. She says that this is not illegal since there is very little protection on property in the fashion industry. This is due to how the courts decided that clothing should not be treated the same as artwork. Two of the only few rules however, is how you cannot copy the brand name, and you cannot create a piece of clothing based on another person's drawing. She revealed that one way this has been beneficial is how people in the fashion world find inspiration from people walking on the street, to people making the clothes. As she words it, fashion is "both a top-down and a bottom-up kind of industry."

Dana Kamilis

dkam1327 — 2023-09-18 19:10:18 UTC

Since the beginning of innovation the greatest inventions came from the discovery of information that was shared with everyone, no one patented their ideas back then, they were spread and taken and made better. Instead of making art and inventions about money, it was simply about making things the best they could by letting as many people as they could put their ideas and their brains into it. This shows that although people should be credited for their ideas, creativity blossoms from sharing what we make and what we do and contributing to it. One person could never create and discover everything we have created and discovered alone; as a species we need to cultivate ideas as a group. Every great invention started with one person, but that one person didn't make it the best, therefore with the interest of making the best of everything stealing ideas can be justified.

Annika Isacson

aisa1217 — 2023-09-18 19:10:42 UTC

Artists have been sampling work from other artists for a long time. However, artists take these samples and make them their own. In the podcast they talked about how when artists are creating, they take something they love and build on it. The same can be said for sampling. Artists hear parts of a song that they like and build it up until it is their own. Artist are always influenced to some extent whether they acknowledge it or not.

Veronica Latocha

2023-09-18 19:12:02 UTC

Every artist creates something that is meaningful and inspiring to them. But in fashion, many designers bounce off the ideas of other designers. This isn't copying or stealing because while they take an idea from another designer, their vision and creation is their own. I believe that every artist has influence from other artists, i.e in fashion, designers take what others have made and make it their own, this is why we have trends. Essentially all the clothes are similar but each item has its own unique flair to make it that designers creation. No one can be completely original because there will always be some sort of influence from another person that inspired that particular artist to create what they did.

Lindsey Ahn

lahn1107 — 2023-09-18 19:12:24 UTC

The way new things are created is stemming from previous ideas. For example, the Star Wars movie came from the idea from samurai warriors. Many may believe that great things come from stealing from others ideas, but change their minds when people steal from them. People don't like the idea of getting copied for their own ideas, but if this didn't happen, many new things we use today would have not been created.

Lukas Zapasnikas

lzap1304 — 2023-09-18 19:12:27 UTC

I believe that everybody steals their first idea from someone else, but turns this stolen idea into something original that is their own. In the Mark Ronson podcast he talks about how artists change a couple of lyrics and consider it their own song. He also mentions that most songs that are played current day are not original and that most songs are similar to one another. Although music gets stolen from artists, when their is a different beat added it creates something original and unique in it's own special way. I believe that it is acceptable to steal ideas for songs such as a small verse or beat and build onto what is stolen to make something that is original.

Jack Stanton

2023-09-18 19:13:10 UTC

In the Mark Ronson podcast, they are discussing how many times people have sampled this one song from the 90's. People see something in this music that speaks to them so they want to be a part of it. He says it is almost impossible not to steal or borrow. Everyone is influenced by something else they saw or heard that motivated them to make their form of art. He believes it is okay for someone to take a part of someone else's music and make it their own. It is still creative for them to twist it or make it something it wasn't before. He says he likes it because you can see some people make some of the most exciting and interesting music through taking from other people's art.

Mason Lockwood

mloc2862 — 2023-09-18 19:13:33 UTC

Almost every artist steals something from the original creator. It is almost impossible nowadays not to steal anything in industries like music or art because of the amount of songs or art pieces already created. It is also human nature to sort of copy something if you enjoy it. It also adds something special to the song if you sample a popular song that was already created, which is what a lot of artists are doing.

MK Casey

mcas1126 — 2023-09-18 19:14:13 UTC

According to the Mark Ronson podcast, there is no such thing as stealing ideas from others. He claims that nothing we do as people is original and ideas always stem from inspiration. There is no clean pallet that we start from and ideas always come from something we have seen in the past. Mark Ronson claims that it would be extremely difficult to listen to something today that doesn't have an idea that has been copied. Taking ideas from others is not something that should be frowned upon because we all doit. Building upon inspiration is highly encourage to make soemthing even better.

Gianna Cappello

gcap1415 — 2023-09-18 19:15:19 UTC

Basically every song has been inspired by a song previously made in the past. This does not mean it was stolen, but the artists use pieces of songs and incorporate them in theirs because they feel like it would work. Mark Ronson said that it would be extremely difficult to find a song that doesn't use at least four bars from another song. Sometimes singers don't even take lyrics or full parts of sings, rather they take just sounds of the instruments. If artists want to actually include pieces of another artist's song, they have to discuss it with the owner of the song and come to an agreement on how much they would benefit from the new song. So, artists are always using other artists' work, but they are able to do it without "stealing".

Reegan LaMantia

2023-09-18 19:15:25 UTC

Throughout the years people have been creating art. Many people create art based on what they are feeling/seeing/ what they are surrounded by. Many other artists however learned to sample from other artists. Either because they enjoy the piece or because that particular piece did well. This is called sampling- when artists see something they want to create, they switch it up a bit. I believe in the art industry you have to work off of what others have done to brainstorm your own art ideas.

Connor Hurst

chur2616 — 2023-09-18 19:15:40 UTC

What I learned from my podcast was that even just a few words, can become the building blocks for what is new to future generations. When artists will sample other artists work, I don't think that is classified as stealing their work. That is because as long as they are making it their own with some tweaks it is technically a different piece of work. I think that when artists sample each other's work, oftentimes it turns out to be for the better. If the original owner is upset with the newer success, that just means whoever did the sample probably did it better.

Zachary Bender

2023-09-18 19:17:38 UTC

I believe that art, like living things, evolves over time. In evolution, living things take what worked from the previous versions and get rid of what didn't and this is what happens in music as well. Many artists sample music from other artists. Miley Cyrus sampled music from Notorious B.I.G who sampled it from somebody before him. While they are sampling the same thing they change it to make it their own. Rock artists try to argue against sampling and promote creativity. Almost every song you have listened to has been sampled from another song.

Caden Weber

2023-09-18 19:17:48 UTC

Everyone and everything is ultimately influenced and inspired by someone or something. Therefore no piece of art is truly unique and everyone "steals" a part of their own work of art. It is nearly impossible to think of something completely new without the root of that thought being from something that already exists. For these reasons, I think that as long as there is a clear attempt to individualize one's work of art from another it is partially original. Fashion enhances this idea, a shirt with small Nike logo on it is 99% the same as a shirt with a small Under Armor logo.

Ryan Paskiewicz

rpas2105 — 2023-09-20 21:12:33 UTC

I learned that Stealing or using the work of someone else is natural and that it will keep happening but what matters is the extent of the steal. The podcast referenced Bob Dylan using older folk song melodies and chord progressions but with different lyrics. He mentioned that if he released this music today he would immediately be cancelled, but when he made his music back then it was ok. The podcast mentioned that we as a society have to change our way of interpreting peoples work.

