Mashuptown is Dead, Long Live Mashuptown

Edit 12/3/05.  Resurrection: For the time being  MashuptownRadio.com will be offline due to the DCMA and it's enforcers.  As well all files offline prior to 11/14/05 until we can get new links established.  If you have those links send along to Mashuptown@gmail.com.  Due to changes in our operating structure we no longer can guarantee the quality of the links to content posted here.  None of the content is hosted at Mashuptown.com.  If you find a link down let us know.  Thanks for your patience and support.  Mashuptown will continue to provide you with great Mashups to listen to and at the same time promote the DJ's/Producers/Artists who Mash em' up and the original Artists whose tracks make these Mashterpieces possible.  Props to Aggro1 who assisted behind the scenes to get us back up and running - you are the Aggrogator.  Peace in, Peace out.

The time has come to shut down this blog/site/podcast.  This has come about for many reasons which I won't bore you with.  First, let me say that I would like to thank all the Artists, producers, Dj's that made this a total labor of love.  Your creativity and cleverness will never cease to amaze me.  Most of the Mashup tracks that were featured on this site were in many cases better than the originals.  Props go out to all of you who visited, sampled, sent in comments/email, and put links to the site in your blogs or podcasts.  Also a big up to Adam Curry and The Daily Source Code.  Adam's Podcast first introduced me to Mashups and got me hooked.  The response to Mashuptown has never been greater, the number of hits has never been larger, and the bandwidth usage has gone thru the roof.  I hope that we have entertained you for this short 8 months or so.  I hope that we've helped to sell the music of the artists used in the Mashups we've featured (we have I know this), I hope that perhaps once in a while we've made your day just a little brighter.  We will still have MashuptownRadio.com running until someone tells us that we need to shut it down.  The files will be slowly taken offline over the next few days as we can find the time to do so.  What started out as an experiment has brought more joy and satisfaction into my life than I could have ever imagined.  I wish you all a great Holdiay season.  Many thanks to all of you again.  We'll sign off on the Podcast with a track that is podsafe and is by a great band that goes by the name of Steadman.  It's not a mashup.  Make sure you go by these guys website and tell them we sent ya.  They really get it when it comes to sharing ones music.  Here is the link:

Wave Goodbye - Steadman

Mashuptown is Dead, Long live Mashuptown.

We are of course back at it again.  All tracks should now be available.  Peace.

Comments

[Rafael]

Aaaaargh. Nooooo! You can't.

[Aggro1]

What?! :(

Thank you for the ride, Art.

[Mike Versteeg]

Thanks for your work Art, my son and I enjoyed many of the mashups and indeed, some were way better than the original. Looking forward to your future plans!

[Brandon Martus]

Noooo! I love Mashuptown. So many awesome artist and their mashups were showcased here. I'll be sad to see it go.

[rob]

Any recommendations as to where we should go for mash-up now that you won't be here to entertain and educate us?

[Wagimawr]

Ah, seems that somebody got a cease and desist order.

FUCK THE RIAA! (that stands...even if the reason for the closing is different...)

[haruki]

Mashuptown was great!
I loved it all, especially 'Smells Like Booty"! You really were a home for great music.
I hope you find a way to rise from the dead.

[DK]

You obviously have your reasons, with respect I bid you farewell and luck for the future - also the message: 'mashuptown ruled!'

ping me sometime...

[TheFryCook]

Why? Tell us why !!!

[DJMonsterMo]

Sorry you are closing your doors. Thanks for making mash-ups more accessible to everyone

[DJ DeVo]

I only found this site about a month ago... but Thanks for the entertainment.
Yes, I know that I have purchased more music because of this venue, as WELL AS having downloaded music from Kazaa in the past. It gave me access to music I NEVER would have known about unless I had sampled them from other P2Pers. And I PURCHASED a ton of music at stores and online, that I would have never purchased if it hadn't been for Kazaa. Of course, now the fear of being arrested and fined has got me off P2P, and it's saving me money, cuz I buy less music.
So, I would like to thank the government for shutting down these venues... cuz you're saving ME money.

MashupTown Rocks, Viva MashupTown

[Angela]

Noooooo!! Man, I've worried for the last week that something like this was going on, and now I find my fears are true! Very sad news, Art. I hope you and yours are ok. I'm sure I speak for others that if you change you're mind, I'll be ready and willing to tune in again!

Good luck to you.

[A fan]

It's a sad and dark day.

[Aggro1]

The people speak. Hang in there, stumpy.
There's a way around this...just a small re-tooling and it's golden ;)

[Tom]

Thanks, we have listened to them on the way to school for the last few months. The kids each have a favorite. sorry to see you go.

[Justin]

Oh no, l love this site and all it's mash-ups. Where am l gonna go now??? Thanks to all your hard work, this has been a wicked site!! And for the iTunes vouchers!!!

l stick my middle finger up at the RIAA or whoever caused this site to end! :)

[Andrew]

So sorry to see you go. I thought your approach on promoting both artists was ingenious and this is a very sad day for artists and musicians and DJ's.

YOU ROCK! As "a fan" said above, hang in there and we look forward to seeing your stuff again soon just have to remove the "tools" at the RIAA.

[theothermike]

Sad to see you go. I especially enjoyed those hourlong mixes.. as good as 2 Many DJs!

I hope one day we come to our senses about copyrights... wont hold my breath though.

:(

[Marie]

Thanks for the great mash ups

[gt]

Crappers, I just got caught up on my mashup podcasts... loved the results of you creative efforts, the mashups seriously rocked. Sorry to see you go...

[Marc]

Art, this was truly one of the best podcasts ever. I'm sorry to see you're going, but I'm sure you have good (possibly legal?) reasons to do so. I hope that your next venture is as kick-ass as this one. Good luck! You'll be sorely missed in the interweb.

[Chrimigules]

It's kind of Ironic that I subscribed 2 days ago, isn't it...

Too bad, really... what I did get to hear was beyond awesome.

[Felix]

This is sad, when corporate bullies spread fear to people who share the wonderful experience that we called mashups.

Had been enjoying all your work since I discover them on DSC. Glad that I was along for the ride. Good luck, and hope to see u all soon in another form, whatever that is.

[aBe]

Sad news, thanks for all. Good luck!

[Tetsuo]

I love the way you're all immediately assuming it's the Big Bad Bogeyman RIAA. How do y'all know there's not been some major crisis in his life or something like that? Dumbfucks.