Sample clearing question.

chrisbanks

chrisbanks

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I have a quick question. To any of you who upload, or have uploaded sampled beats in the past, do you clear the samples before uploading to your catalog? Or is that something the artists should take care of themselves?

I'm concerned because I want to sell sampled beats, but I'm unsure of how that clearing process goes when uploading them to your online catalog.
 
Yeah, if you're going to sell the beats, you'll need to clear the samples (even if you give it away free, it's a gray area). Here's a quick guide, or google "sample clearing service".
 
Thank you so much! This is extremely helpful. I'll be sure to look into this a lot further. I really appreciate this. Thanks again.
 
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I came under the same conundrum. Make baller tracks using samples from movies, but if permission was not given then it could bite me for $120 grand..check out harry fox...it's not a porn site, but a sample clearing house website. For now all my tracks are online but not for sale or download until I get clearance.
 
You need to do a bit of research first. You're gonna need to find out exactly who owns what, who owns the recording of the song "phonograph" and who owns the composition (usually a publisher).

You're going to need a mechanical license to recreate the sounds of the sample "composition" so you need to find out who the publisher is, dig around for their contact details and get in touch telling them you've recreated their song; the majors ie Warner/Chappell, Sony/ATV, UMPG will usually email you a form to fill in and send back.

If you've chopped up and used a song for a direct sample you're going to need to contact the publisher for permission to use the sample and you're going to have to contact the rights holder (usually a record label) for permission to use the sound recording AKA the phonograph; just go through the exact same process with the label as you would the publisher.

The publisher and label will most likely ask for a cut of all profits so you shouldn't need to pay anything upfront, don't take my word for it though, they might want something upfront in some cases.

If you're sampling for non-profit I suggest just looking into a CC (Creative Commons) license, that wont cost you a penny.

Hope this helps :)
 
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