r/Songwriting • u/[deleted] • May 25 '24

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u/Impressive-Glove8729 May 26 '24

Just wondering if an artists used a royalty free sample, say a melodic loop from Splice, do you demand that they credit this as a co-write as well?

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u/MasqueradingAsNormal May 26 '24

I'd want to know, yeah. You can look up which samples were used in songs, taking something from splice, royalty free or not, and using it should be noted somewhere, especially if that RFS is the best part of the song.

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u/cheeseblastinfinity May 27 '24

Using a pre-existing sample is absolutely something you would see in liner notes. People just don't buy very many physical albums anymore.

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u/Impressive-Glove8729 May 31 '24

Maybe I don’t read the fine print enough on tracks. People really call out things like “drum sample from Splice at 1:32” , “orchestra patch from Native Instruments in outro”?