Carter Cosenza

2024-01-30 15:54:07 UTC

One thing I really took out of the podcasts is that people don't intend to "steal" part of a song. They want to add on to a piece that they love and make something even better. In my opinion it keeps the song they sampled/built on alive and it carries the song through the years. An example is the song "Country Roads." If you're a country music fan or not you can reconize this song because of how many times people have covered or sampled it. It makes the song iconic.

Hope Sebek

hseb0449 — 2024-01-30 15:54:18 UTC

Every artist ultimately got their ideas off something else. All the ideas for remixed and there is always a piece of another artists idea in everyone's work. The songs that are most known, sound like other songs in the past. The artist can sample from others and still make it their own. Things evolve over time, so at one point artists are going to be influenced by others and redirect their ideas. For example, Miley Cyrus sampled a song from someone else; which then found out who she sampled it from, sampled it from someone else. All in all, pretty much every song that we listen to is sampled from another artist to get different ideas and made into an artist's certain work.

Robby Farrington

2024-01-30 15:57:51 UTC

Every piece of art produced nowadays is influenced by previous art no matter what the artist who makes it says. This is the evolution of art and especially music with the art of sampling. There are no perfectly original ideas and everything is derived from something else, which still can make for incredible art as the speakers on the podcast say. Although nothing is from scratch, it is still individual and unique in many ways. There is no certain number or percentage of stealing that should be required as long as the piece of art is redone from an original thought or idea.

Grant Bowers

2024-01-30 15:57:54 UTC

According to Mark Ronson, the basis of all our modern music is building off other pieces. He claims we're in the post sample era where the basic foundations of what we love are already made. So artists these days take their favorite songs and basics and turn them into the most interesting music around. He claims there's a fine line between sampling and straight up copying, where there needs to be credit where credit is due but sampling other music is the future of the industry. I think using others art is acceptable when you clearly make it your own unique version. Give credit where it's due but being free to build off other's work is a huge jump for every musician.

Marissa Collazo

mcol2321 — 2024-01-30 15:58:09 UTC

The podcast discusses the number of songs sampled from one song. They say that there is a fine line between stealing and inspiration. They mention how many songs are inspired by those made in the past, and they say that artists merge their ideas with inspiration. Being inspired by another artist isn't considered stealing and being unoriginal, it's seen as reworking the original. They also mention how sometimes people don't mean to steal songs. Sometimes artists hear something and forget about it, and when it comes back to them, they may think it's original and accidentally steal someone else's work.

Cristian McKillip

2024-01-30 15:58:50 UTC

Nothing is original everyone is inspired by another person. You can take an idea that you saw and change it a little but you still found out about it from the last person. And that person could have been inspired by something the same way. It can keep going and going until it's finally at the original person.

Gavin Reina

grei0426 — 2024-01-30 15:58:55 UTC

I think you should be able to "steal" whatever music you want. It brings more likeness to music. People who listen to rap and know that lyric and then listen to their favorite genre of music and here the same lyric will look into other music. I think this brings the music community together. It makes the music more interesting. When you are listening to a song and hear a bit from another song you know but in a different way, it is interesting.

Annie Carlstead

2024-01-30 17:40:47 UTC

In Mark Ronson's podcast, he discussed how many times a song can be sampled. In this episode, they used a specific song from the 90's. Nowadays, it has become very difficult to be "completely" original when people are creating music. Nearly every song that is released has some use of sampling throughout. It is almost impossible to avoid stealing or bowing a lyric or tune. People are influenced by their senses. The human brain remembers, words, tunes, things they see, touch, and taste. Mark Ronson believes it is okay to take inspiration from another's work. He feels that it allows someone to take something, and give it a new meaning.

Shane Somolik

ssom1754 — 2024-01-30 20:06:25 UTC

Every piece of art has inspiration; therefore, not "original." However, this doesn't mean it isn't one's art. It still remains to be the artist of the one who remixed it, was inspired, distorted, etc..

My opinion is that no matter the amount of inspiration or usage of other art, it still may be considered yours. However; you cannot declare the features of another's art to be yours.

Jameson Ordway

jord2499 — 2024-01-30 20:07:28 UTC

Almost every piece of music today was influenced by a previous piece. There are so many ways a song can be sampled. You can reinvent something to create something competently new. To me, this is why i feel that some music can get repetitive. However, if you spin it the right way you can make something special and unique. I think it is interesting that a sample song can be changed in so many ways. Hopefully, music continues to change and become more extravagant.

Jaden Lewis

2024-01-30 20:07:31 UTC

In today's society there is nothing that is original, no words are owned by any artist, if a sample of the song is used then some part of the pay should go to whose sample was used. Unless it is just completely copied, and sounds the exact same, If you make it sound different than the original version of it, that can be your specific original version. If 2-3 parts are taken from the original, that should be acceptable.

Carter Chavez-Jimenez

ccha0726 — 2024-01-30 20:07:38 UTC

Art is often inspired by another artist or piece of art. People will use what is trending at the time to replicated that in order to create something audiences like. People take an idea and put their own spin on it to make it theirs. The podcast mention that artist take what they love and expand on it. taking others art revamping it and adding your spin on is very common in modern times.

Ben Carlberg

bcar1518 — 2024-01-30 20:07:51 UTC

I don't think that anything is original anymore. People are on the internet so much, so often and taking in so much information whether they know it or not. I think that artists will see/hear something, take inspiration, and put their own spin on it. I think that you can take some parts of other works, but it needs to be made unique and new to be considered your own. I think that if a person can tell that it has its own unique perspective, it's okay to call it your own. I don't know if you can call anything completely original anymore.

Kaylice Irizarry

2024-01-30 20:08:31 UTC

nothing can really be stolen if you make it your own or change it up in your own way. all the greatest artists have sampled music from others, as everyone inspires everyone else. we build off of all these other music clips to make it original in our own way, so it technically isn't stealing, it's just showing appreciation and love for that clip and that artist.

David D'Amico

ddam0846 — 2024-01-30 20:08:52 UTC

It is getting harder and harder to create something original that is actually good. You can certainly make something original and it will still be amazing but the more of it that is made the less you can be original. So it is going to be impossible to be completely original. Everyone is influenced by what they hear and pre existing music will always influence future music. You should be able to take something and add more to it. Make something greater with what you are given and be inspired by others. Give it a spin that separates it from their work and you own.

Ally Smetana

2024-01-30 20:09:07 UTC

People are always influenced by others, whether it is their clothing style, make up, or what they eat. However, everyone has their own spin off of the original. It's like the saying "same thing different fonts." People can use a small part of someone elses piece and make their own piece, and at some point, you can't prove that a person got their idea from someone else.

Jack Coyne

jcoy2639 — 2024-01-30 20:09:30 UTC

according to the podcast, they believe that everything has some sort of copying in it. They believe that if you put your own twist on it, or make it your own, it is your own. It is okay to use someone else's beat, lyrics, or flow as long as it is your own. The music should not be copied, but should be inspired and then made into something new. It needs to be enough new to overpower the old.

Jude Warwick

jwar0988 — 2024-01-30 20:10:09 UTC

I believe that nothing is truly original and you should be able to use or “steal” pieces of music to create a new piece in your mind. No matter what there will always be an influence from another artist in mind. According to the podcast, they believe that no matter how you create music, or art, you always have another piece in your mind to influence how you are creating your “new art”.

Jimmy Harkness

2024-01-30 20:10:11 UTC

Mark Ronson and the narrator claim that overall, songs that are sampled can shape new genres that we know of today, and usually its little bits of songs that shape newer songs. Furthermore, its based on generation, and how music flows during it.

