A world of mashed up art and music at it’s finest.

“Mashup photos from your favorite movie with the sheet music from it’s best song in the movie. Using Adobe Photoshop or comporable, play with overlays, Image effects, Opacity, and Masks to create one cohesive piece.”

https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/music-and-imagery/

I came across a project that really challenged me. The description of the project itself sounds very simple until you try to get creative in a way that has meaning. Fortunately, an idea came to mind when I heard the song “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth. I thought… this song became so popular as part of a tribute to Paul Walker. Although I had this idea in mind, I wasn’t sure of what to do for the project itself. I started searching cars that he drove in the movies to incorporate in this project but then I realized, I wouldn’t be honoring one of the best actors that ever lived unless it included pictures of him.

TRY NOT TO CRY!

This next project was something that I’ve had previous experience in. I’ve even added a little of bit of my own sound from years ago when I use to Dj.

“For this assignment, you’re going to take the instrumental of a song and mash it up with the VOCALS of another song! Here’s the main challenge with this; both songs have to have similar beats per minute (bpm) to work properly together. You can find songs with just instrumentals or just vocals on Youtube, then use Audacity or Garageband to match up the tracks. (Hint, if the bpm is a little bit off, you can always delete portions of the vocals and move them closer or farther from each other to keep things on beat.)”

https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/vocal-instrumental-mashup/

As a Dj, I tried so many different techniques to either blend or mashup music. It was my pride and joy before my obsession with cars but that’s a story for another day.  I had to learn the Serato Itch djing software in order to master the art of a disc jockey. Listen to this song and see how I was able to choose two songs with the same beats per minute, extract the audio from one song and the instrumental from another song and put them together on beat.