TGIF
This is what a colleague of mine mailed to my whole batch mates. Interesting isnt it? Anyway, I cant really say I feel overtly excited over the fact that weekend is just tomorrow. I dunno…. guess lots have been happening to me. Will update you guys on MAJOR changes. Good changes (I hope).
THE GREY ALBUM
Interesting!!!! Illegal??? Artsy…
“The Grey Album is an art project/experiment that uses the full vocal content of Jay-Z’s Black Album recorded over new beats and production made using the Beatles White Album as the sole source material.
Danger Mouse insists he can explain and prove that all the music on the Grey Album can be traced back to the White Album and its musical content via sampling. Every kick, snare, and chord is taken from the Beatles White Album and is in their original recording somewhere.”
Click here for DJ Danger Mouse’s website (Yes, Dangermouse as in that cartoony Sherlock wannabe mouse with a black eye patch!!!!)
Wanna download the whole music???? Well… look no further… go here for it. Bewarned that this is still a ‘disputed’ art material…. not sure whether they will ban it or something.
Comments from “Downhill Battle”, a group who wants to fight for the rights of DJDangerMouse’s mix.
DJ Danger Mouse’s recent Grey Album, which remixes Jay-Z’s The Black Album and the Beatles White Album, has been hailed as a innovative hip-hop triumph. Despite that and the fact that only 3,000 copies of the album are in circulation, EMI sent cease and desist letters yesterday to Danger Mouse and the handful of stores that were selling the album, demanding that the album be destroyed.
“EMI isn’t looking for compensation, they’re trying to ban a work of art,” said Downhill Battle’s Rebecca Laurie.
“Special interests, including the major labels, have turned copyright law into a weapon,” said Downhill Battle co-founder Holmes Wilson. “If Danger Mouse had requested permission and offered to pay royalties, EMI still would have said no and the public would never have been able to enjoy this critically acclaimed work. Artists are being forced to break the law to innovate.”
The Grey Album has been widely shared on file sharing networks such as Kazaa and Soulseek, and has garnered critical acclaim in Rolling Stone (which called it “the ultimate remix record” and “an ingenious hip-hop record that sounds oddly ahead of its time”), the Boston Globe (which called it the “most creatively captivating” album of the year), and other major news outlets.
Myself: He did not get the permission from the recording/publishing company… that is a violation. However, it would not be illegal if he was not SELLING them for money, since he is profitting on someone elses’ creation (50-50). Look at STAR WARS and other big francise/trademarks… fans all around make spoofs or their own fan-fictions out of it, which are widely circulated…. they are not illegal for the reason that they are not a commercial product.
So what do YOU think?
An interesting article from MTV. Click here
Another from Rolling Stones website (the magazine). Click here
HYPE
I will be planning to make a major (a very MAJOR) revamp on this site in a few months time. All will be clear then.
Let’s just say for the moment that, I forsee that I will be able to spend more time on this site (which I am really fond of).
;P