An Honest Mistake

"An Honest Mistake"

A mash-up of M.I.A.'s "U.R.A.Q.T." vs. The Bravery's "An Honest Mistake"

I had never listened to this song by M.I.A., which may or may not be a good thing after listening to this mash-up. I don't think I would have liked the original "U.R.A.Q.T." song on its own. But now that I've listened to how this mash-up incorporates the verses, I can't help but listen to M.I.A. and try to fill in a faster tempo (from "An Honest Mistake") in my head.

A Gleeful Obsession

It's been over a year since the Glee phenomenon began, and I'm still a loyal fan to the show. Glee is a TV-series that's part comedy, part musical -but for the most part, the songs that they sing are in a music room/choir room setting and not just them choreographing about their feelings in the cafeteria like High School Musical. They do covers of songs that I love- from songs that I grew up with, to the latest jam on the radio. But even more than I love the music on this show, I love the script even more. The story lines deal with real high school issues and puts a comedic spin on it. These stories are ones that people can actually relate to, unlike other shows that try to sugar-coat the issue and resolve it at the end of each episode. There will always be bullies, you can't always be popular, you will have crappy teachers, and they might ban your tater tots.

Here's the trailer for the Season 1 DVD set that came out in September.

And how about that talented cast, huh? These are some of my favorites.

1) Lea Michele as "Rachel Berry"

I love Lea Michele's voice more than anything. She began as a broadway performer from the age of 7 on Les Miserables. Her character is a huge overachiever and not very well-liked. But she still has moments on the show.

2) Heather Morris as "Brittany S. Pears"

I can't believe this girl didn't make it that far on So You Think You Can Dance and yet got a job as a back-up dancer for Beyonce on her world tour. But she turned down Beyonce's offer for a second tour to pursue her love of acting and got cast by Ryan Murphy as the dumb cheerleader!

Brittany's best moments

3) Kevin McHale as "Artie Abrams"

I was so surprised when I found out that Kevin used to be in a boy band called NLT, but plays a kid in a wheelchair. It's a shame that he's confined to the wheelchair because he's one of the best dancers of the cast. (well, maybe not as good as "Brittany" or "Mike Chang").

He's snatchin them to Neverland

I'm sorry if this is slightly offensive to some people. I didn't autotune the audio, as many of you may already recognize the song used in this video.

Edit: I just re-uploaded the video. I think this actually shows up.

This last one is more of an audio mash-up, but I really like the layering of the videos. I found Kurt Hugo Schneider's videos a couple of months ago when he produced Sam Tsui's cover of "Don't Stop Believing". I've been following his work ever since. I'm also seeing a lot of musicians on youtube that are utilizing his talent for producing some of their music videos. Examples include Tiffany Alvord, and

Mash Up Examples

My friend actually just posted this on my wall last night and I thought it was a perfect introduction to some examples of mash-ups. I personally love mash-ups and remixes of almost every kind, so my friends tend to post . So when she posted this on my wall, I thought it was pure genius. It's a mash-up of clips from Toy Story and some audio bites to create an actual song. I may or may not be adding this onto my itunes later tonight.



This next one is more for fun for those Lord of the Rings and World Cup fans out there. It can be considered a parody, but also it's a mash-up in a sense that it takes a large portion of the clips from the film/trailer.

Finding Nemo Commentary

So this is my video commentary for the movie Finding Nemo. I love this movie, but I love it even more now that I've taken ecology and learned more about why Nemo's father is so annoying.

PS- don't tell my mom I said that.

Project Outline

I would like to create projects for myself in selecting what kind of mash-ups/songs by finding a new restriction on each project before I begin. Such as songs of the same artist, etc.

1. Medley of Songs by the same artist.

2. Mash-up of Song with a slow tempo and a fast tempo. (More than 40 BPM difference)

3. Use one song for its verse and mash up a different song for the chorus.

4. Alter two songs of different keys to the same key.

5. Autotune song?

6. Dance Club Remix of a song.

7. Create Song using repeating melodies and overlapping (such as looping pedal)

**Some of these are subject to change. These are just ideas that I had come up with so far but the logistics of a lot of these depend on how quickly I can learn audio editing.