Definition
A piece of actual recording of a performance reused in another performance. Example: Black Eyed Peas used a sample of Miserlou by Dick Dale and his Del-Tones in their performance Pump It.
Sample Relation Features
- Sample style
- Options: Drums, Vocals, Chorus, Bass, Guitar
- Displayed in the Info column of the Sample relation
- Credit type
- Options: Credited, Uncredited, Unknown
- When the work of the sampling performance is credited to the composers/authors of the sampled performance, then you also need to create an adaptation relation between these works. Read more on this on the Adaptations Relations page.
- Sampler time
- The time the sample first appears in the Youtube video of the sampling song.
- Currently only displayed in the Edit sample menu.
- Sampled time
- The time the sample first appears in the Youtube video of the sampled (original) song.
- Currently only displayed in the Edit sample menu.
- Comments
- Displayed in the Info column of the Sample relation, after the Credit type
Special cases
- Backing tracks
- For some labels (think of Motown for example) it was quite common to record a backing track by the label home band, and have different artists sing over this backing track. Technically these songs are both covers (because of the new singing) and samples (because of the use of the backing track). However, to keep things simple we index these as covers, explaining the sample relation in the comment box.
- Virtual duets
- A virtual duet is the type of song where an artist A covers a song by an artist B, but with using samples of the original song, presenting it like a duet. Technically this is both a cover and a sample. Again, to keep things simple we index these as covers, explaining the sample relation in the comment box.