Plunderphonics

I think music is supposed to be borrowed and stolen. It's like a good piece of information. I can give you a good piece of information but it's what you decide to do with that piece of information which makes it worthwhile or not. How do you think inventions have come about. inventors borrow and use other people's ideas in order to lead up to the culmination of what is known. Henry Ford was not the first inventor of the car. There were many models known before. Peanut oil driven cars, cars powered by steam. Henry Ford used those models and invented the Model T. I know there was a car invented before that by him but I can't think of it. And is not music an invention, it's a composition for the soul. Music is not trivial, to most it's the cornerstone to a sane life. For most, these so called hackers, piraters, composers, remixers, music is an outlet a source of creativity, and for most they do not know what or how much their piece of work is inspiring. It's sound in the air, and there is no way of calculating the influence, but most would say music has saved them. So who is to say a song made by me a college bozo or a song made by Enya is more influential to people. Music is a sound collage, it has just become more complex over the years. From the beginning of music starting with notes they were passed on "borrowed" by the first ever musicians and it became more complex through the centuries up to now where we are not only borrowing notes but we are borrowing riffs and sounds. If you want me to explain this I can in more depth. Just ask me in class!! Again it's a bout the intention of the artist. Chopped and Screwed is a hip hop style known throughout the South. Songs are taken and slowed down and intersticed into other songs to reflect the Southern drawl of the South. Is this stealing. But it's recognized as a legitimate hip hop style. Some words of thought!!!