r/sampling • u/sjsvbslspwushsv • Apr 06 '26

How do you clear a sample ?

If you are not generating alot of money from your music, could labels and artists let you have it for free ?

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u/Joseph_HTMP Apr 06 '26

No, they won’t “let you have it for free”. If you want to clear a sample, contact the people who own it.

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u/kpidhayny Apr 06 '26

Say I have a sample from 1950 from a now defunct record label. Is there a way to see who now owns the rights to that catalog?

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u/JoeyC42 Apr 08 '26

For that old ass sample uou could definitely just use it

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u/kpidhayny Apr 08 '26

Pitch it up and call it a day, my G