Alumnus Scott Potter looked at the connection between the open access movement and musical mashups at a presentation Tuesday.

Potter, a musician known as “Hell Yeah Party Time,” graduated with a bachelor’s in science. He returned to campus for Open Access Week to show how he samples his music with work from artists like Katy Perry, Girl Talk, Ke$ha and others. Open Access Week celebrates open access, a movement that promotes providing the public with free access to research while giving authors more control over their publications.

The remixing musical movement is “closely allied with the Open Access movement,” according to NIU Today.

“It’s all very interesting. I appreciate all the creativity to [change] things set in stone. It’s very creative,” said graduate community student Ryan Pumroy.

Potter said his brain is constantly consuming music and he has to create something from what he listens to daily. He uses hacked software and has reprogrammed his keyboard to input and output music.

“I am using things how they aren’t supposed to be used … I like to push my programs to the limit,” he said.

It took Potter about two years to create an album that contains around 200 samplings of other artists’ music.

“I’ve seen Scott play his music before. It’s always a fun dancing atmosphere, but it was really fun [seeing] him articulate his dialogue with pop music and artists,” said Potter’s friend, Devin Hogan.