M Is FOR MASHUP - September 1st, 2010
Five Mashups of Varying Styles
By DJ Useo
Lately it seems most mashups are pop on pop. Not necessarily a bad thing, but many of us want wide stylistic variety. No worries, tho', the tracks are out there. Ya just got'ta look around.
To help you out, here's 5 mashup gems in 5 diff styles.
01 - MadMixMustang has a fine track with Stevie Wonder singing over the Stranglers. Don't expect punk rock, tho', as this track employs the off-tempo lushness of 'Golden Brown', a song that set the Stranglers on a new musical path away from punk back in the early 1980s. 'Very Golden Brownius' (Stevie Wonder vs The Stranglers)
( www.mashstix.com/StantonRd1GroupA.php )
02 - Dan Mei has a great new track called 'I Want Airplanes That Way'. It elevates both source tracks by combining B.o.B featuring. Hayley Williams's 'Airplanes' (Instrumental) with the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way '(Acapella) into an arrangement that you won't forget soon. It may seem a pop on pop, but it goes its own way
here -
( www.mashup-industries.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326&Itemid=36 )
03 - Divide And Kreate, classic mashers of the highest order now say 'OK, so I guess you've all heard Robyn's 'Dancing On My Own' by now. If you'd like to know how her tune sounds backed by Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back down', you've come to the right place ;-) '.
See how wonderful it sounds here -
( www.divideandkreate.com/ )
04 - DJ Morgoth rocks your world with a fantastic metal mash called 'Re-education (Hand In Hand)'. It combines Rise Against's 'Re-Education (Through Labor)' with Beatsteaks' 'Hand In Hand' into one amazing track. You'll swear it was always this way!
( djmorgoth.blogspot.com/2010/08/dj-morgoth-re-education-hand-in-hand.html )
05 - LeeDM101 has blazed a wide trail of killer mashups, & continues with his new mix called 'Roxannes' Tainted Fly'. Just imagine country & new wave together! This is that sound. Here in one song you'll hear Miley Cyrus, The Police, Soft Cell & Marilyn Manson & it sounds fantastic!
The ratio favours pop on pop mashups, but plenty of stylistic variation lives on too as mashups continue to multiply hourly!
See what I mean
here -
( leedm101audiolego.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_22.html )
Mix Of The Week
DJ Schmolli's 'Pirate Nation vol.1' is a great 30-minute mashup mix chock full of hard-edged Schmolli mashes. Have a blast listening
here -
( djschmolli.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/pirate-nation-vol-1/ )
Mashup Tip : Cartoons & mashups go together great. Just imagine Ren & Stimpy singing over the Hives!
Latest Useo Thing
The gifted Leenaven has done it again. See the video for the DJ Useo Theme song
here -
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxl-1KwIWhg&feature=player_embedded )
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Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Aug. 23-29. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Emmy Awards," NBC, 13.5 million.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 10.8 million.
3. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 10.52 million.
4. Exhibition Football: Pittsburgh at Denver, Fox, 10.13 million.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 9.19 million.
6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.74 million.
7. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 8.39 million.
8. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 8.36 million.
9. "Big Brother 12" (Wednesday), CBS, 7.99 million.
10. "Wipeout" (Tuesday), ABC, 7.98 million.
11. "Big Brother 12" (Thursday), CBS, 7.87 million.
12. "Big Brother 12" (Sunday), CBS, 7.8 million.
13. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 6.96 million.
14. "The Mentalist," CBS, 6.62 million.
15. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 6.47 million.
16. Exhibition Football: Dallas at Houston, CBS, 6.441 million.
16. "Minute to Win It" (Wednesday), NBC, 6.441 million.
18. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 6.38 million.
19. "Minute to Win It" (Tuesday), NBC, 6.18 million.
20. "NFL Pregame Show," Fox, 6.13 million.
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