HW Creativity

In the article 1+1+1=1 on the New Yorker, Sasha Frere-Jones discusses how Jeremy Brown, a DJ named DJ Reset, took apart 2 songs and made up a mash up. The mash up involved Frontin', a song by Jay Z and Pharrell Williams, and Debra, another song that is described as a "tongue-in-cheek" take on seventies soul music, very different than than the hard and shimmering computer music of the first song. Reset realized that the two songs have vocalists doing things very similar, and decided to mix them together, putting the singers exactly in tune. This is known as a mash-up and is self definitively comprised of mashing-up different songs and putting them together. The practice is common in the Electronic Dance Music culture. When going to shows, it is common to see many songs mixed with completely different songs creating an entirely new piece of musical art. The introduction of New Media fostered this creativity by allowing easier mixing of two (or more) pieces of music. What used to be done on vinyl can now be done digitally, without the work of getting all the vinyl disk and manually mixing them to a certain point. This is just one way that new media has allowed for newer creativity in art forms. Another example is the expansion of digital art. Drawing pads for computers and comprehensive picture and video editing softwares have allowed for an immensely new medium for artist to show off their talent and visions.