This just in: Snoop and the Chili Peppers to perform live mash-ups at AmsterJam. Yawn.
DJ Adrian speaks his mind about the ongoing turntablism vs. mash-up confusion. He’s blunt!
Are the new school of remixers, mash-up artists, and DIY producers an unstoppable force for copyright defenders? The Globe and Mail seems to think so.
Check out this sarcastic (but amusing) narrative of one author’s effort to track down the elusive grime (the East London music style) scene here in San Francisco. I think it’s pretty safe to say it doesn’t exist.
The Charlotte Observer (use BugMeNot to skip registration) is running a short article on the evolution of the music consumer into the music producer. As James Rotondi (editor of the US version of Future Music magazine) puts it, “[c]omputers are the new garage.”
(FYI, I think the same article was also published in the New [...]
StartSoma is hosting Face The Music, an art exhibit of more than 450 works from LA artist Plasticfucker. Since Plasticfucker’s art is all about the appropriation of pop culture, it’s fitting that myself and Bootie DJs A + D along with Party Ben have been hired to play mash-ups throughout the evening.
The show is [...]
I was totally sold on Vestax’s VRX-2000 vinyl cutting machine. That is until I saw the list price — around $20,000! Bargain hunters can find it online for around $11,000, though.
Yikes, did I just call that a bargain?
(via Engadget)
Start your download engines — Sony has released 5.0b of ACID Pro. I’m happy to report that they’ve fixed the scroll bar crash issue I’ve been bitching and moaning about recently. Sound Forge has been updated, too.
Seriously, though — download these Z-Trip mix tapes. I particularly like that Motown megamix, and it really foreshadows his recent work on the new Motown Remixed album.
(via Between Thought and Expression)
I’m seriously loving Tone396’s new “indie disco” mix. If you like that indie disco infused sound — and you know you do — then this is definitely the mix for you. Here’s the track listing:
01. The Damned – Love Song02. The Music – Bleed From Within (Thin White Duke Mix)03. The Killers – Mr Brightside [...]