Still thinking about a title.
The tools we use to make, record and listen to music are changing fast. With a few pieces of easily downloaded software, anyone can sample or remix any existing recording.
Any rapid change necessarily carries some anxieties. Sample-based electronic music undermines some of our most closely held beliefs about talent, originality and ownership. Some people fear that sampling threatens to undermine our copyright system. I want to assuage these anxieties. I see a lot of possibilities in the spread of new tools. Electronic music merges recording playback with the creation of new music, inviting listeners to actively participate, rather than passively spectating.
James Brown, time and drumming
Delia Derbyshire, recording and looping
Represented by Molly Lyons, Delbourgo & Associates.
Hear some of my own remixes and mashups.
See my research on Delicious. Related tags: Audio, Audio editing, Electronica, Herbie Hancock, Hip-hop, Looping, Mashups, Memes, Michael Jackson, MIDI, Recording, Remix, Sampling, Turntablism.
