I had seen RIP! A Remix Manifesto a few times previous to our in-class viewing, and even this time I managed to still find out new information I missed or forgot the first few times, although most of the major points were review. The part that always gets me the most is the record label companies going after people pirating music but not paying the bands any of the settlement money. Worse still is the record labels slapping copyrights on everything a band produces and doesn't let them have any say in what happens with them. That kind of corporate greed disgusts me. It makes me want to get caught stealing music, get taken to court and agree to pay them only under the condition that the money goes directly the band. Otherwise I'll tell them where to stick it and they can haul me off to jail... but lets hope it doesn't come to that.
My first inspiration this week is the Super Mash Bros mash-up duo. They tend to mix rather raunchy songs into popular pop songs that are normally directed at a much different audience. This one is Meet Me at Fantasy Island.
My second inspiration is reggae group known as Easy Star All-Stars, and while they don't remix songs with computers or midis, they recreate/perform popular songs as reggae songs.
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