ucla extension digital djing lecture 3
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Guest Lecture on Mashups by the ArbitersTRANSCRIPT
The Mashup:An Arbiters Perspective
Using Ableton Live to create mashup productions
Lecture 3. Feb 6, 2010
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Approach to DJing
• Approach to Mash-up Production
• Using Ableton to develop ideas
• Finishing Touches
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Introduction
• 2001: the benefits of hindsight
• KCRW: a playground for the insatiable
• SIX FEET UNDER: expanding the experience
• SYNCHRONIZE re-score: bad tv begets better art
• SYNCHRONIZE live: bringing it to the dancefloor
• THE ARBITERS: the next step forward
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DJ APPROACH
• Share what you are passionate about.
• Only play what you love
• Tell a story with your selections
• Let emotion navigate your story
• Express the connections
• Practice makes perfect
• Keep yourself entranced
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Building the Mash Up
• Organize your first ideas
• Establish the foundation song or concept
• Establish your BPM
• Bring ideas into Ableton Clip View
• Break songs down into musical ideas
• Experiment, then record & critique experiments
• Work out the arrangement
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Organizing your ideas• Use iTunes as a creative sketchbook
• Organize by BPMs
• Experiment
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The Arbiters “Virgin Voices”
• Establish the foundation song: PHOENIX “Congratulations”
• Establish foundation concept: integrate a number of acapellas from different genres
• Establish BPM: 101
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The Arbiters “Virgin Voices”
• Bring ideas into Ableton Clip View
• Break songs down into musical ideas
• Experiment, then record & critique experiments
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Work Out The Arrangement
• Foundation - PHOENIX “Congratulations
• Familiar Tease - THE CARS “Since Youʼre Gone”
• Added Percussion & Vocal - MARVIN GAYE “I Want You (vocal & rhythm)”
• Lead Rap - MIMS “Like This (acapella)”
• Backing Vocals - DEBARGE “Virgin”, THE POLICE “Voices inside my head”, RYE RYE “Bang (feat. M.I.A.)”
• Added touch - CYMANDE “Dove”
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The Arbiters “Virgin Voices”
Work out ideas in the Ableton Live Session View