tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376869292024-03-08T03:06:01.732+01:00the CONFERENCEweekly talks about mashupsSimon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-78644461284114334972007-04-20T22:37:00.000+02:002007-04-20T22:41:21.469+02:00the CONFERENCE magazin is coming soon<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/CONFmagCover_sm.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0" /><br /></a><br />coming soon...Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1174321136401211172007-03-19T18:03:00.000+01:002007-03-19T20:08:01.096+01:00epilog<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">hey!<br /><br />as you know it already, we are working on the CONFERENCE pdf magazine<br />it will feature all the themes, the best comments, interviews with the experts and more fun<br />if you do graphic designs or you know someone who does<br />make sure to read our <a href="http://www.mashuptown.com/2007/03/call_in_4_desig.html">call in 4 designers</a>!<br /><br />this bonus theme is ON till the the magazine release date<br />(if everything goes as we plan in two weeks)<br /><br />please we are looking for a lotta great answers this time<br />and we will post them on the main page<br /><br />we still have the usual things and rulez dont forget them!<br /></span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">your feedback is important! this is what the whole CONFERENCE about!!!</span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read and thanks for your support!<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02bonus.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02bon_sm.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Name something you've learned about music or yourself by creating and listening to Mashups?<br /></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">prologue by Simon Iddol</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />what I learned?<br />to be patient and humble<br />and it feels so good<br /><br />THX everybody!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++bonus theme+++starts+++</span><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Before we became DJs and mashup producers, I was the lead singer of a<br />rock band for nine years. And I've got to tell you, within just a few<br />months of making our first mashups, I learned more about musical key<br />than I ever did being in a band! It only took us making one<br />key-clashed mashup for us to figure it out!<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">So what I learnt by creating mashups ?<br />I guess i don't listen music the same way I used to, always listening for loops I could use or chords progressions that could match to another song...<br />I learnt a lot about keys, tempo and how a track should be built, even if I'm still able to screw everything up.<br />So this is mostly about music technics but I could also say I learnt how fucked up the music business is, how un-glamourous it could be sometimes behind the curtain but also how high you could feel when you're living a great moment, on stage or as a promoter.<br />I guess this is the same when you producing music wich is not mashup but this is what I know.<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Zebra</strong><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">i found a good reason to do music. As i don't have a strong indentity (i mean cultural...), i always tried to do music that was not "mine", and it was just for fun. I am not a writer, so i always did music the way the others did, until then. By doing mashups, i found my way, and arguments to explain why i do that instead of doing original music. It's important to know why an artist wants to be it and live for art, and the way i do mashups is a good reason to keep keeping on. I can see clearly now. God bless me ! :-)))<br /></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/team9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">team9</strong><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">What have I learned. Well, about myself, I have learned that I should stick to what I know. I can mix two songs together to a reasonable standard but I should not dabble with beeps, bleeps or squelchy shit (see Hack in Black EP - currently deleted - to remain deleted).</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> About music - its not really taught me anything I didnt already know. Music is derivative and right now we are all just recycling other ideas - bootleggers, rock stars, electromindwarp. Mind you, Kayne West might tell you ohterwise. He's an original you know ;)</span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++bonus theme+++ends+++</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that's it for a while</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tell us your what you think, what did you learned from mashups?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">discuss the theme on </span><a style="font-family: arial;">the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1173706873997795752007-03-12T15:38:00.000+01:002007-03-12T16:08:58.646+01:00theme #10<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Hey!<br /><br />This is the last episode of the CONFERENCE before it will change to its new form<br />it will be bigger, better and totally different<br />but one thing will be the same<br />the open minded conversations about the world of mashups<br /><br />to close the current format is style we will release a free pdf magazine<br />with the all the themes, the best comments, interviews with the experts and more fun<br />if you do graphic designs or you know someone who does<br />make sure to read our <a href="http://www.mashuptown.com/2007/03/call_in_4_desig.html">call in 4 designers</a>!<br /><br />next week a bonus question will be launched<br />which will be online till the the magazine release date<br /><br />we still have the usual things and rulez dont forget them!<br /></span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">your feedback is important! this is what the whole CONFERENCE about!!!</span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read and thanks for your support!<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th10.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th10_s.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />What do you believe to be more challenging - producing a Mashup or a Remix?<br /></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">prologue by Simon Iddol</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I think they have different difficulties<br />you have more possibilities when you make a remix<br />but in the same time it means more work<br /><br />to make a mashup sometimes is easier<br />but there can be real problematic situations<br />dealing with "pre-made pieces" from other songs<br /><br />IMO a mashup is a more difficult,<br />just because of the limited possibilities<br />with the original elements<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#10+++starts+++</span><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Producing a remix is much easier than creating a mashup. For one thing, you only need to be concerned with ONE song, not two or more. Adding beats, filtering parts, and cutting up the arrangement of a song are all relatively easy compared to matching the key and tempo of two completely different songs, and making them work in a way that appears effortlessly seamless.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">A remix, deffo'...assuming they are of equal quality. Making a mash/boot, you are already using a backing that has been produced(structured/EQ'd/Effects thrown on it/mastered...etc.). So, half the work's been done already. Doing a remix(one from the ground up) you have to do all of that on your own. So, obviously, it's more work in that.<br /></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">As I'm not a "real" musician, I think it's more challenging to<br />produce a remix 'cause I have to compose everything from scratch.<br />Perhaps a musician would think the reverse, he could compose easily a<br />new instrumental but would think it's too forcing having to use<br />another instrumental to mash.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Earworm</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For me, a remix is more challenging. With a mashup so much of the<br />music is already there, you just have to recognize how to put it<br />together. With a remix, you are making up the rhythms & basslines, and<br />it requres a lot more effort to make it interesting. With a mashup, you<br />have a head start, since all of the components are already interesting.<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Zebra</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You can put more of yourself in a remix, but it's more exciting to create a good mash-up. Ask the artists of the original song if they want to hear it... they are more curious if this is a mash-up. You'd better be good !</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Eve Massacre</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">They challenge in a different way. For me a remix is more challenging as<br />you have to put in more of your own creativity. (Of course there also<br />are people whose remixes sound like done on presets, and that'd be not<br />challenging at all.) I find bootlegs are easier to make if you have a<br />good idea and the songs go well together.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Go Home Productions</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Both are as challenging as you want to make them.<br />If you find slapping 2 songs together challenging, then so be it.<br />Remixes are more fun.</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Loo & Placido</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A remix is certainly more challenging, because you have to put more work and efforts in it, and play around with more elements, and you need more skills to achieve a good remix than a mash-up, but don't get me wrong, creating a good mashup can also be very challenging, but just not as much as a remix in my opinion.<br />On another hand, you can do a quick mash-up that will have much more impact on the people than a remix you spent 2 weeks working on, that's why mashups are so flattering for people doing them... II know it's unfair, but you know, life is so unfair :D</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Party Ben</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't really differentiate between mashups and remixes when I'm producing them -- sometimes they turn out more remix-y, and sometimes they turn out more mashuppy. Alls I know is, they're more difficult when Bohemian Rhapsody is in them.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/team9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">team9</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mash ups are generally pretty easy. If you’ve got to force something together then give up. Out of the two, I’d say remixing is harder because you need to put a little more thought into it – not much though ;) I’m trying to put an album of originals together at the minute and that’s killing me more than anything.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#10+++ends+++</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that's it for this week</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tell us your what you think, which one is more challenging to make a remix or a mashup?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">discuss the theme on </span><a style="font-family: arial;">the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1173099712891770552007-03-05T13:26:00.000+01:002007-03-05T14:04:23.266+01:00theme #9<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello everybody!!