Artists usually hear something that spark their attention, and they take something that they love, and they build on it. Therefore, it is impossible to be original because a person is always influenced by something. It is not stealing if the lyrics are changed and the song is just based off another because everybody has inspirations, which makes it okay to take some parts from songs. In conclusion, it's just a way to be creative and enhance music in a different way.

Kalee Petras

2024-01-30 20:10:14 UTC

Everything is copied from something else. Especially in music, people use the same sounds in songs all the time. Nothing is ever original people are always getting inspiration from other people. it is acceptable to still call it your own as long as the majority of it's yours. There is a fine line between just using small ideas from people and completely using their work

Emerson Mitchell

2024-01-30 20:10:14 UTC

This podcast talks about how every artist gets ideas from other artists music. Nowadays nothing is completely original. The podcast gives a variety of examples of different songs that have been sampled from other songs. I believe that as long as you have some of your own work as well as a piece of "stolen work", you can still call it your own. Without sampling music, there would not be some of the top hits we know today.

Ethan Rogers

erog0332_ — 2024-01-30 20:10:38 UTC

I think that now music just works off of each other. No idea anymore is original but they take the idea the found and add the own thing to it which makes it unique. They can also use previous work as well to inspire them to make something similar to it. A lot of songs nowadays sound similar but they have their own kick to it that people might like more than another one similar to it.

Maddy Surowiec

msur1868 — 2024-01-30 20:11:08 UTC

Everything made today is based on someone else's idea. It's hard to make a completely original idea without taking some part of someone else's work. As long as you put a spin on someone else's idea it is fine. Everyone borrows from each other so we wouldn't be able to trace the music back to its original source anyways. All music made today is based off of multiple people's ideas.

Anthony Barry

2024-01-30 20:11:09 UTC

In music, many people sample others music and use it to create their own. It will always happen in music as most and almost all music is influenced by another artist. It is natural and has to happen for things to grow. As long as someone is not ripping someone off and completely taking their piece of art then it is ok. Every artist gets their ideas from something else.

Colin Santos

csan1023 — 2024-01-30 20:11:51 UTC

In the podcast, it is stated that all music has been sampled by something and everyone builds off of each other. This is seen in all life not just music. I think that even if everyone takes stuff and makes it unique, then something special can be made for everyone. It gets people to add their own special twist or interpretation of how they see or hear music and other parts of society. I do think that taking someones product and just re-branding it as your own is wrong, people should be able to add their own twist to whatever they think.

Niko Fotos

nfot1379 — 2024-01-30 20:11:53 UTC

Originality is rare to find in music nowadays. Most songs are sampled from others and influenced by other songs or artists. I believe this is what makes music more unique. By using other songs and tracks and re-inventing them to fit a new song but still having the originality from the original song, makes music very interesting. There is no such thing as an artist creating a song ultimately by themselves and won't sound like anything else ever created. Every song is going to have another song that sounds similar and that may be from coincidence or on purpose, but either way it is not "stealing". It would be considered stealing if the exact same song was copied down and published by another artist. Mark Ronson stated that most songs that are sampled are just sounds and switched up lyrics, not entire songs. Everyone builds off others ideas with pretty much everything and it's not considered stealing, so why should it be different for music.

James Watson

jwat1189 — 2024-01-30 20:12:09 UTC

I think that it is getting harder and harder to make something completely original. With all the music on the internet it seems near impossible to accidentally take inspiration or a beat or lyric from something, even without knowing it. Though I think that if someone is sampling or using something from other music, as long as they change it enough to the point where anyone who had heard the original would be able to say the songs are different.

Emily Wittmer

2024-01-30 20:12:20 UTC

In Mark Ronson's podcast, he claims that everyone making music today is always influenced by the works of others, whether it be consciously or subconsciously, and is simply building upon what has already been created. By building upon what has been previously created, artists are able to remake the original music and turn it into something new. There is definitely a fine line between sampling and stealing music, however there needs to be a significant amount of changes made to the song to call it your own. Mark Ronson's podcasts emphasizes the difference between sampling and stealing, and argues that sampling is imperative to creating new "original" music. Furthermore, music is a finite art. There are only so many chords and progressions that exsist, so it's almost impossible to create something entirely new or discover something that hasn't been found before.

Janet Acevedo

2024-01-30 20:13:37 UTC

Over time, it becomes harder to think of something new and creative. Therefore, nothing is original. I believe that as long as you don't copy exactly, it can become your piece. Nowadays, artists are often inspired by samples or even other artists so as long as you put your own twist to it, it can be yours.

Emma Lau

elau1629 — 2024-01-30 20:13:49 UTC

Rather than it being called "stealing," almost all music we hear today has been inspired by another song. Going by the logic that if you take even the smallest bit of something else it isn't original, that means we can't call anything our own. I believe that if you take a part of something else and create something new with it, it can be called your own as long as you're not copying more than half of your inspiration piece.

Isabella Commiso

2024-01-30 20:17:25 UTC

Artists today, get ideas from others. Nowadays it is hard for someone to find or make an original piece without using someone else's idea. The podcast gives different examples of songs that have been sampled or used by others. I believe that as long as you are changing some parts to make it your own it isn't considered "stolen work."

alag0248 — 2024-01-30 20:26:00 UTC

This podcast talks about how artists get their ideas from something else. Artists take other artists ideas but that isn't stealing since they are making it their own. I think using others ideas is acceptable when you are clearly changing it up and making it your own version. It is very common nowadays to take others work and create your own work.

Logan Loftus

2024-09-10 14:38:42 UTC

The podcast explores how many songs incorporate elements from a single original song, noting the fine line between copying and drawing inspiration. It explains that while many modern songs build on past music, this is seen as creatively reinterpreting rather than stealing. The discussion also covers how accidental plagiarism can happen when artists forget a song they’ve heard and later produce something similar, mistakenly thinking it’s their own idea.

Morgan Reynolds

2024-09-10 14:44:48 UTC

Artists use sampling all the time. In the podcast, they talk about how different artists bounce ideas off each other no song is truly the artist's own pure music and lyrics. Even though it may not be their own, they add their element to make it their own. "stealing" a rhythm or certain lyrics should not be deemed as something bad for an artist to do. As stated in the podcast, we live in a world of sampling, and how we use sampling as an inspiration and how it can make music better for generations is something we should accept and encourage.

2024-09-10 14:45:20 UTC

I don't believe it should be considered stealing but instead almost a inspiration or add-on. I really do believe you can take these samples and make them sound the way you wanted them to while also claiming it as your own. The podcast shows how older original songs are the reason why some modern singer today have a #1 song of their own, even though they took a sampling from another song. Artists are called artist for a reason, not only do they make their own masterpieces but they also can take other art works and tweak them to make them their own/better. Sampling can also be another way of keeping the roots of a genre there and known so people never forget how a genre started and compare it to where it is now.

Ben Rheintgen

2024-09-10 14:45:36 UTC

Sampling is okay as long as you are changing or making the music your own. It pushes the music industry further, it's about building on the music other people have. It's about building, changing, and evolving the music industry and using other tracks to still be creative, its just using something different. For example, the intro to mobb deep shook ones is iconic and can be used in different ways and still be creative. Its about being creative, and sampling is just another tool that artists can use, they can make greatness.

