Sampling Music Laws – You Still Need Permission to Sample Music Legally. In the music industry, the process of sampling is regularly used by music producers. However, contrary to popular belief, sampling of a copyrighted song without permission from the owner is still illegal. … This process is known as sample clearance.
How can I tell if a song is sampled?
By listening to any given song, the WhoSampled app is now able to recognize the original track while also revealing its samples, its cover history, its remixes and more. The new app feature operates similar to the music discovery app Shazam, but uses WhoSampled’s crowdsourced database.
How do you get a sample of a song?
The best free music samples and loop download sites on the web
- SampleRadar.
- LANDR.
- BBC Sound Effects.
- SampleFocus.
- Bedroom Producers’ Blog Sample Archive.
- SampleSwap.
- FreeSound.org.
- LooperMan.