What is a Mash Up

A mash up is the combining of two or more songs to create one. Usually, one beat or music is placed as a base of the song then sections of the songs like the chorus and verses take turns playing. One of my favorite mash ups is Jay-Z and Linkin Park's Numb/Encore. What makes a good mash up is to chose two sons that are different but would go good together. For example, you would never chose pop and opera since they have different tempos and sound horrible together. Another good mash up is Lil' Wayne and Jason Mraz's version of I'm Yours. I do believe that someone who does a mash up is a musician since he/she is creating a piece of musicIn my opinion a bad mash up is one where the voice of one song doesn't go with the beat and it sounds awkward. Mash ups are fun and great if done correctly.