Tag: Clickbait
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Ed Sheeran vs Marvin Gaye & Why AI & Copyright Might Kill Art
Love this video from Adam Neely about the Ed Sheeran case vs Marvin Gaye (well actually vs SAS investment banker trying it on, Ed Townsend died years ago). I do think it’s a stretch, as a mashup artist I’ve heard so many things like that, it’s not a direct lift. You cannot own a genre!…
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Future of Podcasting & Music: AI Will Make It Personal
Is AI the future of art and music? With real promise and problems, AI is making waves. Now, podcasting and personalization could be next to benefit.
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The Story of Eric Prydz – Call On Me*
*sorta. Ooh boy….where to start? Firstly this is a great video from HowardHandz about the debacle which was the mega-hit Eric Prydz – Call On Me, sampling Steve Winwood’s Valerie. I obviously came in during the middle of this, because BigBadBaz, a regular feature on this blog/podcast over the years posted his remix on GYBO…
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Rape Me / Blurred Lines mashup
It’s usually glib clickbait to say I was left speechless at the end of this, but I was, shocked and stunned at the catharsis and anger – yet justifiably and righteously so. Blurred Lines is horribly sexist and completely unredeemable. Combining it with Nirvana’s Rape Me in a call and answer mashup just brings out…
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Art In The Age Of Viral Replication
Dubset are at it again – in another clickbaity scare article, this time from Mixmag. Those of us in the DIY remix, mashup and DJ communities have seen these systems come and go, the same hype and fear cycle. And like so many times before we are waiting for the ‘end of the world’ –…
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Paul Nuttall and alt-right ‘patriots’
Paul Nutall? Of the UKIPS? Well let Stewart Lee say it best (NSFW). And I think the best response to the ‘alt-right’ (sorry, like New Labour you can’t rebrand Nazis – yes not all ‘alt-right’ people are fascists but some are) and the far-right is Maajid Nawaz’s response on LBC – you aren’t patriots. You…