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Virtual Conference
Last weekend I presented at my first virtual conference. It had its positives and its negatives. It was definitely the least nervous I...
Christine Boone
Oct 7, 20203 min read
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Not So Simple A + B!
When I taught piano lessons (circa 2005?), I was surprised to see "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. in one of my students' piano books. I started...
Christine Boone
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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Conceptual Remixes
This "Eleanor Rigby" remix started showing up in my social media feeds a couple of weeks ago. It's titled, "The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby...
Christine Boone
May 28, 20203 min read
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A Return to Normalcy for Songwriters?
Seven years ago, Marvin Gaye's estate sued Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, claiming that they had infringed on copyright when they...
Christine Boone
Mar 27, 20203 min read
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Rickrolled by a Mashup! (-‸ლ)
I found this mashups through a series of Google searches, and it starts with the familiar acoustic guitar sequence from Avicii's "Wake Me...
Christine Boone
Mar 8, 20202 min read
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Happy Holidays!
I know, I know the holiday season has passed. But while it was happening, boy, did Mariah Carey get good news! In 1994, she recorded a...
Christine Boone
Jan 27, 20202 min read
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A Decade of Music
The 2010s are about to come to a close - and DJ Earworm decided to celebrate the decade by making a mashup! I've written about his...
Christine Boone
Nov 21, 20192 min read
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"Money for Shopping"
A friend from graduate school sent me a link to this mashup by Bill McClintock recently: This is an example of a mashup that was...
Christine Boone
Sep 21, 20192 min read
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Misunderstanding Mashups
In his 33 1/3 book about Céline Dion, Carl Wilson briefly mentions mashups as he writes about "ironic cover versions" of songs. If you've...
Christine Boone
Aug 7, 20193 min read
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Music Theory Playlist
So, it turns out that one of my friends from graduate school, Jamie Freedman, works at Pandora (wow!) Because of this, I was given the...
Christine Boone
Jul 24, 20191 min read
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Even More Sweeter
"It's even more sweeter than it was before." That's what Richard Ashcroft of the Verve said about getting back royalties from his 1997...
Christine Boone
Jun 3, 20192 min read
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Artificial Intelligence and Mashups
My brother posted this article on Facebook a few weeks ago that asked,"Why is this viral image of unrecognizable objects so creepy?"...
Christine Boone
May 13, 20194 min read
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Puzzle Mashups
It's not a first for me, but it is a rarity - today I'm writing about non-musical mashups! (See my first foray into the visual mashup...
Christine Boone
Feb 20, 20192 min read
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New Media for Creativity!
Did you ring in 2019 by making a toast to all the new material that entered the public domain? You should have! This is a huge deal! On...
Christine Boone
Feb 1, 20193 min read
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Tik Tok Gurls
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and fellow music theorist, Brad Osborn, posted this link on my Facebook wall: I'd heard it before and...
Christine Boone
Jan 12, 20193 min read
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Lines Blurred No More
There is finally an end to the long legal battle between Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, and Marvin Gaye's estate. Five years ago,...
Christine Boone
Dec 21, 20181 min read
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YYMilk: Quick and Funny!
Last month, composer and music theorist Nolan Stolz made me aware of this mashup by DJ Cummerbund: The track starts out with the familiar...
Christine Boone
Sep 20, 20181 min read
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The Ethics of Musical Necrophilia
When Drake released the double album Scorpion at the end of last month, I got a message from a former student of mine, William Hinson....
Christine Boone
Jul 19, 20183 min read
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Film Music Mashup
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Jacob sent me a link to this mashup: I could tell it was a mashup because the strings in the background...
Christine Boone
Jun 10, 20183 min read
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New Article Published!
Short post just to let people know that I had another article on mashups published! It's called "Gendered Power Relationships in...
Christine Boone
Apr 26, 20181 min read
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