Reply #39: I'm not sure I like that analogy... [View All]

[ghostsofgiants]

When it comes to art and music it's all about aesthetic. There are a lot of talented musicians or artists who enjoy the aesthetic of sampling or collage (to use Retro's example). Max Ernst, for example, has an extensive amount of collage art, but that doesn't mean he wasn't also a great painter. It's all to do with aesthetic and changing the context of the original sample.

And of course there ARE lazy bums who use samples for the reasons of laziness and limited talent (See: Puff Daddy) but to characterize everyone who does as such is ridiculous.

But I'm at the point now where I don't even have the energy to argue about this every time it comes up.