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How To Avoid Sample Clearance Issues In Music By Using The Drum Broker Sample Kits

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Entering music production as a career isn’t easy and can come with many obstacles if you are a sample-based producer. If you sample a pre-existing commercial recording the laws are even tougher today as publishing companies use the law to strike hard against copyright infringement. Since sampled audio recordings are your primary tools to get paid, it’s time to reevaluate your tool set for options of samples which you can use as a non-risk approach to creating music which still Read More

Is Plies’s Single,"Shawty" A Love Song Or The Perfect Soundtrack To A ‘Hood Porno Flick?

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There’s a guilty pleasure I get when listening to “Shawty” by Fort Myers, Florida native Plies. On one hand, the musical track, the catchy hook sung by R&B’s hottest singer of the moment, T-Pain and the complimentary music video-complete with cars, jewelry, celebrity cameos, thick attractive females and a pool, fits what seems to be the perfect formula for a hit record on the radio, on the charts, on cable music networks and in the streets these days. On the Read More