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As often as I hear the words "MASHUPS ARE DEAD" (they aren't), I hear people say "Beatles mashups are played out" (not by a long shot). It's not hard at all to direct your attention to tons of great new tracks that feature the four lads from Liverpool. Elocnep ( www.elocnep.com/Bootlegs/2009/ ) has managed a very popular track with his 'Queens Of The Stone Age vs The Beatles'. Titans of bootleg Loo And Placido ( www.looandplacido.com/home.php?lang=en ) rocked everyone's world with 'Safari Love' (The Beatles vs Elton John vs Aretha Franklin vs Placido singing The Pixies). Even Masters of mashup Team9 ( www.team9.net/ ) have veered into the world of the Fab Four using The Beatles 'Back in the USSR' vs. Digitalism's 'Zdarlight'. These top mixers all enjoy an occasional use of the Beatles, but there's an entire site where only Beatles Mashups dwell.
The Beatles' Remixers forum claims a good community of posters where every track has at least one of the Beatles in it & generally all four. I've even heard a few with Yoko Ono. :) Reigning from his position of experience with Beatles' mashups is MP3J ( mp3j.podomatic.com/ ). Through his dedication & endlessly-inspired creativity he has thrilled countless with a large back catalogue & even provided a fine home to like-minded mixers. None of them claim any rights to the tunes they produce, instead allowing them to stand as examples of mixing skill, while consistently touting the thrill of the Beatles' releases. Many is the time I heard from a mashup fan who, once exposed to their music through a mashup, proceeded to pick up the official releases.
MP3J began his lengthy bootleg career in the early days of GET YOUR BOOTLEG ON ( www.gybo5.com ) & mainly confined himself to tracks that cut & sampled the Beatles while contrasting them with modern artists like Eminem, Bloc Party & Coldplay. Despite the passage of time, he continues to provide amazing examples of his advanced ability to hear the commonalities between the Beatles' output & other artists. The clearest examples of his success in the genre is his outstanding 'WTF' series, which has reached the astonishing number of 55! The 'WTF' series brings you over an hour of MP3J Beatles' boots combined into one long sequence & manages to get better & better as they continue. Rather than becoming rehashes of played-out music as some naysayers have said to me, the series never lets up in it's finely-mixed & inspired pairings.
Sometimes it's intimidating to follow in his large footsteps, but he has lured many other talented mixers of the Beatles to the Beatles' Remixers forum. Upon arriving at BR (as many call it) you will bear witness to the regular posts of BDJ ( bdj.podomatic.com/ ) , Patamixical Science ( patamixicalscience.podomatic.com/ ), & Phatbuzz ( phattbuzz.podomatic.com/ ) amongst others. Other great mixing members include Voicedude, Phil Retrospector, & DJ Not-I. It's a good close-knit community with over 150 members. None of it would exist without the pioneering mixing of MP3J. To tell the truth, there doesn't look to be any let-up in the Beatles' mashing anytime soon.
An active part of MP3J's site is the monthly Beatles' track challenge where a single track is chosen & the members are encouraged to try their hands at it. It's not easy to be assigned a track to mix. Many bootleggers never even attempt it. It's hard enough to do a GYBO challenge where the type of music is determined for you. With the BR challenge, you have to use a specific track.
This recent month the track is harder than most. Mixers must employ the unreleased Beatles' track, 'Sour Milk Sea'. I barely knew the track existed, let along entertained dreams of mashing it. Check out the variations for yourself with a visit to the forum. You can even find a link to my new track 'Sour Milk Relax' (Beatles vs Mika).
It's a never-ending parade of Beatles' chocolate goodness wrapped up in marshmallow mashup madness at BR. I firmly believe if you try one Beatles' mashup, you will look back after a few years to find you have enjoyed a lot of them & even picked up some classic Beatles' records from the fine folks at Apple Corps.
mp3j.synthasite.com/
mp3j.podomatic.com/
mp3j62.blogspot.com/
beatlemixmp3j.multiply.com/
mp3j.proboards.com/index..cgi?