Steven Wilhelm

2024-09-10 14:45:42 UTC

every artist almost always steals something from another because it gets harder and harder to make completely original beats over time. Also, people tend to make music based on what they have listened to before. I believe that however much you take from another artist as long as you make it your own version and not almost word for word it's ok. Most of the time sampling songs and taking some ideas from other people will make a better song overall.

Bailey Lingertot

2024-09-10 14:46:03 UTC

According to Mark Ronson we take the things we love and add onto them, creating a new generation of music. Mark says that there is a very thin line between copying and making something your own. Using past work and adapting it to a modern era separates yourself from the work you sampled from. So many of the best works of some of the newer generations contain samples from music that came before them, but they use them in a new innovative way. As long as the sample used is used in a new and creative way it isn't "stealing".

Sophia Barofsky

2024-09-10 14:46:04 UTC

In the podcast, it talks about how many different popular artists would sample the same song from an artist. They would do this so they could get inspiration from other artists. They did not want to copy each other, they just wanted to be able to take the same sample and get all different results from that one sample. If they didn't have samples to look into, they would have a lot harder time making a song with a blank board. That is why most artists borrow from each other so they can get ideas from each other and grow as a community of artists.

Grant Schroder

2024-09-10 14:46:07 UTC

According to the podcast, they believe that all music has the potential to build off itself through different artists. If you change the song in some way enough to make it unique, then it is considered your own. It is acceptable to use others' music as long as you change in enough ways to make it more of yours then what was originally started with. The music shouldn't be just copied but used as a starting point to create your own product. As long as you take the original product and change it into your own unique work, then your new product is acceptable.

Max K

mknu0548 — 2024-09-10 14:46:28 UTC

I wouldn't say everything is stolen, but everyone takes influence from others and creates things based off things they enjoy. I believe there isn't a certain percent that is acceptable but I believe you must give credit to the original while making it uniquely yours. You can't make a complete cover and call it your own but if you completely twist the song, style, and sound, then that is more yours.

Marina Economos

2024-09-10 14:46:36 UTC

In this podcast, Mark Ronson talks about how artists always get some sort of idea from something else. They take the original idea and make it their own. Everything is always inspired by something that came before. Nowadays it's hard to make something original without it sounding like something you may have heard or seen before. The important thing is to make it your own without copying the whole entire thing. Re-inventing something that has came before you is what makes the art world unique and original. Working off each other is the future for new generations. This is what makes an artist iconic.

Kailyn Nutt

2024-09-10 14:46:36 UTC

Originality nowadays is little, people use backtracks on songs and quote people all day long without giving them credit. You're able to get away with a lot throughout music, art, and more if you go about it the right way. Using the tune from the old songs, it shows the growth of the song throughout the years. It helps build the music throughout the years and will continue to do so. They use it and connect their music to the old time music. Going from Katy Perry, Beyonce, Kanye, and many more. Having these artists reuse that tune or some of the words make you think of other songs as well. The cords can be used the same way for many songs in different tempos. This doesn't mean they were stolen or anything they were just all used the same way. Copyright laws are big but different songs and art are free to use. Being able to make it your own seems to be pretty easy these days.

Colin Finn

2024-09-10 14:46:55 UTC

I believe that almost every artist takes something from another artist whether it's something as big as a cover of the song down to something as small as using the same notes. I think that as music evolves over time, samples continue to get used in different ways and passed down through genres of music. Using samples and re-using song ideas is an extremely important concept of music as it helps inspire artists and allows them to continue making unique music. I think it is very similar to stories as they get passed down and changed over time but they keep the same concept.

Bobby Grganto

2024-09-10 14:47:09 UTC

This podcast discusses how artists today get their ideas from songs from the past. Music these days isn't original, but artists use others' ideas and twist them into what they love. I don't think everything is stolen. Some artists' ideas are original, but they sound similar to past music. There is a certain percentage where it becomes stolen, but I don't think every song is a rip-off of previous songs.

Gabby Silva

2024-09-10 14:47:41 UTC

Mark Ronsons podcast gives an overview on how many artists today that we love and enjoy most likely have taken samples from old songs we've heard of. Sometimes its hard for artists to make their own original pieces or ideas for how their beat of the song should go. People might say this is stealing someone else's ideas, but they usually ask the artist and they get paid. The idea of their sample being used in another person's song makes it seem like their music reached out to more people. This podcast did a good job by giving examples of a variety of songs that have been sampled from other songs. In my opinion, as long as you have your own work and a little bit of "stolen work", its ok to call it your own and be a little creative with it.

2024-09-10 14:48:02 UTC

According to the podcast, there is nothing that is 100% original nowadays, specifically honing on on music. It has become progressively harder to make something completely original. Using an aspect of someone else's work isn't necessarily a bad thing, though, it could be used due to inspiration for example. I believe you should be able to "steal" any amount of another person's work as long as it is shaped into something different than the original and the creator gets the credit they deserve. Sampling encourages new work to build off old work and create something new and exciting.

This podcast talks about how some artist get there samples and music from others but when is the point of too much music taken? I think that there should really be one for music there could be so much free and beautiful music if we could mix other peoples music together. but at the same time you should give a small position of money you earn to the original singer. Some artist can be kinda rude other really nice so its hard to make that music into your own.

2024-09-10 14:48:33 UTC

Abraham Ruiz

2024-09-10 14:49:00 UTC

The podcast talks about how many artist sample music and how it shouldn't be considered stealing because most artist of today use samples and feed of each others ideas, it also discussed how most artist aren't doing this is a way of stealing but maybe in a way to pay homage to they're colleges all of this also leads to the fact that not everything is 100% original anymore and everyone takes a little bit of everything and puts it in one.

Julia Fremgen

2024-09-10 14:50:21 UTC

Artists use "samples" to cover or be inspired by their own songs. This process can lead into copyright issues because artists themselves also absorb tons of music daily, and it can be challenging for them to not incorporate other artists' work into their own. I believe as long as you credit the original artist, it can positively impact both artists and grow the music industry further.

Carsten Lange

2024-09-10 14:52:31 UTC

You can steal/sample other work and still call it your own if you add your own twist and uniqueness to the original song. When an artist samples another artist, their intention is not to steal their work, they use the sample as an inspiration to create something new. Today, most songs sample and/or are inspired by other songs from the past; songs are always being rewritten, covered, or sampled in new works, especially in rap music. In addition, artist sample other songs for their love of the song and to honor it.

Colin Cunningham

2024-09-10 14:53:16 UTC

In the podcast they talk about how how music is stolen from others but I believe sampling makes music good. If it weren't for sampling the rate of new music would be much lower than it currently is.

Avery Lane M.

2024-09-10 15:25:59 UTC

This podcast highlights the effects of taking samples from another artist and the effects it can have. It considers different ideas on how some artists feel that any song that contains a sample from another can not win awards, as it is seen as stealing. Yet, the podcast brings up the idea that it should not be considered stolen pieces of music. As any musician will be influenced by the music they have listened to. Whether this is conscious or an unconscious action. As long as the pieces are being changed and the song is not a replica it is seen as okay. The podcast also highlights that there are more songs than you would think, have taken samples from other songs and have changed them for there own song.

