Visual artists have been mashing up for decades. They call it collage. One of the great collage artists was Kurt Schwitters. I'll bring in books of his work as well as other artists working in this medium. Also, I will lead a Friday trip to Foster/White gallery to see contemporary artist Bratsa Bonifacho works in collage.
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• What are the key ingredients to finding the right song for a particular occasion? Most people will immediately think about the melody, the words and the genre, but a fundamental aspect is to get the right tempo. The speed at which a song is recorded and performed has a profound impact on how it is perceived and whether it will work in the context that you have planned.
ReplyDeleteThe clearest illustrations of how BPM can affect a piece of music can be found in songs with which we are all familiar, but that take on a whole new character at a different tempo. The Bing Crosby festive classic White Christmas must be one of the best known songs of its genre, and has been covered numerous times. While the likes of Michael Bublé might stick to the “easy listening” tempo that we know so well, 1970s punk band Stiff Little Fingers gave the song a whole new edginess when they started https://bpmcounters.com/ playing it in their silly encores section at live shows