Bush Warfare is an 80 minute mash-up of 300+ anti-war/anti-Bush songs and sound sources. Recently curated by Ralph Borland for the Next Wave 2006 festival in Melbourne, the mix can be downloaded at www.liberationchabalala.net. I definitely recommend checking this out if you are at all into protest art.
What’s up with bad ID3 tags on MP3′s from mash-up artists and remixers? Why does everyone want to tag their genre polka and plug their web site in the artist field? I hate to bitch and moan like Andy Rooney but I can’t even begin to explain how much of a pain in the ass [...]
On The Media, an NPR produced show, recently ran a great piece on fair use and how out of control it has become. Specifically, the story examines the impact “fair use” licensing has had on documentary film producers. Did you know record companies want money every time a phone rings with one of their artists’ [...]
Check out this catalog of “historical sounds” which include audio files of Malcolm X, Hitler, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, and more.
Jesse Saunders, arguably one of the “godfathers” of house, is hosting a remix contest at ACIDPlanet. Grand prize includes: PCDJ FX Pro mixing software Experimental Division Prize Pak SceneServer.com Prize Pak (2gig, Cpanel, Mail, FTP, Domain Hosting 1 year) ACID PRO software Sony Network Walkman Digital Music Player NW-E505 Five Standard Series Sample Libraries 10 [...]
In June of 1999, I got my hands on a great remix production tool called ACID Pro. Each night after work I would spend at least 4 or 5 hours learning how to use this program. After about 3 weeks of tinkering and experimentation, I completed production of this Book of Love remix and sent [...]
My first attempt at digital editing was during my first year at Berkeley. I was taking a class on the history of San Francisco, and one of my assignments allowed me to explore my more creative talents in audio editing. Composed entirely of San Francisco-based house music artists, this megamix is an attempt to capture [...]
The Audio/Video Producer web site has a nice review of ACID 6 and its new features.
If you’re into harmonic mixing — and you should be if you don’t want to make ears bleed when people hear your work — then check out this handy key detection utility, MixedInKey. It’s basically a souped up ToNaRt, but with the ability to scan multiple MP3 files and write the key to an ID3 [...]
I sent this out to my mailing list last week and received a lot of positive feedback. One gracious GYBO reader even called it “the best bootleg mix so far this year.” I’m flattered, and hopefully Beatmixed readers will find it equally enjoyable. It originally aired on Saturday, April 29th, 2006, on Grand Master Flash’s [...]