Pre-Mixing Rjd2 I’m a big fan of musicians allowing people to remix their music. Hip Hop musician Rjd2 is currently allowing people to pre-mix his music. Unlike a remix in which one works on a piece of music already created, Rjd2 has provided people with samples from a track yet to be released and inviting people to create their own music from the samples. Rather than providing loops he has provided samples as hits. It will be interesting to see… Read More »Pre-mixing Rjd2
Almost a year ago I posted about the possible trend of students wanting to perform video game music. With more and more professional orchestras playing music from video games it seems like the trend will eventually end up in our music programs, especially now that music publishers are picking up on it. With websites focusing on topics ranging from remixing to live concert tours of video game music, resources are available for music teachers to deal with this emerging genre.… Read More »Video Game Music
Having trouble holding back the excitement of students wanting to remix their latest composition project with world news? Have no fear, the BBC is here to save the day! Even the UK Penguin book publising company is appropriating remix culture. The UK is not the only country holding remix contests. The CC Mixter based in the US is taking full advantage of creative commons licensing and has already held successful contests and continues to encourage people to remix the available… Read More »Breaking it down with the BBC….