[LAU] hip hop / making beats

[Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ]

Johannes Mario Ringheim wrote:

> Be aware, though, if your music gains momentum you might experience that 
> the fellow hiphopers you took samples from demand royalties for the 
> samples used. Even more so with 70s/funk/etc artists who don't realise 
> that the main reason they're still selling records is that they're being 
> sampled. You can solve this problem by only using samples from works 
> with permitive licensing, for example one of the Creative Commons licenses.
> 
> To me I realise my music is illegal, so that's why I've called the 
> collection "Illegal Musikk", and I'm ready to take any consequences of 
> that - call it art ;)

All of my samples and tracks are under the WTFPL, with the rider that if 
you use my work in whole or part I want to be credited.  If you make a 
million-selling record and become very rich, you can pay my electric 
bill or something.  Or buy me some beer.

Gordon