Acid Planet is hosting a remix contest for the Chemical Brothers’ new release, "Push the Button." Grab the loop packs for Galvanize along with the acapella and give it a shot! Contest ends Monday, February 21st, 2005.
Lycos Music has their own little semi-intelligent MP3 search function now. Pretty useful for all the folks who keep sending email to me asking how get the Kleptones or find acapellas.
The LA Times (reprinted in AZCentral) recently ran a decent article on mash-ups. Something new that I learned: Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand singing “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” was the first DJ conceived mash-up. Who woulda thunk?
The St. Joseph News-Press article has their own mash-ups 101 article, complete with interviews from their own local St. Joseph, Missouri DJs.
Soooooo many people suggested that I extend this a bit, so here it is — 1 minute and 20 seconds longer (and gayer) than the original! It’s now a full 4 minutes long, the magic length of a mash-up according to my sources.
SHAKEDOWN vs TAYLOR DAYNE
Shakedown My Heart (4 Mnute Man [...]
The word “mash-up” was actually nominated as “Word of the Year” during the Linguistic Society of America’s annual convention. Read about it in Slate.
Yes, another Beatles mash-up remix album is on the way. Entitled Revolved, bootleg remixer CCC anticipates its completion by the end of February 2005. A few sample songs are currently available for download, though.
(via MusicBizNews)
“Here’s how the mash-up went legitimate,” declares this New York Times article. Prepare yourself for a sparse list of 10 events that really only pay tribute to a few important yet fleeting moments in mash-up history.
Ars Technica is running probably the best ripping and encoding tutorial I have ever read. They’ve really done a great job rounding up various lossless, lossy, and up-and-coming encoders and other software tools that all audiophiles should know about.
The Nashville Scene is running a short article on mash-ups.
(Warning: I can’t seem to find a “permanent” link to this article so it will probably die when the next issue comes out.)