found some interesting things about music, such as as long as you don't stray to far from the orignal work song structures and their lyrics are not protected under the copyright laws.
"The word culture has many different meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature, music, art, and food." To understand how new media and technology connect to culture, we must understand what culture is. This is a great resource!
Remediation is used in music to refashion live versions of media. The live version is recreated and multiplied, creating a studio and synthesized final version of the product.
This website provided a great run down on the book Remediation and the theory behind it. It was a great supplement to the reading and really helped me further my understanding of it. Remediation is something that is constantly going on around us, and is very important to understand. It is the driving force for the progress of our media.
REMEDIATION. Pandora is one of the most primary examples of how remediation is alive and well in today's digital society. It's a site that has taken the radio and placed it essentially in the listeners' hands with the ability to skip songs they don't like and build stations around songs/artists that they tend to favor.