Russell Oros

2024-09-10 20:06:19 UTC

This podcast discusses how artists today reuse a lot of sounds from past songs. Not everything that is made today has to be totally original. Most times, artists take what they already love and they build on them to make something special. If an artist is using a song from someone else, it isn't a shot at them or stealing, in fact it tends to be the complete opposite. It is a way to honor what they love. I don't think that there is a specific percentage that you can say is acceptable vs. unacceptable. As long as it sounds different and there is a clear twist being put on a song, it should be completely okay.

corgan

2024-09-10 20:06:36 UTC

The podcast talks about and explains that music is not very original in this day and age and everybody around the world artists are always sampling other people's music It its not stealing it's just taking ideas from others that could fit in our song perfectly. I believe everybody who does sample it isn't stealing they just heard something that could fit well with them,

Megan O'Toole

2024-09-10 20:07:09 UTC

The podcast discusses music and how people will use samples of other music and incorporate it into their own songs/put their own twist on it. While sampling from another song doesn't mean they're completely stealing, there's a certain point where it can be considered stolen from the artist. Most of the time, however, the music is just sampled and sung/used differently which makes the song better. However, when a song is borrowed or sampled it should be approved by the original person in order to not be copyrighted. Using samples of songs should be allowed in music because it's making a piece of art their own and learning from the past.

Rachel Nelson

rnel0366 — 2024-09-10 20:07:25 UTC

The podcast discusses how much of modern music is sampled from previous generations to demonstrate the role of sampling in music history. Sampling isn't stealing someone else's work but rather deriving inspiration from it. Ronson notes that artists often get their ideas from something else they've seen or heard. Usually, when an artist samples songs they will add their own personal touches to it in order to set it apart from the source. Sampling is important to the development of the music industry and artistic growth.

Marc C

mcon2115 — 2024-09-10 20:07:38 UTC

Using the work of others isn't necessarily "stealing," all the time. If you can change the original price of art into something that's unique to you, that makes the song yours. Using a song also requires a sense of respect for the original. If artists weren't allowed to sample, we wouldn't have many of the classic songs we enjoy listening to today. There's nothing wrong with expanding upon the musical ideas of other artists.

Elle Larsen

elar1312 — 2024-09-10 20:09:09 UTC

The podcast talks about how you can use or sample other artists work and call it your own without it being stealing as long as you add/change aspects of it. Lots of artists get inspiration from past art with no intent of copying eachother. As long as you make it your own and make it different, it is ok. And even though the art might not be completely original, it is still new and their own. Nothing anymore is ever original it is just a new way of representing the art.

Gia Corona

2024-09-10 20:10:47 UTC

The podcast talks about how music is never all gonna be original. Artist sample other artists all the time, that doesn't mean they are stealing their work they are taking inspiration and growing new ideas of them. It's important to talk about this stuff to make it clear what the difference between stealing and taking inspiration is.

Henry Ham

2024-09-10 20:11:19 UTC

According to the podcast, almost every artist takes ideas and samples from other artists and builds on those ideas to create their own 'original' works comprised of bits of everything that's influenced them over the years. Songs start out as their own things, but evolve and change over time along with the music scene itself. Additionally, musical ideas persist over time through different people and take on new meaning through each artist's interpolation. Some samples go on to get used for decades by hundreds of artists, inspiring other artists to take ideas from them and change the original ideas bit by bit.

Leila Frankfater

lfra2994 — 2024-09-10 20:13:47 UTC

Based on the content from the podcast work can be sampled or "stolen" and can be called your own to some extent. Most artists sample other artists' work and add an aspect of their own to it to make the work unique and not the same as the artist they sampled from. Thus, when an artist samples another, it is solely used for inspiration or because it adds to the original idea. An example of this could be remixes, live-action remakes of movies, or rap songs where a beat is sampled from another genre of music. Therefore, most things in the art industry whether it be music, photography, or art are usually inspired by another artist because other people's art inspires new ideas.

Skyler Heimann

2024-09-10 20:14:48 UTC

When is comes to songs and music, sampling become more prevalent and common. This isn't particularly "stealing" others work but it almost used as an influence when involved in the song. By incorporating others work into yours this can benefit both the original work and the current. There's an extent to borrowing / sampling because someone's intention aren't revolved around stealing others work. But sometimes it is hard to produce something original without someone basing their songs / work of someone else.

Ricardo Dorantes

2024-09-10 20:16:34 UTC

The podcast talks about how sampling can lead to different and new creations in music. These things inspire people with their music or with other music and lead them to sample music from the past. These things allow music from the past to influence music from today. I believe sampling isn't considered stealing since it's only a partial part of the song. However, when someone samples, they should give the creator some credit or some form of representation to let others know who they sampled.

Brooke Burkhart

2024-09-10 20:19:41 UTC

When listening to the Mark Ronson podcast, we hear about how music artists reuse a lot of music from each other. It highlights how sampling lets other artists reuse the same beats or the same lyrics throughout many songs. When sampling the artists must put their touch on it in order to make it their own. Typically, songs are written based on other songs the artists hear and like, so there is a lot of sampling in the music industry.

Ethan Chang-Hsu

2024-09-11 04:55:03 UTC

Based on what this podcast said, I believe that artists do take from other artists because they use it to help relay their ideas and therefore they in a sense borrow one's work to try to convene their idea. However, we may reach a point in which every word, tune, image has been used, in which could create a void of somewhat unique ideas a perhaps even now, human beings, base our "original" ideas off of things that exist and occur among a multitude of people who may of even though of a similar idea so it possible to say that we have never once had an original idea or at the very least currently now.

El Yambao

2025-01-24 15:02:23 UTC

The podcast talks about how most if not all things are made in inspiration of or takes parts of past pieces and makes something new. We see this a lot in music like in samples or similarities in chord progressions. As the say goes, a good artist knows how to steal art, the real importance is making it your own. Art, while not everything is original, an artist uses their own uniqueness to make it something that is new and exciting. You can steal any amount of art but you must add or take away from it in order to make it different to the original.

Mike Knickerbocker

2025-01-24 15:02:49 UTC

While we listened to the Mark Ronson podcast, I learned how frequently music artists borrow from one another's work. It emphasizes how sampling allows different artists to utilize the same beats or lyrics across numerous tracks. When sampling, I believe artists need to add their unique style to make it personal so that it is not considered stealing. If someone uses a lot of parts from another song and doesn't add anything they came up with, I don't think it should be allowed. But overall I believe the decision for whether or not a song can be used for a new song, is up to the original artist.

Lucy Quinlan

2025-01-24 15:05:32 UTC

When artists take ideas from other artists it doesn't necessarily mean they're stealing their ideas. If the artist is creative enough to make the piece unique and their own then it isn't stealing the other artists pieces. They're using it for inspiration, but they have to make sure they don't cross the line of straight up stealing their pieces. Taking inspiration from other artists is okay if you make sure you make it your own.

Kobi Marquez

2025-01-24 15:05:45 UTC

The podcast mentions how much you can get away with sampled songs. It describes how many artists you have other songs from the past to improve their song(s) with other tunes from past songs. It emphasizes how hopeful artists feel about how much money they would make if they used other sounds and songs. At the same time, this can come with legal issues such as having to pay a lot of money over a long time. At the same time, many of these new songs with past songs included may not seem original because artists aren't using their ideas in some way.

