Sampling in

Songs
Hello!
I am Mr. Gandy
I am here because I love to give
presentations.
What’s everyone’s favorite color?

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1.
Sampling

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 ▫ Sampling is reusing a
What Is portion of sound from one
sampling? music piece in another
music piece

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 ▫ A.) Alliteration
Which ▫ B.) Allusion
rhetorical ▫ C.) Repetition
device does ▫ D.) Irony
sampling
use?

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2.
Reasons artists
sample

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Why would an
artist sample
other songs?
 ▫ Points have been made
Cite other before
artists ◦ Better to give credit
and expand, than steal
credit to copy

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 ▫ Good artists learn from
Pay homage good artists
to other ◦ Let’s the artists share
artists where they developed
their sound

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 ▫ Classic themes meet
Build modern technology
community ◦ Example: big 80’s
over time sound revival

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 ▫ A piano is a piano, a guitar
Only so is a guitar
many ◦ Can only create so
sounds much, but we can
modify much more.

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3.
Sampling in
action

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 ▫ Cheers (Drink to That)
Example ◦ Samples Snoop
Dogg’s Gin & Juice &
Avril Lavigne’s I’m With
You
▫ We want to see why
Rihanna chose these
samples

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 ▫ What kind of song is
What kind Cheers (Drink to That)?
of song? ◦ A sad song?
◦ A love song?
◦ A Party song?
◦ A relaxing song?

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 ▫ Great party song
Why ◦ Lots of people listen
Sample to Snoop Dogg to
Snoop have a good time
▫ If you’re gonna sample
Dogg?
and want a good time,
Snoop Dogg is a solid
choice
▫ Maturity: Snoop was and
Is an established &
respected music artist

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 ▫ Held a similar niche to
Why Rihanna
Sample ◦ The part sampled was
Avril iconic
▫ But the song chosen is
Lavigne?
sad
◦ Why sample a sad
song for a party song?

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 ▫ Juxtaposition
What ◦ Happy & sad together
impact did ▫ As if Rihanna is running
this away/hiding from a
sadness, or coping with
sampling
sadness
have?

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 ▫ Songs are multimodal
Why look at works
samples? ▫ To go in-depth with our
analysis, it’s wise to
analyze multiple factors
◦ Lyrics
◦ Sound
◦ Samples

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 ▫ When analyzing literature,
We see this we can look at multiple
in factors:
literature ◦ Words
◦ Writing Style
too
◦ Author’s values
◦ History/Time Period
◦ Medium

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What
purpose(s) does
sampling serve
in music?
Any
Questions?

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Thank You!

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