Everything is a Remix Pt. 2

Following up on last week's post about Kirby Ferguson's provacative film series "Everything is a Remix", I thought I would share Pt. 2 of the 4 part series. In this video, Kirby explores the remixing associated in the world of film making. This expose' on film "remixing" is really eye-opening. I never knew how much some of my favorite filmmakers pulled from their predecessors. Enjoy.

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

An exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films. Part Two of a four-part series.

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Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix.   Kirby Ferguson, a New York film maker sets out to prove this in a series of Web videos he has produced.  This interesting documentary takes a look at popular culture from the perspective that we all "borrow" from one another in our artistic endeavors.  He examines music, film and more in this 4 part film project.  Below is part 1 from the project. Although there are some discrepancies in Part 1 that he illuminates later on in his blog, this is quite interesting and a awesome project.  Make sure you follow Kirby at Twitter to find out when his next film is released.

Everything is a Remix from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix.
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Digital Music Consumption in 2010

This is a really interesting Music Website "Heat map" put together by the good folks over at Virtual Music. This represents overall usage of all of the major music websites where music is streamed or downloaded. The green color indicates growth where the red color indicates a decline.

The most interesting part of this visualization is the reality of where all of these services stand in comparison with Youtube and Pandora (see below). Be sure to go over to their site to see the actual usage numbers (hover your mouse over each section of the map for user numbers and other detail