I’m on a quest to learn techniques for clearing up some particularly nasty artifacts on a poorly recorded acapella that I’ve been working with for my latest mash-up (TBA — stay tuned). There’s a ton of record crackle and hiss, along with a bit of annoying high-end percussion that I’d like to reduce/remove. [...]
Mark Vidler, aka Go Home Productions, is featured in the Play section of the January 2005 issue of Wired. Also, check out Mark’s new blog.
The Age reporter Andrew Drever catches up with brothers Stephen and David Dewaele, better known in the bootleg world as 2ManyDJs. “[We're] not the lords of mash-up,” they modestly explain.
Despite what the name implies, you don’t need an iPod to listen to a podcast. I’ve stumbled upon two notable mash-up podcasts that are being produced with some regularity, both of which feature some great music and commentary. Give them a listen:
Mashup (RSS or web site)Radio Clash (RSS or web site)
Don’t forget to drop the [...]
More of a medley than a mash-up, Hank Handy’s Beatles ditty is featured on BoingBoing today. It’s extremely well put together and definitely worth a download.
Entertainment Weekly declares Grey Album as #1 album of the year.
(via Bass 211)
Record and movie industry business models are hopelessly outdated. The next generation of P2P networks and their powerful distribution techniques will undoubtedly accelerate this problem into a state of emergency for the industry. As P2P applications become further decentralized, anonymous, and untraceable, even suing consumer won’t be a revenue collection option. (It [...]
The Electric New Paper is reporting that the “mash-up fad is not likely to end soon.”
In his article “At Last, the Mash-up Has Gone Mainstream,” Newsday writer Glenn Gamboa continues the recent trend of declaring mash-ups old news and officially mainstream. He even makes this claim about the Jay-Z Collision Course album:
When music historians 25 years from now look back on the origins of mash-ups, “Collision Course” will be [...]
The Beatles meet the Beastie Boys = The Beastles. It’s mash-up DJ BC’s own go at an artist remix album — check it out!