<br /><br />first of all I want to apologize for the missing update last week<br />if you read <a href="http://www.mashuptown.com/2007/03/great_me_below_.html">MashUpTown</a> or <a href="http://www.attuworld.com/mashup_of_the_week_8">Attuworld</a> you know what <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/archives/2007/03/02/IM_BACK/">happened</a><br />anyway<br /><br />this week we are talking about the latest trend that TV or other commercials<br />are using mashups<br />we are intresting in your opinion about this<br />is it good for the scene or this trend will kill it?<br /><br />do you think it is funny? or annoying?<br />send in examples, post them on the <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">FORUM</a><br /><br />theme #9 will start after this short commercial break :)<br />talking about commercials<br />we have to advertise too<br /><br />this thing totally fits in to the geek week theme<br />because this book is for useful for the serious tech-heads and the wannabe mashers as well<br />our very own <a href="http://www.djearworm.com/">DJ Earworm</a> wrote a book, this one<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Mashup-Construction-Kit-ExtremeTech/dp/0471771953?tag2=djearmas-20"><img src="http://www.djearworm.com/images/bookcover.jpg" align="left" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></strong></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A//www.amazon.com/Audio-Mashup-Construction-Kit-ExtremeTech/dp/0471771953&tag=djearmas-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Audio Mashup Construction Kit</span></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=djearmas-20&l=ur2&o=1" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-family: arial;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">this is the ultimate guide for creating your own mashups<br />buy it and get educated, we can always learn, aren't we...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">...and now back to the program</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">we still have the usual things and rulez dont forget them!<br /></span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">your feedback is important! this is what the whole CONFERENCE about!!!</span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th4.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th4_sm.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Some mashups have been showing up in commercial advertising - what is your reaction to that and will it be helpful to the scene or not?<br /></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">prologue by Simon Iddol</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">generally I have no problem with it<br />some ads are really creative and innovative<br />these can bring the mashup culture to a wider audience<br /><br />but there are really stupid ones<br />(like that old lady with the turntables)<br />they are very dangerous and destructive<br /><br />I guess the whole thing really depends on the ad itself<br />there can be good or bad ones too<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#9+++starts+++</span><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Mashups being used in advertising seems inevitable. And we don't have a problem with that. There's nothing wrong with exposing the concept of the mashup to a wider audience.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Depends on what the idea of "helping the scene" is. Hearing them in commercial settings just means they're becoming more familiar. More familiarity, I believe, will equivocate into more acceptance that they will gain. That gain will translate into more people taking part(trying they're hand at creating them). More crap mashes/boots will be made, but also more gems will result. Same as it has always been...just on a different ratio. So, if "helping" means becoming more accepted/aware...probably. If "helping" means bringing a better quality and credibility...maybe not.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">I haven't saw them but it's not that surprising... we are mainstream now.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Earworm</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's to be expected. I don't expect this sort of thing to hurt the<br />scene really. The only way commercialism could really kill the scene is<br />if mashups become easily sellable. That would change the equation radically.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Zebra</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I want more mash-ups released officially, there are so many beautiful mash-ups that should be available for everybody. But only if the bootlegger is considered as an artist (and not just a compilation maker, a remixer, or just someone who just "had an idea"). It can be helpful for the scene, because the press and medias would talk about music, and not just about this "funny illegal thing made by pirates". It's important to get more good articles about what's happening, and an important official release could make it happen (go Mark Vidler, go !!).</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Eve Massacre</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't like it because it adds to the mainstreaming of bootlegs. I<br />don't like that for two reasons: One is that it kind of kills or maybe<br />already has killed the surprise effect of bootlegs. It's half as much<br />fun if people expect the unexpected. The second reason is that I'm no<br />fan of scenes getting bigger cause usually that makes them become more<br />about money and success and less about fun, communication and<br />experimentation.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Go Home Productions</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm to blame for at least 2 of them in the UK and the US, and another this month. The price was right.<br />More people watch tv than listen to the radio or buy cd's...go figure.</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Loo & Placido</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's logical to hear mash-ups being used in commercials.<br />Publicists always used some big hits to sell bananas or whatever, and if they can play 2 hits in one, it's even better.<br />It's the same reason why a lot of radio stations play bootlegs, they have a strong appeal, and it's a perfect way to catch peoples attention.<br />As I don't like that idea of a 'mashup scene', I don't care if it helps or not and I don't think it will change anything in the music history, it's just the usual thing in the music industry and how to make more money and looking cool & trendy at the same time, that's about it realy.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Party Ben</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Music in commercials, mashups or not, is a tricky proposition. Sometimes it seems like a disgusting sell-out and ruins the song (Moby!) but other times it fits the commercial and gives an unknown artist some exposure (Telepopmuzik, Dirty Vegas). I think mashups in commercials could do either thing, depending.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/team9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">team9</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don’t really give it any thought. Part of me probably wishes that they had asked me/paid me to come up with the track. I don’t think mashups in advertising will really have any affect on the scene unless one of us gets asked to get involved.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#9+++ends+++</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that's it for this week</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tell us your view about the mashups used in advertisements</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">discuss the theme on </span><a style="font-family: arial;">the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1171284879104778992007-02-12T13:20:00.000+01:002007-02-28T05:51:40.000+01:00theme #8<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello everybody!!<br /><br />this week we talk about the future<br />the future of our scene, our culture, the future of mashups<br />we dont know what will happen<br />noone knows<br />but one thing is sure<br />it depends on us, how we do our things now<br />read our experts thoughts and share your view with us<br /><br /></span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">we still have the usual things and rulez dont forget them!<br /></span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">your feedback is important! this is what the whole CONFERENCE about!!!</span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th3.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th3_sm.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />What is the future of the Mashup culture?<br /></strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">prologue by Simon Iddol</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">IMO two major changes will happen<br />one bad and one good<br /><br />the bad is already here<br />even if it is only a test (a remix contest for a very famous dance artist)<br />the record companies are preparing themselves to sell music by tracks<br />(drum, bassline, acapella etc.)<br />the full pack of elements will cost 5 times more than the original song<br />and they will charge extra for high quality files<br /><br />the good thing is our common dream<br />mashup will be LEGAL<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#8+++starts+++</span><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Eventually - and probably sooner than later - record companies are going to figure out a way to make money from mashups. Perhaps they'll start selling digital downloads of individual parts of songs. For example, you might be able to purchase just the acapella if you wanted, or a bassline or guitar part. Ideally, the cost would also include a small fee that would allow the bootlegger or remixer to legitimately and legally use that part in a mashup or remix. This might be what the future holds for the mashup scene.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Man....not really sure. That's a tough one. I can see it being just a passing fad. But also, I can also see it sticking around with all the technology available now. I think whenever an elder drops out because of the novelty wearing off, there will be 10 more to take their place(because of that technology). All I can hope is that some great producers come out of this. RS.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Didn't we answer to that in the first round ?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I predict more and more people doing some mashups, Major Companies</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">selling acapellas and instrumentals, more and more official issues...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">until we finally find a new playground.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Am I too pessimistic ?</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Earworm</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">My guess is that it will expand and melt into popular culture.<br />People will increasingly listen to and watch user-generated content via<br />user-generated playlists. A mashup is kind of like an advanced version<br />of a user-generated playlist.<br />In the not too distant future, most people will be somehow involved in<br />finding, aggregating, arranging, and sharing content. This will probably<br />become the primary way in which content is distributed. The temptation<br />to alter the content before sharing it will be irresistable to many.<br />This switch in content distribution will fuel mashup culture in coming<br />years.