Mashup (culture)

Participants in an online music scene who rearrange spliced parts of musical pieces form Mashup Culture. The audio-files are normally in MP3 format and spliced with audio-editing softwares online. The new, edited song is called mashup. The expression mashup culture is also strongly connected to mashup in music. Even though it is originally not a political community, the producer of mash-up music are related to the issue of copyright. Mashup Culture is even regarded as “a response to larger technological, institutional, and social contexts".

Mashup (culture)

Participants in an online music scene who rearrange spliced parts of musical pieces form Mashup Culture. The audio-files are normally in MP3 format and spliced with audio-editing softwares online. The new, edited song is called mashup. The expression mashup culture is also strongly connected to mashup in music. Even though it is originally not a political community, the producer of mash-up music are related to the issue of copyright. Mashup Culture is even regarded as “a response to larger technological, institutional, and social contexts".