this is da remix

In today’s lectorial the topic was ‘the Remix and the Glitch’; how people break things in order to make or get art. Unfortunately there is no such thing as an original idea… someone always had your idea first. Dan, delve further into this topic by posing the questions, how does reproducing something change it; how is the reproduction of something considered to be authentic? He also spoke about the use of social media, whether it is authentic or not in terms of portraying someone. Dan argued the point that it is authentic as it adds another layer on to how people connect with the world. He believes than you can get an aura or a sense of somebody through their engagement with social media as the interact with the different social mediums and that it is a somewhat pure mode of engagement. I personally agree with this to some degree, but I feel as though sometimes people only show you what they want you to see, or they even convey themselves to be something that they’re not. It is a debate which I’m sure will be coming forward more very soon.

The section of the lectorial that I found most interesting, was that focused on djs (disc jockeys) and more specifically Girl Talk. We did an activity where we listened to one of Girl Talk’s mash up songs ‘This is the Remix’ and we had to write down every song or artist that we recognised in the mash up. To be honest I wasn’t that great at recognising songs in this task and only recognised about two! However, with the help of other students we put together a list of the ones that we recognised. We got these ones out of the total 31 used:

  • Jackson 5 – I want you back
  • Another one bites the dust – INXS
  • Cecilia
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Lil Jon
  • Lil Kim
  • Far side
  • Lady Gaga
  • Busta Rhymes
  • Beastie Boys
  • DMX
  • Clash
  • Donkey Kong
  • U2
  • B.O.B

Listen below to see how many you recognise:

(video source: https://youtu.be/DZu_lLGFDtM)

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