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">DJ Zebra</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't know. Mash-ups are like Rap or House Music, no one could tell what could be the future of it in the 80's. The future belongs to each bootlegger who want to grow up. Producing some real songs for artists who like the ideas developped in the mash-ups is the best way. It's what i wish for the bootleggers who are musicians before all. And that's what i do.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Eve Massacre</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Companies will start to realise that people's fun in playing with parts</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">of a song can be just as lucrative as their pleasure in simply playing</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the song. When they recognise it as one more way to profit from their</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">product they will start to make more samples of songs available.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Go Home Productions</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Woolworths bargain bin (according to George Michaels manager)</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Loo & Placido</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As I already said previously, mashups or not a culture in my opinion, it's just music.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I guess that there's going to be more and more official releases, as singles, b-sides or exclusive tracks on some best off CD's but like evrything else, it will and is already turning round in circles.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I mean that most of the people that spend a lot of time doing bootlegs, always end up doing their own original stuff, and the tracks they produce are then mashed by other people, it's the way everything goes, and I like that idea.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Playing around with your record collection and mashing your favourite songs is a good way to learn how to use your audio software, it's a good way to start, and if you realy enjoy doing this, you'll end up producing your own tracks, that's the next level for me and that's what we'll be doing in the near future.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We'll always enjoy doing some bootlegs for the fun of it, and of course for having those exclusive cool tracks to play when we spin at clubs, because as everybody plays the same songs nowadays, it's always good to make your own DJ weapons and propose something different from the mass of DJ's out there.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">Party Ben</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The future of mashups... hmmm... Girl Talk?</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/team9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong style="font-family: arial;">team9</strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Who knows? No doubt it will continue to dip in and out of favour but it’s largely dependant on the creators being creative and using tracks that keep people interested. I think as a culture/genre it will be largely confined to the internet and the blogs that support it, although there will be the occasional breakthrough tracks. Mixing one song over the top of another song will always be around though.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++theme#8+++ends+++</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">that's it for this week</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">tell us your view about the future of our scene</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">discuss the theme on </span><a style="font-family: arial;">the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1170693413913102352007-02-05T17:27:00.000+01:002007-03-19T17:08:01.810+01:00theme #6<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello again!!<br /><br />we kick off the season two with something happy and popular<br />party experiences<br />our experts tell you their best and worst mashup related<br />club or DJ experiences<br />but we are sure that all of us had funny moments like these<br />so we are really expecting a lot of comments on the board now</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />as you see we have a new member of our expert team<br />please weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelcomeeeeee <span style="font-weight: bold;">team9 !!!!<br />we are very very happy to have you on board man!<br /><br /></span></span></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >so lets kick off the things<br />the season 2 of the CONFERENCE is ON<br /><br />we still have the usual things and rulez:)) dont forget them!<br /></span></span></strong></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><strong>your feedback is important! this is what the whole CONFERENCE about!!!<br /></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:courier new;" >or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_se02th1_sm.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Can you relate the best and worst Mashup related clubbing experience you've had (Either DJ'ing at a club or a party and related to spinning Mashups/Bootlegs)<br /></strong><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />I would love to tell you amazing stories<br />about parties, bootleg crazed chicks, and dark and steamy VIP rooms<br />but I can't, dont have any stories? yet<br /><br />+++theme#6+++starts+++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />One of our best DJ gigs ever had to be last year, when we threw our BOOTIE BRC party at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada. Instead of doing it at a big rave camp, we got together with our friends at Fandango, a camp known for its friendly bar and strong drinks. We had figured it would be more like a low-key "bar gig," with only a few people dancing. What we got far exceeded our expectations! The canopy was packed with people going nuts -- literally, just losing their shit -- over every mashup we played. At one point, Mysterious D stopped the dance floor cold to play Whitney Houston mashed up with Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" -- and the place just erupted! So many smiles that night! We DJed for nearly seven hours straight -- ALL bootleg mashups -- without repeating a single song! And the only reason we closed down was because Fandango was worried that they were going to run out of booze!<br /><br />Our worst club experience spinning mashups had to be in early 2003, when we were booked to play -- ironically enough -- at a Burning Man-related party in San Francisco. The promoters were getting sick of the same old trance and techno played at all the Burner parties, so they booked us to "give their crowd something different." The problem was, their crowd didn't WANT something different! So while there were a few people who "got it" and enjoyed our set, for the most part, what they really wanted to hear was the same old trance and techno. The promoters never got more complaints than when they booked us that night. Less than a year later, they got out of the game and killed off their party. But just a month ago, we received an email from one of them -- he said that mashups were the only interesting evolution in nightlife/dance culture in the past five years, and that he's so proud that he was one of the first to "get it and try to wake up our tired little circles by having you spin for us." Four years later, that felt good to read.<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>Sadly, no. I don't DJ and clubs in my area don't spin boots/mashes. Unless you count that Jay-Z/Linkin Park re-recorded thing.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >Best experience should be Bootie L.A last september cause I left<br />Paris on the friday evening after a full week of work, drove 2hours<br />and a half to play in a festival, slept 3 hours before taking a train<br />back to Paris, took a cab to the airport, flew 16 hours, took our<br />rental car, drove to The Echo to be at Bootie L.A on time for<br />openning.<br />Then I heard Partyben and Dj Paul V. playing lots of tracks I wanted<br />to play so I began to freak out.<br />Finally, I took the decks in front of a packed club and had a blast.<br />A girl gave me a note to thanks me for my set, specially for spinning<br />S.O.V (thank you Essexboy), others sent me mails or messages on<br />MySpace. Never had that kind of feedbacks before.<br />That was so unexpected and I was so exhausted I just remember it as it<br />was a dream... maybe it was :)<br /><br />The worst experience... or experiences are every time I have to play<br />for an empty club and nobody's dancing... I suppose this is the same<br />for many of us.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />The most fun I've had at a gig was probably spinning at some parties<br />for MTV's Video Music Awards in Miami. It was a crazy scene down there,<br />and so much fun.<br />My worst experience has to be when my computer's power adapter failed an<br />hour before a gig. Adrian (of A Plus D) saved me by loaning me his<br />computer at the last minute, and I hooked up my backup hard drive to it.<br />The gig ended up working out by the end of the night, but it was pretty<br />stressful there for a bit.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />The worst first... it was in february 2004. I was playing in a big rock party in Paris, very crowded (1200 people) and the DJs expected me to play my mash-ups, specially the "Killing Boombastic". So i started with it and... i heard half of the people there shouting, they wanted me to stop this and play the original. So i stopped and played "Rapture riders" and... again, "get out, get out !". 10 minutes only, my shortest and worst set, so i went home. More than 2 years later, i played again at this party, and said in the microphone "You know what ? 2 years ago here, people didn't want me to play "Killing Boombastic. Do you want to hear it now?". Then everybody shouted "Yeaaaaahhhh !!!". So i had my revenge, and played an "only mash-ups set" for 1 hour, including disco and electro sounds, and people were crazy !<br />In 2006, i had so many good experiences that i prefer to tell this funny story.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />Sorry, but I have no anecdote here. I liked it when people once started<br />singing along to Lionel Vinyl's Dizzee Rascal vs The Strokes bootleg.<br />and of course the occasional surprised look is nice too, sometimes of<br />joy, sometimes of disappointment, when people realise that it's not the<br />original version.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />Best moment was when Chuck D came up and shook my hand after playing 'Union City Noise' at a CopyRight? gig in Amsterdam.<br />Played a couple of gigs where the students don't 'get' the bootlegs.<br />Simple solution is to tell them to politely fuck off and get me a drink from the bar.....you can say 'fuck off' politely you know.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />One of the best souvenirs for us so far was in Budapest, on the island where the Tziget festival takes place every year.<br />A guy contacted me on a forum and asked if we wanted to come and play at his party, he told me it was a small thing with only a few friends and that it would be cool if we could come over.<br />When we arrived at the venue, it was a hot and sun shiny day in the early spring, which was already spectacular, and the DJ booth was under a big open tent which was looking realy nice.<br />As the guy told us it was a small party, we didn't expect much people to come, but at night, there was something like 1500 / 2000 people there that realy came to party, and it went completely crazy.<br />The people were so cool and receptive to any kind of music as long as they could dance to it, so we stayed there untill 7 oclock in the morning and then went to catch the plain directly without sleeping and when we woke up in Paris 1h30 later, we were wondering if we had a dream or if it was real.