Everything is a Remix now on Facebook
If you're a regular Facebook user, you can now keep up-to-date with Everything is a Remix via our Facebook fan page.
Everything is a Remix Part 3 coming June 21st
I am very happy to announce that Everything is a Remix Part 3 will be launching on Tuesday, June 21st. I'll also be a launching a very exciting KickStarter campaign along with the new episode. Stay tuned for the details on that. The mailing list is the best way to get notified the instant the new video goes live.
Update: KickStarter campaign will be launching with Part 4 in the fall. Trust me, it's worth the wait.
Hunkering down on Part 3 edit
Hey folks, I'll be disappearing for a while to edit Part 3. I'll post again when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Later! k
Raiding the 20th Century
Strictly Kev's Raiding the 21st Century: A History of the Cut Up, packages remix history into a dizzying hour-long montage.
Click below to download.
Raiding the 21st Century by Strictly Kev a.k.a. DJ Food (MP3) DJ Food web site
(Thanks Ian)
First draft of Part 3 script complete
The first draft of the script for Part 3 is complete! I'll be tweaking it over the next week or so, but production is starting now. I'm hoping I might have it done in a couple months, but it'll take as long as it takes. I'm happy with this first draft and it should get better from here. I think it's the best storytelling I've done yet. Hope you all enjoy it.
Missing link between Jake Holmes and Led Zeppelin
Interesting performance of "Dazed and Confused" by Jimmy Page and The Yardbirds. It's essentially the same as Zeppelin's later version, but features the exact same lyrics as Jake Holmes' original.
Jake Holmes Original Version, 1967 Buy this song at Amazon
Led Zeppelin version from Led Zeppelin I, 1969 Buy this song at Amazon
Jon Leidecker's Variations
If you're enjoying Everything is a Remix, you might also like Jon Leidecker's eight-part series Variations, a history of musical sampling. Jon is also known as composer/producer Wobbly.
Be warned, the first few episodes feature some very experimental examples that won't be to everyone's tastes. If you think that's you, start with Part 4, which is when he gets to the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Negativland, and Brian Eno and David Byrne.
VARIATIONS, Curated by Jon Leidecker
#1 Transition (MP3) Show notes (PDF)
Pictured above: Negativland
Before The Grey Album, there was Nilsson
Almost 40 years before The Grey Album, Harry Nilsson was mashing-up Beatles' lyrics and melodies on his debut album.
"You Can't Do That," Harry Nilsson (MP3) From Pandemonium Shadow Show (Buy it at Amazon)
The tools used to make EiaR
By popular demand, I've added a page showing all the tools I use to make EiaR.
Email updates now available
You can now keep up-to-date with this series via this new-fangled email technology. I'll only send about four emails per year and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.
Part 2 Corrections
Feel free to raise additional points in the comments.
- The total number of top ten hits from 2001 - 2010 that are sequels, remakes and adaptations is actually 76, not 74. The two I miscounted were Night at the Museum, which was adapted from a book, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which was adpted from a 1996 TV show. (Thanks Brad and Brett.)
- My wording suggests that "Sorry About Colonialism" is a science-fiction subgenre, when it is actually a subgenre of adventure films. (Thanks Danno.)
Update: It appears that Mr. and Mrs Smith is an original screenplay by Simon Kinberg and it just happens to have a similar premise to the film. Anybody know the definitive answer to this? (Thanks Tony)
Everything is a Remix Part 1 Subtitles
Everything is a Remix has been translated into Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Russian. It's also been translated into Danish, Dutch, German, and Italian, all of which can be downloaded here. However, those titles need to be input into Universal Subtitles. Thanks japintov!
Thanks exadeci!
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Thanks Riccardo!
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