Today’s class was about sampling. I don’t have too much to report on. We learned about Chuck Berry’s famous “lick” and how it originated with Lester Young. We listened to George Clinton (previously I was only acquainted with the Vice President).

We ended with the question “Who owns a song?” Keeping with my last post, I think anyone can “own” a song. Anyone who sings it, performs it, thinks about it, buys it, etc all “own” it, without their ownership impacting anyone else’s. I think its entirely fair for for the original artist, or the person whose version is most famous, to be given credit for the song. But they do not have sole ownership over it, just like any other piece of information.