Here’s an example of how new art can be created by copying old art – this video by Nina Paley was designed to illustrate the flaws in our current copyright systems, and how we shouldn’t be basing these systems on the impossible concept of originality…
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Rage Against The Machine will be number one in the UK charts at Christmas, and it’s all thanks to a Facebook campaign. After years of being forced to choose from a bland selection of safe audio produce imposed on us by the major labels, does this mean that the charts are becoming more democratic?
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Over the past few years, music fans have been gradually moving away from the LP format and listening to songs in a more granular, randomised way. Of course, the iPod’s shuffle play feature is a major culprit here, but now Apple are attempting to bring back the album – repackaged for the digital era…
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Technology has always influenced how we listen to music, and our relationship with it. It seems that the iPod generation has a different perception of music than the LP generation, but perhaps a new paradigm of music consumption is now emerging – that of the games console…
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Reselling old albums has long been a popular method for generating extra cash – usually with a view to buying new albums. This second-hand trade was simple enough in the days of CD or vinyl, with a physical product to exchange, but what about the second-hand mp3 marketplace?
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We are surrounded by sound, of both natural and artificial origin. As a token of resistance to the plethora of chart hit ringtones that constantly barrage us, I am providing a few alternative ‘mobile sounds‘ here (which may be used as ringtones or message alerts). But there are other angles on mobile sound too…
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Once upon a time, our main source of music videos was something called MTV. Nowadays, MTV is largely bereft of any musical content and we turn instead to the wonders of the Internet to fuel our music video needs. Fortunately, there are many creative types keeping the flame alive…
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As sampling began to grow, so too did it evolve. Some forms of sample-based music creation are rife with controversy, stemming from copyright issues and questions over the artistic merit of such ‘derivative’ work – none more so than the mashup. However, the advent of Web 2.0 has begun to spawn new forms of mashup creativity…
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Eircom recently made worldwide ripples when it agreed to follow a ‘three strikes’ policy to deal with suspected downloaders of illegal content, primarily music. At the request of IRMA, Eircom will send out two warnings to those who are deemed to be in breach of the TOS, and the third strike involves the user having their service disconnected.
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Plagiarism is an age-old tradition, but sampling is a very recent technique that allows musicians to directly lift sounds and phrases from another’s work. Is this any different from Ben Johnson’s advice, to wit: observe how the masters have imitated, and imitate likewise?
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