The 411 on mashups

I've decided after much screwing around in Ableton that my next project is going to be a mashup. I'm having trouble narrowing down 2 or 3 songs to put together but I feel I'm making progress somewhere.
In my own words, mashups are all about making harmony between multiple songs (it's not uncommon to see 4 songs worked together to create 1 strong track) and making it sound great without it sounding forced.
One good example that I've really been getting into lately is "Rolling in the Fire" by Wick-It the Instigator, which pairs up Adele's most recognized work "Rolling in the Deep" and the classic "Fire" by Ohio Players.
http://soundcloud.com/wick-it/adele-vs-ohio-players-rolling
It has a great opening and the vocals really roll with the song. Some might insist it's more of a "remix" but I feel its a good example of what to expect.
I also have found a great tutorial for Ableton Live if any of you have been interested by reading my reviews and posts, http://www.mashupsongs.org/how-to-make-a-mashup-with-ableton-live-fred-dancekowski.html/
It's a very lengthy tutorial but it's chock full of good info.

Ableton Tutorial - Beginner's guide - Dance style drum beat

So I've really been trying to dig into Ableton lately and get around to making some tracks, whether I like them or not; more just to familiarize myself with the program and be able to create tracks the way I want to.

I like this tutorial a lot because the directions are very clear for beginners. If you need more beginner than this, Sonic Academy has a whole series of Ableton Live tutorials, including ones that just explain the interface and don't get into beat making or anything.

Ableton Live 8

After posting about my MPK Mini keyboard, thought I'd give you guys a little spotlight on my favorite music making program, Ableton Live 8.

Ableton is a very intuitive and complex program, and is useful to anybody just starting to make music or to anybody seasoned in digital music production.

The possibilities are endless and I would recommend it to anyone.

But if you're new to this, there's several versions of Ableton that you can purchase or download that cost less than the full versions. 

The full versions, Live 8 and Suite 8, each run approx. $500 and $650, respectively.

There's an intro version for about $100, and a couple others inbetween. You can also find demo versions online, or stop into your local Guitar Center, where most counters in the DJ section have free trial versions at the counters.

Later today and tomorrow I will post a few video tutorials I have found to be useful, as well as some commentary on all of that.