In the spirit of the 20 unreleased Iron & Wine songs I found today..
I want to continue to make music that’s sample based, but we’re living in this strange dichotomy where music has technically never been worth less and yet… people have never wanted more [for sample clearance],
I agree. I think that's why you see artists like Jai Paul never officially release music. There is a lot of art that will either never be made or never see the light of day because we're telling artists what they can and cannot do. Creativity exists without boundaries. Everyone steals from everyone. Only recently have we adopted this strict regimen of meticulously tracking every artistic source and obtaining permission. Totally unreasonable.