Creative Commons’s decision to sell CC mixter (an online remix community) might be cause for alarm, though it could also lead to a new and improved version of the site. The concept behind CC Mixter and resources it offers have important implications for music education. It provides both a space and means for legal remixing as well as a window into the many different ways a piece of music can be varied and remixed through the iterations shared on the site. Information released to the public notes that the third party purchasing the site must continue to embrace the Creative Commons philosophy. We’ll have to wait and see what happens. In the meantime it might be interesting to read the conversations taking place on the CC Mixter website.
Even if you choose not to take advantage of the site, (it can be problematic considering the inability to filter out comments, content etc.,) the concept behind it could work very nicely in music programs. It would be very interesting to have students from various school music programs creating and remixing each other’s music. I imagine a statewide effort incorporating the idea of multiple people remixing each others’ music could add an interesting twist to next year’s state music festival!