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April 15, 2005
Reality is being Remixed on CC Mixter
Looks like the remix project is officially under way, as there have already been five remixes of Language of My Reality at CC Mixter. I guess there is a need in that community for solid acapella recordings (Calling all Spoken Word artists, join CC Mixter to submit work).
One interesting thing about the remixes is how each person interpretted the tone of my piece, and how much liberty they took in cutting up and remixing the actual words. I think my favorite version of the full piece is the version by phusion, but I also like how Teru sampled some of the words without changing the direction of the meaning.
However, the most interesting piece is "Just Like Me" by Pat Chilla the Beat Gorilla, which cuts up words from my poem and actually changes the meaning. I mentioned in a review of the piece that people have been asking me what I'd do if someone re-edited my work to change the meaning, and I thanked him for giving me a real live example. He replied, "I actually had a small quibble with myself about that, mostly because your piece seemed to be introspective and I didn't want to seem disrespectful."
Not disrespectful at all. By choosing to engage in this new mixter space, I'm encouraging this kind of thing, which is cool. I also like that there seems to be an inherent respect among good musicians, and I appreciate those that try to keep the spirit of the work going. Let's keep building.
Posted by Colin at April 15, 2005 8:51 PM
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