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Plunderphonics
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March.29.2004 :: 1645
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"Home taping has exploded. The shrapnel of that explosion drains the lifeblood of the musical community...it renders weak the recording companies whose works have become a worldwide means of communication." - Stanley Gortikov, President of RIAA in 1982.
If home taping bothered this guy I'd like to know what he thinks about the current music-sharing situation considering it's a little more threatening. Studies of the taping industry showed that most people were only copying records they already owned… but the MP3 world seems to be quite different. Let me have my music, I say. I'll decide what's worth buying the real thing for. Don't produce crap and your sales won't drop off the charts. Also, the industry needs to give bands a larger cut so they don't feel like they're getting as screwed. But what do I know.
As for plunderphonics… I'm kinda iffy on the whole thing. By iffy I mean I don't know if I like it, but as in whether I enjoy listening to it… not whether or not it’s a legitimate form of whatever that grand ideal of form is. I'm also more referring to the People Like Us and Negativland tracks as opposed to the DJ Danger Mouse stuff. I guess it's just a matter of me not wanting to listen to something that is not musical. It's probably the same reason I don't sit down and throw all my TV and movie soundbytes into a playlist and listen to them. I think there is a lot to be done with plunderphonics and I totally support to idea.
"However, although the source is plainly fixed and given, the choice, treatment and reading of this source are all highly conscious products of Oswald's own intention and skill." - Chris Cutler, History of Plunderphonics
I think this statement says a lot and really gets down to the heart of the issue supporting plunderphoics. I don't think that imitation is the highest form of flattery… evolution and emulation are.
I'm currently trying to put together something with Audacity (a wonderful freeware program in the sourceforge network). Thanks to Carrie for giving me the entire Jay-Z Construction Set to play with. Who knows, maybe I'm the next Timbaland? Too bad I can't figure out how to move the damn tracks forward or backward along the timeline.
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Playing Catch Up and Parting Words 04.27.2004 :: 1630