Brown’s article explores the concept of dromosphere, which is the speed of our electronic network and experience. Everything is connecting. It collapses space and time resulting in problems between real and virtual space. This speedy rhetorical environment uses speed as an effect in composition. However, it is not just to go fast. It is important to compose while also attending to various rhythms. These dromological writers are attuned to the speeds of other rhetorical environments; so, in turn, they are able to slow down and speed up when necessary. Mashups are a useful way of composing with speed and rhythm in mind. For example, the mashup below combines James Brown’s single “It’s a man’s man’s man’s world” with The Game of Thrones theme. The blending of these two pieces is fitting because it attends to the rhythms, while also using speed as an effect. Compared to the original theme, “James of Thrones” adds soulful tones and context. Although Weteros is a man’s man’s world, it would be nothing without a woman (or her dragons). It allows the creator to make his argument in the mashup rather than in the explanation of the mashup.
Maria Grbavac 