I had started this one a while back and finally put the finishing touches on it this evening. Respected beatmixed.com readers, I present to you the enchanting vocals of EBTG’s “Missing” woven over my own special remix of Kraftwerk’s “The Model.” (And for the true trainspotters, you will probably notice plenty of other [...]
I’ve always been curious about the DJ “universities” that have recently popped up around the country. They claim to teach you the basics of beatmixing, scratching, and music production. Too good to be true? Rob Harvilla from the East Bay Express checks one out.
Lessig has an interesting blog entry on flamenco artists and their tradition of musical derivation. Today’s strict copyright law has changed the methods of creativity and a flamenco artist no longer spends his or her time adapting old works but rather must focus on new “innovation.” It’s easy to see how flamenco artists [...]
It was a little less than a year ago, in August 2003, when self-described “rebel DJs” Adrian and the Mysterious D launched Bootie, the first and only club in the United States devoted entirely to the burgeoning musical artform known alternately as “bootlegs,” “bastard pop,” or “mash-ups.” By now you’ve surely heard of them: with [...]
It’s out!
Blur: Parkspliced is more than just about the music. It is more than just a remix project, more than mere re-interpretation. This project is the follow-up to the insanely successful The Clash: London Booted project. This endeavor is about freedom, about unity and shared ideas. The artists and fans involved [...]
BOOTIE, San Francisco’s mash-up bootleg party, is back again tonight. This month, Santa Cruz bootlegger DJ Tripp will be spinning — check out his huge assortment of mash-ups at http://www.bass211.com. There will also be free CDs, a Corsair Records release party for IDC and Soundhog, and more. Get your ass over to [...]
Word is that the Ableton Live 4 beta is out now, and the initial reactions are favorable.
This is for the true trainspotters out there and others who are interested in the etymology of sample-based music.
Being a fan of house and R&B music, I’ve always been thrilled when I discovered the original source of an irresistible break or groove. Apart from copyright issues that I will bluntly ignore here, sampling has changed [...]
Jeffrey Veen is a music junkie. He knows the Internet is a treasure chest of free [and legally downloadable] music, but how does one keep up?
For a while, I just visited a couple of interesting and well written mp3 blogs, but then they’d link to a couple more, and I’d start reading those. And [...]
Annalee Newitz gives her take on mash-ups as “anti-authoritarian folk music for a generation whose ‘establishment’ is represented by corporate intellectual-property owners.” Warning: intellectual analysis ahead.