Exam assignment

I love music! So, I'll talk about "mashup", because it seems it is the only topic related to music that I love. Mashup is one strategy of music which combine more than two songs. Specifically, it should be combined vocal track from one song, and accompaniment part from another song. It is sometimes called "bastard pop" or "bootleg" also. Mashup is often mistaken for remix, arrange, and medley, but this is totally wrong, since none of three utilize two songs fully from the first code to the very last. The CD which featured mashup already have been selling from 90' as bootleg version, and it got popular around 2000 gradually.




Well, let's talk about more detailed stuffs. As the famous sound source, "Nirvana Vs Destiny's Child" is essencial.



This mashup was created by one artist, and after it was updated, it spread and got popular real quick. Let me explain these two songs each by each at first. First song was the "Bootylicious" from Destiny's Child.
This is the song from their album "Surviver" produced by Rob#Fusari. This pop and funky party tune got great hit and even made and spread the word "Bootylicious" to all over the world.

The next song is "smells like teen spirit" from Nirvana.



image:nirvana-destacando-a-kurt-con-desenfoque by Erprofe through CClicense

This song was sold in 1991 from the album "Nevermind", and everybody in America was immersed in Nirvana and the Rock music style called "Grunge" that Nirvana spread.




So how these two different kind of songs(R&B and Grunge) can be mixed and do these amazing jobs. Mashup is often made by Rap music which has less melody than other type of songs and Techno and Rock music which has relatively stable melody. However not only that, Mashup is definitely a kind of art as well as the cutup of audio and music history. The reputation of each mashup depends on listers' perspective, but the important part is what kind of listers the mashup is looking for such as just to listen, to use for comedy, or to dance.

Here are the links of what kind of jobs various artists done so far. I hope you can enjoy my links about mashup through this blog post.

Other famous mashup songs

Other indie mashup songs

Other mashup songs related to parties

Please check it out! Enjoy!!