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- Eric Nuzum
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- "UK Bootlegs and Mashups"
- Summary: Could this be the next big movement in music?
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Review of UK Bootlegs and Mashups
Eric Nuzum
Posted on October 17, 2003 at 05:31 AM
A few editorial notes:
* The piece would be stronger if the reporter would walk through the clear definition of mashups up front. This definition doesn't come until two minutes into the piece. Even then, to someone unfamiliar with mashups, it may not fully explain the concept.
* The piece assumes a knowledge of the source music--which may be a dangerous assumption. How many people know Destiny Child's or Eminem's repertoire well enough to know that what we're hearing is an alteration? Some listeners will get this immediately. Most won't.
* The order of some of the interview cuts could flow a bit better. For example, about 2:30 into the piece, the interviewer asks about any reaction to mashups from record labels. A logical follow-up, about the reaction from artists, doesn't come until several questions later, at 8:15 into the piece. These two questions should have been placed together for a more logical flow.