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David Bowie: Please remix my songs

 
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MIKE BURN
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:04 pm    Post subject: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

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David Bowie offering prizes for creative 'mash-up'



Monday, April 26, 2004 Posted: 1545 GMT (2345 HKT)



LONDON, England (AP) -- David Bowie has invited fans to bootleg his music -- and he's offering prizes for the most creative theft.



The musician's Web site urges fans to mix classic Bowie songs with material from his latest album, "Reality," to create a "mash-up" -- a track that uses vocals from one song superimposed over the backing tracks of another.



Developments in music software has made the technique long employed by record producers easily accessible to thousands of "bedroom DJs" -- a fact that has alarmed record companies battling for control of Internet music distribution.



But Bowie, 57, was quoted as saying in Monday's editions of The Times newspaper that mash-ups were "a great appropriation idea waiting to happen."



"Being a hybrid maker off and on over the years, I'm very comfortable with the idea and have been the subject of quite a few pretty good mash-ups myself," the newspaper quoted him as saying.



The music software needed for the task can be downloaded from Bowie's website , along with tracks from his new album.



Following the end of the contest on May 17, Bowie will choose the winning track, and it will be released as an MP3 single. The winner will also get a new car.



The mash-up technique gained prominence with "The Gray Album," a blend of The Beatles and Jay-Z by an American DJ known as Dangermouse.



A reported 1 million copies were downloaded from the Internet before it was blocked by record company EMI in February.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:00 pm    Post subject: Re: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

Jump on this, Mike.... - with everything you've got.





I'm certain Bowie would be given pause by your engineering skills.







This is another brilliant example of the power of the Internet to bring like-minded people together.....







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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:05 pm    Post subject: Re: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

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The winner will also get a new car.






hahahaha.......





Tell David you certainly don't need a new car.....:goofy





Ask for credits, and Publishing points instead....!

















(But seriously.... - you should Jump on this....)





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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

I agree Ken! :yo





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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 7:40 pm    Post subject: Re: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

LOL Guys :) ))



I'm flattered, however Bowie addresses "bedroom DJs"...

...so I don't really qualify for this terminology :)



Besides that, there are a lot of young and talented

"bedroom DJs" which probably have a better "mash-mix-taste"

and can use a new car! :hip :racing

Edited by: MIKE BURN  at: 4/26/04 8:59 pm
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HKRockChick
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:08 am    Post subject: go for it! Reply with quote

give em all a run for their money, and then drive off in that new car!



:ww

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:33 am    Post subject: Re: go for it! Reply with quote

Wheeeeeeeeeeee Lets see how many Blah Blah members enter the competition!! Like Debbie says GO FOR IT!! I nominate Paul!! :banana





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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:42 pm    Post subject: Re: go for it! Reply with quote

Eh?...... Chris you cant mean me??? :goofy



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:58 pm    Post subject: Re: go for it! Reply with quote

Yes!! Wooooooooooohoooooooooo I mean YOU! hahahaha :bcool





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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 11:12 am    Post subject: Re: go for it! Reply with quote

:bigeyes





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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2004 9:06 am    Post subject: Re: David Bowie: Please remix my songs Reply with quote

I'm thinking, with all artistic considerations set aside, that this is a brilliant PR tactic by Bowie (or whoever came up with it)!! It creates a buzz and brings in hobby-mixers who may not be fans or those not familiar with his stuff to have some fun.



This line -



"But Bowie, 57, was quoted as saying "......



Brought the lyrics from the Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band" to my mind for some reason:



"It's the same story the crow told me;

it's the only one he knows.

Like the morning sun you come

and like the wind you go.

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait,

Woh-oh, what I want to know,

where does the time go?
"









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