Blogger Scooter McGavin has posted his year-end round-up of the “Best Mash-Ups of 2005.” What’s your favorite?
After 111 shows, Live 105’s mash-up mix show producer Party Ben has decided to throw in the Sixx Mixx towel. Sadly, Friday, December 30th, 2005 was the last Sixx Mixx that will air on Live 105. Ben will move on as co-host of a Friday night music show on the same station. The new show [...]
Video mash-up group Eclectic Method has a special holiday treat for you! For a limited time, you can download the full We’re Not VJs video mix and the XL Recordings megamix in MP4 format — perfect for that new video iPod Santa brought! Get it while it’s hot — they plan on pulling it in [...]
King of Pants, DJ and promoter of Seattle’s mash-up club Frankenboot, contacted me a few weeks ago asking if I would be willing to create a DJ mix that he could use as a giveaway for the club’s 1 year anniversary party. Without hesitation I said yes, and delivered to him a 30-minute minimix of [...]
I’ve always wanted a weird joystick sample trigger remixer video editing tool thing. How the hell does this StikAx thing work, anyway?
“The bootlegging culture of “bastard pop” is burrowing its way up from the underground as mash-ups move to the mainstream,” says Bryan Borzykowski in his recent Digital Journal article.
Santa sure has been good to us this year! Check out Santastic: Holiday Boots 4 Your Stockings, an all-star bootleg compilation of Christmas and holiday inspired mash-ups. There’s also a nice review of the compilation that recently appeared in The Boston Phoenix.
Today is Dean Gray Tuesday — so go download!
San Francisco mash-up club Bootie is back again this Saturday, December 10th, 2005. This month’s guest is local DJ Jay-R, the production mastermind behind the mash-up hit My Other Car is a Beatle (as featured on The Best Mashups In The World Ever Are From San Francisco). Be sure and check out his dance music [...]
Here’s your opportunity to remix the godfathers of mash-up. Software maker Ableton is sponsoring a remix contest for Coldcut’s new single Everything is Under Control. Contest closes January 6th, 2006. Source files and more information are available at the Ableton web site.