Smoothpod Mashup Podcast

MASHUP #12: Love taken over (again)

Peter Forret — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:32:00 +0000

Based on “ Love taken over (Quiet Storm Mix)” by Chante Moore that I discovered on the excellent Digital DJs podcast.

I added the keyboards and the beats from bits and pieces (no actual keyboard playing – I know my limits). Had a great time doing the editing!

MASHUP #11: Contemplatin’ (Hangin’ on a string)

Peter Forret — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:15:00 +0000

Based on “Hangin’ on a String” (Loose Ends), combined with a Groove Armada bass and some drum tracks

MASHUP #10: Play That Shit

Peter Forret — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:11:00 +0000

Sometimes all you need is some encouragement, some inspiration and some time:

some kind words from Penny Pincher
the Stewart Copeland appearance on Mac OSX Conference on IT Conversations.
3 hours where I should have been taking care of my accounting

The results: a mashup of Stewart’s one-liners (and there were quite some, check out the show, it’s excellent!), with some music from Defected’s Joey Negro In The House, and Jazzy Jeff In The House.

MASHUP #9: Smooth Scratch

Peter Forret — Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:45:00 +0000

This is what I would call a ‘quickie’:
I rehashed a scratch sample to a groove, recorded (with my GuitarPort) a bass line and a guitar riff to go with it, programmed the drums one beat at a time, and finished the whole thing in less than an hour.
Quality has suffered (I’m not too happy with the guitar, for instance), but at least I finished something, it had been a while.

Next step: start doing stuff with Acid Pro 5!

MASHUP #8: Hard Work (George W Bush)

Peter Forret — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:56:00 +0000

This mix was inspired by the first Presidential debate between George W Bush and John Kerry. An MP3 was compiled full of ‘bushisms’, and that was my start material.
I combined it with Praga Khan’s ‘Power of the flower’ basically because I had those samples handy. No political statement there …

MASHUP: Japanese Rock ‘n Roll (Prodikeys)

Peter Forret — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:58:00 +0000

Nothing like an enthusiastic engineer to sell a home entertainment keyboard.
A commercial for the Creative ‘Prodikeys’ product features an archetypical Japanese sales guy teaching us how to play rock ‘n roll drums on a MIDI keyboard. This is not the best way to play drums, and he adequately proves this point.
(from blog.forret.com)

Made with ACID Pro 4, using the Prodikeys video as input and some Eric B & Rakim samples.

MASHUP: Very Good Friends

Peter Forret — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:00:00 +0000

I used an acapella from Blue Six (Very Good Friend) and added a drum loop from Barry White

MASHUP: Hold on (People)

Peter Forret — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:10:00 +0000

Made from a Lisa Stansfield acapella (‘People Hold On’), but tuned down with a firm delay to get a more bizarre voice. Added some samples from Maxwell and Me’Shell.

MASHUP: Watch your step

Peter Forret — Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:53:00 +0000

Mashup of ‘Step into the dark’ (Marc Moulin) and ‘Ten percent’ (Double Exposure)

MASHUP: Untitled (SuperFunkin’)

Peter Forret — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:07:00 +0000

Made this on a quiet evening, using samples from the ‘Sampled‘ series. The base beat is from Groove Armada. Had to straighten a 5/4 break to fit my 4/4 format.