Universal Launches Beat Sample Catalog For Major Label Artist
Universal Music Group, via its Universal Music Production Music division, has quietly launched a new sample service called Usample.
- Staff Reporter
Universal Music Group, via its Universal Music Production Music division, has quietly launched a new sample service called Usample.
The major music company filed for a US trademark application for Usample in October 2021.
According to the Usample website, the service offers a catalog of around 7,000 “rare” tracks, that, Universal says, come “from the depths of the [UMG] archive, digitised for the first time since the original pressings”.
It’s explained further that each and every track on Usample’s website was originally made as library music for TV and film.
Usample says that some of the early releases on its website date back to the early 1960’s and 1970’s and that “these legacy works are highly sought after by crate diggers and record collectors alike”.
Universal’s new sample service is an interesting new addition to the wider sample library landscape. Only, there’s a catch. Usample is only accessible to major label affiliated artists.
