Mashing up Mashups (thanks to CC licenses)

Girl Talk, the famous mashup artist, has released a new album that is available for free on the internet, via a Creative Commons license.  While this will not guarantee revenue, it does allow for the creative use of Girl Talk’s work, as long as the terms of the artist’s license are met.  In this case, remixes and mashups are clearly legal as long as work is attributed to the original artist and is not used for commercial purposes.

The results?  A neat tool that visually breaks down each of the mashups in Girl Talk’s new album, All Day (dl here).  Click the screenshot to take it for a ride.

For me, one of the coolest aspects of this project is the option menu in the top right corner that lets you choose between metadata sources.  Wikipedia – archived or live – and AllDaySamples.com have listed the 329 songs that are remixed in Girl Talk’s newest album.  Comparing the data is interesting, too, as AllDaySamples has included timecoding for samples, while Wikipedia’s information is less robust.  I wonder what this can lead to in the future..

Pretty cool stuff!

New rule: fun stuff allowed

Even though this blog is focused on governance, politics & IT, we all need some groovy tunes every once in a while.  So, with no further ado, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings:

Also, because people who splice Sharon covering Bob with Soul Train videos are great people:

Fair Use Gets a Shoutout

It’s true.  Glenn Beck has found himself publicy involved in a fair use issue.  Over what?  About the use of his TV & Radio bits in this great Donald Duck mashup:

Beck’s response