Background"As all media becomes digital, the remix will emerge as its dominant construct. An understanding of this is crucial for anyone interested in how public consume and interact with media: no longer passive but recombinant and collaborative. Culture has become inherently intertextual as media users mix and blend references and material. The only limit...is your imagination." Music is made to be shared - and now it can be shared in its making. Some musicians are doing more than uploading finished tracks to a MySpace page - they're actively engaged in collaborating with other artists and fans on every aspect of musicmaking. From writing new songs using source material provided by the crowd, to increasing the sale price of songs by using a crowd-powered fan base, we'll look at key crowdsourced music sites that are driving this new form of creative collaboration. We'll talk to the artists, labels, and site founders behind this important evolution of remix/mashup culture to investigate the effects of crowdsourcing on music: artistically, sonically, geographically, politically, collaboratively, and commercially/economically. Key links:
http://amiestreet.com Recent Articles and Sites: Coldcut - myCCtv project: Selected Artists, Precursors, & Links: Discuss
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