ReMix
In our readings this week one of the parts that really stood out to me was the DJ Spooky Article. As we have spoken in class as how sound art is able to change the realms of time and how there are no limits on how the song or music is constructed. The DJ Spooky article touches on a few ways that the mix works, "The mix speaks to you of the bricolage of a place where the "self" exists as a deployed network of personae, music created out of a particular scene or social grouping: and it shows the inexplicable mutability of sound as different people share the memories brought about by the same songs. It demonstrates the uncanny power to metamorphosize, through audi alchemy, the passage of sound into a kind of unspoken story, that like its predecessor, the oral tradition, can pass on "tales" of songs." One of my favorite mashups or mixes, Im no music but so Im assuming it could be both, is the Notorious BIG song mixed with a Miley Cyrus song, is able to do all the things that is quoted in the DJ Spooky article and is able to negate time constraints. Because Notorious BIG is no longer living I feel like the use of his song in a modern song is a way of skewing the constraints of time. With modern technology you are able to take the voice of a man who is no longer living and create a new song with his music, without even using him. Another aspect that allows this mix to metamorphosize into different peoples memories brought about by the same song. I think that by combining the genres of rap and hip hop with kiddy pop music is a morphing of genres that allows the experiences of each song change. With the combination of the two the emotions that the song might evoke for the listener are drastically different. I think after discussing this in class and reading about the art of the mix, one can really appreciate the experience of listening to a mix audio track as well as recognize the abilities to transform time boundaries and experiences that a mixed song has the potential to do.
