LUCY Academy
Production & workflow · Lesson 4 of 8
Samples, interpolations, and clearance judgment
30 minFoundationalFree
Sampling fuels creativity; it also creates legal exposure. This lesson is **risk awareness**, not legal advice—know when to stop, document, or call counsel **before** the song becomes your lead single.
What you’ll be able to do
- When uncleared samples are a hard stop
- Interpolation vs sample: different risk profiles
- How to document sources for your team
Inside this lesson
- 1Watch first: sampling against interpolation
- 2Rules of thumb
- 3Industry snapshot
In the app
Take this lesson in the LUCY app
Open it in LUCY and the lesson rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Free with your account.
- Rewritten around your genre and where you're at
- A coach that can see the releases in your account
- Narrated — put it on while you work
- A badge for the track when you finish it
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