CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE Mash-up

This project was terrible, I found it extremely difficult to work with Audacity and to make something that followed the criteria and didn't make my ears want to fall off. I was unsuccessful with that, this sounds absolutely terrible, which has helped me appreciate what mash-up artists do much more now, when people say "Oh, anybody can just cut up some songs and put them together, there's no talent involved in that" they are very wrong, clearly after hearing my mash-up people might also be convinced that making a mash-up does take work, skill and talent. I can't upload the song on here, but it's in my file Mr. Catalano!

1. Name and artist of songs used in the collage

Kids- MGMT

ABC- Jackson 5

I Want Candy- Aaron Carter

2. Label sound clips by track number – track 1 is the sound file stacked on the top of the audacity screen track 2 underneath etc......

1- MGMT beat

2- ABC

3- ABC123

4- 123

5- School Bell

6- Teacher voice Charlie Brown

7- Teacher voice baritone

8- Kids laughing

9- Giggle

10- Whining

11- “mommy”

12- “goodnight”

13- Children are the best hope for the future quote

14- Seven million wonders quote

15- I Want Candy

3. What sound effects were used

Blue above

4. Source of any sound bites (ie. Dialogue from movie -what movie?)

N/A

5. Explain how you manipulated the sounds (ie sampled drum beat, put reverb on clip etc..)

MGMT beat is played backwards and wahwah-ed

6. Explain the theme, mood or idea you were trying to achieve.

The theme was young children (in Kindergarten or Daycare)

7. How did you achieve this? (ie used the sound effect of shattered glass to represent a broken relationship)

Used sound effects you would hear around young children, songs used also represented children. Quotes were about children. The beat from Kids.

8. Reflection: were you successful? Most effective element, least effective element

Very unsuccessful, it sounds terrible, it was incredibly hard. Most effective element was the “I Want Candy” part, or the actual idea/ theme. The least effective element was the low quality of sound effects and not being able to put things together.

Super Mash Bros

In class we recently learned about sampling, and watched a documentary about a band called Girl Talk. Coincidentally, I was on Facebook tonight and I saw one of my friends had become a fan of something called Super Mash Bros, I curiously clicked the link to learn that Super Mash Bros are a band that make mash ups and are self-described as “Girl Talk’s hot cousin”. I was curious once again to hear one of their mash ups, I proceeded to search them on Youtube and within the first few seconds of their song I F***ing Bleed Purple and Yellow, I was impressed. I’m usually not a fan of mash ups and rap music, which is frequently used in their songs, I LOVED their songs. When combining Jay-Z’s ‘99 Problems’ over Vanessa Carlton’s ‘A Thousand Miles’ or Eminem over MGMT and even Spice Girls with ‘Lean Like a Cholo’, I was blown away. I then went over to their website http://lazerwolf.com/fbgu.html where i downloaded the album for free, and have been listening to it all night. There are rarely more than three samples playing on top of one another, and most of the time, all they do is layer an acapella version of one song onto an instrumental version of another. Sorry about the inappropriate language. :)

Downloading Media

According to the 2007 Digital Media Research, illegal music downloads have reached an all time high. People that argue that downloading is illegal say musicians aren't getting any profit while people that believe music should be free say musicians make proceeds through concerts and merchandising sales. Downloading music for free should be illegal because the musicians, writers and all people involved in the making of the song or album are not getting the profit they deserve. Though sites like Limewire are legal, downloading copyrighted music, videos or programs without the permission of the author is illegal. This is called "copy right infringement" or "piracy", downloading an illegal file you are guilty of an illegal act and can be liable for prosecution. CD costs are reasonably high, but millions of people taking the cheap way out cause’s musicians and the people behind the media are losing their rightful funds. Its not only the musicians that make profits, they may already be filthy rich, but the people behind the scenes may not be and downloading media illegally is robbing them of their money. Though downloading music and other media online fore free is much more convenient, it is still considered stealing from the makers of the media.