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August 3, 2009

My CC Songs replace Madonna on Youtube

My song Destination Non-Specific has spread on Youtube mostly because users are forced to strip the copyrighted music from their videos (using YouTube's audioswap function), and are offered Creative Commons music like mine to replace it.

The first ones were pretty random, like the first, Thunder Bay Flyover.

Then, a few months ago, I got a pretty interesting one where user comments were upset cause the song was used on top of a popular video from one of their favorite artists. The users of course weren't that happy, but it was interesting to see some of the comments were positive about the song.

Then today I realized did a search and realized that the song had been used a lot, so did a search on youtube for "Destination Non-Specific" and it came up about 50 results on Youtube.

When I was browsing, I noticed a user named annamaisa had even made an actual music video for the song, and it's actually pretty beautiful (and viewed over 10,000 times). See here.

Overall, people continue to validate my belief that many of us are living in the emerging gift economy. While I still have not leveraged any my life long social capital for actual tangible cash capital, I think that day might be coming soon.

Thanks all for the collaboration. Let's keep building the new economy. Check out "350 Make a Choice" from MuskokaDreamscape, which uses an alionsonny remix of my CCmixter track Everyday Choices to promote 350.org's climate action campaign.

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January 10, 2009

The History of the Internet

While I had heard of DARPA inventing the internet somewhat, this is a pretty good animation of how the actual evolution happened from computer to internal network to international standard that we now take for granted.


History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.

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November 11, 2008

RiP: a Remix Manifesto

Seems like a solid video project on the evolution of remix culture.

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October 19, 2008

Great Video - "Vote for Hope" by MC Yogi


Obama '08 - Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

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September 28, 2008

Language of My Reality - through TubeMogul

After 3 years, I finally uploaded a video version of "Language of My Reality" through TubeMogul to Youtube, MySpace, and others. The best part about TubeMogul is that you only have to submit to one place, then it automatically submits to multiple sites and allows you to track metrics across all of them.

Read the full lyrics if interested.

Language of My Reality
by Colin Mutchler
2005

I am speaking the language of my reality,
images expressed, the distinctions between
my experience of moments of illegality
and the slanted views of they mean.

to me it’s about the choices we’re making,
the lives we're leading,
and the futures we’re creating

we are a generation raised on media
an image nation that sees the biased news, the many truths,
and yeah, buys sweatshop shoes

whose stories are being told,
whose stories are still owned by the ten o’clock blues?
and whose stories am I telling in my privileged shoes?

white, hippy, suburban, family, business, pharmaceutical industry,
dollars and stress, and love
that paid my way, sourced my days.

you see if we want to move forward
we need to acknowledge and build on the past.

so whether we shoot, or speak, or edit, or click through media,
we choose the direction of his encyclopedia, his story
which is becoming our story,

as we gain the power to lead the interpretation,
license the information, and
be the strategic communication
that hears competing views
and reconstructs the worlds’ truths.

I say that I'm a strong and powerful leader for love and freedom,
but behind the fear and the confusion
and the judgement and the stess
I see fighting images of beats and breath.

yes, things seem to be breaking down,
from church boy confessions and corporate transgressions,
to tommy and grandma getting sued as a copyright lesson,
and quote “men of peace” using solders and weapons,
yes these are the days of break down, break through
a time of forgiveness, to begin again,
truth and reconciliation

yes I am speaking the language of my reality,
images expressed, the distinctions between
my experience of moments of illegality
and the slanted views of what they mean.

--

These lyrics are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

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