Football and Music are one.
As a football fan we will quite happily sing crap songs, because they are catchy, we know them and because they mostly involve subversiveness and swearing. That's aMash Up if ever I heard one!
This is a movement. Mashup artists, in their myriad forms, crossing all genres and digital mediums are rewriting the history of the world. It is simply the oldest of traditions, story telling which was an oral cut and paste job. Mashups are the ultimate expression of our age. We are doing exactly the same as our ancestors, borrowing from them to pass to the next generation. We are taking our traditions and merging them. It is based on love and laughter. That is real power. It is also a power than can be abused.*
Mash up artists take the control away from the Simon Cowellbeasts of the world. In football, through the power of song we can speak out against the televisual censors - their voices heard above the money, the managers, the commentators and even the players; all paid up members of the Gate Keeping Society. In the internet age, it is The People that hold the power and are beginning to hold the world accountable. The voices of true genius and true talent become harder to silence, but with this power comes great responsibility. As much as artists are there to entertain, they are also there to tell a story.
This is a movement. Mashup artists, in their myriad forms, crossing all genres and digital mediums are rewriting the history of the world. It is simply the oldest of traditions, story telling which was an oral cut and paste job. Mashups are the ultimate expression of our age. We are doing exactly the same as our ancestors, borrowing from them to pass to the next generation. We are taking our traditions and merging them. It is based on love and laughter. That is real power. It is also a power than can be abused.*
Mash up artists take the control away from the Simon Cowellbeasts of the world. In football, through the power of song we can speak out against the televisual censors - their voices heard above the money, the managers, the commentators and even the players; all paid up members of the Gate Keeping Society. In the internet age, it is The People that hold the power and are beginning to hold the world accountable. The voices of true genius and true talent become harder to silence, but with this power comes great responsibility. As much as artists are there to entertain, they are also there to tell a story.
That is the essence of rhythm, it is what unites, not divides us. It is communication in it's purest. To experience life truly is to experience the flavours and textures of the wave forms that surround us.
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