If someone pulled a similar stunt with the new Skinny Puppy or Coldcut CD, though, it would be perfectly legal. Those are two of the most high-profile bands signing on with Mixman Technologies Inc. , a San Francisco software startup company whose CDs make it easy for PC users to remix music on their desktops. Every song can be personalized. We can each become a niche market of one. If hip-hop chipped away at the distinction between artists and audience, the partnership between Mixman and CDuctive has the potential to dynamite it to pieces.
Record companies spend a lot of money remixing music to fit different markets.
This is the ultimate personalization, because you, the actual end perceiver, will be changing it to your liking as you play it. By themselves, both CDuctive and Mixman offer hugely amusing uses of technology, each more fun than cyberporn and solitaire combined. But it's their alliance that's almost revolutionary. CDuctive is an online service that allows visitors to make their own electronica compilations. Visitors can browse through each and hear 45-second sound clips of whichever songs interest them.