The Originality of Copies: Cover Versions and Versioning in Remix Practice
In this article I analyze the cover version as a specific form of copying in music recording and performance, and then evaluate it as a cultural variable that is part of the creative process in remix practice. This analysis demonstrates that cover versions, versioning, editing, sampling, and remixing are dependent on copying and, for this reason, my eventual focus is on the relation of copies to originals and copies to copies. Another important element examined throughout the essay is the role of selectivity in the creative process as a foundational principle of communication and how it shapes varying popular and individualized assumptions about definitions of originals and copies.
Keywords | appropriation, art, cover versions, cultural studies, media studies, remix studies, remix theory
The Originality of Copies: Cover Versions and Versioning in Remix Practice” was published in The Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture.
In this article I analyze the cover version as a specific form of copying in music recording and performance, and then evaluate it as a cultural variable that is part of the creative process in remix practice. This analysis demonstrates that cover versions, versioning, editing, sampling, and remixing are dependent on copying and, for this reason, my eventual focus is on the relation of copies to originals and copies to copies. Another important element examined throughout the essay is the role of selectivity in the creative process as a foundational principle of communication and how it shapes varying popular and individualized assumptions about definitions of originals and copies.
Keywords | appropriation, art, cover versions, cultural studies, media studies, remix studies, remix theory
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Work Title The Originality of Copies: Cover Versions and Versioning in Remix Practice Subtitle Cover Versions and Versioning in Remix Practice Access Creators - Eduardo A Navas
License In Copyright (Rights Reserved) Work Type Article Publisher - The Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture
Publication Date January 1, 2019 Publisher Identifier (DOI) - https://doi.org/10.5325/jasiapacipopcult.3.2.issue-1
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Yes- In this article I analyze the cover version as a specific form of copying
- in music recording and performance, and then evaluate it as a cultural variable that
- is part of the creative process in remix practice. This analysis demonstrates that cover
- versions, versioning, editing, sampling, and remixing are dependent on copying and,
- for this reason, my eventual focus is on the relation of copies to originals and copies
- to copies. Another important element examined throughout the essay is the role of
- selectivity in the creative process as a foundational principle of communication and
- how it shapes varying popular and individualized assumptions about definitions of
- originals and copies.
- Keywords | appropriation, art, cover versions, cultural studies, media studies,
- remix studies, remix theory
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