Revised Essay

The link to my revised essay:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYVJKyBf0rrDZGZuM2g4ODRfMTNnZnZoYm1jcg&hl=en

Robert Johnson Remix

Creative Gallery Status

For my creative gallery, I decided to focus on the idea of remix culture by remixing a song myself, as well as showing the remixes and covers that other artists have done for the same song. I've chosen Robert Johnson, arguably the most important blues musician of all time, as the basis for my gallery. I'm creating a video in Windows Movie Maker that will play the original song and then my remix, as well as versions from other artists. I also would like to present his biography in hypertext form, if time permits. I feel this would be an interesting way to tell his story because of the large amount of hearsay and legend prevalent in all accounts of his life.

Movie

This is my wonderful created movie:

Revised Essay

Here is my revised essay, although there is still revision required:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYVJKyBf0rrDZGZuM2g4ODRfMTNnZnZoYm1jcg&hl=en

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Creative Response

My topic does have the advantage of lending itself well to the "creative gallery" portion of our class. I'm hoping to have enough success with the musical collaboration site Indaba to be able to present a piece of music that was composed collaboratively on the site, in addition to my research on musical authorship and copyright. My plan is to break down the song or songs piece by piece and illustrate how different sections of the song were the product of multiple people working towards a final product.