<br />It was realy one of those special moments that you can't realy describe, magic!<br /><br />The worst experience was when we were stuck in a train (with nothing to eat or drink) for about 6 hours because of the snow, and arrived at the venue completely exhausted 5 minutes before we had to play and had a whole bunch of technical problems to start the set, that was a hard one.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />My worst DJ experience was sadly one I was doing "altruistically." I volunteered to DJ at an early-evening dance for gay and lesbian youth, like queer high school kids, at a local school gym. I got there to find one CD player and a speaker on a table. I would play a song, then press eject and try to get the next CD in as fast as I could, with the kids all yelling at me. They were all in their own little cliques: the "punks," hippies, the hip-hop kids, the button down kids, the grungy trio who only wanted System of a Down. They all demanded their own kinds of music and that I not play any of the other kids' music. I thought "what better way to bring them together than with mashups!" Wrong. Playing Inhumanz' NIN/50 Cent only made it worse: both the hip hop kids and the punk rock kids ran up and demanded I play the "real" song. On top of everything, a kid was doing a drag performance featuring a medley of every single major Gwen Stefani song so I couldn't play any of them. Try DJing a gay party without playing Gwen Stefani. Sigh. I tried to do something for the kids, and left feeling like a complete loser. What I learned? Gay or straight, I hate 16-year-olds.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/team9.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>team9</strong><br />I’m just happy when I get two tracks to mix together without stuffing anything up. I’ve had plenty of bad experiences behind the decks, not necessarily mash up related – my tip would be don’t operate turntables when stoned.<br /><br />+++theme#6+++ends+++<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">that's it for this week<br />tell us your best and worst experience,<br />discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1168260149547147912007-01-08T13:17:00.000+01:002007-03-16T02:23:14.940+01:00the most mashed original artist survey<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />we are back!</span></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />this theme will stay longer than the usual one week<br />mainly because it needs time<br /><br />we would like to invite all of you for a game<br />it need a litte time and counting<br />but it is pure fun and maybe you will have a suprising result<br />please spread the scene about this survey<br />and the final result will be more accurate<br /><br /><br />the season 2 of the CONFERENCE will start at 5.February<br />but this survey will continue<br />this is a kind of never ending project<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">and the usual things:))<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_survey.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer_survey450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br /></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />OK here is the thing<br />we ask you to send in two names by posting them at <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the CONFERENCE FORUM</a><br />1. the name of your own most mashed artist<br />2. your tip that who is going to be the most mashed artist<br /><br />in my case it looks like this<br />I used these artist most:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Africa Bambaataa used 3 times<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Beastie Boys used 2 times<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Madonna used 2 times<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Michael Jackson used 2 times<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">so I send in the Africa Bambaata as my most mashed artist<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Africa Bambaata and the number of the uses 3</span><br />and I think the Beastie Boys will be the most mashed artist<br />so I send in the Beastie Boys as my tip<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Beastie Boys</span><br /><br />Have fun by making your own statistic and send us the result!<br />I will post the current standings here and will update them in every 2-3 days.<br /><br /></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >tell us what you think<br />discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1166953750284158912006-12-24T10:38:00.000+01:002006-12-24T10:50:51.463+01:00Holiday Break<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/conference_flyer10_800.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/conference_flyer10_800.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br />the CONFEERENCE is closed but the FORUM and the archives are available<br />recommended listening for the Holiday Season<br /><br />> <a href="http://www.bootiesf.com/xmas/">Very BOOTIE Christmas</a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:10;"><br />> DJ Zebra's <a href="http://www.ouifm.fr/listen.php">New Year's Eve Mix</a> on OUI FM, for 3 hours of bootlegs.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1166450370309272392006-12-18T14:39:00.000+01:002007-03-19T17:18:22.726+01:00theme #5<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />this is a very special week<br />first of all this is the last theme of the first series of the CONFERENCE<br />and if you look at your calendar you will see the other important thing<br /><br />in this time of the year almost everybody takes a little break<br />so the CONFERENCE will do the same<br /></span></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">our Holiday Break</span></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"> is between 24.December - 8.January<br />only a special flyer will be on the main page, but the forum and the archive will be available<br />between 8.January - 5.February we wil host an open round<br />the CONFERENCE will return with the new series from 5.February<br /><br />but now we still got almost week and possibly the most popular theme<br />our favourite mashups and bootlegs<br />not a complicated question<br />but it is really hard, because you can name only one track!!!<br />see what the experts said and name your top mashup!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">and the usual things:))<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer8.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer8_450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />What is your favorite Boot/Mashup of all time?<br /></strong><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />it is so hard to name only one<br />every member of the expert team made amazing tunes<br />and there are so many talented bootleggers<br />amazing how many brilliant tunes been developed by our scene<br />but I have to pick only one and that is<br />the Careless or Dead by the Kleptones (Bon Jovi vs George Michael)<br />I don’t like the originals, but the harmony of the boot is so amazing<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />There is absolutely no way we could narrow it down to simply one favorite mashup.<br />But for the sake of answering the question, we're just going to go with<br />"Rapture Riders" by Go Home Productions. Years after its original release, it<br />still, without fail, rocks the dance floor every time.<br />It seamlessly blends classic rock, new wave, rap, and dance all into one<br />timeless production. Mysteriously, we still somehow never tire of it.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>Man...there's so many of them for so many different reasons. But currently, Dj<br />Earworm's "Paula's Smokin' Kelly's Doobie". For my money, I think the best<br />mash artist in the States.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/arty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Arty Fufkin</strong><br />The tracks I mentioned earlier are still up there but that question's<br />too hard to answer definitively. I tend to love the slower tunes<br />dripping with pathos which are sometimes overlooked. Some examples<br />would be 'ReBootified Prudence' by Autopilot, 'Reflection Years' by<br />FuTuRo and 'Suffer and Survive Eleanor' by Aggro1.<br /><br /><a href="http://artyfufkin.com/closetome%28closetome%28don%27tstandso%29%29.mp3"></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >Hard to tell, there are great mashups in every genre, some are<br />really well produced but the first one in my mind is Dvda's 50 cent<br />versus the Jungle Book.<br />That's strange because I hate when people says to me "mashups... yeah<br />I like them, it's fun". I like to surprise people when I play some,<br />but not only because it's "fun".<br />And Dvda's one is a fun one but just naming it makes me want to hear<br />it. And when I hear it, I want to dance like a crazy fool, each time.<br />One of my fantasies is to learn the dancing moves and dance like Baloo<br />or the monkey while playing it at a gig... who knows, perhaps it will<br />happen.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />I really can't name one track. The work of Go Home Productions, Loo &<br />Placido and 2 Many DJ's inspired me to get started in mashups.<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />Difficult question. I'm more excited by the new tracks than by the old ones. I<br />alwayd need to be surprised with mash-ups.<br />But i remember that some tracks turned me crazy when i heard them for the very<br />first time. I remember Loo & Placido's "Trust vs. NTM" at the Rex Club in<br />Paris, i jumped into the DJ booth and shouted "i want it !!! i want this track<br />now !!!!". And i was very proud when i did the "Soul desir" track (Noir Desir<br />vs. Aretha Franklin), but can i talk about mine ?<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />I don't really have one favourite but one that I don't get tired of<br />praising and which I love hearing loud every time, no matter if on my<br />own on my headphones or when I play it out in a club, is Tone396's "Woo<br />Makes Idiot Americans Fuck War (Green Day , Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes)<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />I don’t have a particular favourite as such.<br />(Yes you do).<br />Maybe 2 Many DJ’s ‘Destiny’s Child / 10CC’ combo (now that I’ve thought about<br />it)…simply because it was one of the early ones I’d heard around the 2001<br />time.<br />There’s a handful of tracks that I’ve admired for different reasons.<br />The choice of tracks, how much has been added or taken away to elevate the mix<br />from being a simple ‘slap together’ etc<br />The best ones for me have shown that a bit of intelligence and thought have<br />gone into the production, tune selection and been put together with a healthy<br />dose of humour.<br />Try tasting Freelance Hellraiser / 2 Many DJ’s / Osymyso / Soundhog / McSleazy<br />/ Tone396 / Smash / Lou & Placido / DJ Zebra / Party Ben / Earworm / Team9 /<br />Dunproofin and then see where that takes you.<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />I hate to name only one, because there are so many, but I realy love<br />"Bootystition" by Smash@Mash<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />Fave boot: Hidden Forest maybe or good old Stroke of Genie-us.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >this is theme #5<br />name your favourite mashup, tell us what you think<br />discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1165851660014655632006-12-11T16:15:00.000+01:002006-12-14T02:01:52.943+01:00theme #4<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />we all love mashups<br />and we all remember the feeling of first time when faced with this<br />the bootlegs are meaning different things to us<br />and we all searching tunes for making mashups<br />but do we make them better or worse?