So I'd heard about people "remixing" -- really, sampling, multi-tracking, and editing -- other peoples' YouTube clips into new songs, but wasn't that interested in following up and looking for some examples.

Silly me. I dig the mashups, why not this?

I saw a clip over at flyswatter's place this morning and was blown away.

It's from a man in Israel who calls himself "Kutiman," and his work is produced under the name or label or whatever "Thru-You."

Again, he takes samples of other peoples' YouTube videos, usually of a solo person playing one instrument, and repeats fragments and multitracks them to make new songs. This first one features 22 videos from all around the world. He starts with just a few . . . but it gets a lot bigger.

This is "The Mother of All Funk Chords":

It looks like this was a specific 7-track "project" by Kutiman, and he has created an end-of-project video showing himself, his work space and equipment, and thanking the viewers and participants:

You can see the other videos over in Kutiman's library at You Tube, of course, but what the hell, I've included all of them below in the cut, for the ease of those interested in more. Your interest may vary, cut-to-cut -- there are different styles and mixes here -- but I find all of them worth watching.

( 5 More Thru-Yous from Kutiman )

One last one in the main body though, my favorite.

Here's a young woman from Washington, DC who sings and shares her own very personal and heartfelt a capella original songs on her YouTube channel, and, thanks to Kutiman, is now backed up by 7 instruments (and two sets of wind chimes) from across the USA (with flute from Japan and synth from Australia).

Here's "Just a Lady":

Thank YOU, Kutiman . . . and all who were sampled . . .