[Dixielandjazz] Re: The Eminem Rag - An article of great substance.

[david richoux]

On Jan 8, 2004, at 3:49 PM, Stephen Barbone wrote:

> Possibly but then I forgot to print the 4th question.
>
> 4) Is this MP3 just a hoax where somebody spliced seperate records of  
> Old
> Winnie and young M&M together for the fun of it? Somebody with a great  
> ear,
> that is, to realize that Rap is just re-worked ragtime. ;-)

Exactly!  from a link given:
<http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html? 
res=F70714FE3B540C7A8CDDAC0894DA404482>

> Spreading by the Web, Pop's Bootleg Remix
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> By NEIL STRAUSS (NYT) 1329 words
> Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 1 , Column 3
>
> ABSTRACT - Amateur mixtures of two or more pop hits, spread mostly by 
> Internet, are becoming explosively popular; songs, called mash-ups or 
> bootlegs, typically match rhythm, melody and underlying spirit of 
> instrumentals of one song with a cappella vocals of another in 
> intentionally odd pairings; music industry response is mixed, with 
> legal action to block illegal mash-ups and industry release of some 
> legal ones; music is particularly popular in Europe.
>
>
so it is a lot more complicated than just mushing the two tracks 
together - as I said in another reply, there is a lot of time and 
recording engineering going on here, just to make a "silly song."

dave Richoux