<br />can a mashup better than the originals they were made from?<br />this is the subject of this week<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">and the usual things:))<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer9.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer9_450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Do you believe that a mashup can be better that the original music it was made of?</strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />yes absolutely<br />a different mind with a different thinking can do wonders<br />sometimes mashups containing current chart hits<br />are a way better than the originals!!<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />Absolutely.<br />The best mashups are often the ones that are greater than the sum of its parts.<br />A good mashup artist can redeem an otherwise vapid and shallow pop song by infusing<br />it with subtextual meaning and pathos, depending on how it's being mashed up.<br /><br />Or it can simply take something that sounds generic, and make it more interesting<br />by providing an extreme genre-clash, elevating it into something that the original<br />artists never envisioned. A classic example of this is Freelance Hellraiser's<br />"A Stroke Of Genius," which mashes up Christina Aguilera with The Strokes,<br />which greatly improved both songs.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>Fact. Taking something someone might hate/be tired of, and putting it in a<br />whole new context, or revitalizing it so they actually love it, totally makes<br />me feel I've achieved something good.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/arty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Arty Fufkin</strong><br />Yes, but remember that mashups couldn't exist without the originals.<br />You know how hard it is to make appealing mashups when there are no<br />good songs being released??<br /><br /><a href="http://artyfufkin.com/closetome%28closetome%28don%27tstandso%29%29.mp3"></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >Of course and that's one of the main reason I like mashups. Where<br />I discovered mashups, I was listening only some obscure electronic<br />stuff and no mainstream music like Britney, Madonna or Justin<br />Timberlake.<br />Thanks to mashups, I learned to appreciate what they do and now I do<br />some with their tracks and sometimes I listen to their tracks (yes,<br />the original ones).<br />Are those mashups better than originals ? It's just a matter of<br />tastes. I don't think there is one mashup Dj who never heard "can you<br />play the original tack" or "you totally screw my favourite song".<br />Some fans will be enough open minded to appreciate the mashup<br />(sometimes more than the original) and some won't.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />Definitely.<br />Some mashups are successful simply because they make an interesting<br />comment on the originals, while some mashups are actual improvements on<br />the originals.<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />There is no competition ! Most of the bootleggers do mash-ups of the music<br />they like, so we need good songs to compose good bootlegs. We just need to<br />sort them out of their original style, because we want to break the rules. So<br />sometimes, it sounds crazy, or it sounds funny, or simply beautiful, but we<br />feel something strong about a mash-up when we know (and like) the original<br />songs. I think a mash-up can be a very good mash-up in its own, as an<br />alternative version of the originals.<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />Of course it can! In a standard band you have drums, bass guitar, guitar<br />and vocals. In mash ups you have parts of different songs. In both<br />cases, if you add that certain dash of magic, you can make those parts<br />communicate with each other in a way that makes the result more than the<br />sum of the single parts.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />On the whole, No.<br />I’ve never heard a Beatles mashup that improves upon the original but it’s all<br />down to personal taste isn’t it?<br />I’ve read instances where Pistols fans have found Madonna ‘listenable’ after<br />‘Ray Of Gob’ and Madonna fans have commented that she sounds better over a<br />guitar track but I would say the result wasn’t better than it’s composite<br />parts at all.<br />A good ‘mashup’ will avoid trying to better it’s component parts.<br />It will try to create something different, that goes elsewhere….<br />…or completely take the piss out of it’s source material.<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />For sure, but this is totaly subjective, it depends on your taste...<br />For example, I didn't liked "Genie in a bottle" from Christina Aguilera, but<br />when I heard her voice over the Strokes, I found it much better and even liked<br />her voice at the end.<br />That exactly the kind of things I realy like about mash-ups.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />I believe that mashups will not succeed until all copies of the original songs<br />are searched out and destroyed.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >this is theme #4<br />tell us what you think, discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1165241627415223742006-12-04T14:39:00.000+01:002007-02-28T05:03:46.943+01:00theme #3<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">dear contributors!<br /><br />this is theme #3 of the CONFERENCE already<br />this week we got the unique chance</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE turns to an academy<br />and we all can learn from one another<br />the current theme is: 3 advices for the fellow mashers<br /><br />two new things<br />1./ as it was announced few days ago the mighty <a href="http://www.gybo-v3.co.uk">GYBO</a> has joined us<br />welcome GYBOers!!<br />2./ the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/archives/2006/11/11/the_CONFERENCE_flyer_archive/">Flyer Gallery</a> link is added<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />and the usual things:))<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer5.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer5_450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />If you had three pieces of advice or wisdom for wannabe mashers what would<br />they be?</strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />I love theme #3 so much<br />it can be very useful for most of us<br />I'm not as experienced as the members of our pro team<br />but I think these 3 things are very important<br /><br />- listen more music and different styles than before<br />- give and learn at the beginning, be thankful for any feedback you got<br />- be creative, try to match different things not two current top hits<br /><br />and now listen what the experts say<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />1. Try not to work with material that's played out and overused.<br />Strive to find your own unique voice in the mashup genre, either by your<br />choice of source material, or in the way you craft the songs.<br /><br />2. If it feels like you have to put in a lot of work in order<br />to fit the songs together, chances are it's not that good of a match.<br />More often than not, the most successful mashups are the ones that come<br />together with what seems like little effort.<br /><br />3. And always be sure to put ID tags in your MP3s!<br />Since you technically can't sell or profit from these creations,<br />your only real claim to them is proper credit. And without the correct<br />track information in the ID tags, no one will know you created it<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>1. Mix what interests you....not what you think people want to hear.<br />2. Study your idols.<br />3. Mix drunk. Master sober.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/arty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Arty Fufkin</strong><br />1. Don't expect to ever find a piece of software which is going to make<br />mashups for you.<br />2. If it doesn't sound quite right, that's because it's not - so keep working<br />on it.<br />3. Use your imagination, don't be shy and don't try to be cool.<br />Also - don't follow leaders, just watch your parking meters.<br /><br /><a href="http://artyfufkin.com/closetome%28closetome%28don%27tstandso%29%29.mp3"></a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >1. listen to what you've done few days later, sometimes you need<br />some "new ears" to really hear what you've done.<br />2. don't try to argue that it was on purpose if your track is out<br />of tune or not in time, it can't be.<br />3. If you know that your track is "technicly" ok, don't waste your<br />time arguing on the internet with people who don't like it, use that<br />precious time to produce new tracks.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />1. Don't expect to make money at this.<br />2. Mash up music /you/ like, not music you think other people would like.<br />3. Take risks.<br /><br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />1. practising music (an instrument or "solfege") is very useful<br />2. for a first one, try very easy mash-ups, in minimal styles (hip hop acapella<br />on hip hop instrumental is good to begin)<br />3. trust your ears, not your software. Be careful of the harmonics and<br />intensity of the materials, try to make it sound as an original song.<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />1. Appreciate the work of the original artists, and I don't just mean that<br />theoretically and proper mp3-tagging-ly but also monetarily.<br /><br />2. Only start bootleg mixing if you love music and are curious to learn<br />more about music and to broaden your horizon.<br /><br />If you think bootleg mixing is only about sticking a pella to a mental<br />better stick that pella and mental somewhere else and stay a downloading<br />fan.<br /><br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />1. Keep your combinations in time and tune with each other.<br />That’s the very basic requirement. Amazing how many ‘mashups’ still can’t get<br />these things right.<br />2. Listen to music that doesn’t make you want to dance.<br />3. Try using tracks that haven’t been used before.<br />4. Avoid crapapellas.<br />5. Don’t take it too seriously.<br />6. Get out as much as you can and avoid hanging round internet forums all day.<br />7. Consume copious amounts of alcohol prior to mixdown and monitor through cheap<br />headphones or pc speakers….hang on, that’s more than three….<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />1. Making bootlegs is a chance to play with all your favourite tracks from your<br />record collection in no particular style. There are no barriers & no<br />restrictions, it's like "ultimate sampling".<br />It takes a lot of patience to search for some good combinations, but when you<br />find a good one, it's definitely something magic & really exciting.<br />2. First person to be surprised has to be you.<br />3. The melodies are also really important to us, we like it when the final result<br />sounds like a track that could have been recorded in the studio by the artists<br />themselves.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />Advice for up-and-coming bootleggers: stop, just stop. There are way too many<br />of us.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >this is theme #3<br />tell us what you think, discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1164643296783116512006-11-27T16:34:00.000+01:002006-12-04T01:49:16.210+01:00theme #2<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">hello!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is theme #2<br />theme #1 is in the Archive with the epilog and the samples of the best thoughts<br />this time about the first mashup experiences<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project ;-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">+++update+++01.12.06.