Madison Cwik

mcwi0739 — 2025-01-24 15:06:14 UTC

Based on what Mark Ronson talked about in his podcast, I feel different music artists borrow and take from each other all the time. I think it's okay to take small bits and pieces from other artists at times, but it's important to still be unique and make your own original music. If you are going to use another person's ideas, I think you should give them credit and make it clear you didn't come up with the ideas yourself.

Jack LaSota

jlas2726 — 2025-01-24 15:06:35 UTC

The podcast talks about how sampling takes something that we love and uses parts of it to turn it into something new. For example, this could be taking some lyrics or beats of a song and putting it into a new song. When the artist puts something of their own into their sampled song, it makes it theirs. Nowadays there is still some legal issues with sampling songs because of originality, but that will work itself out.

Danny

2025-01-24 15:06:44 UTC

The podcast tells the listeners that it is acceptable for artists to take stuff from other peoples songs, but only in moderation. If you want to take a certain beat from a previous song you can, but you have to make your own twist on it so you are not completely copying the song. It is the same with lyrics. If you are going to use lyrics from another song you have to moderate some of it, and give credit to the owner of the lyrics or beat. artists do this very frequently and it is a lot more common than you think.

Ethan Edmondson

2025-01-24 15:06:45 UTC

This podcasts speaks on the debate over whether or not sampling music is stealing. The speakers explain how important it is to take pre-existing songs/sounds and make them your own as a way to help develop modern music. They also claim that flat out stealing music is not okay, unless you give credit to the original writer. There is only a finite number of chord progressions possible that please the average listener, so similar sounds are imminent.

Colin Jacobs

2025-01-24 15:06:53 UTC

In the Mark Ronson podcast a lot of artists reuse each others music. Artists make songs that they know the audience will like so they will sample songs of one another. It is not stealing because they will pay out the artists who originally came up with the beat. It honestly hurts the artist who is sampling another artist because they lose out on profit.

Ava Gilley

agil0618 — 2025-01-24 15:06:54 UTC

When it comes to music you can sample off other songs. Most songs build off of other songs and add their own twist to it. Now its hard to find your own sound without taking others and making something new.

Kathleen Crilly

2025-01-24 15:07:00 UTC

Based on what we learned in the podcast, many artists use other people's work as inspiration. The podcast discusses how modern music will never be completely original. However, I do not believe this means they are stealing someone else's work; they are just forming ideas from it. Sampling should be allowed because it allows people to create new music.

Noah Bristol

2025-01-24 15:07:03 UTC

This podcast discusses how rare a truly original song is in today's music scene. Whether it be through directly sampling sounds or drawing inspiration almost every artist is somehow influenced by other artists in every song they make. As music continues to evolve, artists will find ways to use more unique samples and sounds. This will result in many conflicts among artists that might be using other artists' work in their own songs. I believe that as long as the sample is used in its own creative way it truly is not considered to be stealing.

Paul Kracun

2025-01-24 15:07:09 UTC

Based on the podcast, we learn that most music takes some sort of inspiration from the past. We see this in samples and beats in today's songs. While they take inspiration, each artist uses it to make it unique and their own to convey their ideas. If an artist uses too much of something from the past, I don't think that should be allowed because at some point it just becomes copying. Taking ideas and inspiration from the past is okay as long as you just don't copy the whole thing.

Sophia Oestermeyer

soes2353 — 2025-01-24 15:12:49 UTC

Sampling music has become extremely popular in modern-day music. The podcast explains that many musicians become inspired by certain things they hear that others have created. According to the podcast it is not considered stealing because they build off of the sample to make it their own. The artist doesn't intend to completely copy the original, but simply build off a part that they specifically like. However, if the artist does not make it their own, I think it would be considered stealing because they are not changing the sample in any way, but still using it to gain a profit.

Megan Hurtado

mhur2127 — 2025-01-24 15:35:32 UTC

The podcast talks about how most artists used samples of other music. Artists borrow it and make different creations to make it unique. So it lets artists reuse the same beats but they have to make it their own. Usually songs are based on older songs, but with a twist of the beat, lyrics, rhythm, and more from the artist. That makes songs more enjoyable when having a piece of classic music.

Colin Houlihan

2025-01-24 16:08:08 UTC

Based on the podcast, pretty much every artist takes samples and gets ideas from other artists. The artists take these ideas and samples and work their own style into it. Songs can start out as being original, but can change because the music world is constantly changing. I think changing some lyrics to a song and the style is totally acceptable, with permission from the original creator. Other than that, there shouldn't be any reason to completely copy an artist to make a profit.

Nathan Joseph

njos2726 — 2025-01-24 16:13:16 UTC

Mark Ronson seemed very positive about the idea of sampling, but he did warn of the dangers of over sampling. While there is lots of good music to be made out of sampling, Ronson made it clear that the original artist has to be credited and the new music has to sound original and unique. However, Ronson did admit that he has to intentionally put blinders on when he tries to make original music because of how difficult it is to make new music in the modern landscape. At some point an artist will probably recreate a melody they have heard, even if they tried their hardest not to be influenced by outside factors. Personally, I think it is permissible to sample, but the original artist has to be credited and the new song has to change the sample in a way that sounds unique.

Maddie Solomon

2025-01-24 17:56:58 UTC

In this podcast, it talks about how you are influenced by everyone else's music whether you like it or not. It also mentions how hard it would be to make something that someone else hasn't already made. There are thousands of songs made every year, and you are most likely to make something that someone else has already made. I think that sampling is perfectly fine, or even taking chords and making it your own, but if you copy a song's lyrics in whole, or the backing track in whole, that is copying. In general, the podcast was talking about how sampling has to be done in every song either subconsciously, or on purpose, but it is good because you just take things that you love and build upon them to make them your own.

Liam Rattary

lrat1588 — 2025-01-24 21:05:10 UTC

In the podcast they take about how people get influenced by one another. Now days its hard to have a original idea because chances are someone else has already thought of it. So they talk about sampling which is when you take small snippets of one persons song and uses it in their own different way in their own song. Its an acceptable practice if you don't use too much of the other persons song. It has to be a reasonable amount and not as noticeable.

Kirsten Kirby

2025-01-24 21:06:20 UTC

The podcast talks about how artists take samples from other artists as inspiration. This is where their ideas come from to create new music. True originality is an extremely difficult thing to come across since people get inspiration from varieties of things from all over, so it can be difficult to pinpoint and credit where certain things come from. No matter how hard an artist can try to be original, there will be some factor from somewhere that is influencing them in some way and it is nearly impossible to be completely unique. I think it is okay to take ideas here and there because it's unavoidable. However, there is a fine line between borrowing and straight up stealing.

Teresa Kadlcek

2025-01-24 21:09:10 UTC

This podcast talks about how far along music can travel through other songs. From a single snip bit of la di la di it was heard in many songs from snoop dog to Katy Perry. It's saying that no song is truly original because we take influence from everything around us. So each song that is made probably has some part of it that is similar to another song. This can get messy if another artist believes that someone has copied the same beat or something else and wants to get lawyers involved. I think as long as you don't take specific lyrics or have the whole backtrack be the same as another song it's fine. No matter what new song is being made it's going to have something from another song in the past because all music is recycled.

