2015年08月07日
Mash-Up Music!
Hello!
This week, I want to talk a little about a genre of music that is very dear to me, and is the one that I probably listen to the most often on a daily basis. It's a controversial type of music, and one that some people might not even think of music at all!
Mash-up has existed as a form of music since people have been able to play two pieces of music together at the same time. The theory is that one person can find two two pieces of music that have the same tempo, or the same musical structure, and they will “mash” together to form something new and distinct. This has been taken to great artistic heights in the last 15 years or so with the advent of new and greater musical technology, and software that can edit and manipulate music that are available to anyone with a mind to learning it.
Why this type of music is controversial is because if a person takes two songs that were written and produced by two (or more) different people, mashes them together to create something new, then decides to sell that music, the original writers and copy write owners of that music will no longer be getting money for something they've created. This has led to creators of mash-up music to effectively go “underground”, meaning that their music can only be released through digital downloads or to websites like Youtube for people to enjoy, rather than being able to sell the art they've worked so hard to create.
As someone who listens to this music, and has an interest in its continuing and flourishing, I don't agree that any artist is being infringed by having their music being turned into something new and different. If the mash-up artist has paid for the music that they are then manipulating, then there is no issue in my eyes. Manufacturers of paints and metals don't sue artists when they create paintings and sculptures, and I view music the same way that I view those. Mash-up is a fantastic style of music that allows you to re-imagine the music that you love in a new and different way, and can make music better and more dynamic than its original form.
This week, I want to talk a little about a genre of music that is very dear to me, and is the one that I probably listen to the most often on a daily basis. It's a controversial type of music, and one that some people might not even think of music at all!
Mash-up has existed as a form of music since people have been able to play two pieces of music together at the same time. The theory is that one person can find two two pieces of music that have the same tempo, or the same musical structure, and they will “mash” together to form something new and distinct. This has been taken to great artistic heights in the last 15 years or so with the advent of new and greater musical technology, and software that can edit and manipulate music that are available to anyone with a mind to learning it.
Why this type of music is controversial is because if a person takes two songs that were written and produced by two (or more) different people, mashes them together to create something new, then decides to sell that music, the original writers and copy write owners of that music will no longer be getting money for something they've created. This has led to creators of mash-up music to effectively go “underground”, meaning that their music can only be released through digital downloads or to websites like Youtube for people to enjoy, rather than being able to sell the art they've worked so hard to create.
As someone who listens to this music, and has an interest in its continuing and flourishing, I don't agree that any artist is being infringed by having their music being turned into something new and different. If the mash-up artist has paid for the music that they are then manipulating, then there is no issue in my eyes. Manufacturers of paints and metals don't sue artists when they create paintings and sculptures, and I view music the same way that I view those. Mash-up is a fantastic style of music that allows you to re-imagine the music that you love in a new and different way, and can make music better and more dynamic than its original form.
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