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Musical genres are often tied to a generation or a decade, and that is no different to disco. Originating in the late 1960's lasting until the late 1970's it fused influences from funk, soul, pop, and salsa music. Thus making Disco a menagerie of organized noise combined to create a sound all of it is own, and inspiring me to create a documentary based on it. This planned documentary would give an outline on the origins but its primary focus is on modern day reemergence around the globe and its continued presence in popular music. Combining media that is free-use and copyrighted material, I plan to construct a documentary that is both informative and cost effective. Below I have chosen a few pieces of media that would be part of said project.
Licensed for Reuse:
The images below were found using Google's "Advanced Search" options to locate images that are available for reuse by anyone. A ubiquitous scene at many establishments of disco night life was the light up dance floor which is being displayed in the following image, and a disco club. Also the image of the disco ball at the top of this post was also found using this feature on google, and you could not be enjoying disco without the ever popular disco ball.
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| Another essential piece of a Disco club, the light up floor, also a popular venue the "Roxy". |
Public Domain:
In this particular clip, titled "Dance Video Mix Vol. 29 70's y 80's (remastered)" by DJ Marloz, several clips of disco music are interwoven to make a video mix. Bordering on infringing on copyrighted music, it limits the clips of songs to a very minuscule length that does not include the whole song. Also being released in a foreign country (Mexico), this is a grey area when it comes to the law being applied to it. Since it was found in Archive.org, it belongs on the public domain allowing anyone to use it.
Fair Use:
Below is a selection of songs/mixes that are fair use that are examples of the ressuregence of disco in modern times, but has been given the nu-disco moniker to define it. These songs/mixes are for the most part also available for download which blurs the line of copyrights. Soundcloud uses Creative Commons for many of these songs in order to allow the downloading of this media from their website.
Pay to License:
In this documentary, I would use only a couple copyrighted songs to keep the cost down of the production. A song that continues to be played in many modern day shows/movies is Earth, Wind & Fire - September. This disco classic is made more memorable with the video that clearly depicts the ostentatious fashion used by some musical groups of the era. To bring it to the present time, Martin Solveig - Night Out (Lenno Remix) is a clear example of how nu-disco is very much being embedded into newer popular songs with remixes that giving it that disco infused sound.