Nidaa Nabeel

2025-01-24 21:09:58 UTC

Based on the podcast, I believe that most artists take something that they hear and love and build on it. I think it is acceptable if they take a small sample and create something new. It is impossible to not be influenced whether you like the music or not. Especially in this day in age where music is trending especially on apps like TikTok and Instagram, it's a given that some people will take that sample and make it their own. I wouldn't say it's the right thing to do, especially those who straight up copyright, but its inevitable if you really look at it.

mwil3017 — 2025-01-24 21:10:00 UTC

The podcast says most music is inspired from other music. It is ok to sample from other music as long as there is a clear difference. It is very hard to make something that someone else hasn't already done.

Jack Clarke

2025-01-24 21:10:49 UTC

In the podcast, Mark Ronson talked about the hot topic of sampling music from other artists. An artist will take an original song and alter it in some way to make it their own. The argument is hard to fight because every artist needs help to create something as long as it just samples it to an extent. Most music that artists make only sample a couple seconds of another song, so this isn't bad. I believe that if the song is made in a unique way with its own originality to it, it is acceptable.

Makenna Purgatorio

mpur2055 — 2025-01-24 21:10:51 UTC

During the podcast, he talks about how whether the artist wants to admit it or not other people's music influences the lyrics/beats of their own songs. If something sounds good to you it's hard to kind of get that out of your mind when trying to make music. So artists kind of take what they like and twist it into their own song however it is still influenced by what others have done before them. Even if you try to be original, that line or rhythm probably already exists somewhere. But as long as the artist isn't copying intentionally it's usually not a big deal to be influenced by other's music.

Betzy Patino

bpat2369 — 2025-01-24 21:13:36 UTC

The podcast mentions that it is common for artists to sample snippets of other songs for inspiration or just as intros or outroes for their songs. I believe this is good for music because it can bring new ideas for future genres and even bring snippets of music from decades ago up to date. The podcast did a good job of giving examples in multiple songs by artists. I feel after listening to this podcast that many songs are not 100% one artist's whole idea. Even if it includes music or sampled music it may still have very good potential.

Alec Fiermuga

2025-01-24 21:15:09 UTC

According to the podcast, they believe that all artists can sample songs and lyrics from other artists and create their own unique version. This is considered okay as long as it's not a plain rip off of the original version. Instead, you should take ideas, flow, and lyrics from other songs that match your style of music. It's about being creative and original, but again, there’s nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other artists.

Maya Kolbeck

2025-01-24 21:17:26 UTC

In this podcast, it explains how it's hard to find something that's truly original when it comes to music. Most songs come from something you've heard before. Mark Ronson explained in the podcast how in music, people take things they hear and build off of that. It gets more complicated because people can take pieces or ideas to a certain extent. Listening to other artists, it inspires others to create songs similar to what they've heard before, sampling songs. This sometimes can create a bigger problem on how much sampling of songs artists can take before it's too similar.

Layton Filips

2025-01-24 21:17:33 UTC

According to the podcast, many artists take ideas and songs from each other and build off to make them their own. Lots of songs are sampled from other songs even in modern days. For example, I have noticed that songs my parents listen to have been sampled in today's music including beats and lyrics. While listening to the podcast, Ronson talked about how there are a lot of problems that come along with sampling and ensuring that they receive the proper credit. If not credited, original artists can take these people to court and receive money because they arent being praised for their hard work.

2025-01-24 21:19:19 UTC

This podcast talks about sampling and creating an evolution for something you like to give it a chance to be new again but in a different way. If it's almost the same song, that will understandably be considered stealing but if something small or unnoticeable becomes sampled, I don't believe that would be considered stealing because they are making something new out of something small that they discovered. Also, despite the times people try to make an original piece, a lot of the time, there's already someone who thought of it first.

Brady Travers

btra2829 — 2025-01-27 03:40:24 UTC

In Mark Ronson's podcast, he describes how a lot modern music samples old rhythms and beats. I don't think it's fair to say that every artist "steals" something from another artist, since "steal" has a negative connotation, and modern artists are simply inspired by old hits. Inspiration is what keeps music and creation alive, and I think it's perfectly acceptable to listen to older songs and be inspired to use similar ideas when writing your own song. I like when modern songs sample old ones by using a snippet of a rhythm for their song, while NOT just reusing the old song's lyrics. Because I believe there are a finite number of chord progressions, especially if you're not using a synth, lyrics are what make a song unique. As long as every new song's lyrics are their own and not just copy & paste from the song it's sampling, then it's perfectly fine.

Jonathan Nelson

2025-09-10 18:06:28 UTC

According to this podcast, anyone in the music industry can take songs from other musicians. They say in the podcast that you can't really come up with your own music even if you tried. DJ's do it the most because their job is to sample songs to make them better but this is very common

2025-09-10 18:06:56 UTC

In this podcast, Mark Ronson talks about modern music samples. Most modern music is samples and has the same beat as ones before. Sampling is perfectly fine as long as you put your own spin on it and it isn't a copy and paste of the sample or inspiration. Credit should also be given as a sign of respect to the original piece's writer/owner.

hjus0383 — 2025-09-10 18:06:57 UTC

This podcast talks about how every piece of music is taken from other music and puts its own twist on it. He discusses the issues with always building off of other people's work, as there is no definite line between being inspired from another song and fully stealing it. I think that as long as you do something to the song that makes it unique to you, it's fine to use other music.

Ben BiancoSmith

bbia2587 — 2025-09-10 18:07:17 UTC

In the podcast, Mark Ronson, talks about how little truly original music there is. Most if not all music has at least a tiny piece of something you have heard before. People will hear ideas and build off them to make a new idea. Not something completely original to them but still a new sound. Music inspires other people to make music.

Mary Miller

mmil0834 — 2025-09-10 18:07:27 UTC

According to this podcast, all artists do use some sort of work from another artist, however, it talks about how they make it into their own. So most artists aren't directly taking the same exact sound and beat of another artist, but they are using something similar for what seems like inspiration so that they can make something of their own. I think a small phrase or group of beats is acceptable but nothing more because then artists aren't very original. I also think that as long as an artist is just using a beat or phrase from another artist to get inspiration on a song, then that is acceptable.

2025-09-10 18:07:58 UTC

The podcast talks about how artist use songs and their ideas to build from each other to create something new. Also there are many songs that have sampled like beat and lyrics.

Ivo Penavic

ipen0967 — 2025-09-10 18:08:03 UTC

The podcast talks a lot about how artists sample music and material from one another, to create a newer or better product. Many newer songs that have "Evolved" are sampled from old ones, or the beat itself is reused. Ronson thinks credit is due to any artist who has an "original" song sampled, but with the evolution of music this is simply a big ask if the whole song isn't totally ripped. Every piece of music has been inspired by old music dating back to its conception, so it's just important to create new lyrics or spins on old music to ensure it's unique. New music thrives and people enjoy it just because it's been inspired from older developments and theories since its conception.

Jake Sherlag

2025-09-10 18:08:16 UTC

Inspiration and copying are two different things. if the sample is used for a relatively small portion of the song and you are using it as your own thing, like the king crimson sample in power by Kanye West, it is fine. The main thing is that the new song provides value in a different way than the original. This is true in both covers and sampling. Some covers can switch a song's genre or style, and those are the interesting ones.

