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Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by ralmeida »

AznHisoka wrote: post #65
diego wrote: post #61

"Try something that scares the hell out of you. It just might turn into something wonderful." I'd loved the mashup. However, if spending a weekend making a mashup scares the hell out of you, you must be living a very sheltered life. Here are some things that scare the hell out of me (and I have no intention of trying): - Climbing Everest - Wingsuit base jumping - Armed combat I'll leave it at that, you get the point.…

Not sure why you've being downvoted, you actually have a good point!

I couldn't disagree more with parent's opinion: I don't consider 'scariness' to be transitive in this context (see related comment of soldier being afraid of spiders) and the tone seems arrogant and "look at me, I'm an overachiever" to me.

HOWEVER, one's agreeing or disagreeing SHOULD NOT determine a vote (so, doesn't matter if he has a 'good point' or not). The people who have the karma to downvote (I don't) should swallow it up if they strongly disagree with the comment, but can't justify why the opinion can't be said.

TL;DR; one shouldn't downvote because of opinion, no matter how nocive or negative one might find it.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by johnbacon »

Wow, great job! For me, it's the video that hooked me. I see the OP and comments focusing around the audio mashup, which is really good. But, the video is what gives the mashup viral legs.

Without the high quality and polished video, there is no LMFAO tweet. There's no buzzfeed. There is no radio airplay. Without the video, the song is confined to SoundCloud and small audiences.

The probable virality of Steve's song increased exponentially because of the video. The video is what is being linked to, around the web. From forums, to feeds, to tweets, to DJs.

So to Steve, I say thank you for the video. The effort you made in making a front end to your song made me watch it again and again. The polish of your video gave me the desire and confidence to share it with my friends. The video is the reason I downloaded your MP3 and M4A versions, and will be enjoying this song for a long time. (thanks for that).

In conclusion: because the backend (audio mashup) is well engineered, it has the potential to scale. Without the frontend (video), the backend goes unnoticed by the masses, save for a few backend junkies. The magic happens because the high quality frontend (video) gives the engineered-to-scale backend (audio mashup) a linkable, shareable, visual interface.

Great job! Great lesson! Hope you do more!

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

#93

Post by BrandonM »

ralmeida wrote: post #91
AznHisoka wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you've being downvoted, you actually have a good point!

I couldn't disagree more with parent's opinion: I don't consider 'scariness' to be transitive in this context (see related comment of soldier being afraid of spiders) and the tone seems arrogant and "look at me, I'm an overachiever" to me. HOWEVER, one's agreeing or disagreeing SHOULD NOT determine a vote (so, doesn't matter if he has a 'good point' or not). The people who have the karma to downvote (I don't) should…

This makes for a pretty easy downvote:

Edit: and you are too scared to offer a counterpoint, so you anonymously downvote instead :)

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

#94

Post by DavidAdams »

jonah wrote: post #59

I saw this one recently - pretty good. "DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ail7D_k0s9w

I'm glad somebody mentioned this, because World Go Boom was the first thing I thought of when we started a discussion about mashups. DJ Earworm is a master of the art.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by ralmeida »

BrandonM wrote: post #93
ralmeida wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I couldn't disagree more with parent's opinion: I don't consider 'scariness' to be transitive in this context (see related comment of soldier being afraid of spiders) and the tone seems arrogant and "look at me, I'm an overachiever" to me. HOWEVER, one's agreeing or disagreeing SHOULD NOT determine a vote (so, doesn't matter if he has a 'good point' or not). The people who have the karma to downvote (I don't) should…

This makes for a pretty easy downvote: Edit: and you are too scared to offer a counterpoint, so you anonymously downvote instead :)

True, but he wouldn't have edited this in if he had not been downvoted first. But I do agree that the bullying and the sarcasm were unecessary and somewhat justified the downvotes.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by ralmeida »

diego wrote: post #80
stevestreza wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As making music has been a dream of mine for most of my life, and I had no actual barometer of skill besides personal preference, you bet your ass that it was terrifying. People like you are why I actively avoid comment threads on Hacker News.

"People like you are why I actively avoid comment threads on Hacker News." That's just a gratuitous ad-hominem. If you are terrified by the thought of putting your work out there for others to judge, I suggest that you work on that problem.

That's not an ad-hominem because he wasn't using it to support another point. He has every right to avoid being around negativeness. If you think that this attitude isn't doing him any good, that's also YOUR opinion and he has every right to disagree without being accused of a non-existent logical fallacy.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by rsiqueira »

Unfortunately the video mashup has been removed. Youtube message is: "Like A Bad Guy Party..." - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by YG Entertainment Inc.

Fortunately the audio is still available for download: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gangnam-style-mashup/Like_A_Bad_Whi...

It is a remix mashup of the songs: Gangnam Style by PSY (featuring HyunA), Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO, Like a G6 by Far East Movement (ft. Dev and The Catracs), Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) by The Offspring and Bad Touch by the Bloodhound Gang.

Re: So I Made A Mashup, And Then…

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Post by stefek99 »

rsiqueira wrote: post #99

Unfortunately the video mashup has been removed. Youtube message is: "Like A Bad Guy Party..." - This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by YG Entertainment Inc. Fortunately the audio is still available for download: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gangnam-style-mashup/Like_A_Bad_Whi... It is a remix mashup of the songs: Gangnam Style by PSY (featuring HyunA), Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO, Like a G6 by Far…

Such a shame :(

"Like A Bad White Guy Party ..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by YG Entertainment Inc.. Sorry about that.

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