At 5:03 PM +0100 5/29/01, Dr Brian H Brown wrote:
Hi guys & gals!
While I was watching some TV prog the other week the incidental music accompanying one section caught my attention. It was "ambient" or "chill-out" house type stuff (sorry, too old to know the true terminology!). Anyway, I emailed the producer of the prog to find out what it was, chased it up on the Internet and promptly ordered it - just received it in the post today....
I was right! They've used a sample from the beginning of "South City Midnight Lady" - the first few bars of Pat's guitar playing - and it's not just played in the style, or a cover - it's actually sampled. The CD is "View From the Heights " by Neon Heights and Zed J (released May 2000) and the track in question is "16 Again". If anyone would like to hear what I'm talking about I could send a small clip of it in MP3 format (about 300K max.). Just let me know.
Anyway, what I was wondering was, does Pat/the band/the record label see this as flattery or just plain theft? Or maybe permission was asked?
Garden variety theft in my book. Anybody able to forward this off
to the band?
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Don MacQueen
Shelby, NC
Don MacQueen
Shelby, NC
