If good quality audio parts are not available on the internet, I will then make my own audio parts (using audio engineering techniques like phase cancellation) as a last resort.
I search all over the internet and use my sensitivity to compare all the different versions of the same puzzle pieces. Like Jiro, the master sushi chef I wrote about in my last blog post, I sacrifice my efficiency to get the best ingredients. All I do for one month is gather my ingredients (vocal parts, instrumental parts, video clips, etc.). This is my least favourite part of the process because it feels so unproductive. The whole process takes me about three whole months. Fortunately, my brain was made for these kinds of puzzles. Making a mash-up is like completing a huge puzzle (not every piece goes together). This is not a quick and easy thing to do. Once a year, I try to make a seamless musical mix (“mash-up”) of the year’s top pop songs.
