Kirby Ferguson brought up an interesting point about remixing, "copy, transform, combine". I liked how he used music to describe remixing since it's something that is a part of most people's lives. The particular example he gave of Danger Mouse showed how it wasn't the artists that originally created the music should be paid for just a sample of something they created but instead it was recording company who fought the distribution. Ideally we as teachers are artists using samples or ideas from each other to help our students. We are remixing daily sometimes without even knowing it. Similar to when Bob Dylan said he didn't know he had used melodies from another song. I think if people didn't remix we wouldn't have the chance to be exposed to new things.
Please enjoy my favorite musical remix by President Obama
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