+++<br />the mighty <a href="http://www.gybo-v3.co.uk">GYBO</a>, the mother of all bootleg sites<br />has joined to the CONFERENCE<br />welcome GYBOers!<br /><br /></span></span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team</span></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer4.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer4_450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />2/A What was your first mashup experience and how did it effect you?<br />2/B What was the title of your first Mashup/Bootleg you produced and how did<br />you come about picking the tracks to mix?</strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />I've been involved in music now for about 20 years.<br />Before becoming Simon Iddol I was Djing in clubs, playing in bands,<br />creating and producing radio and television, managing artists and working<br />in the record business. I got fed up with the business and quit – disgusted at<br />what it had become – I'd lost my faith in it.<br />But for some reason the Bootleg and Mashup scene gave me back my faith.<br />I think it is pretty good as a first experience:)))<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />The first mashup we ever heard was either 2manyDJs' "Smells Like Booty" or<br />Freelance Hellraiser's "Stroke of Genius" -- both were on a CD called<br />"The Best Bootlegs In The World Ever," which was reviewed in Entertainment<br />Weekly magazine <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,252240_4%7C45124%7C%7C0_0_,00.html">back in May 2002</a> --<br /><br /><br />Once I read this, I immediately Google'd it and found it for sale via import<br />through the Rough Trade web site. At the time, we had just started DJing, and<br />mashups (or bootlegs, as they were called then) fit in perfectly with our very<br />eclectic, all-over-the-map DJ style. It was love at first listen!<br /><br />After a couple years of collecting mashups and spinning them out at our club<br />Bootie and other parties, we finally set out to craft our own. It was an idea<br />that had just come to us out of the blue, but we immediately knew it would work.<br />For both of us, The Cure had always been one of our favorite bands, so it seemed<br />appropriate that they should provide the backing track for our first mashup.<br /><br />Someone once said that if you're a beginning mashup artist, you should try working<br />with either an Eminem or Missy Elliott acapella. Since their rapping styles are so<br />rhythmic, it's fairly easy to sync their vocals to the music.<br />The acapella for Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot" had just been released and together<br />with The Cure's "Hot Hot Hot!!!," it just seemed like a perfect conceptual match.<br /><a href="http://www.rebeldjs.com/AplusD_ImReallyHotHotHot%21%21%21.mp3">I'm Really Hot Hot Hot!!!</a> became our first mashup<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>My sister asked me to burn her a Justin Timberlake disc back in late<br />'01/02, I think(kinda' hazy)...anyway, while on Audiogalaxy, I came across<br />Dsico's glitch-pop remix of "Like I love You". I had never heard any glitch<br />before...I was blown away. So I Googled Dsico and found his site. I listened<br />to all his tunes, amazed at hearing the work he had there. The familiarity of<br />one tune against the familiarity of another just tickled the sh*t outta' me. I<br />started clicking on link after link, and was introduced to the world of<br />mashups/bootlegs. Although I visited hundreds of links and sites, I never(for<br />some reason) clicked on the GYBO links. It wasn't until 2-3 years later I<br />finally did, and realized there was a whole culture based upon this style of<br />mixing.<br /><br />My first actual mash/boot was Marilyn Manson's "Antichrist Superstar" v. Kanye<br />West's "Jesus Walks". 'Tis the dreaded rap/rock hum-drum, I know. But, it's<br />the opposites, Jesus taking on Satan, that I thought might be worthwhile.<br />Looking back now, I cringe everytime I hear it. It's so fcuking raw and<br />sloppy. But solcofn loved it, and that gave me the confidence to continue. So<br />blame him.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/arty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Arty Fufkin</strong><br />2/A<br />The first time I sst up and took notice was hearing Loo and Placido's<br />'Safari Love' in a podcast and it got me searching for more. Next<br />were Party Ben's 'Finding Out Sharona is Blind' and DJ Earworm's<br />'No-one Takes Your Freedom'. Those three tracks were on repeat for<br />bloody ages.<br /><br /><br />2/B<br />'Close to Me (Close To Me (Don't Stand So)'. I just wanted to have a<br />go so I started with a solid backing (The Cure 'Close To Me') and<br />started adding as much 80s music as I could. I was reminiscing,<br />looking for melodic threads and links between the lyrics and other<br />things I was just reminded of as I was making it and listening.<br /><br />I ended up a two-minute track featuring The Cure vs The Police vs ACDC<br />vs Wham! vs Bobby McFerrin vs Katrina and the Waves vs David Bowie vs<br />Cold Chisel vs Corey Hart vs Prince vs Paul McCartney. Here's a <a href="http://artyfufkin.com/closetome%28closetome%28don%27tstandso%29%29.mp3">link</a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br />2A / As far as I can remember, my first mashup experience is Fatboy<br />Slim's Satisfaction Skank, mixing The Rolling Stones Satisfaction with<br />his Rockafeller Skank mega hit back in 1999.<br />This one is really brilliant but I think what amazed me the most is<br />the fact I thought he did it live with his turntables...<br />I know, I was so naive.<br />Few monthes later, I discovered 2 Soulwax mashups on Napster and I was<br />like "Where can I hear more of that !!!".<br />Finally, Rubin Steiner and Placido's Dancing Music Show and Osysmyso's<br />Breezeblock mixes transformed me on a real mashup addict... never been<br />clean since then.<br /><br />2B / My first one is a mash between Eminem's Encore and Outkast's Mrs<br />Jackson. Hip Hop over Hip Hop is not really interesting but it's<br />easyer for a start.<br />I had to do this one cause when I heard Eminem's track, I thought it<br />was exactly the same track as Outkast one. This is one of the things I<br />like to do when I mash 2 tracks : showing similarities. Here is the <a href="http://bootlegsfr.free.fr/01%20-%20Encore%20Mrs%20Jackson.mp3">link</a></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />2/A<br />The first mashup I heard was As Heard on Radio Soulwax Vol. 2, which I<br />thought was pretty cool at the time, though I didn't know about<br />acapellas at the time, so I couldn't figure out how they made them. I<br />didn't get into mashup production until a few years later<br /><br />2/B<br />The first mashup I made was "Get Invisibly Paid" with Beck's "Get Real<br />Paid" and Fischerspooner's "Invisible".<br />It started as a electro mixtape I was making for a friend in ACID, and I<br />started cutting and editing until all of the sudden it was a mashup<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />I started composing with a sampler in 1994. It was a way to do mash-ups,<br />without knowing it, inspired by the megamixs of the 80's, and then by the big<br />beat movement. Then it changed in 2001, from the "hide the samples" thing to<br />the "let it full" thing. I must admit that the 2 Many DJs album opened my<br />mind. The first real A+B mash-up that i did was Shaggy vs. Rage against the<br />machine <a href="http://djzebra.free.fr/DJZebra_Killing_boombastic.mp3">Killing Boombastic</a> in november 2002. I didn't know where to find<br />acapellas, so i needed a track with space in it (the Shaggy song had only<br />elecronic drums, low bass and voice), then i could add heavy drums and guitars<br />(the RATM riff), without equalizing it. It sounded good, i still play it, and<br />it has become a hit of the bootlegs parties.<br /><br /></span>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />My first bootleg mix was "I Hate Lovebills" and I made it in July 2002.<br />It used Console's wonderful take on "Freiburg" by Tocotronic as<br />instrumental and had PIL and Destinys Child as vocals on top. Ha, I even<br />still like it! I picked Console and PIL cause I really like their music<br />and Destinys Child cause the "Bills Bills Bills" lyrics worked fine with<br />"This Is Not A Love Song". To rearrange lyrics has been an important<br />part of a mash up, not just making a new tune melody-wise.<br />Before my first mash up I had played in a couple of bands and djed a<br />couple of times. The longest lasting band was The Flamingo Massacres:<br />1997 - 2002. We split at the end of our final six weeks long tour<br />through Europe and that wasn't a nice experience. At that time a friend<br />had told me about Boomselection and then I found the first GYBO version<br />and soon I made my first efforts with music software. That really helped<br />filling the deep hole the split of my band had left in my heart. It was<br />a challenging and fun and consoling way to dip into the electronic way<br />of making music. I don't think I would have taken to making electronic<br />music if I hadn't discovered bootleg mixes at that time.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />2/A<br />Probably ‘A Stroke of Genius’ by Freelance Hellraiser and the Soulwax / 2<br />Many DJ’s XFM sessions around 2001.<br />I was suitably impressed at the time. Had been doing similar things myself<br />back in the late 80’s / early nineties on a Portastudio after being influenced<br />by the sample based stuff by Coldcut / Steinski and The Justified Ancients of<br />Mu Mu. The Hellraiser / 2 Many DJ’s stuff inspired me to get back into it again.<br />It was almost a religious experience… I saw the second coming… It was heart<br />shaped.<br /><br />2/B<br />‘A Slim McShady’ - Eminem ‘Without Me’ / Wings ‘Silly Love Songs’ May 2002.<br />I put it together for the Boomselection ‘Without Me’ thing that was running at<br />the time, so it was just a case of finding a track to go with the acapella.<br />Judging by the responses it did the trick. Playlisted on major New Zealand and<br />Australian radio stations.<br />Nearly five years later new people are hearing it for the first time and<br />flipping over it, much to my amusement. (I recommend a trip to their GP)<br />It’s a hideous 3 minutes of tear-induction…what’s your pain threshold?<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />2/A<br />It's not realy a mash-up, but the 1st time I heard "The magic number" from<br />De La Soul, I was realy amazed about the production because I loved the<br />original track they sampled and this made me want to buy a sampler which only<br />happened a few years later unfortunatly.<br />A few years later, I saw Fatboy Slim live, and when I heard that Rolling<br />Stones mash, it was a real revelation for me.<br /><br />2/B<br />The 1st mash-up I made was Ol dirty Bastard vs Mr Oizo.<br />I didn't have internet at that time and only a few acapellas on vinyl, and Ol'<br />Dirty Bastard was one of them, then I searched for a track with a vibe that<br />could fit that crazy voice, and I found that 'Analog worm attacks' by Mr Oizo<br />was perfect.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />I look at my fascination with mashups as evolving from my fascination with<br />remixes and dj segues. My favorite parts of DJ mixes I got ahold of were<br />always the crossfades. So I'd say some mix between a random early euro-dance<br />song and Bizarre Love Triangle on some mix tape my friend Ed got when I was<br />like 14.