Music

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Paul McCartney & Wings - Discography "Fixtape" (2020)

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, I recut all seven of Paul McCartney’s “Wings” albums from 1971-1979.

I reordered the tracklists, restored cut content, and in many cases re-edited and remixed songs, with the goal of making my own definitive versions of each album. For instance, below is my truncated edit of 'Seaside Woman.'

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The Book of Genre (2017)

My first mashup album. (Insired by the work of Neil Cicierega)

A bit of post-mortem: The music theory behind these mashups is dubious and occasionally flat out "wrong." At the time, I had no education in music. However, my motivation was always strictly to treat mashups as a medium for comedy, and I think that there are enough jokes and unpredictable transitions throughout the album to keep it afloat.

An exemplary track that I isolated and created a "music video" for is below:

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Book Burning (2017)

My second mashup album.

After receiving criticisms about the music theory in my first album, I educated myself and tried to incorporate them into my second. That said, I did not alter my ethos of treating mashups as a comedic artform. In fact, I left behind most pretense of being "clever" from the first album, and just did whatever made me laugh.