Mix Of The Week - MP3J's latest 'WTF' is a mighty fine 72 minute piece & even comes with a bonus set of 24 more minutes. It's got all new mashups by MP3J including 'Imagine A Bow' (Rhianna vs John Lennon), 'If 6 Were Electronic' (Jimi Hendrix vs George Harrison), & 'Jet and the Walrus' (Wings vs The Beatles). Get yours now before it vanishes forever!!!!
beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/wtf-55-t351.html
Mashup Tip : A child of five would understand how to mash. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
As often as I hear the words "MASHUPS ARE DEAD" (they aren't), I hear people say "Beatles mashups are played out" (not by a long shot). It's not hard at all to direct your attention to tons of great new tracks that feature the four lads from Liverpool. Elocnep ( www.elocnep.com/Bootlegs/2009/ ) has managed a very popular track with his 'Queens Of The Stone Age vs The Beatles'. Titans of bootleg Loo And Placido ( www.looandplacido.com/home.php?lang=en ) rocked everyone's world with 'Safari Love' (The Beatles vs Elton John vs Aretha Franklin vs Placido singing The Pixies). Even Masters of mashup Team9 ( www.team9.net/ ) have veered into the world of the Fab Four using The Beatles 'Back in the USSR' vs. Digitalism's 'Zdarlight'. These top mixers all enjoy an occasional use of the Beatles, but there's an entire site where only Beatles Mashups dwell.The Beatles' Remixers forum claims a good community of posters where every track has at least one of the Beatles in it & generally all four. I've even heard a few with Yoko Ono. :) Reigning from his position of experience with Beatles' mashups is MP3J ( mp3j.podomatic.com/ ). Through his dedication & endlessly-inspired creativity he has thrilled countless with a large back catalogue & even provided a fine home to like-minded mixers. None of them claim any rights to the tunes they produce, instead allowing them to stand as examples of mixing skill, while consistently touting the thrill of the Beatles' releases. Many is the time I heard from a mashup fan who, once exposed to their music through a mashup, proceeded to pick up the official releases.
MP3J began his lengthy bootleg career in the early days of GET YOUR BOOTLEG ON ( www.gybo5.com ) & mainly confined himself to tracks that cut & sampled the Beatles while contrasting them with modern artists like Eminem, Bloc Party & Coldplay. Despite the passage of time, he continues to provide amazing examples of his advanced ability to hear the commonalities between the Beatles' output & other artists. The clearest examples of his success in the genre is his outstanding 'WTF' series, which has reached the astonishing number of 55! The 'WTF' series brings you over an hour of MP3J Beatles' boots combined into one long sequence & manages to get better & better as they continue. Rather than becoming rehashes of played-out music as some naysayers have said to me, the series never lets up in it's finely-mixed & inspired pairings.
Sometimes it's intimidating to follow in his large footsteps, but he has lured many other talented mixers of the Beatles to the Beatles' Remixers forum. Upon arriving at BR (as many call it) you will bear witness to the regular posts of BDJ ( bdj.podomatic.com/ ) , Patamixical Science ( patamixicalscience.podomatic.com/ ), & Phatbuzz ( phattbuzz.podomatic.com/ ) amongst others. Other great mixing members include Voicedude, Phil Retrospector, & DJ Not-I. It's a good close-knit community with over 150 members. None of it would exist without the pioneering mixing of MP3J. To tell the truth, there doesn't look to be any let-up in the Beatles' mashing anytime soon.
An active part of MP3J's site is the monthly Beatles' track challenge where a single track is chosen & the members are encouraged to try their hands at it. It's not easy to be assigned a track to mix. Many bootleggers never even attempt it. It's hard enough to do a GYBO challenge where the type of music is determined for you. With the BR challenge, you have to use a specific track.
This recent month the track is harder than most. Mixers must employ the unreleased Beatles' track, 'Sour Milk Sea'. I barely knew the track existed, let along entertained dreams of mashing it. Check out the variations for yourself with a visit to the forum. You can even find a link to my new track 'Sour Milk Relax' (Beatles vs Mika).
It's a never-ending parade of Beatles' chocolate goodness wrapped up in marshmallow mashup madness at BR. I firmly believe if you try one Beatles' mashup, you will look back after a few years to find you have enjoyed a lot of them & even picked up some classic Beatles' records from the fine folks at Apple Corps.mp3j.synthasite.com/
mp3j.podomatic.com/
mp3j62.blogspot.com/
beatlemixmp3j.multiply.com/
mp3j.proboards.com/index..cgi?
Mix Of The Week - MP3J's latest 'WTF' is a mighty fine 72 minute piece & even comes with a bonus set of 24 more minutes. It's got all new mashups by MP3J including 'Imagine A Bow' (Rhianna vs John Lennon), 'If 6 Were Electronic' (Jimi Hendrix vs George Harrison), & 'Jet and the Walrus' (Wings vs The Beatles). Get yours now before it vanishes forever!!!!
beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/wtf-55-t351.html
Mashup Tip : A child of five would understand how to mash. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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