Hi all,

I’m a new member here, although I’ve been “lurking” for some time enjoying the music.

I just wanted to let you know that I’m currently writing a Master’s thesis for my degree in Ethnomusicology that uses ccMixter as a case study. So, I’ve been exploring the ways that IP policy has an impact on the musical practices of online users. Remixing is such a rich area for this discussion that I’ve really enjoyed thinking about the ways that ccMixter is a great model for much of the rest of the industry.
Anyhow, just wanted to let you know that some form of “ethnographic” research is being done here.

Best,

Ian

Thanks for introducing yourself! We would love it if you share the results of your study with us.

Cool, that’s a very interresting topic much be a lot of work put in there. Really looking forward to see the first pages turning in.

Just did some reading on wiki about ethnomusicology, never heard of it before, must be a interesting study to do. What are you planning to do in the future with this?

I am currently trying to find salient examples of samples that have currency here on ccMixter. Are there any samples that a large portion of the population are familiar with? I feel like one way to gauge this is through the number of remixes a given pell or sample might have. But maybe there are other metrics I haven’t found.