How sampling transformed music | Mark Ronson

[@blankspace0000]

Soo happy that he got his name in front of Uptown Funk instead of just deciding to be a ghost producer and make it a "Bruno Mars" track. People like him are pivotal in bringing good changes to pop music.

[@erica2912]

+Bhargav Annigeri well said!

[@dustink7064]

+JAZZ Changes? Uptown Funk is literally a direct rip off of Jungle Love from Morris Day and the Time!

[@Gallscor]

+Dustin K did you even watch the video that you're commenting on?

[@milkboccle]

You know uptown funk is the theme tune to the really wild show a kids show from the 90s?

[@dustink7064]

+Gallscor I did not. I couldn't handle looking at his combover for longer than 2 minutes.

[@laureng.6745]

You may not like Mark Ronson, but you cannot deny he is talented and pays respect to those who came before him. I've seen people complain that he comes from a privileged background thus making his accomplishments without work, but I disagree. Yes, he had opportunities others may not, but he has used those opportunities to learn and work. I don't like all of his music but I cannot say it's all terrible. Look at his work with Amy Winehouse, for example. He has an eclectic taste that allows for interesting music. Anyway, Mark is obviously talented and very aware of the music scene past and present. I respect him for that.

[@DJMightyFresh]

+Lauren G. Who hates Mark Ronson?

[@DJDangerHouse01]

+DJMightyFresh Agreed! What person would say they hate him?

[@santinerino624]

For gods sake it's 2017 people grow up. Not every person has to have had a hard life. It's not his fault he was born into a good situation. Mark Ronson makes amazing music and you can clearly see how passionate he is for the music he makes. I believe Mark Ronson is highly underrated as a producer. The man has a good ear for sampling and creating hits. Stop letting peoples background distract you from the fact that they are making good music.

[@brmbkl]

santino; not saying i agree either way - but nobody said: we should hate someone because he comes from wealth. the point is we lose opportunity to hear music that arguably deserves to be heard more (other maybe more talented musicians are left in the cold.)

[@freethinker4liberty]

I like hip hop and I like sampling and I like the combo, but by no means will I ever say hip hop is an art form, it's a craft, like making pancakes, anyone can do it if they put their mind to it, and if they are musically inclined and have some skills and want the easy way, hip hop makes this happen easier.

[@roasty80]

I have a new respect for ronson. he scratches and uses an mpc and knows the history of music.

[@lvd357]

Yeah dude he made Uptown Funk. Meh. He can scratch? Wow!

[@MoechtegernPimP]

@@lvd357 yeah right. It's funny yesterday I was talking about that. People that have a proper musical education and stayed on a university most times dont have contact to the urban scene, where scratching comes from. They maybe know how to use chords, play their instrument and so on, but skills like scratching are usualy not teached and respected on university and have to be archived on your own. It shows that he has a great connection to Hip Hop and it's roots and love for the urban scene

[@Stephenwc]

oh he KNOWS the history of music. There was a special about him about 12 to 18 months ago and he was able to make contacts in the inner crowd of NYC rappers exactly because of his cd and vinyl collection showing he had the right stuff

[@Gypsea8]

Mark Ronson is by far one of the most underrated musicians of our century! What a brilliant man

[@reuireuiop0]

I wouldn't say Ronson rates as underrated, since he produced a string of major hits most of us instantly recognise, even if his name isn't on the cover. I would wish however when he's done making hits, Mark would go on and treat us on collections of unknown greats from exotic places, much like David Byrne and Rye Cooder have done in decades past. Guys like him or Fatboy Slim or Pharell have a wealth of musical knowledge to share.

[@stylishme2313]

Wow Amy Winehouse his Ticket

[@1yearago491]

How can you be by far one of the most?

[@mrprogrock1]

musician ,he is just playing horrid sounds with knobs

[@davidmatthews3131]

Someone declares everything i watch 'underrated', usually with dubious justification. Why?

[@rahulnath9655]

His accent is the most curious mix of New York and British I've ever heard

[@drumology2001]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@dkurth2002]

It's as if he... sampled from different accents!

[@simon.foley1]

@@dkurth2002 genuinely made me laugh out loud. Well played

[@Oialca]

Classic mid Atlantic accent I think

[@englandcalling9721]

Rahul Nath - Sort of Yorkish.

[@cherrycrushification]

Mark Ronson is an underrated genius. A true, versatile musician. Adapts ALL styles to his own and this is a rare quality in dj/producer/musicians.

[@musicforthepeople4701]

cherrycrushification Please

[@cherrycrushification]

link me what you've written and Ill stand corrected. Uptown Special is good stuff.

[@Jonny0W]

he's 'rated' rather than under-rated though. he's very successful.

[@Zuk0n]

He was a big name in UK way before the "Uptown Funk'' craze fyi

[@jinxieunlucky]

Watching someone making music live like this makes me appreciate musicians so much more. A lot of people like to make fun of it with the whole "Oh, you play the macbook?" argument, but it takes skill to do what he's doing. Not only do you have to be musically minded, you have to be able to think outside the box to make music with unconventional means.

[@Sigmundfruit]

Mark Ronson csn play several instruments, for the record

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

I don't get why "real musicians" think that DJs and electronic music producers are not real musicians... (well atleast they used to..) ...takes way more time and skill to learn all those analog hardware synths/keys and samplers... compare guitar to a modular rack... :D ive never learned guitar or piano.. but i can just take a random instrument and fiddle around with it few hours and play something (nothing good tho..) , but i wanna see traditional musician in a studio with samplers,modular racks.. they will be lost in a "spaceship" :D

[@TheShoeCheese]

Any computer program is easy enough to learn and use. That is the entire point of a UI. It might seem complicated at first but anything on a computer is quick to pick up, they are designed that way.

