In 2007, Roseman created his first United State of Pop mashup, which included, Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" and Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry," on the suggestion of his manager, Rodney JeanBaptiste. "People are more apt to discover things online, and I think the time was right for his talent and his technique to be consumed. "He has done this a few times now and he is getting better at his craft." Comer believes that the success of Roseman's work speaks to the way people consume information today. New Year's Eve found him spinning at the massive Siloso beach party in Singapore. Roseman was recently booked to speak and to spin at the World Fair Use Day in Washington and he has recently been in high demand. Because he samples other people's work, he can't legally sell what he creates, so he truly is just creating mashups for the love of the music. When Roseman isn't contracted by artists or brought into nightclubs for spinning gigs, his product is free. "I wanted to sum it up into one cohesive mashup that all made sense," Roseman said. Last year Grammy-winning musician Annie Lennox tapped Roseman to make a video retrospective of her career. "But mostly people want me to help them so it is kind of the opposite of what you may think. I have always cooperated in the theoretical possibility that someone would want me to take it down," Roseman said. "I think if you transform it enough it's ok. Roseman's take on sampling other people's creative content is that you have to cooperate with an artist who feels that their copyright has been infringed upon. Mashup artists are usually able to skirt copyright laws under the "fair use" doctrine of copyright law. To do it seamlessly means overlaying the vocal track of one song with the music track of another. "He got me to put them online and then they just started to take off."Ī mashup is a song or compilation created by blending two or more songs. "Basically I was just messing around with some music and making mix tapes for friends when I showed some of my stuff to a friend, DJ Adrian, who was working at Club Bootie, the first mashup club in San Francisco," Roseman said. Roseman started making mashups when he was working part time as a computer programmer back in 2003 after graduating from the University of Illinois with a degree in computer science and music theory. (CNN) - Some great songs were released in 2009 and thanks to a mashup master named DJ Earworm you can listen to the top 25 releases from the year in just under six minutes.Įarworm, whose real name is Jordan Roseman, has for the third year in a row created his "United State of Pop" mashup compilation of Billboard's top 25 songs into one comprehensive track.įor 2009 those hits include the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom, Boom, Pow," Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," Taylor Swift's "Love Story," The All-American Rejects' "Gives You Hell," Jay Sean's "Down" and 20 other catchy songs from the last 12 months.