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >this is theme #2<br />tell us what you think, discuss the theme on <a>the CONFERENCE FORUM<span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /></a></span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />here are some sampled thoughts from our contributors<br />read them full and get involved at the FORUM<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I think the first real mashup (not counting sampling in Hip Hop) was "Oops! The real Slim Shady did it again" (Eminem vs. Britney) by DJ Gauffie back in 2000. I heard it on national radio (!) & then got it from Napster ;) along with some other mashes which were available at that time (...although I don't remember one of them, I guess they were all bad ::)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >djschmolli</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >I must be an exception as the first mashup I've ever heard was mine, back in oct. 2003. I think I may have heard about mashup before but I never heard any, well I can't remember. I made this mashup because I thought that Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson was very inspired by Personal Jesus.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >ToToM</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >me and a friend did a mashup of sorts back in 1986...</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >it was Blancmange/Living On The Ceiling and Depeche Mode/Flexible, as part of a mixtape we were making</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >I remember the crossfade sounded real nice so I said 'we gotta let this thing ride for at least 2 minutes'</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >so after about 8 attempts on the technics we nailed it and when people heard the tape they were flippin' out. it was that reaction that made me realize that the longer the blend the better.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >lobsterdust</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >Right , the first "mashup" i ever heard must have been Whitney Houston , I wanna dance with somebody and Leftfields Not Forgotten ,Which was more of a live mix than a mashup but with the same effect.It was on a mixtape from Shelly's in Stoke mixed by Sacha back in '91 approx...</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >from that point i started to mix accapellas over all my house sets,coming up with a lot of good mixes if i do say so myself.Seriously though it has stuck with me ever since.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >differentstrokes</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >... I noticed a link to mashups. I didn’t know what they were, so I ignored them for a few weeks, and then one day feeling a bit more adventurous I clicked on it and found a load of mashups. The first one I clicked on was Partybens Boulevard of broken songs. You can imagine my elation on discovering the most exciting thing I’d heard since my first acid house track in the late 80’s</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >boris</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >... I remember the Inhumanz one blew me away - simple but effective. Heard it in an alt/rock club that I used to frequent and the crowd loved it too. Then I heard 'A Stroke Of Genie-us' from Freelance Hellraiser and was sold on the whole scene. For a few months I think I spent most of my free time doing google searches for mashups, as well as P2P searches.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >lock3down<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >My first mashup experience was coming across one of Party Ben's SixxMixxes. Boulevard of Broken Songs comes to mind. Forget where/why I heard it but once I did, I immediately downloaded that song and every sixxmixx I could find. No seriously.. every sixxmixx.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >djmaxentropy</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >... i was doing bootlegs live on my turntables way before i had internet. First because i was allergic to computers till '98 & also because i didn't know the term "mashup/bootleg" before...</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >... few years later i was googling around for bootlegs/mashups when i found Dj BC's site which drove me to GYBO & i understood there was a scene i didn't even know...</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >zamali</span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />what do you think? tell it to us! visit the FORUM!<br />click on the banner!!!<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37686929.post-1163948374179480792006-11-19T15:37:00.000+01:002006-11-27T19:21:02.310+01:00theme #1<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">welcome!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">this is the CONFERENCE</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">our weekly talks about mashups</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">on every Monday about 18:00 CET (Central European Time)<br />a new theme will be posted here</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> about the world of mashups</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">don't be scared if you never of this before<br />you will know everything, if you read us weekly</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">and if you are a hardcore veteran bootlegger<br />you will find something to read here as well</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please remember, this is an interactive project</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">make your voice heard, tell us what you think about the current theme</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">you can do it by commenting the article</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or if you want to take part in the real time chat visit <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the forum board</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">we hope that you will love this series as much as we love to make it</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">please, do NOT copy/repost/republish the CONFERENCE articles anywhere<br />but fell free to link the site</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">for more information get the <a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theCONFERENCEpressR.pdf">press release</a> pdf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">or contact us</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">have fun and have a nice read!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">the CONFERENCE team<br /><br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3_450.png" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Are mashups and the mashup culture the next revolution of the music history<br />much like (the beat in the 60’s, the punk in the 70’s or the dance > techno /<br />house / d&b after the Sumer of Love in 1988) changed the status quo in Music?</strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >prologue by Simon Iddol<br /><br />there are not too many chances to take part in a revolution<br />not only because the revolutions are not happening every day<br />but mainly it always happens to cleared up later<br />if that action was a revolution or not<br />the revolutions of the music business are the same too<br />no one took them seriously at the beginning<br />but later they changed the music biz<br />- rock & roll – beat – punk – electronic dance –<br />what is common in them?<br />- easy to recognize sound<br />- easy to learn, no serious musical education is required<br />- self expression form for anybody, anybody can be a star<br />- the artists and the fans are on the same level<br />- the contemporary mass media rejects it first, but later on picks it up and makes it trendy<br />the next revolution is happening now<br />it is going on for few years, but now it is undoableness<br />and you can feel its effect already<br />this revolution is about to change the way of music making and distributing,<br />not only the trends<br />but it will even change the music listening habbits and music media’s<br />the next revolution is called mashup<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<a href="http://simoniddol.freeblog.hu/files/freeblogpix/theconference/conference_flyer3.png" target="_blank"><br /><br /></a></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/AplusD.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>Adrian & the Mysterious D</strong><br />We've always said that mashup culture -- at least as a cultural movement --<br />was more akin to punk rock in the late '70s than anything else.<br />It's very populist in the sense that practically anyone can do it. It's all<br />very D.I.Y., and the undercurrents of the entire scene are infused with a<br />similar punk attitude and aesthetic -- namely, "fuck the record industry," not<br />to mention "fuck mainstream popular culture."<br />With punk, all you needed was a guitar, three chords, and the balls to get out<br />there and do it. The same thing is happening today with mashups. The only<br />thing that's different are the tools and the sound. But the aesthetic is still<br />the same. Instead of a guitar, it's cheap software, and instead of three<br />chords, you're using MP3s.<br />Granted, just because anyone CAN do it, doesn't mean everyone can do it WELL.<br />Most punk rock wasn't necessarily good -- but it did revolutionize the way<br />people created and distributed music. The same can be said for the current<br />mashup scene. It has the potential to turn people from simply being passive<br />music consumers into pro-active music remixers and mashers. And the internet<br />gives these budding music producers and mashup artists a distribution channel<br />that quite simply did not exist a decade ago.<br />Not sure if that qualifies as a "revolution" or not, but it's definitely a<br />sign that things in the music industry are changing.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/aggro1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>AGGRO1<br /></strong>I'm not so much sure that they are a revolution of music, but definitely an<br />evolution of music. Basically, mashups/bootlegs are just a form of sampling. I<br />don't find it revolutionary...but definitely a "next step" towards something<br />very interesting.</span></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/arty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Arty Fufkin</strong><br />Pop music revolutions are just media beat-ups. My strongest musical<br />memory from 1988 is everyone listening to John Lennon! People<br />everywhere are discovering mashups for the first time. The novelty<br />value has worn off for a lot of radio stations, but radio stations are<br />becoming obsolete anyway. The internet has totally changed the way<br />that people find music, as well as the way it is created and<br />distributed - so anyone who gets into mashups can join a community,<br />download a great back-catalogue, listen to loads of new stuff being<br />created every day and have a go at making their own. There is novelty<br />value which is good, but the challenge for mashup creators is going to<br />be finding ways to keep it moving so the genre is not just a fad. Not<br />that fads are so bad.</span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ComaR.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>ComaR</strong><br />1 / Is it a revolution ? I don't know, I can't tell, it's too early to tell.<br />The amount of official issues is too little to talk about a revolution<br />right now but it's a start.<br />So wait and see... but I would add that I don't really care if it's a<br />revolution or not.<br />I'm doing it for fun, to meet nice people, to be involved in something<br />I like and if in 5 years nobody remeber who we were or what we've<br />done, I don't care cause it won't take all of that back.</span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/earworm.