Where the beguine begins.TO THE EDITOR: The case of DJ Danger Mouse mentioned in Robert S. Boynton's article on copyright ["Righting Copyright," Feb/Mar 2005] raises questions that lie at the nexus of aesthetics and the law: What are the "basic" elements of an artistic creation? How far can one break down a recorded performance before it ceases to be proprietary? Is it possible, as the wildly litigious litigious adj. referring to a person who constantly brings or prolongs legal actions, particularly when the legal maneuvers are unnecessary or unfounded. Such persons often enjoy legal battles, controversy, the courtroom, the spotlight, use the courts to punish lawyer on The Simpsons once declared, that A-flat and F-sharp are the property of the Disney corporation? The way in which DJ Danger Mouse manipulated the recordings of The White Album has an analogue in the relationship jazz musicians This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. Some of the most notable jazz musicians
Genre of U.S. popular music that arose in New York in the late 19th century. The name was coined by the songwriter Monroe Rosenfeld as the byname of the street on which the industry was based—28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway in the early songs, and the blues numbers upon which they build their improvisations. Charlie Parker and other pioneers of bebop bebop or bop Jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and frequent shifting of rhythmic accent. In the mid-1940s, a group of musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker, rejected the conventions of famously commandeered the harmonic changes of popular tunes of their day, such as "How High the Moon," to create bop masterpieces ("Ornithology ornithology Branch of zoology dealing with the study of birds. Early writings on birds were largely anecdotal (including folklore) or practical (e.g., treatises on falconry and game-bird management). " in this case) that scarcely resembled their predecessors. Occurring as it did at a time when the basis for "ownership" of a composition was still in transition from sheet music to recorded performance, this practice forced questions as to what constitutes the essence of a musical creation. Today it is not chord changes or melodies excised from documented performances that are subject to improvisations and recompositions but rather the recordings themselves. What makes The White Album an iconic sonic artifact is not only the pitches, intervals, and words that make up its songs, but the textures and effects achieved by the Beatles in the studio. The right to engage with electronic media on their own terms, to recombine re·com·bine v. To undergo or cause genetic recombination; form new combinations. or fracture their narratives, certainly "promotes the progress of science and useful arts," resulting in meaningful new works such as The Grey Album. --Rob Paris Brooklyn, NY |
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