[@youwhatmadeidk]

ssro you’re on crack. An instrument is simply a musical tool.. software is a musical tool.

[@callanc3925]

ssro an electric keyboard is a computer. Does that mean keyboardists arent musicians?

[@jamesoncreek]

Damn the beats with the TED talk song... LIT

[@zakramsey3508]

Both of them, definitely. Quite inspiring actually :D

[@rocksparadox]

Jameson Creek So fans of ''die antwoord'' are handicapped enough to also eat the spamshit that pewdiecancer produces? Who knew?

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

@@rocksparadox what are you talking about?

[@charlieinchargewafford6274]

litty kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmO0moqZr86oqKM

[@amandarios448]

@@Corn0nTheCobb I also have no idea what this is about

[@DavidDiMuzio]

Damn, this almost made me cry it was so beautiful. I'm now a Mark Ronson fan. Way to go man!

[@ivlitb]

Ive never seen a musician hate on sampling, its always the random listeners who never done music before that thinks sampling is stealing 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@AM-ry8i5]

"All great artists steal." - Quentin Tarantino.

[@LekramNosnevets]

Actually, the musicians started the hate on sampling. Most felt like sampling was cheating because you didn't have to pick up an instrument to make music anymore. From there came the lawsuits and sampling and infringement laws.

[@williefelder5912]

I love sampling done the right way. The right way is to give credit to the original artist.

[@photios4779]

@@LekramNosnevets It also helps that the monetary damages courts award for infringement can be huge, especially if the song containing an unauthorized sample earns millions of dollars. This can be a huge incentive for certain musicians to file a lawsuit over sampling (or any other perceived act of "infringement" for that matter, e.g. "Blurred Lines" and the Christian rapper Flame suing Katy Perry over her song "Dark Horse").

[@mr.yellowstrat3352]

Hahah bullshit!! I've been playing in bands for over a decade and I've met a lot of musicians who don't like it. If you're also a producer, you may be more open to it like myself, but a lot of musicians are purists. They think you should just play everything yourself, not realizing that some of their favorite artists like Pink Floyd and Hendrix used samples. I will say however, that they weren't necessarily sampling other artists music, they were sampling sound effects like the bell from "Time", or the cash register from "Money". Also, making or producing music by pressing buttons and clicking and dragging doesn't make you a musician. By definition you have to learn to play an instrument to be a musician. "Playing" a drum machine or sampler doesn't count 🤣

[@Gizmotechno]

Wow, so many annoying comments on this video. Let me just make something clear here. I'm a self-taught multi-instrumentalist myself(guitar, keyboard, drums), I've played and worked with musicians from all sorts genres, from heavy metal to indian classical music and so many things in between. Being exposed to all these different creative thought processes you start to expand your understanding of music as well, and something I've realised is, there is no good music and bad music, there's music that you "get" and music that you "don't get" yet. This is the reason having an open mind is so important to being creative, it allows you to see why something is appealing to other humans, and then see what your take on it can be. Sampling can be seen as one way of doing this. Suppose I like an tamil folk drum beat and want to have that feel in a song that I'm making, I could either find a musician, take him to the studio, make him play what I want, and then record it and use the recorded piece or I could spend time, learn how to play the instrument, then record it and then use that, or I could spend a lot of time listening to a lot of tamil folk music searching for the type of drum beat that you want, clear the sample, then use the sample. The end product, that is, the track, isn't going to be all that different in all of the cases, yet each one of the methods will take you on completely different journeys, each one just as legit as the other, with the session musician, you'll get to know about the person and his community, in the second case, you get to learn a new instrument, or in the final case, where you sample the beat, the countless hours spent researching and listening to so many of those songs leaves you with a much better understanding and a much better appreciation for that genre of music. So, just because some one is playing a guitar in the studio or on stage doesn't mean he's more creative than a musician who's sampled something for a track, not at all, the guitarist could be playing the same chord progression that every other rock band has been playing, and that is not being creative, that's stagnating in a comfort zone(which is not bad, if that's what you want to express). A true test of creativity is to see how far you can break the general norms in the structures of music, and yet still keep it appealing. In the end, music isn't a competition of whose better than who, it is an art form, a means of creative expression.

[@boogiemeister9581]

/r/iamverysmart

[@seiaseia10]

I want you to be my friend

[@anxiousmindmusic]

Everyone just read this comment

[@GREGariousBeats]

You nailed this.

[@DiggnDeepr]

Gizmotechno people may actually get your point next time if you stop talking about yourself right at the intro. No offense, but No one cares about how many instruments some guy on the internet can play, but maybe we would like to hear your stance on the video. ATTN spans are short.... You have good points , so don't propel people away before getting to those points. Point first, then an explanation of why your point is relevant

[@MusicIsLife-uh4lo]

Come on guys. Even heavily praised guys like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin took lyrics/riffs from guys like chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Sampling isn't stealing as covers aren't stealing.Good music is good music regardless if its sampled or not(as long as the credit the original of course ).

[@dilo777]

+Ryan, Musiq You have a valid point. But to me there is a difference between taking a riff and putting your spin on it, (while you play the instrument) and taking a sample from someone else's work and building a song about it. to me that would be the same as taking a bunch of clips from films and splicing it together with my own footage and saying "I'm a director!"......not the same. Not that I'm saying what is going on isn't sampling but I think it sounds sterile.

