SAMPLED#masters
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Stories tagged #masters on Sampled — sound, style, and scenes, all in one place.
The Oasis desk tapes are going to auction — who owns the recordings you never released?
A sound engineer's archive of concerts, rehearsals, and unguarded conversation is heading to sale. The band wants it back. The lesson applies to every hard drive in your studio.
Megan Thee Stallion went to Interscope and kept everything
A distribution deal, not a record deal. She keeps her masters and her publishing, Hot Girl Productions stays the label, and Interscope handles the world. Here is what that structure actually is.
Two paths through the catalog economy: Boy George's AI gambit vs. HarbourView's Chaka Khan buy
In a single week, two opposing legacy-catalog strategies surfaced. One sells a stake to a fund. The other tries to use AI to take ownership back.