Gregg Gillis

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Idolator (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Ever wonder what Gregg Gillis would have to go through if he wanted to actually clear the hundreds of samples he stitches together on the albums he records as Girl Talk? The Future Of Music Colaition outlines the "incredibly complex and contentious" process, and wonders if it may in fact be a microcosm of the industry as a whole. [ Future Of Music Coalition Blog ]

Mashup DJ Girl Talk Deconstructs Samples From Feed the Animals

Wired (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008

Pittsburgh-based computer maestro Girl Talk (aka, Gregg Gillis) turns the cut-and-paste process of mashups into a jams-packed jigsaw puzzle. His latest release samples 300 songs.

Girl Talk’s Greg Gillis on His New Album, Making Listeners Puke, and Why He’s Pretty Sure He Won’t Get Sued

Vulture (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Photo: Laura Buckman With an impressive knack for cramming hundreds of Top 40 hits into a single track, Gregg Gillis has become the undisputed King of the Mash-up. Musically braiding together Young Joc with the Band, Lil Mama with Metallica, he’s elevated the once-kitschy practice into an art form. On a recent blazing afternoon at Greenpoint Playground, Vulture sat down with the newly...

GENERAL: Girl Talk: Reveling in the Party

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008

By: Chris Clark Girl Talk by Christos SchizasGregg Gillis is a music-making machine. Better known throughout the world as , the one-man mixing master has risen to international acclaim after the critically heralded release of 2006's Night Ripper. Everyone from Rolling StonePitchfork to and Wayne Coyne of had it on their Best Albums of the Year list, turning heads from all angles and opening...

Singer Randy Newman on McCain’s Music List: ‘Then Again, Hitler Liked Some Good Music, You Know?’

Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008

... they also invited as commentators on these lists aging funnyman Randy Newman and exhibitionist Gregg Gillis who goes by the stage name “Girl Talk.” For the most part, it is all pointless gibberish that these two “experts” are blathering concerning the two candidate’s music picks. But two things stand out… but first the Blender lists: JOHN McCAIN Dancing Queen ABBA Blue Bayou Roy Orbison...

Random Notes: Radiohead, Bob Dylan and the Week in Rock

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

Radiohead spent last weekend headlining the inaugural All Points West Festival in New Jersey, where they continued their streak of festival-stealing performances. Everybody seemed to be having a good time at a festival this week — witness Bob Dylan’s smirk at the New American Music Union and Gregg Gillis’ mattress-assisted crowd surf at All Points [...]

Girl Talk | Fall 2008 Tour Dates

Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008

Mr. Girl Talk himself, Gregg Gillis, just added a few dates to his Feed the Animals supporting tour. Stereogum got some good shots from his set at All Points West, which only made me want to catch him more when...

Girl Talk @ All Points West

Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

... As pointed out by myself and everyone else there, the "green" aspect of the festival was lost of Gregg Gillis's set. You wonder if all the wasted plastic and paper was worth it and if there's another way to get the fun aspect out there without all the garbage. When I was leaving at the end of the day, that whole middle stage looked like a tornado blasted through the paper products...

News Roundup: 8/11/2008

The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

... or Coldplay, saying their fans are “ boring and ugly .” [XFM.co.uk] Speaking of Girl Talk, Gregg Gillis has planned his final show for December 21, 2012 — the date the world is supposed to end, according to the Mayan Calendar. [Idolator.com] Come October 17, there will be a little less of Rolling Stone to love: The magazine will move a smaller, more standard size and a heavier, glossier...

All Points West: Friday In Photos

Stereogum (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

It's time to brave the ferry lines for another day in Jersey, but first: pretty pictures via the eye of Abbey Braden . As mentioned , things got off to a slow start, but from thereon the day belonged to Gregg Gillis, "Born Slippy," and the talented Mr. Yorke. Time is tight, so we'll have more from the grounds tomorrow. For now enjoy some fan vid, shots of the consummate hipster dance...

Girl Talk, copyright and copyleft, and the evolving boundary of fair use

Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Lynne Kiesling Have you been following the growing popularity and the music creation model of Girl Talk? Girl Talk is Gregg Gillis, from Pittsburgh (YAY!), and an article in today's New York Times summarizes his music, his techniques, and its...

Illegal Music: Girl Talk

Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

via | NYT | Steal This Hook? D.J. Skirts Copyright LawGirl Talk, whose real name is Gregg Gillis, makes danceable musical collages out of short clips from other people’s songs; there are more than 300 samples on “Feed the Animals,” the album he released online at illegalart.net in June. He doesn’t get the permission of the composers to use these samples, as United States copyright law...

• I Really Hope Girl Talk Gets Sued By A Major - Grandgood
• The Rise of the “Copyleft” - Furdlog
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Girl Talk Plans Apocalyptic 'Final' Show ... For December 21, 2012

VH1 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

... It's the day when solids become liquids and liquids become plasmas," GT — a.k.a. mild-mannered Gregg Gillis — laughed. "So I'm building up to that — we've got four years — so maybe there's going to be a couple other small releases in the works. The album just came out, so I have no plans for another release, but I'm constantly starting to work on new stuff, just for the live shows."And...

Blatant sampling and DJ Girl Talk

IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

Thank you, Miri Frankel, for drawing the attention of the IPKat to this fascinating snippet from the New York Times . It's all about DJ Girl Talk (real name Gregg Gillis), who makes danceable musical collages out of short clips from other people’s songs; apparently there are more than 300 samples on “Feed the Animals,” the album he released online at illegalart.net this June. Right:...

IP in the News: How big a snippet of music violates fair use?

Against Monopoly (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008

Robert Levine writes in the NYTimes today about Gregg Gillis, a D J who goes by the title Girl Talk and produces musical performances composed of snippets of other people's music%26lt;a href=" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/arts/music/07girl.html'_r=1%26oref=slogin%26ref=arts%26pagewanted=print"%26gt; link here%26lt;/a%26gt;. He is pushing the limits of copyright, claiming fair use,...