Sampling in Modern Music

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1. How old are you? This survey is anonymous so please be honest.

2. Do you have any sort of musical background? Check all that apply.

3. What is your favorite genre of music?

4. Do you know what the term "sampling" refers to in music?

5. "Sample (Verb): 1. To use a segment of another's musical recording as part of one's own recording." Do you understand what sampling is now?

6. If you still feel hesitant about whether or not you understand what sampling is, check out this video to see the sampling process directly in modern music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI0WNxL276Q

7. Now, as you may already know or assume, there is a lot of controversy around this subject since artists are sampling songs without permission from the original composers. Musicians and producers alike have been sued because of sampling. Do you feel going to these lengths for using another's music for their own is reasonable?

8. According to a hiphopmakers.com poll, 95% of producers on the site use sampling in their music. On the other hand 80% of musicians on mylespaul.com said that sampling is just stealing. Based on what you've learned or already know about sampling, would you say that sampling is....