User:Dcm3ez

Girl Talk’s style is interesting and unique in that it uses purely samples of famous songs to create pieces that have very familiar samples of songs that people really like. He combines them in a new way as to create a new version of things that people already like, so in using already famous songs he creates something even better than the original. He has a way of transiting into new rhythms and beats in a way that isn’t too abrupt, but rather it flows from one mix of samples to the next. There are smooth transitions to the next pieces. It is crazy how he manages to mix songs that you would never think would ever go together. They’re really catchy and easy to dance to. I think that is why people like Girl Talk’s mash-ups so much. I think that his concerts are not just for the listening experience, but also for the visual and physical experience. He often pulls lots of people onto the stage and he has people shooting toilet paper and confetti into the crowd. He is also very animated and doesn’t just stand behind his computer the whole time. He often jumps around all crazy almost as if he’s under the influence of recreational drugs.

His All Day album is pretty fun to listen to. There’s a great mix of songs on here a lot of which I recognize and some that I have no idea where he sampled them from. Regardless most parts of the album make you want to bounce your head along and dance around to them. He uses so many genres of music, but uses a lot of famous pop music. Pop, rock, hip pop, oldies and rap songs are all mashed together to create new versions of these songs. It’s weird how no matter different the initial songs are how cool they all sound when put together. He uses different bass lines, beats, melodies, vocals and rhythms from each of the different songs and breaks them up and layers them on top of each other. It is so surprising that he can use so many samples all at once and not come out with something that sounds like crap. Most of what he mixes sounds like something I could stand to listen to.

I think I like his mash-ups because they give me a new perspective on a lot of recorded songs that I already like so it’s as if I’m almost already guaranteed to like his mixes. I especially like 22 minutes into the All Day album. The beat helps move the different sets of vocals along while the melody changes. I also like the album at about 25 minutes into it because he uses a Jackson Five beat and I don’t know who doesn’t like to sing along to that group. Another great part is at 27:50 minutes into it because he mixes Simon and Garfunkel’s “Cecilia” with Lil Jon’s “Get Low.” I can’t think of any two more contrasting sounding sounds, but he makes them work together somehow. It’s part of his musical mash-up talent that sounds so great.

Most of these songs are new releases, so I think Girl Talk really tries to stay current as well as adding in old favorite hits. None of this music is disguised. It’s all pretty apparent who the artist is. He doesn’t try to manipulate the artist’s voices. This is a big part of plunderphonics artists’ method to creating music. In Technosonics lecture we talked about how John Oswald created plunderphonics and this audio piracy was at the heart of the songs. These use the samples from famous artists and they want people to be able to identify the songs they like. It’s part of the fun to listening because it’s almost like a game to try and identify the different layers making up the music. I think Girl Talk continues this plunderphonics tradition well with his All Day Album. --Dcm3ez (talk) 02:04, 7 November 2011 (UTC)