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Monthly Archives: December 2004

RipDigital review

16-Dec-04

Gizmodo is running a review of the RipDigital service. I still don’t understand why anyone would pay these folks to rip CDs and return them as privacy infringing watermarked files! You’re better off paying the kid down the block to just rip them for you — it’s the only way you’ll be certain that big [...]

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The mainstream mash-up

16-Dec-04

The New York Times Magazine is running a short article concerning the “mainstreaming” of mash-ups. Jeremy, aka RESET, is mentioned in it.

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Fine Art of Sampling remix contest

16-Dec-04

Apparently Creative Commons is holding a remix contest based upon the content of the Wired CD given away last month.  Details are available on the CCMixter site.

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Playlist, the club

08-Dec-04

What happens when you invite the white headphone elite (aka iPod owners) to show up at a club with iPod in hand and their best 15-minute playlist? You get Playlist, a cool little club in London that thinks its patrons make the best DJs. It’s like open-mic night at your favorite cafe, but without the [...]

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Music bot

08-Dec-04

This scares me!  Perhaps one day we’ll see theatre orchestra pits filled with automated musicians like these?

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MTV invents mash-up

07-Dec-04

… or so this author claims. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!

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Boot Camp: Mashing for Beginners

07-Dec-04

Check out this great tutorial on making mash-ups with Tracktion.

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New mash-up night in Seattle

03-Dec-04

Seattle is soon to be home to its own mash-up nightclub, FrankenBoot. If you’re in the vicinity, get your ass out to support them for their grand opening tomorrow night, Saturday, December 4th, 2004.

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Bootmixed

02-Dec-04

If you live in San Francisco and had the sense to hit the November Bootie, you received a copy of this at the door. If you subscribe to the beatmixed.com mailing list, you received information on how to download it shortly thereafter. Now — a month later — I’m making it available for general download. [...]

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DJ Matt Hite news

02-Dec-04

Lots of great stuff shaping up and happening here in DJ Matt Hite land!  Last weekend my Thanksgiving mash-up mix aired on KWOD 106′s Alternative Beat show — thanks again to David X for hooking that up!  This coming Saturday, December 4th, I’ll be doing 2 hours in the UK Today room at New Wave [...]

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