[@justinzhang6492]

+Brandon Dilorenzo I think sampling music is more like a director using stock footage, which is really common in movies.

[@leftaroundabout]

+Justin Zhang it's common in movies to use a little stock material to go with a whole lot of original footage. In music, it's now often rather the opposite proportion: a whole lot of sampled material (looped/triggered/morphed...), plus a few original sounds. Whether you think that's ok is up to you of course, there's no objective way to judge art. (I personally agree fully with Brandon DiLorenzo: it's a vast difference between taking musical _ideas_ like riffs and expressing them anew, and just copying other people's renditions of those ideas. IMO, music is mostly about _how_ you play something; about the subtle variations in dynamics, tempo and intonation that arise from directly playing together with other musicians. By relying on samples, you completely preclude that sort of interaction.)

[@justinzhang6492]

leftaroundabout There are definitely musicians who use samples like the way you described. But musicians like flying lotus, j dilla, madlib, etc. use samples in such a way that the end product is completely different than the samples they used. Composing using samples is no different than composing a piece for guitar except for the building blocks that are used.

[@leftaroundabout]

Yeah, but then what's the _point_ actually - if the end product is completely different from the samples used, then why use samples in the first place? No, surely it is the main purpose of samples to make a clearly recognisable cultural reference. There's of course nothing wrong with that at all, as long as you don't overdo it. (I happen to not like samples even when used sparsely, but that's purely my personal taste.) Another thing is when you deliberately use samples, heavily processed, as the _only_ element of your composition. That's a lot like constrained writing then - very artsy, perhaps quite interesting, but really rather suitable for experimental work than proper composition.

[@Thisath100]

OH COMON PEOPLE CLAP!! Every time this guy does something new there is this awkward silence where we normally expect these people to clap and no-one here even bothers! He did an awesome job here, I never knew he could be this good! What a boring crowd, ergh.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

+Thisath Ranawaka lol something "new" he isn't doing anything new.

[@Thisath100]

Iggy Tubmen I meant every-time he says he has done something new.

[@Raelex]

Well it is the ted talk people

[@Thisath100]

+Dlanul They are normally much more engaged

[@SgtSayWhat]

+Iggy Tubman Did you watch the opening ? The ted talk song, love to see you do that or point me somewhere where somebody has done that

[@sidwahi773]

This audience needs to be like 20 years younger

[@franksorry2653]

its not a swingers club

[@aneeshupadhya3170]

He needs to be 20 years younger

[@Maynard0504]

yeah the closest thing to hip hop these people know is Steely Dan

[@KafinSulthan]

@@Maynard0504 lol

[@amandarios448]

Sadly the audience who's 20 years younger probably ain't got the cash and the boomers don't have the appreciation... Pearls

[@benalichante1269]

11:58 Hahaha it really is true, Mark became a Miley fan in 2014 after seeing her in SNL and stalked her to get to do "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" together, now he's doing her album! I'm in heaven!

[@whoisandreasalazar8154]

oh snap, that's gonna be good.

[@johnnyc.3261]

Damn, who thought Ronson had chops like that on the decks? That dude is an amazing producer, his drums are fucking so sick but I didn't know he was legit on wheels. Respect!

[@georgeroukas7399]

Easily one of my favorite Ted talks ever, and I’ve listened to a lot of them. Ronson talks about music and the way it affects him, the way it makes him feel, but with such precision and articulate style it makes you do a double take. I know his name from some of the songs he’s worked on - now I’m going to go looking for his music. Thanks to Ted for treating us to this talk.

[@AlisunWonderland]

Agreed, Internet stranger. I saw it a couple years ago but still think about it all the time, recommend it to people, and now here I am today, rewatching it just because…

[@BoiledOctopus]

A very confident and engaging speaker. Somewhat surprised me.

[@ryanmcallister4424]

yeah I know, he's brilliant.

[@bravetherainbow]

He's so charismatic in a particular way I would not have expected from him just trying to imagine what a Diplo TED talk would look and sound like compared to this

[@samspence1695]

"I can sort of bully our existences into a shared event." Love that quote.

[@nolanbushnell2262]

that last song was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard, true soul. sampling is no different than playing any other instrument, you take sounds you like and make something new. Negativity more often than not brings nothing but more negativity

[@touch_the_sky]

if your praise to that beat is that high, you do need to listen to more music though

[@diosundoro5019]

How is he 40 years old? If I didn't see his bio, I would think he just graduated from a college.

[@lyme.hollie]

You mean fashion?

[@phishu106]

the result of having an easy life, one of the advantages of being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

[@Zuk0n]

Somebody just ages well like good wine. It has more to do with genetics rather than a lavish care-free lifestyle. No offense but I bet he works harder than each of us in this comment thread. During his production of Uptown Funk, Mark exhausted himself so much to come up with an ultimate gratifying guitar part to the point he fainted out in the toilet

[@condescendingonlineman2136]

Sorry, but college grads can't even get a good job...

[@joojoobomb]

Phi Shu not even. Some people just have good genes and look young. I don't look 33.

[@klaxoncow]

"Every artist is a cannibal, Every poet is a thief, They all kill their inspiration, And then sing about the grief" - Bono, From "the Fly", U2. "It's not stealing, it's retrieving" - Mora Early "One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion." - Tim Ferris Hey, it's not only in music that you can do a little bit of "remixing" of other people's thoughts, you know.

