My remix is Sam Adams' "I hate college": (link below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_4UaPeWCJM&feature=related
This link is a remix of Asher Roth's song "I love college". This remix connects to the Lessig reading in these three ways:
- Lessig explained that creative writing gives anyone the ability to share. Therefore, writing gives us the ability to quote previous works as long as we give credit to those that have 'originally' published the work. However, with music and videos, this use of 'quotes' changes. This remix plays on this idea because it uses the same music, though slightly altered, is easily identifiable. Furthermore, the name itself draws attention to both the original work as well as sets itself apart from this work so that the 'consumer' of this media would not be confused, and mistake this piece for the original.
- Lessig stated that multiple quotes from various places put together is a remix. This is true in this remix because the artist Sam Adams' used the same gramatical structure in his remix, while changing the message.
- The third point the Lessig brings up is that the remix dilevers a new message to the viewers. A copy of the creative work does not have the same value if it was completely recreated, using a copy of the work provides the remix with the power that was behind the original. With this in mind it is important to understand how this remix contrasts the original by calling to light the fact that the original song "I love college", by Asher Roth, wasn't actually talking about college, but rather was talking about the party life that often blurs into the college life of most students.
In conclusion, I feel that this remix helps reemphasize the point that Lessig was trying to get across, that a remix is a way of creating something new, by changing something that was preexisting. Stepping out of the American view, "here is something, buy it" and into the Japanese view "here is something, make something, do something with it". It is a mix of building and interacting with a community and a form of education. (Ironically the song I picked was about education.)
Aside from the remix I selected, something else that I found very interesting was the statement "If you don't want something stolen, make it easily available". This phrase alone, I believe shows how creative culture is shifting in our newly digital age.
If you listen to the lyrics of I Love College vs. I Hate College, they actually both have the same message, in a way. They're both about partying and having a good time. The only difference is that Asher Roth is saying he loves college because of the parties, but Sam Adams says he hates college, but loves parties. So I don't know, I don't think it really changes the message, except adding in a couple lines about hating schoolwork. But for the most part, both are about loving college parties.
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ReplyDeleteI really like this remix, I mean yeah, it isn't that much different than the original, but then again it is at the same time. Music is one of those things that I think can be easily remixed to deliver a new message because everyone has a different reaction to the different combinations of lyrics and sounds. Every lyric and sound sounds different to everyone, the way they make us feel, its different for everyone because of certain associations and memories. This remix evokes a different feeling than the original and has some really fun and creative lyrics. One of my fav lines, "single doesn't mean I'm lookin' for somebody." Nice connections to Lessig.
ReplyDeleteDoes it have to be different to be a good remix? You might want to consider quoting Lessig's point on "good" remixes directly here, then you'd be able to say a bit more directly about the change (or lack thereof) in content. Overall, good post and interesting remix, just a few tighter connections (via direct quotes) might've helped.
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