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Earworm</strong><br />There's a revolution going on, and music mashups are a part of alarger<br />trend toward remixing, re-using, and appropriating. More and more<br />content is becoming available to everyone in easy-to-manipulate<br />formats. Meanwhile, the technology to perform these manipulations has<br />become more powerful and intuitive. I don't see this trend stopping any<br />time soon.<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/zebra.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>DJ Zebra</strong><br />Mash-ups can't be a part of a musical revolution, as a global movement. It's a<br />way to do and conceive music, but it is (and will always be) an alternative<br />way to compose music. All the great movements have been supported by the<br />musical industry, with a lot of symbolic songs and singers, with a style, a<br />way of life, fashion, pictures, movies, articles, fans and groupies.... In the<br />mash-up scene (if there is one), the creations are much more known than the<br />creators. And if you know the creators, you don't care about their life, even<br />their face. Everything is on the net. And the only revolution in this style is<br />that it happens on it, and goes directly to the radio stations. So there is no<br />material enough to create stars. But it's a revolution in a way, that it's<br />becoming huge without needing the support of the institutions (press, TV,<br />majors). Now most of the "aware" people know what is a mash-up, they want to<br />hear more, but they don't need to be a part of it. It's only for the music,<br />and i like it this way.<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/eve.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Eve Massacre</strong><br />No, I don't think so. They are but one more subgenre of sample based<br />music. I would agree that the whole of sample based music from hiphop<br />and reggae and cut ups and remixes left a deep impact but not bootleg<br />mixes on their own. It's a subgenre with which you can easily attract<br />lots of attention and praise as a mash up usually uses songs the<br />potential audience is familiar with: A mash up usually works best if<br />it's a fun twist of something people are familiar with.<br />Bootleg mixes fit very well in our internet times, with a few chart hits<br />being singled out and played to death pretty fast almost worldwide (with<br />all those heavy rotation plays and similar promotion methods). Bootleg<br />mixes are a nice way of reanimating or ridiculing those hits. That<br />appeals to people for a while but most bootlegs are simple fast food<br />party fodder: They often use disposable pop hits and give are a quick<br />satisfaction without sustained impressions. Bootlegs rather work as kind<br />of appendix or like footnotes to mainstream pop music. Thus I see them<br />more in the tradition of cover versions and remixes but don't think they<br />are genre enough to leave a really deep mark on pop culture history.<br />You can't even argue that the revolutionary aspect is some collective<br />d.i.y. background of sharing free mp3s purely for the love of music or<br />for a subversive pirate thrill. The bedroom n00b who makes his first<br />mash up with stolen software is just as typical for bootleg mixes as the<br />professional who doesn't care about any romantic non commercial or d.i.y<br />ideas but uses mash ups as one more possibility to show his - or less<br />often: her - skills and get some attention to build a bigger reputation<br />to make a good living from it as dj or as producer or as party host.<br />I'd say bootleg mixes reflect aspects of today's pop culture but won't<br />leave a deep mark on its history.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/ghp.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Go Home Productions</strong><br />I think they’ve stirred things up a bit.<br />Don’t know about ‘revolution’ though…<br />Although they’ve infiltrated the music business and other media, it’s nowhere<br />near the same scale as previous ‘styles’…yet.<br />It’s still very much internet based and may well stay that way.<br />Best read up on ‘trends’ and ‘fads’.<br />Think ‘phasing’ circa 1967…<br />or all those Kids TV Theme Tune rave mixes circa 1988…or glitch.<br />Let’s see where the land lies in 10 years time…if we survive the next ice-age.<br /></span><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/LP.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /><strong>Loo & Placido</strong><br />I don't see mash-ups as a revolution, but more as an evolution.<br />Since the 1st samplers arrived on the market, people started to produce some<br />tunes based on some samples of other peoples music, like hip-hop for example,<br />and as the machines capacity have increased, this technique has been improved,<br />and now you can cut and paste anything using a basic computer and this gives<br />you unlimited possibilities like blending several tracks together.<br />My point is to say that it's more a technical evolution than an artistic<br />revolution because "mashing" others people music isn't new at all.<br />For the music industry, I think that Mash-ups are the next step after remixes<br />and even if clearance and copyright is still an issue, I think that there's<br />going to be more & more official releases in the next months / years.<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /></span><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><img alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/partyben.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><strong>Party Ben</strong><br />I think mashuppery is more a symptom than a cause -- one more aspect of a<br />decentralized culture. In that sense I don't think people in the future<br />(future, future) will speak of the "mashup revolution" as much as they will<br />speak of a gradual splintering and reordering of cultural memes<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br /><br />that's it for this week<br />tell us what you think, discuss the theme on <a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference">the CONFERENCE FORUM<br /></a><br />+++update+++<br /><br />here are some of the the most intresting thoughts<br />about the mashup revolution from our readers<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"And realised I couldn't resist the pleasure of sharing the music I had with them, and to have them listen to the best bootlegs I had. I don't know other people experience this too, but this gives me the feeling of a true revolution.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The bootleg culture is a kind of viral thing that is passed along, often leaving enthousiastic people, eager to listen to more, and to learn how they are made. I agree with the parallel with punk rock : it's easy, diy, cheap to do and really hard to master."</span><br />Rob'<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"i dont think of it as a revolution more of a new art form, but as with all new art forms it will take time for it to be accepted by the mainstream, which is when it will be completly ruined and no longer interesting"</span><br />Boris<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I totally agree with the point made that it's less about star marketablility and ALL about the music. Only the great mashes stay on your hard-drive.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It's like natural selection, only the strong survive."</span><br />hammertank<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Well , i don't think the mashup thing has become a revolution quite yet and as others have said before, do we really want it to be ,as that would signal the path to the end , maybe?"</span><br />differentstrokes<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"So, to conclude, I don´t think the general audience are ready to listen and comprehend to the more elaborated stuff (like earworm´s masterpieces) , yet they are extremely appealing to us, music lovers. When they get it, oh boy, then we got our revolution (maybe?)."</span><br />mario cardoso<br /><br />+++updated again with more thoughts from the FORUM++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >"i'm 50/50 bcoz i think that mashups art is not realy new, but ...in term of "revolution", we could say that it's probably a media-revolution. (many mashups on radio-stations,newspapers and web articles..."<br />Ben Double M</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"M.A.A.R.S.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">They revolutioned dance music imo</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We just follow peeps like them, colcut etc</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">they showed us the way</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Also making mashups is much easier than remixing or making original compos so it's doable by almost anyone."</span><br />Zamali<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I think the mashups can be included into a bigger phenomenon that drives music into something else. Many musicians and most people produce their music at home, needing less and less help in production. 'Home Studio' changes the way music sounds in general."</span><br />ToToM<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I personally would like to keep this underground and not have it break through, because we all know what happens when a small scene becomes huge - it turns into ego driven, bandwagon-jumping crap.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this is totally out of our control of course, tomorrow The Gap might decide to feature mashups in their new commercial and then every kid and hollywood actor in America is gonna wanna be a mashup DJ."</span><br />Dj Lobsterdust</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:Black;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"I guess you can call it a revolution the day when we get in touch with mashups in our everyday life, when there are many mashes listed in our music charts and TV, movies and various other medias are full with mashed songs. And this I don’t think will ever happen."</span><br />DJ Schmolli<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Mashups are not a revolution musically speaking, but an all together different kind of revolution. A revolution to bring different generes/cultures together to find common ground... music. Some think what we do is funny or entertaining.. well, of course it is!! But for some of us, it goes beyond that. It's about bringing together the people and dropping the cultural barriers between them."</span><br />djmaxentropy<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"And with mainstream acceptance one day, just as the rap/hip-hop movement themselves moved into the majors, who knows, we might even see an Earworm as president of a major label offshoot, just like Jay-Z himself."</span><br />maths<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >epilog by Simon Iddol<br /><br />are the mashups of the next revolution of the music history?<br /><br />we don't know yet<br />we say YES but also we say NO too<br />we know that something is changing now<br />we are part of it<br />we have influence on the future<br /><br />doesn't mattter what I think or what You think<br />all that matters what WE do<br />and we all know making music will never be the same again!!!<br /><br />THANK YOU ALL!!!<br />4 taking part in the CONFERENCE<br />and<br />4 doing the things what you do<br /><br />theme #2 is coming tonight about 18:00 CET<br /><br />hugs and kisses<br /><br />+++ the CONFERENCE Team +++</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mashuptown.proboards51.com/index.cgi?board=conference"><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/simoniddol/visittheCONFforum.png" align="left" border="0" /></a></span></span></span>Simon Iddolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455365211975645013noreply@blogger.com10