[@LaughingInTiny]

This was quite brilliant... I had no idea he was so diverse and well spoken. Impressed.

[@allysmith2284]

I could watch this man work/talk all day everyday...... what a bloody modern genius with an old school soul that will transcend history!

[@CallumHofler]

I like how people dismiss sampling in hip-hop because of how lazy and uninventive it is, when mainstream rock has when producing the same four chord guitar progressions for decades upon decades. Hip-hop is one of the most inventive, dynamic and nuanced genres of music in modern times; try soaking in all the details within Kanye's 'All Of The Lights', or Kendrick's 'Alright' (dat Terrence Martin saxophone though...), or Death Grips' energetic, vibrant 'Hustle Bones'.

[@Muthaphuckka]

+Callum Hofler couldn't agree more

[@dmarcus3663]

+Callum Hofler Electronic music is much more inventive than hip hop, period.

[@MrZaknrock]

I'm sorry to tell you that you don't know about Rock music as well.

[@producedbymadsen]

+Callum Hofler word

[@wesleywatson8115]

+d marcus (mc general) Just watch and "in the studio" with eric arc elliot or kirk knight and see if your opinion changes.

[@FilththeEnablerTV]

"Hip-Hop never invented anything, but it re-invented everything."

[@BeatsByMelofresh]

TheVillainVillage Shout out to KRS for that one

[@RobertDigitalArtist]

TheVillainVillage Kinda like Apple/Steve Jobs

[@alexthepistachio6391]

+Robert LC - Digital Artist surprised no one has taken this as a slam on Apple and called you horrible things for it. I do agree, though, Steve Jobs took what was already there, and (in his opinion) made it better. That, in my mind, is a whole type of creativity in and of itself.

[@Jonohobs]

+Robert LC - Digital Artist I watch this doco saying Gates stole ideas from jobs preapple. I think they stole from each other.

[@DiosanXaquerry]

+Jonathan Hobman They both stole from Xerox... and Steve Wozniak does not get nearly enough credit for early apple innovation.

[@corneliusthelighthousekeeper]

I wish Mark Ronson was my best friend for a day. This is one of my favorite ted talks ever.

[@flala2261]

+Nathan Krzesicki He is so cool

[@bewarebear22]

He nailed and articulated beautifully many of the reasons why Vaporwave is so interesting to me. I definitely think some of it is junk, but a lot of it feels so fresh while leaving you with this unmistakably powerful nostalgia.

[@1gnore_me.]

yes!!!

[@Bellezfitness]

Mark you are AMAZING! Talented, brilliant, and creative. From Daft Punk, Amy, Gaga, Bruno, Tame Impala and now Miley!!! I’m thoroughly impressed! Nothing but admiration and respect for you and your work.

[@Smoke1]

Glad to see someone explain just how deep hip-hop is.

[@calvincheung2571]

Mark Ronson deserves a lot more recognition for his work. He has produced some of the biggest tracks in the past 20 years and hopefully he will continue to for at least another 20 Years. He's the guy behind the guy(or gal).

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

I think he's pretty well known, he's probably thought of more as an artist than producer so some people probably don't know how extensive his discography is as a producer. To be honest he probably got all the recognition he deserved sitting in his bank account 💲💲💲

[@TreborKoor]

What an absolute legend. More people need to know Marc Ronson. I've been a fan for awhile, what a treat to find out they have a passion for the art to match their talent. Thank you for providing this video, stellar

[@sumanilyas293]

I can literally hear him talk for hours! He's brilliant. Smart, funny and holds the room beautifully. What a talented guy!

[@DaGgIrEn]

Holy crap, that first segment when he made that beat from TED music is LIT 00:25-01:15

[@theocrevon6374]

I don't care about the debate occuring here: "Is sampling music", "do you need to actually know music and be able to play it to be a musican"... blablabla. Do you have emotions when you listen to it? Does it touches something in you? Are you having pleasure? Then it's fucking good music, and that's all I need to know... It seems like a lot of people focus on technique to devaluate creation. And in my opinion it is because they have no clue of the difference and interactions between technique and art.

[@Trepanee]

+Theo Crevon You're definitely onto something there but I don't think it's that simple - music that makes one person feel may not work for the majority of others or perhaps by hearing similar music for a protracted time you become desensitized to that genre while other (probably younger), more naive people to the genre find a song astonishing and new that is completely unoriginal to you.

[@lillnemo1]

+(Sarcasm) you're right to agree with him, but the point you're making about originality is just another topic. is it (good) music is completely separated from is it new, original if you dislike "not original" songs, then you dislike all new pop and rock songs since a long time you can make a completely new song in those genres, but will hardly ever be original. But I see what you mean. At the end, I like dance, trance, house most. And nowadays, i've heard a lot of nineties songs sampled in new songs, even in pop. To me these songs are indeed "unoriginal", but I do know that those nineties dance songs are VERY VERY often adapted 1950's songs and so... so what's original and what's good, thats completely separated

[@Trepanee]

+lillnemo1 I'm saying that originality is linked to perceived 'newness' and that, in turn, is linked to enjoyment for a lot of people. So not a direct link but also not completely separated.

[@marianneyang7695]

+Theo Crevon YESSS YESS YES YEEESSSSS

[@PeteS_1994]

+Theo Crevon I agree, plus using samples to create a good, interesting beat requires a good ear and some knowledge on how to do it and blend and mix sounds. I should know as a newbie, hobbyist producer. Sampling may have a very easy beginning level, however mastering the art of sampling or music production for that matter takes a lot of time and effort.

