Mixtape

I kind of did a post for the mixtape project last week, but I will try to add onto my argument. Listening to a few mixtapes from classmates in class on monday really showed the level of creativity that this project sparked. I cant speak for everyone, but i know that this project allowed me to show creativity with music that i otherwise just kind of threw to the side. Its a completely different realm when you have to listen to each song over and over to try and find the perfect place for it on the cd. I was already a huge music lover, but this project really cemented that. For the first time in years i actually took the time to listen to each individual song, realize its meaning and use that to organize a flowing cd. After finishing it, i also realized that this project was really not all that difficult. I mentioned in my last post that it was harder than i thought it would be, I dont feel that the project was what was difficult, it was trying to get away from being so used to something that was so easy, the ipod playlists and the shuffle button. This project provided a way to be original while using anothers work too. Early in the semester a lot of our talks focused around what it meant to be truly original and if that could be achieved when using ideas from other people in your field. This project has shown that that is truly possible. The mix cd created, although it used existing songs that others had devised, was still an original work. The combining of multiple artists onto the same cd, created somethign that may never have been created and was in itself an original work of mine. Using another's ideas does not mean your work is not original, it can actually allow yuo to create something that is more original than if you had created everything from scratch.