I was in a creative mood and got an idea.
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Topic: The Mash-Up Genre of Music (e.g. Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album")
Main Message/ Thesis: The mash-up genre is important to music's future in our modern remix culture, as it becomes easier for the average person to become a participant. However, the genre will only be allowed to flourish so much as copyright enforcers allow it.
Title: “Let’s Go To Jail! The Mash-Up and Beyond ”
Interface: Interactive DVD
The project would be in three parts.
-An archive of other peoples' mash-ups for the user to listen to. The collection will introduce unfamiliar audience members to the genre, and for familiar audiences, it will be a display of artistic works. This will also show the increasing popularity of the genre and suggest it as an emerging, important genre.
-My new creative work displayed. I will create a mash-up album and document my process. Since I am a music performance major, I feel this creative musical process will be a valuable learning experience in my academic field. This will also show how technology is allowing more people (like me) to become participants in our remix culture.
-The whole DVD experience would be a game, in which every copyright infringement is counted in a video game type counter. Every time a copyrighted piece of music is heard, every time a copyrighted image is shown, and every time an instance of my infringements is displayed, the DVD will keep track in terms of a jail sentence. The more the DVD is used, the higher the jail sentence. This will hopefully show how limiting copyrights are to the genre. With all the creativity by myself and others showcased on this DVD, it will show how copyrights are hurting that creativity.
Hopefully, this project will then:
-Introduce and explore a new and rapidly growing form of music
-Allow me to create musically in the form of a new art piece (as musical creation is central to my major)
-Have a meaningful message and give a meaningful warning to society about the future of music
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Matt Jung
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2 comments:
this sounds really cool, accessible yet original. nice one
Your message, that Mash-Up is significant, yet vulnerable to industry trends, works as does your breakdown. You'll likely need to focus Part 1, the archive, into something more direct, an exposition of the evolution of mash-up with musical illustrations and references. Not an exhaustive archive (a project in itself) but a directed, illustrative one. Part 2 should be the centerpiece iof your work - and possibly your efforts. Now, to part 3 - it's a great idea, but I'd hate to see ALL of your time and efforts go into game design rather than (mashing) composition. Your challenge, therefore, is to define a part 3 that accomplishes the same method, without overtaking the work. It might be a "separate track" or display experienced during Part 1 and Part 2, tabulating a score. I'm sure this can be solved, it's a fun idea. If you're not aware of Cory Doctorow's work, y ou should arrange a meeting with him (he's teaching at Annenberg School this semester).
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