[@MuggelzTV]

I just love how humble he is.

[@gasser5001]

Mark Ronson has been placed on a higher level in my mind. I knew he could produce, but he can SPEAK amazingly! Loved it.

[@syedamonuwaraislam2708]

KZbin Algo: 2014: no 2015: no 2016: no 2017: no 2018: no 2019: YAS

[@ChronicallyJess]

Yup. Great job KZbin algorithm 👌

[@charlieinchargewafford6274]

cool beat kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmO0moqZr86oqKM

[@CarlosOlivoIQ]

14:42 OMG !!! Voices in my brain!! ....those words and piano!! And Ron’s hands...top that!

[@4EverJayce2020]

Let's face it, most of the people who hate sampling just hate hip hop in general. It's not that they don't like sampling, it's that they don't like rap.

[@namesecond4060]

JSMN CLLNS rap isn't hip hop

[@4EverJayce2020]

Dill Phill i meant that people who hate sampling hate both rap (the genre of music) and hip hop (the culture associated with rap).

[@namesecond4060]

JSMN CLLNS No i just hate people that can't write their own original music and think that they are talented.

[@4EverJayce2020]

Dill Phill You and me both. But not all rappers, producers and engineers are like that. And the ones that aren't are worth listening to.

[@4EverJayce2020]

Really good producers and engineers know how to use complex technology that makes music- how is that really different from playing a guitar or something?

[@sdee6458]

I have heard that TED talk now dozens of times. The intro piece is a hit of its own. A masterpiece. I just love it. Would love to hear more of it!!!

[@bennemann]

"I've pretty much wasted most of my life DJing in nightclubs and producing pop records" The lady with blue sweater and glasses on the second row bottom up at 3:38 clearly agrees with him...

[@Kgotso_Koete]

As many great artists have said, "bad artists imitate, great artists steal". Reinvention through sampling is stealing the way a great artist would, as Austin Kloen would argue. HipHop and even internet memes are all about reinvention through a sample. Mike Ronson is an amazing teacher. I generally am not into TED talks but wow artists like rappers and producers have made my favourite talks to date.

[@jessiepunkypixs]

Ted Talk is the greatest new platform for introducing Global change. Ted Talk produces many kinds of series and this particular one on music technology is amazing. The themes are all great examples and many times music samples have been passed by, unheard. This Ted Talk highlites the technology and the transformation that is involved in sampling and advertising jingles. There isn't anything negative to say in this review. What I find is interesting is that the subject matter includes the instruments on the stage and Mark Ronson introducing many samples. One sample that Mark mentions is, "La Di Da Di," Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's 1984 hit that has been reimagined for every generation since." (Ransom, 2014) With Bowie, "Let's Dance," a song that I really love, and many other samples, Mark Ransom sampled in the Ted Talk performance, Global business's and music technology is in for a treat.

[@loubest3935]

0:30 Well, that finally explains why he talks like that

[@phishu106]

what? you mean braindead?

[@saintjabroni]

Phi Shu Idiot (you).

[@lenka6146]

@@phishu106" Everything sounds cooler when its slowed down."

[@belovedwoman3398]

ROTFLMAO 😂🤣

[@brucegelman5582]

Not music.......

[@satudurian1497]

Sampling is the art of human creativity. Songs are not intended for the song writers/producers credits, but for the ears of the people of tomorrow.

[@beru_official]

Sampling isn't only done when you sample other people's songs so it would have been nice if this had been covered as well. You can sample an entire instruments into an audio library and use all those individual samples to create your own pieces of music - someone took the liberty to sample the individual hits of a 808 drum machine for example the kick, snare, hat, etc, and now I don't have to go buy an 808 myself to use the sounds in it or be limited by its interface i can just drag and drop the sounds into the timeline. This is essentially what I do to produce all of my music that is on Beatport under alias (you guessed it), Ben Murk. I was a guitar player for 8 years before and was in many metal bands as a lead guitarist but fell in love with electronic music circa 2008 and I began to dabble until it became a full on career. Being able to buy 'sample libraries' with hundreds of pre-recorded kits, FX, bass notes, swooshes, etc. allows me to create original music speedily without having a huge expensive studio. Essentially house music was born due to the power of sampling, and in a way listening to sampled hip hop and pop for 25 years is now the reason why electronica has taken over the airwaves recently because people have grown fairly accustomed to hearing music made on computers by a single producer rather than music made by a collective of individuals played 'live' in a room..

[@YouKnowWhereYouWentWrong]

I never tire of this. This is how creative sampling and scratching should be done.

[@ayacyte443]

His style of speaking is one that I am most impressed with and admire! He said he was nervous when he started watching the talks! ps this was an amazing talk.

[@chikotembo]

he definitely know who nujabes is!!!!

[@TheEnabler-WXR]

+Chiko Tembo Nujabes is a real Master of Art ! He is missed.#RIP

[@betoski]

+Yaseen Peeraullee Nujabes is god

[@InfiniteRhombus]

+Chiko Tembo so does literally everyone

[@chikotembo]

Iggy Tubmen not true mate

[@DanS1]

+Iggy Tubmen No they dont

[@Ruwaaaa06]

Mark Ronson is one of those people I consider to be a musical genius. He has his own authentic sound but by the power of sampling, he can incorporate sounds from others in a way unique to his own style. And i feel that's where people misinterpret sampling. It's not a copy and paste of previous music. It really irritates me when pretentious music 'warriors' claim a song isn't good based on sampling.

