Indyish at the POP Symposium

Heyall! So, turns out I’ll be on a panel this Thursday as part of the POP Montreal Symposium with some really incredible people, check it out:

Date: Thursday October 2
Time: 4:15 – 6:15
Title: Sampling, Creativity, and Open Source Culture: Listening Session and Discussion
Venue: Main Hall

Description

Sampling is not a recent phenomena. The traditions of blues, jazz, and folk grew from a kind of open source culture, one in which pre-existing musical frameworks were reworked. In 1970s Jamaica, songs were deconstructed with pre-digital hardware with the resulting “versions” — called dub — being distinct in sound and feel.

If creativity builds on the past, is originality a fantasy? How is it that some are cast as pirates and thieves, and others as victims? What role do race, gender, income, and geography play? And who actually benefits? This panel will examine the history, use, and future of this discourse and its effect on creativity. The listening session will serve to trace layers of sampling, borrowing, and the evolution of musical “meme.”

Participants

MODERATOR: Tina Piper is an Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University and member of McGill’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy.

Larisa Mann (aka DJ Ripley) is a PhD candidate in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC Berkeley Law School, and resident DJ at SuryaDub San Francisco.

Matt Earp (aka Kid Kameleon) has been mixing, mashing, and maximizing bass genres for over 10 years. He is a champion of outsider music styles and eclectic mixing techniques rooted in a core of hip-hop, jungle, and dub. He has shared the stage with Squarepusher, Dizzee Rascal, The Bug and Warrior Queen, Ghislain Poirier, Flosstradamus. DJ C, and Ripley, to name a few. He has monthly column called “Basic Needs” in XLR8R magazine. (djkidkameleon@yahoo.com)

Reuven (Ruby) Ashtar is a recent graduate of the McGill Faculty of Law’s integrated B.C.L./LL.B. program. He has contributed to World Intellectual Property Organization studies, served as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the McGill Journal of Law and Health, and written on digital sampling and fair use. Currently, he is a student-at-law at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s Toronto office.

Risa Dickens is the co-founder and artistic director of Indyish.com, a website that relies on open source programs and ideas to showcase member artists with an online boutique, video and podcasts, a monthly live show, and an artists group blog. She is the author of No One Knows Everything: The Crisis in Public Opinion (2008).