a) Title: “Let’s Go To Jail! The Mashup and the Future of Music”
b) Abstract
Topic: The Mashup Genre of Music (e.g. Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album")
Interface: DVD
Genre: Interactive Game with components being Essayistic and Encyclopedic
Main Message/ Thesis: The mashup 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.
c) Methodology
The project would have two sections.
-An expository presentation of the evolution of the mashup. The presentation would be a timeline where the user could click on certain works and learn more. It would cover the mashup’s roots in jazz and hip-hop to its emergence as an independent genre.
This collection will be an introduction to the genre, and will also show that its popularity is rapidly increasing.
-A display of my new creative work. I will create a mashup 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.
d) Media Presentation & Justification
-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 new work’s infringement 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:
-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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This is such a cool idea!!! I love the idea of jail years racking up as you go through the process. Something to consider is maybe including video clips that serve as a documentation of your process - I know a lot of what you are going for is strictly audio and still image-based, but to show your own frustration might add another human element to your already essayistic piece.
This is going to be such a cool project... good luck!
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