Respect folks… talkin’ bout respect here. Barry Manilow gave credit to Chopin for the basic melody on his breakthrough epic “ Could It Be Magic.” Pete Townshend of The Who named his Baba O’Riley in part for Terry Riley, the composer of the groundbreaking 1964 composition known as “ In C.” Frank Zappa came out of the gate on his 1966 debut citing his influences in the so called “Freak Out List” and over the course of his career performed segments of works by Stravinsky and others directly or in homage. Rimsky Korsakov talked about his compositional lifts in his autobiography. Some have thankfully been up front about it. Still, I am amazed how some artists don’t at least acknowledging the source.

“ Whosampled” is a great source for exploring artistic DNA of the sampling world. Today, with the Internet acting as an always-on archive, it is pretty easy to figure out who copped things from whom if there is enough of a similarity. This isn’t a new thing, but how artists deal with this concept publicly is curious in these litigious times we live in. Its the difference between tribute and theft. those who just lift musical passages as their own. There is however a fine line - especially these days - between inspired artists who leverage ideas vs. A grand tradition dating back to the earliest days of composing, sounds and ideas get passed down through the ages, changing along the way. What did they do? They all incorprated music that influenced them into their own songwriting. Many Rap and Hip Hop artists have done it. Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsApp

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