Molly Jeschke

2025-09-10 18:08:26 UTC

The podcast talks about how most artists have been influenced by other artists' work. It is not that it is stealing because that seems more negative than it really is because most artists hear something they like and then add their own twist and make it their own. You might be able to recognize beats from other songs but the song overall will be different in some aspects. As long as people aren't over sampling, it isn't considered stealing because everyone found inspiration from something else that they don't own.

bpag2826 — 2025-09-10 18:08:37 UTC

In this podcast, it talks about how many artists take or are influenced by something they hear. I believe it is reasonable to take a small sample and create something new while keeping it as original as possible. Lots of songs have similar or the same samples but as long as the song is still original it is okay. Inspiration and copying are two different things and many artists listen to others for inspiration. Overall it is okay to sample as long as the majority of the song is original.

Matthew Rahimi

2025-09-10 18:09:27 UTC

The podcast talks about artist talks about artist sampling music and it brings up the argument if it's original. I dont think it is as long as its not too much. As long as it's your using it to inspire you, and not steal work, I think its fine.

Alex Graumann

2025-09-10 18:09:43 UTC

In the podcast, they mention a lot of artists who have something from other artists within their new songs. Though it depends on the amount of stuff that is taken is the issue. If the new song uses just one line or a couple of words, then it is okay, but if it is almost half the song, then that is where the issue lies. Chords are a different story because you can't just copyright chords. A lot of songs use the same chords, but slightly off, to create a new pattern and rhythm.

jmcn2017 — 2025-09-10 18:09:50 UTC

In Mark Ronson's podcast, they discuss what makes something original. However, this is a pretty complicated topic. A lot of original music made today is directly derived from other music, and with how much music is being produced, artists can often create a completely original piece that sounds very similar to other pieces. As long as it's made with permission or is different enough from other pieces, it can be considered original.

Anna Horsley

ahor2896 — 2025-09-10 18:10:07 UTC

the podcast talks about the influence different songs have on an artist. Almost every song has been influenced by other songs but it is not stolen. They just use it as inspiration to turn it into something new and slightly different which is why its okay to use other music as long as its not fully copied.

Lily Eddington

ledd2030 — 2025-09-10 18:10:10 UTC

In Mark Ronson's podcast, he talks about how past music beats and samples are common in modern music songs. Lots of past songs are sampled in current music. I don't believe this should be considered stealing from another artist. These new artists simply use beats or small portions of old songs. As long as something is unique in itself and has small parts using those similar beats or a few lyrics should be allowed. It shouldn't be a big deal that artists can be influenced by others and as long as these songs aren't overly sampled music is still very unique in every song.

Mikey Tirado

2025-09-10 18:11:52 UTC

The podcast talks about how there isn't much original music left. In my opinion, you can take as much as you want as long as you can hear a significant difference from the original. Make it unique and put your own spin on it.

Miles Mitchell

2025-09-10 18:12:09 UTC

This podcast describes how sampling is originality. When everyone samples a specific beat or tune, they add their own creative twist to it to make it unique. Lots of songs take a small part of a rhythm, but turn it into something better. I don't believe this is a big concern, knowing that everyone is influenced by something no matter what industry it is in.

Avery Shirk

ashi1409 — 2025-09-10 18:12:18 UTC

Based on the discussions in the podcast, work can be sampled and uniquely made as your "own". Most songwriters use previous work to create a foundation for their art and make something of their own. Samples are used for inspiration, like songs where the beat is from another genre of music. Within the art industry, most of the art created is based on other creations, and this cycle allows future generations to work off each other.

molly steiner

2025-09-10 18:12:25 UTC

In the podcast, it explains that Modern music will never be 100% original because most music is inspired by and uses samples from other music. This is ok to do as long as there is a clear difference and the original creator gets the credit they deserve.

Cayden Lusk

2025-09-10 18:13:18 UTC

Based on the podcast, I think people steal or take someone's idea in one way or another. I think the reason being is because people hear and listen to other people's original music and like it which makes them want to use it in their own way to make up their own song. This is because people are influenced by their environment around them and what they do in their daily lives which makes them incorporate different types of ideas from what they hear around them. In conclusion, I don't think artists are necessarily stealing from another artist because in order to be considered stealing I think the song would have to be near exactly as the same song without any revisions or tweaks to it. People use different types of things to edit it into their own song which could be the voice or sound of it.

Jack Quinn

2025-09-10 18:21:26 UTC

During the podcast, Mark Ronson talks about how everything creative has taken some inspiration from past things. He also mentioned that even if a song takes aspects of someone else's work, it can still be unique.

2025-09-10 18:22:27 UTC

This podcast is based on how other peoples work can be sampled and made into your own kind of thing. It also explains originality and how everyone can sample something but change it in a small way. Sampling allows different artists to utilize the same beats/songs across tracks. Even though the art isn't completely original its still new and their own. Nowadays nothing is 100 percent original.

Hardi Patel

hpat2945 — 2026-01-22 23:49:57 UTC

According to the speakers in the podcast, artists can take small parts of other songs, but it matters how they use them. They explain that borrowing sounds or lyrics is common in music, especially in sampling, but it shouldn’t just be copying someone else’s work. If an artist changes the sample and adds their own creativity, it can become something new and original. The speakers also point out that artists usually need permission and must give credit when they use someone else’s music. Overall, the podcast suggests that it’s okay to “steal” a little as long as it’s transformed and not taken without respect.

Ella Bonk

ebon1189 — 2026-01-23 20:33:36 UTC

Listening to the podcast by Mark Ronson he explain how almost everything came from something else. This does not mean though they took all of the music and chords from one song and completely used it in another. When songs are sampled they use small sets of lyrics and change their beat or notes used to sing them to make it their own. These ways of changing music is how we get original songs released today. These artists find the inspiration from somewhere else no matter where that might be then they create based on this work.

Will Cunningham

2026-01-23 20:39:15 UTC

The Mark Robonson podcast basically says you can steal it as long as you genuinely transform it and add meaning. They talk about how no piece is 100% original. And it's acceptable to steal as long as you give it a new interpretation and don't just straight copy. It allows people to utilize the same beats across tracks. If this weren't the case, copyright lawyers would be in heaven.

Will Surratt

2026-01-23 21:08:15 UTC

The Mark Ronson podcast explains that sampling bits and pieces from other music is okay and leads to great new music as long as you are adding your own meaning to it and trying to make it different. It is very tough to not be influenced by all the music you here so original sounds and beats are extremely hard to come by. You still need to be the creative with how you sample something and that is part of how you make it unique and more of your own. So I believe every artist can be inspired by other artists and work off of them but I wouldn't necessarily call it stealing unless they aren't making it unique and not changing it. I think you can "steal" a lot and call it your own if you are truly making it unique and giving it meaning in your own way

Jake Spector

jspe0918 — 2026-01-26 02:07:30 UTC

Mark Ronson said in his podcast that no music is truly original anymore. He talks about how it is okay to take from others' music, but you have to give it a new spin. You can take bits and pieces from one song and from another one as well and mix them together to create originality. It gives the new music familiarity and freshness at the same time. Sometimes, you have to get consent from the original creator or else they can have you copyrighted.

Claudia Moran

cmor1238 — 2026-01-26 02:13:07 UTC

In the Mark Ronson podcast he explains that almost every song has a little bit of other songs beats or lyrics throughout. Each song has a little bit of pieces from other songs along with this artists originality. I believe you can use beats and ideas from others as long as you make it your own, add your own spin to it. He said it's not copying but it's taking something and creating something new. As long as your song is unique from others it is okay to use inspiration from other artists and their songs.