# Editing meme songs, and dealing with sample, mashup, and remix relationships **URL:** \ **Category:** Style\ **Tags:** mashup, digital-media, remix, samples, relationships\ **Created:** [October 5, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/editing-meme-songs-and-dealing-with-sample-mashup-and-remix-relationships/553924 "2021-10-05T23:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chaban/32/111349_2.png) [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/editing-meme-songs-and-dealing-with-sample-mashup-and-remix-relationships/553924/8 "2022-03-23T21:30:31Z")
I’ve come across an (or rather multiple) issue(s). That or I’m overthinking things. Case 1 and 2 actually involve the same [recording](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/798f79e4-2c23-4703-9ef6-5edfbb148b5d) (video) Among other things it samples Trump dancing in the [Saturday Night Live parody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjeORm4LMDk) of [Hotline Bling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxpDa-c-4Mc) How would one go about adding this information? I see multiple options: - Add [Trump](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/13dc1600-baca-4aaf-beee-fb000b66ae24) as [visual appearance](https://musicbrainz.org/relationship/601fc03e-1058-4ee6-a546-b914d55aa6ba) - Relate it to the (yet to be added) Hotline Bling parody _There is no relationship specifically for video samples. Would be using the [sample relationship](https://musicbrainz.org/relationship/9efd9ce9-e702-448b-8e76-641515e8fe62) fine or is it for audio samples only?_ This question doesn’t come out of nowhere. I’ve recently added a [video recording](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/803b2934-aaba-42b7-8f4c-44caba3b59df) whose audio portion is sampled in another recording of the same release (and several other recordings). And now I can’t help but wonder if the sample relationship is correctly used that way. An audio-only version doesn’t exist as far as I know. > **""** > > _You could say as opposed to that kid I do need help 😃_ I guess I could do both but doesn’t that go against the spirit of the [relationships style guide](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Relationships)? > **BTW** > > _Trump’s [inauguration speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Donald_Trump) was also being sampled (hence the title “America First”) but that one was pretty straightforward to add by the means of a simple “contains samples” relationship or should I add the actual speech too? 😛_ * * * The [other sample I’ve identified](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/88211067) is audio only but since it’s from a movie by a character that’s actually also a [real person](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8530d70e-778c-4eba-b08d-831d16783c03) I’m not sure if the “[contains samples](https://musicbrainz.org/relationship/83f72956-2007-4bca-8a97-0ae539cca99d)” relationship should be related to the (voice) actor or the person portrayed (or a “fake” character) See also - [Edit 85267982](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/85267982) (concerning an audio sample of a real character) - [Credited as for opera / theatre](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/credited-as-for-opera-theatre/452972/5) * * * [Case 3](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/16317472-e796-4613-be47-42c12e99a832) involves Trump again (I can see you rolling your eyes 🙃) Probably not a hard one but I’m curious if people think it’s bullshit before I add more of them. - [Edit 80848128](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/80848128) - [Edit 80848129](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/80848129) If you watch the entire video you’ll notice a couple more “appearances” (face swaps). Those I don’t plan to add, only the original ones. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/editing-meme-songs-and-dealing-with-sample-mashup-and-remix-relationships/553924)._