[@trendydelquendy]

Professional "young" man explains music to old people.

[@deuceone7272]

I remember making my first beat when I was like 7 years old using my old sampling method. I used to have this radio with a dual cassette deck, and I'd take a blank tape and one with music on it, find a part on it where the beat is just playing, and keep pausing, rewinding, and recording until I had a whole beat. I used that method from about 1989 - 91 and I had never even used a sampler.

[@parkjoe1]

One of the MOST creative and brilliant TED talks of ALL time

[@DanielRepasky]

Too bad his remixes would get automatically taken down from youtube without any consideration for Fair Use if it weren't on the TED channel, because they assume guilt, and don't have adequate support to read appeals.

[@MetroAndroid]

***** You think KZbin reads those? XD

[@TheAceOverKings]

Well, I suppose some of his stuff might get taken down, but he does have a channel: MarkRonsonVEVO.

[@mini696]

Even being on TED doesn't make it safe. YT does not discriminate, it just takes everything down that is claimed.

[@prankfiles]

Good video, More ted~~~

[@clarissaflowers6293]

[@aaronhali5524]

That is one of the most comatose studio audience I have ever seen! The dude's cracking joke after joke but the crowd is just...SILENT! The producers of this show need to start screening crowd members or giving a short lesson on wha tkind of noise they want in the background.

[@julittok]

+Aaron Hali I disagree this is not your regular show, here people share awesome things and 100% of the emotion from the crowd is legit, this guy is just boring.

[@lillnemo1]

+Aaron Hali you american?? you want all things in life to be staged?

[@aaronhali5524]

lillnemo1 I'm ashamed to say I AM American. However, IN A FILM STUDIO EVERYTHING IS STAGED! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to believe what you see on TV?

[@lillnemo1]

Well, I've been in the audience of quite a few programs over here (gameshows and the debates) and NEVER they have said how or what to do. Only when to applaude (mostly when someone wins a round or a new guest enters) also I've been to 2 comedy-shows, which were recorded for the dvd and tv, also there, no staging!!! obviously, in quite a lot other shows, there's acting and staging going on, but eventhough, everything is kept quite normal and realistic... Most staging happens between the real guests on the show, when something went wrong or so... But again, they try to keep it as less as possible

[@mossjo2004]

+Aaron Hali . It's a lecture, not a "show".

[@despecc]

This guy is wearing a $2,500 Saint Laurent jacket. What a G

[@xxia3432]

Starbucks color scheme is appropriate

[@chandhand6539]

He’s a millionaire.

[@SergeMatveenko]

@@chandhand6539 Actually, it doesn't matter that much. He works in the industry where a lot of people are based upon how you dress and/or behave. It's just one of his working suites or tools if you like. This is similar to how I'm being a programmer have a laptop which is even more expensive than his jacket while it's ok for me to wear cheap jeans for a customer meeting.

[@RaymondHng]

And the shoes?

[@RaymondHng]

@@JosephShortino I found a pre-owned one on eBay for $600.

[@matthewmartin5610]

Marc is a talented bloke, I love how can make an artist a bit more accessible to a mass audience. I wasn't a big fan of queens of the stoneage but loved the album he did with them.

[@steffi.mp4]

Oh my goodness! I never knew Mark Ronson gave a Ted talk! and this was 5 years ago. wow. Love it! :) so inspiring to see others so passionate about something and putting that much effort into it. I can see Mark really loves music and continually makes a effort to improve and be better.

[@guitarman64100]

I'm glad this Ronson is credited as the main artist on Uptown Funk, he deserves to finally get his name out there to the masses as the talented musician he is

[@mariamihailik5310]

guitarman64100 the same happens with a lot of his stuff, he was the first credit in Valerie with Amy Winehouse

[@4EverJayce2020]

Sampling does not prevent people from making new music- never has never will. The reason crap musicians make it big is not because of sampling, but because they appeal to large audiences of teens and twenty-somethings. Besides, Ronson is right. Most samples are of obscure songs. Rarely do musicians recycle top 40 hits- that would be lazy. I'm not saying musicians don't over-sample and make copy cat songs- they do. But tracks like Diamonds from Sierra Leone are not merely copy cats. It takes vision and creativity to reinvent something, and in the case of Diamonds from Sierra Leone I never would have gotten into Shirley Bassey if I had not heard that song. And if we're going to say sampling is stealing, then covering songs is stealing too. Both have the same idea.

[@paulyboy998]

I don't know if they are obscure as he is making them out to be. In the beastie boy's case they were certainly more obscure than what is used today. But La Di Da Di is not an obscure song. Many of Kanye's samples are not obscure (otis redding, steely dan, ray charles, etc). I think what the grammy organization is trying to do is foster true creativity from start to finish. Also you have to remember many of the teens and twenty-somethings listen to heavily sampled music.

[@brodersami]

PatsFan2013 Yeah the grammys are great, instead of promoting creative use of techniques to create new and interesting ideas they promote following the same old pop formula to create radio hits. Kanye's sampling of Ponderosa Twins Plus One's 'Bound' might be seen as lazy, but it was something fresh and new, something which sparks inspiration in other artists and furthers artistic endeavours (not to overpraise Bound 2, it's certainly not as new or though provoking as OPN's album R+7 from the same year, but it's significantly more popular).

