Dilemma

slickrick · Post by **slickrick** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:08 pm

I just finished a track and now i discovered that an old mike huckaby record used the same disco sample as i did..it's not really the same, but you can tell..

What is your opinion about this? I know he sampled it, so why shouldn't i do this as well...but it feels a bit weird.

The track is on my soundcloud called horn rescue

www.soundcloud.com/rik-woldring

and this is the huckaby track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVtGCKlRaCo

some feedback on the track would be nice as well..i have the feeling something is missing..

thanks

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:58 pm

this is the problem with sampling. there is a good chance someone else will do it.

nice track btw

if you hadn't had pointed out it was a sample i would have been more impressed.

MINIMALTECHNOHOUSE · Post by **MINIMALTECHNOHOUSE** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:35 pm

start a new track man, dont sweat it....

slickrick · Post by **slickrick** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:58 pm

any other thoughts?

thanks.

zongo · Post by **zongo** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:57 pm

You could ask Mike huckaby if he's ok with your track being released. I guess you can find him on Myspace. Anyway if it's a non-profit release then I don't see any ethical problem.

jessejames · Post by **jessejames** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:01 pm

^^Mike Huckaby has no say whether he can release this track or not. They both sampled the same record. The main issue that I see here is that you both used the sample as the MAIN source/hook/melody whatever you want to call it. The sample makes up the majority of the sound and feeling of both your tracks. You both essentially just laid drums on top and re-arranged. So in that essence, even tho the tracks are clearly different, there is an easy reference between both of them. People familiar with the Huckaby track would hear yours and say, “I’ve heard this before.”

That being said, I think you made a nice track out of it.

If I was in your shoes, I wouldn’t send this to any labels. But I would keep it in my bag to bust out at gigs.

hydrogen · Post by **hydrogen** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:58 pm

jessejames wrote: If I was in your shoes, I wouldn’t send this to any labels. But I would keep it in my bag to bust out at gigs.

+1 for building the secret weapon stache... pass to your friends too if they play the same music.

slickrick · Post by **slickrick** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:36 pm

thanks guys!!

will send it to my friends..