Remixing - TranceAddict Forums

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Production Studio
-- Remixing

Posted by iloop on Apr-05-2005 23:22:

Remixing

ok, when others want to remix your songs, what should you demand from them before they get access to your hard work...
I mean, say someone makes a remix then sells/distributes it and makes a whapload of money(use call on me for example). Now the remixer gets all the fame, but shouldn't the orinal artist recieve some of the bennefits? how does all that work out legaly? what should I demand of my remixers before i give them full access to my compositions....?

any ideas?
what do you ususaly do?

Posted by Subtle on Apr-06-2005 06:26:

the remixer gets paid an amount of cash for doing a remix, and the original artist gets all record sales.. i believe it works that way though..

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-06-2005 08:33:

Why are you giving them full access? Give them the MIDIs and the main samples you used.

Posted by iloop on Apr-06-2005 08:39:

yea thats what i'm going to be doing- but should i ask for anything? whats the common procedure, im new to the remixing deal...
besides recognition of the original song, should i ask for a percentage of the net gain the remixed song has made, like 10% or something??

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-06-2005 08:47:

Oh ok then as Subtle said if you asked the person to do the remix then you pay them a certain amount (like working labor) and you get the record sales.

Posted by DJediMaster on Apr-09-2005 06:54:

I have a question that's related I think. Could I do my own remix of an existing song and then play it in a club without any legal issues?

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-09-2005 07:00:

quote:
Originally posted by DJediMaster
I have a question that's related I think. Could I do my own remix of an existing song and then play it in a club without any legal issues?

As far as I know you can as long as you obtained the remix pack and samples legally.

Posted by DJediMaster on Apr-09-2005 07:05:

How about if I just took the melodies after listening to the track and remade the song? Does this even qualify as a 'remix'? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I'm just getting to this production stuff.

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-09-2005 07:20:

Yeah of course there's shit loads of sites with MIDI files available so you can get the melodies, remix 'em and drop 'em in the club.

Posted by iloop on Apr-09-2005 07:56:

ok and what if they asked to remix you, you just get the record sales? they get the exposure?

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-09-2005 08:03:

quote:
Originally posted by iloop
ok and what if they asked to remix you, you just get the record sales? they get the exposure?

Usually the remix comes with the original and if a person hears a remix they usualyl want to hear the original but I don't see how they would get all the exposure in the first place?

Posted by mark_the_gooner on Apr-09-2005 08:29:

Eric Prydz only got all the exposure because the track was named: Eric Prydz - Call On Me, it wasnt: Orig Artist - Call On Me (Eric Prydz Remix) if it was it probably wouldnt of got played on the radio.

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-09-2005 09:15:

quote:
Originally posted by mark_the_gooner
Eric Prydz only got all the exposure because the track was named: Eric Prydz - Call On Me, it wasnt: Orig Artist - Call On Me (Eric Prydz Remix) if it was it probably wouldnt of got played on the radio.

Well yeah you're pretty much right. The track started out as a remix of 'Steve Winwood - Valerie' by Retarded & Mafia but they didn't release it 'cause they didn't see the potential in the track and they couldn't get the rights to the vocals. Eric did however see the potential and got the rights to the vocals and made the track.

Posted by T-Soma on Apr-09-2005 13:05:

This might seem a little off topic or stupid but i always wonderd what happend with call on me, i remember hearing it as Dj Falcon & Thomas Bangalter - call on me and noone knew what it was then it was on the radio a few months later and it was by eric prydz. Both versions sounded pretty similar

Posted by Frase on Apr-09-2005 13:09:

basically they cant do anything, its a remix of your work, they cant sell it off as their own. But you shouldnt really pay them, not unless the original has already been signed & you're contemplating on using said artist' remix for the release. But no one would be ripping your hard work off as its a remix, not the original track.

Posted by Nick Mimas on Apr-09-2005 13:21:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy
This might seem a little off topic or stupid but i always wonderd what happend with call on me, i remember hearing it as Dj Falcon & Thomas Bangalter - call on me and noone knew what it was then it was on the radio a few months later and it was by eric prydz. Both versions sounded pretty similar

The track started out as a remix of 'Steve Winwood - Valerie' by Retarded & Mafia but they didn't release it 'cause they didn't see the potential in the track and they couldn't get the rights to the vocals. Eric did however see the potential and got the rights to the vocals and made the track. The reason it was titled as being by Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon is because when it was ripped as an mp3 file the group that ripped it named it "Thomas Banglater & DJ Falcon - Call On Me".