Sep 27
Final decision to use an umbrella + aluminum foil. Aluminum foil rings with wires attached. Dan mentioned it looked like a claw, therefore we christened it “the Claw”… Me trying to test the nodes to see if it tried to claw-off parts of the foil. Note my finger, I sliced it open when I was …
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Sep 27
(The inside of the box is not meant to be seen for this reason) Group: Nicole, Ivy, Not Coming into the Scrapyard Challenge I was really excited about all of the stuff I brought – a toaster oven, VCR, Nintendo controller, smoke detector, and a bunch of other random junk. I thought I would be …
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Sep 26
The Grey Album Producer Danger Mouse Explains How He Did It Brian Burton’s ingenious idea to mash-up Beatles’ White Album and Jay–Z’s Black Album fell flat, in my opinion. If the definition of a music mash-up is a “composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one …
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Sep 26
Mashups take materials out of their place, put the in another place, mix them with other materials to produce a synthetic, unique, yet familiar sound. The notion of “displacing” and “Familiarity” play key roles in the aesthetics of mashups. The instant feeling of awe, hearing the vocal from your favorite song on top of some …
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Sep 26
I think Mashup is a very interesting thing to improve and develop people’s imagination and creativity. It is just like remix different style’s music, into a new and more interesting and creative song. In Mashup, nothing is impossible, only the unexpected. Personally, a Mashup I used most is an app on iphone, it is called …
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Sep 26
I believe, there’s a limit to how much you can modify and tweak your raw material, how far you can take it, and still be able to call your work “Mashup”. Judging by common sense, I would say that as long as one does not modify the raw materials as much as they bear no …
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Sep 26
2. Grey Album Producer Danger Mouse Explains How He Did It, http://bit.ly/hEOUS 3. 1+1+1+1=1 The New Math of Mashups: http://nyr.kr/bbEOOJ The article starts with the example of mashup music made by Jeremy Brown. I am afraid that I can not give much comment on this mashup since I am not really familar with pop music. Nor do …
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Sep 26
A crazy example I found of a mashup from the blog www.fffound.com!
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Sep 26
Audio MashUps I am not well versed in popular music so I went into the readings a bit naive. I never really understood mash ups except for the late night radio mash ups they do back in the town my parents live in. The first article, “Grey Album Producer Danger Mouse Explains How He Did …
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