Dj format vs mike vickers

[sermad]

I always meant to post up about this but forgot until I listened to one of Ed and Jonny Trunks radio shows again...Anyway check these.

Small Deal

Little Bit Of Soul

I really like some of DJ Format's music...but this always struck me as being a pretty cheeky. I kind of thought the days of jocking half a tune and calling it your own were loooong gone. (Actually in this case he borrows a little of one to make a lot of another).

Or is it still acceptable as long as the end result was good? ie a really good loop makes a great song and its props to the person finding it.

I don't have the album but did mike vickers get a credit on the sleeve?

[Matt Hero]

My opinion on this, and it is only the way I look at things (and please don't bring up examples from things that I've been involved in and make me look stupid, I can do that pretty well on my own) is thus :

Whatever you end up with should be better than the sum of the parts you assemble. If you're not improving the original, then you've got no business messing with it.

I guess Format thinks his work is a better 'arrangement' than the original. Personally, I don't. But is a question of personal ethics I s'pose.

[Belson]

I personally don't like anything Format has come up with to date.

Nothing new, and a tad tiresome. OK.....some b-boys would say keeping the art of cut 'n' paste alive, but jeeezuzz it's soooo dull.

Sozzle......not for mezzle.

[Rich Hero]

Format's removed the horn hook (my favourite bit) and replaced it with a generic vocal. Apart from that there's nothing in it and both tracks work in exactly the same way so you may as well play Mike Vickers' track. Hmmm... Format's track only gets interesting with the outro. Not exactly his most inspired effort.

The thing about sampling is that you'll never use a sample that noone else knows. Either take it out of context, chop it to bits or add more elements, but don't simply reedit the track and pretend it's your own work.

("Wot I say, not wot I do" caveat applies).