Have you ever had an idea for a video that mixed historic speeches with modern music? Have you ever wanted to make your own political or issue oriented video but felt stymied because you didn't know how to do it? Have you ever wanted to make a video contrasting what various politicians have said over the years but couldn't find the right video clips? Well, now you do.
Naturally, a lot of the older materials are read by actors, but there are also actual recordings from people like Walt Whitman!
Thanks to
http://remixamerica.org you, me and the guy up the street has access to
Chief Powahatan's Address to Captain John Smith,
Fredrick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" and you can hear
Walt Whitman (himself) reading "America".
The site will be fully operational next month. But you can go there now and check out the possibilities.
Here's the blurb describing what Remix America is about. Please take the time to check it out and bookmark it.
About Remix America
This country is a remix, it's what we do. What did Jefferson and Paine and Adams do but mashup history, take a little from the Magna Carta, a little from John Locke, and a whole lot of rebellion. Now, thanks to the web and digital technology, everyone can join in.
This is a unique moment in our history -- We can rediscover the promise of the Declaration of Independence next to the music of Louis Armstrong next to the beats of the Beastie Boys and clips of our candidates talking about "Changes." Every one of us can own our best expressions of liberty, democracy and freedom, remix them as they see fit, and share them with the world.
RemixAmerica.org is a multi-partisan, non-profit website that uses digital technology to give everyone the chance to own the words, the music, the images and sounds of America in digital form; to remix those expressions and ideas with their own; and to send the products of our community's creativity out to the world... where others will come back to us and start it all over again...
There's no telling where this can go – we want to be the place where millions can post their post their dreams, their hopes, their frustrations about our country via text , video responses and remixes...
http://remixamerica.org/about 
