During the week, we have a strict daily post schedule with we (Chad mostly) sticks to, but we have the weekends open for topics that don't fit the criteria.
I have 3 kinds of friends when it comes to mashups: Hate them (alot), love them (a few) and "have no idea what a mashup is". I'd like to reach out to the 1st and 3rd. I know the haters remember those tragic early ones from a few years ago when anyone on Limewire could download mixing tools and put Missy over Metallica and put it up on the file sharing site. Most, well almost all, were horrible. But they've really evolved. Some of the best mashups can slowly take 2 or more songs and merge them into one seamless audible image. The best are usually more than 4. You'll know a good one when it sounds like one song, not 4. Take for instance this one, my favorite - How Six Songs Collide by Norwegian Recycling.
www.myspace.com/norwegianrecycling
This does the impossible, mixes 6 songs, of which only 2 I like, and creates a gorgeous listenable collage. By then end, all 6 are playing over each other and you don't realize it unless you really really pay attention. Amazing ear.
2 others to check out real quick are DJ Earwork (thanks to my brother for that one) and Girl Talk.
Earworm has all his for free download . Make sure you get his Stairway to Bootleg Heaven (Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Laurie Anderson, Beatles, Eurythmics) and Since U Been Gahan that mixes Photographic by Depeche Mode with Since U Been Gone. Amazing, but you need to listen to the whole song to appreciate it.
Girl Talk (who I'm seeing with George in November) is a bit trickier. He's actually Glitch Pop that goes one step further and just takes little samples of songs and layers way more in the course of one song creating more cacophony than music. But bootie shaking nonetheless. http://www.myspace.com/girltalk
Dorky, behind the scenes of how Greg (Girl Talk) makes a mashup.
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