[Air-l] Data on Sampling?

[Pete Welsch]

I'm beginning work on some social networking research that looks at ties
between hip hop/electronic producers and the artists they sample. I was
wondering if anyone knew about resources available for uncovering such
data. My initial idea was to look at licensing fees paid by a set of
artists, otherwise I'm not sure how/if it would be possible to get access
to that information shy of lurking on dodgy sample-spotter listservs. Any
thoughts?

I'd be particularly interested in getting access to data on underground
hip hop and/or downtempo producers, if that helps narrow the field a bit.

Many thanks,

Pete Welsch - pwelsch at indiana.edu
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http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~pwelsch

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