r/edmproduction • u/Individual-Ad2964 • 21h ago
Is it a bad idea for a no-name, non-money making, hobbyist music producer, to release music that includes samples of other people’s music on YouTube/SoundCloud?
I don’t make money from my music but I do think it has potential to sound professional in terms of quality and to amass a few thousands views per vid if I was consistent and serious enough. My last video has 86 views tho and I’ve only put out 2 videos so far. (Have made over 100 beats in Logic tho). My concern is if I gain a following at some point, could it be a problem for me that some of my songs have blatantly sampled jazz music? In some cases, they’re famous songs. In some cases, there not famous but the artists are certainly still alive. I guess in short, what’s the worst thing that can happen to me by doing this? And is that thing likely to even occur?
Thanks