Reaching Out to Others

Issa:

Issa is the renaissance of the new era of music downloading and the industry. Issa took her music off of a big label company and created her own. Not only does she own her own label and she also created her website to allow her fans to download her music for free and for other artist to connect with her website and do the same thing. Another great thing that Issa is doing on her own is letting fans show what they are doing in their communities to help people. This was set up to get other people in other communities to start a program or go to a program to help others that need it the most. I think Issa is an inspiration for all people but especially artist because one of the main reasons we are in this industry is to bring joy to those people that can not draw, dance, sing, or anything else that they desire. Plus it is a great way to communicate to fans and communities.

Atomic Tom:

I think this is a great way to bring music to the community without the sense of superior to the people of the community. The band could have been extremely pissed off about having their instruments stolen but instead they use the technology of the iPhone to bring their music to the light of people on this subway in New York. It is also a great way to show other people that creativity does not only happen in studios but can happen in every day life. 

The Story of Cosmetics:

Wow, I have never heard so much about cosmetics and how they are unhealthy. I am far from a girly girl. I do not wear make up, paint my nails, or straighten my hair everyday. So for me to find out that those are toxics are not to concerning to me personally but to find out that my favorite shampoo is extremely toxic is very frightening to me. It does not make sense to me that our government is destroying our earth with the technology already but they had to take it a step further and put toxin into everyday product. It is crazy that as long as you have money to back up any plan, rather it be deadly or not, you will be able to make more money on that product. As long as we do not back down on breaking big companies down to using natural products from the earth to give humans what we “need”, I think we will be okay but in all honesty I think this whole world is messed up by cosmetics. Girls do not think they are pretty anymore because the models on TV and in magazines do not look natural because professionals make them up and the photos get Photoshop! It is ashamed that girls cannot look around and see how beautiful they are without all these toxin chemicals. 

Remix:

Remixing is a way of life to most of us rather we are an older generations or a newer generations. People remix almost everything in life so that they are not the "same" as other people. Fashion gurus take a shirt and make some cuts in the sides and tie them and then it is a fashion statement that make other fashion designers or even people creating their own way of cutting the shirt. Nothing as really changed over generations except for the way people wear things, design their body (tattoo and piercing) and how they interact with people. But that is just one way that we remix things in our life. I do not even think we could list everything that we do that we try to do in a different way. People may think that we only remix old songs into new songs or old movies into new movies but we remix everyday in every way. 

Copyright: 

As much as it pains me to say this after reading the Fair Use- I was so confused that I did not even try to go back through and read it again. Sorry...

But to make the Fair Use article make sense was Duke U. example through a film in plain English without big words. Everyone can understand the message they are trying to provide to let people know. 

I honestly think that the whole Copyright business is going a little too far with everyone is stealing everyones stuff. If you do not want your stuff to be stolen or looked at on the internet then you should just take it off.. I just hate being blamed for watching videos on YouTube, if someone does not want their stuff being stolen than they need to just take it off.

                                                                                    Remix Videos:

Walt Disney

Both of these videos are just the best thing I have seen of remixing in a while! I do not understand why Disney would not allow Pogo to post his creations on the web. It is his video and he has the right to let every enjoy his videos. I guess really it comes down to who is writing your check but for Disney to sue someone for posting his creation online is beyond crazy! Disney, himself, put his creations out for the world to see why can't Pogo do the same! Donald Duck's video was awesome! To see all the clips of the old episodes in one place but the thing I like the most is Donald Duck is the average person in society at the moment. Glenn Beck shows the reality through Donald Duck! It is just brilliant!