[@Moggray87]

*cough cough* every Pitbull song ever *cough cough*

[@mjsbaby21]

Moggray87 Literally my first thought. He takes sampling to a level of, basically just playing the song over but making it a tad more "pop"-y

[@paulyboy998]

brodersami I'm not saying the grammy organization is great. But I also don't agree with you that sampling is a critique of "the same old pop formula." Sampling has been going on since the early 90's and many hits you hear on the radio are heavily sampled. How much credit belongs to the people who created the original sound? This is tricky waters and at least on this I agree with the grammy organization to keep out of it.

[@philipschiffman9070]

These comments are disgraceful. I grew up with Mark Ronson. We all grew up in Manhattan. Everyone from that scene had serious connections money etc...it was Manhattan. Mark made it happen 100% on his own. If he inherited anything it was just passion and love for music. He paid his dues DJIng high school parties. He was talented and loved every aspect of music long before he was old enough to work as a DJ. His accent could be a result of growing up in London & NYC with parents that British accents and family overseas. More importantly Mark wanted it more than anyone else and he was more talented. PERIOD. No one else from that time period or NYC scene has done more. If you want to call him part of the ‘1%” then I say he is 1% of that “1%” I can tell you many people with similar money and connections did nothing with their lives. Some even wound up with drug problems or even dead. He was alway a nice guy never saw people’s color or money or class differences. He Hung out and was equally accepted by anyone he met whether they were from the projects or Park Avenue. He always had his own musical style which I still hear today in his work. When you are incredibly smart, talented, and driven good things happen. We speak on IG from time to time but I would not say we are friends - life has different paths for people. I can say he is 100% legit. Not just anyone could have achieved what he has. I know for a fact he is one of a kind and really can’t stand when people judge without knowing anything. He did a great job on this interview! He deserves his success. - Phil D.

[@marvind.rogers1706]

"There is nothing new under the sun." ~ Solomon

[@darrenmwinter]

I think he stole that quote.

[@levithomas4001]

@@darrenmwinter I agree

[@alstar1874]

The theme of his talk is so brilliantly constructed. I have never viewed sampling as a shared experience.

[@wl5713]

this is one of my favourite ted talks ever! he basically explained how modern music came to be

[@losangeles723]

I find it interesting as I progress in age, we tend to forget art is art whether we think so or not. When I was younger, you had Warhol one of the greatest of all samplers, do we deny he was an artist? My parents though he and his contemporaries were absurd, in music they loved Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, et.al. Yet never enjoyed the influences and “sampling” my generation of the Stones, Cream, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Bonnie Raitt., to name a few Nothing is new but I love the new sound, I am 59 years old and love artist and what they do and support them 100%.

[@angelinamacias4251]

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[@kichigan1]

Lennon wrote "Because" by backward sampling "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven.

[@gonesnake2337]

False. 'Sampling' wasn't a technology that existed at that time. He had someone play some chords from 'Moonlight Sonata' in reverse order. It was more of an experiment along the lines of many things Lennon did. In the end 'Because' doesn't even match 'Moonlight Sonata' structurally forward or backwards.

[@gahdzuwkz6647]

Ryan Rollinson I can totally see how ‘Because’ was inspired by moonlight sonata.

[@robgrainger5314]

@@gonesnake2337They made extensive use of tapes though, as thoroughly documented by their producer George Martin.

[@johnpheth]

I heard that the music manuscript was sitting upside down on the piano so he just tried playing it like that, liked the sound and chords and rearranged it to be Because!

[@hickorymccay2994]

@@johnpheth Wrong, John couldn't read sheet music.

[@jobione3620]

I listened to La Di Da De endlessly back in 84 I’m glad that I was hearing something that had longevity coz it felt like a classic

[@philswift1789]

He looks like if Woody from toy story was a real person.

[@mjh5437]

lol..He really does,....a bit of a geek.

[@franksorry2653]

i used to shag a girl that looks like buzz lightyear and i'd managed to block it out for a few years until now

[@markellermets2006]

Haha! That’s funny! 😂

[@Xerif917]

That first part was pretty cool. Don't believe me? Just watch.

[@CharlieTooHuman]

Xerif917 Ha. Good one.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Hot damn.

[@TheProsPerformance]

Julio, get the stretch!

[@zippydipity42]

I really wish the quote "What happens when the music stops" would have been an abrupt end to the song, rather than a traditional end... But man that sounded so good overall.

[@kjaesp]

you should watch some of the videos on how the prodigy made most of their drum and bass tracks. mostly jazz and reggae samples.

[@immahotpepper]

He's such a wonderful speaker. Jesus the man has so many talents.

[@meaghansamimi8608]

I’ve been obsessed with anti Robson for theist couple of months and when he released his song with Miley Cyrus a couple weeks ago I started freaking out bec their talents combining togther is pure art. I know mark was trying to get ahold of Miley for many years and when he said he staked Miley and really lived her music see him okay her song jut really justified that and I’m so Happy

[@Nanoshbeats]

This guy is actually a beast on the machine

[@juliusbintu]

Well, this is awesome. I had never imagined presentations about music on TED Talks!

[@jevinday]

The song at the end was SICK! Amazing.

[@peteralbert1485]

The last piece. There is so much sophisticated talent and obvious joy in his discovery and assembly. He takes a few bars of piano that have the same cadence of the poet’s words: does he speed one up, ever slightly, so they sync? Maybe not - Ronson has the talented ear to clip the right few bars. He backs up his work with the video that hits its own musical notes - grainy but fluid, stark and vivid. He intersplices the piano player with the rapper. He plays around with this interplay. He scratches and repeats as if the voice were suddenly a percussion instrument, or a horn section. It makes me hear every word, and hear the whole more sharply. It’s now no mystery to people who’d never heard of him why Ronson is world famous.

