Above is a link to a trailer of a movie which is premiering in a few cinema's around Australia. It has won a swag of awards and is really causing controversy.
It's a documentary loosley based around Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk and the copyright/remix culture. I won't give my full opinion on this as I'm in two minds about the whole concept, but I would like open a forum (the first ever on Weird Boobs) as to what you think about downloading, the record industry, copyright and everything in between. Click on the comment section below.
I won't lie and say that I don't like Girl Talk and preach that he has sold out etc, because he is a very talented composer. And he has openly admitted that he is not a dj and remains very level headed about his fame. (Feed the Animals is his 4th studio record)
The fact that Triple J has picked him up and shaken his mash up mastery all over Australia shouldn't really take away from the fact that up until recently he worked a full time job and only did his music as side project and is a very talented individual. He also adopted the Radiohead policy of "pay what you feel" with his new album, so I do have a fair bit of respect for him.
On the other hand, he can be labelled as a "One Trick Pony" who essentially steals or 'samples' other artists' music, jams it all together to make a song that comprises of a lot of genuinely good songs. This leads into the debate regarding copyright, the music industry, downloads, supporting musicians etc etc. As well as the issue of dj's being paid to play in clubs using music that they haven't rightfully paid for.
Here at Weird Boobs we are avid supporters of sites such as Beatport and even iTunes at a stretch. After all the musicians wouldn't be making music if they had no financial backing and support. Below are a few quotes from the trailer.
"The same thing is happening with copyright that happened with masturbation, people are actually starting to admit to each other "Yeah...I do it too"."
"Sharing is the nature of creation."
"If this is a crime, then we have a whole generation of criminals."
Thanks to my sister for this info.
Posted by j.
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