{"id":2904,"date":"2023-05-11T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2023-05-11T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:29:51","slug":"blog-may-11th-influence-sampling-and-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"Blog May 11th Influence, Sampling and Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“The One Whose Name Begins With J” featuring the Mustard Seed Soul Band from the album His Story Live (unreleased) recorded and produced by Ross Gill.<\/p>\n

I was quite interested in the recent court case in New York in which Ed Sheeran was cleared of infringing copyright of Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On\u201d with his massive 2014 hit \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d.
\nIt seemed obvious to me that the two are completely different songs apart from a riff which is apparently based on a well-known chord progression. An expert in these things explains much better than I can here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9rBN4UtkWQ<\/a>
\nMy understanding of plagiarism is that you are basically stealing someone else\u2019s (in this case song) without regard for copyright. Sampling is where you use a part of a song \u2013 usually a riff -and have the permission of the original composer \u2013 or not as in the case of \u201cIce, Ice, Baby\u201d by Vanilla Ice who used the bass line of the 1981 song “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie and which went to court- with Vanilla Ice losing.
\nInfluence is simply that \u2013 influence. So when composing, being influenced by a certain style of music -there is no issue with this \u2013 it is impossible to write a song without having first heard other songs which have a similar style.
\nWhile here I recently heard the Christian song \u201cGoodness of God\u201d (Bethel Music) which I think is great, but actually has a very similar chorus line to that of Bette Midler\u2019s \u201cWind Beneath My Wings\u201d as in \u201cAnd I can fly higher than the eagle \u2026..\u201d
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\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0iAzMRKFX3c<\/a> starting 1 min 34 secs
\nAnd \u201cGoodness of God\u201d
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-f4MUUMWMV4<\/a> starting 54 secs \u201cCos all my life You have been faithful\u201d.
\nHas Mustard Seed Songs sampled or been guilty of sampling or plagiarism? \u2013 I\u2019ll let you know next week- however today\u2019s featured song might give you a clue!!!<\/p>\n

Quote of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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