Mashups!

(20 minute lesson plan)

● (5 minutes) Example (short) pitch

○ Other artists or examples
○ Discussion of the example
○ ID key features of mashups, try to hear them in example

● (5 minutes) Let’s make a group mashup!

○ Have 10 songs ready to mash as a group
○ Have some ukes/guitar?
○ Lead through the process

● (5 minutes) Composition prompt (Create something that is….)

○ Give time parameters and # of songs parameters)
○ Provide some assistance in songs w same chord progr.
■ “Set list” of songs that will match

● (5 minutes) Regroup and share

Handout:

A Great Big World - “Say Something I’m Giving Up On You”

Adele- “Hello” , “Someone Like You”
Airplanes- “B.O.B”
Akon – "Don't Matter", “Beautiful”
Alicia Keys – "No One"
Aqua – "Barbie Girl"
Avril Lavigne – "Complicated"
Black Eyed Peas – "Where Is the Love"
The Beatles – "Let It Be"
Beyoncé – "If I Were A Boy"
Bob Marley – "No Woman No Cry"
Bon Jovi – "It's My Life"
Christina Perri – "Jar of Hearts"
Colbie Caillat - “Brighter Than the Sun”, “Try”
Coldplay- “Paradise”, “The Scientist”, “Viva La Vida”
Demi Lovato- “Heart Attack”, “Skyscraper”, “This Is Me”
Elton John – "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
Eminem- “Not Afraid”
Eminem featuring Rihanna – "Love the Way You Lie"
Five for Fighting – "Superman"
The Fray – "You Found Me"
Florida Georgia Line- “Cruise”
Green Day- “21 Guns” and “Holiday”
Idina Menzel- “Let it Go”
Imagine Dragons- “Radioactive”
Iyaz- “Replay”
Jack Johnson – "Taylor"
James Aldean and Kelly Clarkson- “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
Jason DeRulo – "In My Head"
Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours"
John Denver – "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Journey – "Don't Stop Believin'"
Justin Bieber- “Love Me”
Kelly Clarkson – "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Lady Gaga – "Poker Face", “Paparazzi”, “The Edge of Glory”
Lana Del Rey- “Love”
Missy Higgins – "Scar"
Michael Jackson – "Man in the Mirror"
Maroon Five – "She Will Be Loved"
Miley Cyrus- “Party in the USA”
Nelly- “Just a Dream”
Of Monsters and Men- “Little Talks”
One Republic- “Apologize” and “Good Life”
P!nk- “Try”
Phillip Phillips- “Home”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" and “Snow (Hey Oh)”
Taylor Swift- Almost all of her songs
The Script- “For the First Time” and “Science and Faith”
Train – "Hey, Soul Sister"
The Calling – "Wherever You Will Go"
Toto – "Africa"
U2 – "With Or Without You"
3OH!3 – "Don't Trust Me"

Mashup Example: Songs from Taylor Swift’s Album, “1989”

Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York
Cause we never go out of style
Nice to meet you where you been?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven sin
Saw you there and I thought
I wish you would come back, wish I never
hung up the phone like I did
I wish you knew that, I’d never forget you as
long as I’d live
And I wish you were right here, right now  
It's all good 
​I wish you would

You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye I stay out too late 
And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like Got nothin in my brain 
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time Thats what people say 
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style Thats what people say 
 
Say you'll remember me 
Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe 
Red lips and rosy cheeks 
Say you'll see me again even if it's just in your  
wildest dreams (ah ah) Players gonna play play play play play 
Haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate 
Wildest dreams (ah ah) Im just gonna shake shake shake shake shake