Tag: Advertising
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Steinski and the art of the cut-up
Didn’t know there was a video for ‘We’ll Be Right Back’? This song along with Arthur Baker’s Criminal Element Orchestra – Put The Needle To The Record, Bomb The Bass – Beat Dis, S’Express and Coldcut’s mix of Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full were my introduction to the world of the cut-up –…
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Working Down On Mashup Farm: Microserfs and the New Economy
Something is very much not right in the state of Denmark – well if Denmark was the state of mashups. Recent events have suggested that certain platforms will now welcome mashups, unofficial remixes, unlicensed DJ mixes, podcasts of commercial music and the like. Apple made waves two weeks ago with such an idea of licensing…
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ToTom – Novae Servae (Prodigy Version) video
I’ve created a new video for ToTom’s Kanye of the Stone Age project. As a bonus he created a Prodigy version of his Novae Servae mashup – Wild Frontier joining Kanye West’s New Slaves and Queens of the Stone Age’s Avon (and is that a little bit of Bunsen Burner by CUTS?). While editing this…
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Say no to spec work
I’m always amazed how in the digital media, photography and advertising world it’s still OK to ask for work on spec (i.e. for free) ‘for exposure’ where as this video demonstrates other industries would ask you to sling your hook. The pay less in future for a longer contract is also depressingly common, and again…the…