The producers sit down with a music artist who makes different samples of beats that any other artist can use for free. Then they start talking about how Justin Bieber used this sample that he made and then someone on twitter got mad that "Justin stole his sample." Therefore, he had to reply and say "Actually I made the sample." Then Justin tweeted back and now this artist is making more samples for artists to use.
The producers go on about talking how easy it is to get a sample of whatever you want. You could get a sample for less than a dime and use it without getting copyrighted. I never knew this was a thing until now, but apparently producers have been doing it for decades and it's called sampling. They talked to the CEO of the largest sampling company today. They brought up some good points for better understanding, like sampling is very common now and you can't go very far without using sampling. Also, every time you download a sample, you are putting money in the pocket of the person who made it. It is also really easy to make and sell a sample.
Some of the artists who used the sample, did not do any alterations to it and if you shazam it, it will get confused and sometimes get the wrong song. But if you use shazam on Justin's song (since he altered the sample) it will come up as his song. This is confusing because it is the same sample. This means that the artists need to alter their samples to make it their own.
All in all it is hard to make music nowadays without using samples, even though it may seem like cheating. It will be interesting to see how artists take samples and what they can do with them and what credit they give for them.
Sloan, Nate, and Charlie Harding. “Switched on Pop.” Switched on Pop, Rock Ridge Productions
LLC, 25 Feb. 2020,
switchedonpop.com/episodes/what-happens-when-justin-bieber-samples-your-music?rq=what happens when Justin Bieber.
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