Notable Picks / Starting Points
We've been absolutely blown away by the submissions we've gotten - totally amazing, original works. We've pulled a few tracks from the pile that we'd like to hi-light, tracks that excel in one way or another, or that bring something unique to the table (if this is your first visit, see below for what this is all about):
Born Flakes by andreas
One the more "organic" sounding tracks we've got -
a really sophisticated live-sounding percussion composition.
Hydrogenated Food Dance by meatbingo
Meatbingo has turned a screeching guitar into a fully-formed slice of
electro-pop. Amazing production and sound design.
Parle Menthe by Patrick Sawyer
Extremely pretty, melancholy IDM.
What Samples by fibra
Fibra takes us though 30 seconds of slice and dice meatgrinder
sample processing. Bonus: You can hear the sample!!
3 Fingered Salute by fourstones.net So cute - a "Star Spangled Banner" cover. Really well executed social commentary.
Second Generation Mark Clements This wins this "noise remix/remix" award. What happens when you play 41 30 second remixes at once?
SEPTEMBER 15, 2004: Michael Bell-Smith and Downhill Battle are seeking submissions for 3 Notes and Runnin', an online music compilation commemorating and protesting The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Case No. 01-00412.
In the case, the court found that NWA violated copyright law when they sampled 3 notes of a guitar riff from Funkadelic's "Get off Your Ass and Jam" for their song "100 Miles and Runnin'". The ruling reversed a district court finding that because "no reasonable juror, even one familiar with the works of George Clinton, would recognize the source of the sample without having been told of its source", sampling clearance should not be required.
Hear the guitar riff in question from Funkadelic's "Get off Your Ass and Jam":
Hear a sample of the NWA song, "100 Miles and Runnin'", which contains the sample:
(hint: the sample comes in after the line "when in a black and white the capacity is two", and is looped for 16 bars).
In doing so, the court broke from decades of established sample practice by ruling that all samples, regardless of how heavily manipulated or unrecognizable they may be, are subject either to "clearance" (obtaining permission for use of the sample, usually in exchange for money), or litigation. In an instant, this act made the majority of sample based music illegal. For more, read Why Sample Rights Matter.
To protest this decision, we are creating a forum for sample-based musicians and artists to share their own 30 second songs which have been created using only the sample in question. By doing so, we hope to showcase the potential and diversity of sample based music and sound art, and to call into question the relationship between a sample and its use. All entries will be posted on this site as they are received.
3 Notes and Runnin' is now closed to new entries.
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Your song must be thirty seconds in length.
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Your song must use only the designated two seconds of the intro to Funkadelic's "Get off Your Ass and Jam" as source material. You can slice it, layer it, loop it, stretch it, filter it, smack it up, flip it, and rub it down, but you can't bring any other sounds into the mix.
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All Entries should be encoded as mp3s and emailed, along with artist name, email or URL, and a brief description / statement to -------. All entries that adhere to the format of the call will be posted to the website.
Participants are encouraged to process the sound in creative, unconventional and excessive manners, stretching the relationship between the finished result and the source material.
