For my final project I’d like to incorporate sound art techniques and animation to create an original art piece using both Audacity and Photoshop. I want stay true to my artist statement by combining both elements of the real world with the imaginary. By using animation techniques I can manipulate images of the real world to showcase actions that are not realistic. This action combined with a background of corresponding sounds would bring these effects to life.

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I personally enjoy listening to mashups and remixes because it is a unique way of listening and enjoying all the parts of songs that I like. I usually find a video of a mashup on YouTube and play it when I’m driving or trying to relax because it is easier to have those bits and pieces of music together into one streaming video than having to look up separate songs every time one finishes.

I appreciate the beats and undertones of various rhythms in these videos and songs because they bring forward new feelings and conveys new emotions for the full version of the song whose fragments were used. I do not consider myself a musician or knowledgeable enough to tell what goes on in a song but I appreciate the aesthetics of music. Remixes of old songs are interesting to me because I enjoy listening to the new beats and runs of the song. I’ll listen to something as long as it sounds good.

I thought it was interesting that RiP: A Remix Manifesto brought up the idea of copyright infringement when discussing the production of a mashup or remix. I always thought that violating a copyright agreement meant you had to use the product as a whole. Making mashups and remixes do not seem to violate my view of what it means to steal someone’s work because you are essentially creating a whole new product with unique underlying music that is different than the original piece.

Haven’t we reached the point where these “violations” are so cumbersome that it would become nonexistent? If I made a song and over 1,000 people were to use bits and pieces of it into their own individual mashup, I would just forget about the violations because it would be too much hassle to go through and charge each person for every bit and piece of my song that they used.

In the video it is said that those who are the original producers are part of the past and that they want to limit the control of their work. The original creators do not want others to republish what they have done because they feel that these new users are taking credit for something they never actually made. In some ways I agree with that statement because the creators of the mashups and remixes have transformed something that was in a sense “old” into something “new” and innovative. I understand the need to be protective over your work; however, deconstructing a song to make it into something new is completely different that using the original song as is. And sometimes depending on how well the tracks were manipulated, these new audio files end up sounding much better than the original in my opinion.

Personally I would be honored to have someone bring forth my music into the new generations because it shows that what I originally created was good enough to be long lasting in the world’s audience. I think that people should continue to create mashups without having to worry about legal actions being taken against them.

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The Electronic Panorama seemed the most interesting to me because it seemed to convey the most emotions, from a serious atmosphere to one that is more carefree and optimistic. At times it seems to imply a sense of urgency with can be linked to a tense situation where one feels overwhelmed from stress. This sense of urgency makes me think that this particular sound could be used in a horror movie for when the victim is aimlessly walking around with the killer watching them from a distance. On the other extreme, other times the sounds seem silly as if a child was just playing around to make noises at random. These parts remind me of my nephew sitting in the kitchen hitting on the pots and pans surrounding him in effort to be heard by whoever happened to be willing to listen.

I enjoy the idea that Luigi Russolo portrays because he describes a need for change. These new sounds are not restricted by any traditional means of composition and that is what makes them unique. The music Russolo composes is not defined by preexisting instruments. His compositions allow the audience to relate to the music he preforms because they can always relate a specific sound from the performance to one that they hear during their daily lives. For example, the sound of a train or bell can be related to the sounds heard when walking along the streets in a person’s local neighborhood. The fact that these sounds can be relatable gives the audience a reason for a connection. The type of sound played or the level of intensity can trigger an emotion or event that person had experienced. Because they can trigger a response towards the piece, the performance is all the more worthwhile for the audience member.