[kj] "Ghosts of LG" influence track:

Greg Slawson gregslawson at msn.com
Wed Jun 25 11:19:11 EDT 2014


Agreed--I remember in the 80s reggae always used each other's bass lines & beats and it was ok! Get capitalism out of music

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> On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> If you start recycling other people's lyrics without proper credit, you will get in trouble for it, but riddims (rhythmn tracks) are available to everyone. This can lead to bizarre situations where several tracks in the charts are built around the same riddim.
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> There's a Japanese singer who is heavily into reggae and dancehall. She was most surprised to learn from some of her musical heroes that it was absolutely okay to use riddims from other tracks and that no-one was going to sue her for it. They consider a great way for developing artists to 'learn the trade', find out how your heroes create their sound. "Reggae is free, so do what you like", was one pertinent comment. 
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> Jim.
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> So, Youth
> didn't rip off the bass line, he paid respectful homage
> to a long-standing cultural tradition.
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> Date:
> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:52:14 +0100
> From:
> green.sun1980 at gmail.com
> To:
> gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj]
> "Ghosts of LG" influence track:
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> The recycling of
> rhythms in Jamaican music has never gone away, & is
> probably more prevalent (& with a wider range of source
> material) than ever. This explains it better than I could
> hope to:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddim
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> On 24 June 2014 22:06,
> Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com>
> wrote:
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> Lazer Attack was the one I was looking
> for, but thanks for the other tracks as well, especially
> Horace Andy.
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> There was
> apparently a lot of "borrowing" and re-purposing
> of rhythm tracks in reggae back in the day.  Kind of like
> all those Disney animated features from the 60 - 70's
> with exactly the same sequences because nobody imagined
> being able to compare them side-by-side.
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