[@nepalrm]

One of the more recent “sampling” songs is 7 Rings by Ariana Grande using the song Favorite Things from the 1959 Show tune written by Oscar Hammerstein for the Sound of Music, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film. John Coltrane covered this song in 1961. Great Ted talk.

[@xenoslaura]

Andrew Garfield could play him in his future biopic. :p

[@googleisfascist9278]

I can’t get over the fact that “La Di Da Di” is the last song I listened to 10 minutes ago. It’s still up on my Spotify

[@gitbint]

Illuminati..... Congrats

[@Dog-999i]

Loved this speech. I hate seeing people dismiss sampling as not being artistic or creative.

[@ssharma9461]

This is by far one of the best and most creative Ted talks! Ronson for genius!!!!

[@crypticTV]

8:17 Duran Duran 9:30 hypnotize 11:00 must add something new 12:15 miley cyrus 14:40 remix

[@asddsa28]

I want a ted talk about KZbin comments how they are bad how they can be good and why you should never read them.

[@TheGiantBunnysaid]

KZbin comments are actually one of the reasons I even bother to stay on the page of a video after it's done. It's good to see the comments, the opinions, the laughs, the experiences people have had relating to the video. It's half of what makes youtube a community and not just another medium of entertainment, and news run by corporations you'll never be able to truly connect with.

[@pierrotmoon1]

Says a youtube comment.

[@rjowen]

darude - sandstorm

[@ryobr]

2:58 i love the guy in the middle like "seriously, u clapping to this crap?"

[@deeperunderstanding7495]

Thiago Ikeda, Crap it is.

[@NYRalltheway14]

Mark Ronson did this ted talk in court for the uptown funk copyright lawsuit

[@rossconi]

St Chives well, integrity is something to treasure, yes.

[@ForcesPlay]

Wow, I really didn't believe Mark Ronson was such a great DJ. Uptown Funk was cool, but this talk was full nuts. Without propably knowing he blew my mind and set a damn high standart on DJ'ing in today's club world...

[@quincylockett7846]

You know what this guy's Level of talent at his love....is the level of Talent we all dream to have in our own👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@WomboBraker]

wtf he is 43, he looks like he's in his twenties.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

@@LG4K4K Did you ever see a forty years old person? His face looks young, not his way of dress

[@jonhetherington2654]

38*

[@yoced8213]

Make up helps

[@yoced8213]

Which he is wearing.

[@aegisfate117]

@@exosproudmamabear558 All the 40 year olds you've seen in your personal life probably have terrible diets and smoke or abuse drugs.

[@dadarkar]

He should release the last track/song he plays.

[@peteralbert1485]

Abdullah Dadarkar I agree! It was genius - made his point about sampling as an art of love when words couldn’t do justice.

[@SecretLegoGuys]

Credit to the man - he has soul - STAX sticker on the front - latecomer to appreciating him but he's got soul :)

[@quincylockett7846]

The funny thing is ...before I watched this today...I didn't know I already knew this guy...I just didn't know I bee. Listen to you for years...yourube is great we can get so much information!

[@paulbedford5073]

Also, don’t put yourself down! TED talks are awesome but they have to be interesting! Not all are but I was glued to this!!

[@TonyMontana33452]

Another "not all" moron!

[@op2551]

I don't know how he didn't mention Daft Punk!

[@TheCrazy450]

Do they sample from old songs though? I don't really listen to them, so excuse my ignorance.

[@op2551]

+Diego Gomez yeah, there album Discovery had samples in almost every track from older songs, just Google Daft Punk samples and you'll see.

[@TheCrazy450]

+NathanF thanks! I'll definitely look into them. I've only heard their mainstream stuff that occasionally comes on the radio.

[@op2551]

No worries!

[@bencuttriss]

+NathanF Yes their sampling is genius.

[@The-Study-Shed]

Fantastic talk, I liked the fact he showed Biggies interpretation of the la di da di lyrics into his own but he failed to mention that the actual beat for Hypnotize comes from Herb Alpert's - Rise...one of my favourite tracks of all time. If any of you don't know Herbs music...get on it and check him out, real legend.

[@trumpetsolution]

Yep, I was waiting for him to mentioned that la di da came from "rise" herp alpert

[@SupaTVEnt]

After realizing this is the guy that made uptown i just had to re watch it

[@gabbycappybara]

+Rojoyal Really! i though that was bruno mars

[@TheSUPERPOTATO2000]

+Joseph Cool Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars.

[@DonFetaMeta]

+Rojoyal In reality it really was Breakbot and Irfane with their "Baby I'm Yours", especially the chorus.

[@SOFTSPEAKNOIR]

+UrsusArctoz "Treasure" by Bruno Mars is the song that sounded the same as "Baby I'm Yours".

[@DonFetaMeta]

+SeriousTheFox Oh yeah, stupid mistake on my part :)

[@tobearsir]

how did he get the vinyl to sync with the video? I don't know of any hardware that can do that? it would be easy to do if he was playing to a click but he doesn't have any in ear monitors

[@blackcyborg009]

I would like to know how he did it as well. At first, I assumed that it was a function of Serato Scratch but I guess not (?)

[@TheLondonBlondie]

he is so in his element it makes me happy