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Posted by Blue. on Jun-14-2002 03:02:

What Is A Remix?

So what is a remix?

Is it someone taking someone elses idea and making it their own or is it someone elses view of the original song? Or is it something completely different?

Personally I think that it's a mix of the first two. If a DJ takes a song, speeds it up and maybe warps the vocals, making it sound cheaply done, taking him about 5 minutes and f****ing up the song then they're completely ripping the idea.

Then again if they reinvent a song, wether it be reinventing a classic, making crap good or just making a good song a good remix then it's amzing.

What do you think?

re-
pref.
1.Again; anew: rebuild.
2.Backward; back: react.
3.Used as an intensive: refine.

mix Pronunciation Key (mks)
v. mixed, mix�ing, mix�es
v. tr.

To combine or blend into one mass or mixture.
To create or form by combining ingredients: mix a drink; mix cement.
To add (an ingredient or element) to another: mix an egg into batter.
To combine or join: mix joy with sorrow.
To bring into social contact: mix boys and girls in the classroom.
To produce (an organism) by crossbreeding.
Electronics.
To combine (two or more audio tracks or channels) to produce a composite audio recording.
To produce (a soundtrack or recording) in this manner.

remix

\Re*mix"\ (r?-m?ks"), v. t. To mix again or repeatedly.

re�mix Pronunciation Key (r-mks)
tr.v. re�mixed, re�mix�ing, re�mix�es
To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording

Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-14-2002 03:16:

its someone taking a basic melody, structure, and possibly vocals, from an existing song and redoing the whole thing, the way they want.

Posted by Avro on Jun-14-2002 03:37:

^^^
yes exactly that

and

its a creation of an existing song, with another artists flavour

someone will remix a song to creat a different effect from that song, or to make better.

if you wanted to remix a song, you would take a song, and make it better, or different.

Posted by davinox on Jun-14-2002 04:31:

Remix: Making the song a different way.

Remake: Totally making a new song of out an older song.

Rework: PvD's stupid way of adding a few beats and slapping his name on a song.

Posted by gOuRYeLLa~! on Jun-14-2002 04:58:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox
Remix: Making the song a different way.

Remake: Totally making a new song of out an older song.

Rework: PvD's stupid way of adding a few beats and slapping his name on a song.

HAHAA lol @ ur rework thing...

soo true.. all he does is add the "PAUL vAN DYK SUPER BASS CRAZY SOUNDS OF XTC" and delete some shit and there u go...

Posted by xenderz on Jun-14-2002 06:29:

Posted by m0sh on Jun-14-2002 07:00:

Posted by burns on Jun-14-2002 07:03:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox
Remix: Making the song a different way.

Remake: Totally making a new song of out an older song.

Rework: PvD's stupid way of adding a few beats and slapping his name on a song.

he he he he, I like that PvD example....muahahaha ...Never been a fan of his, he he.

Posted by kr00t0n on Jun-14-2002 10:58:

quote:
"PAUL vAN DYK SUPER BASS CRAZY SOUNDS OF XTC"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by Nell on Jun-14-2002 12:20:

in an interview tiesto said that he used "remake" because remix is used to often, so it was jsut something different. nothing to do with building it from scratch.

if you look at marc o'tool's remix of urban train, that truly is a remake, since it resemble snothing o th original and could be called, lump of shit i made by marc o'tool.

Posted by Rostros on Jun-14-2002 16:53:

re�mix Pronunciation Key (r-mks)
tr.v. re�mixed, re�mix�ing, re�mix�es
To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording: remixed a popular ballad and turned it into a dance hit.

n. (rmks)
A recording produced by remixing.