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Posted by cryophonik on Sep-25-2009 18:10:

Remix Request Etiquette

Here's my rant du jour. Why is it that people no longer know how to request an opportunity to remix someone else's work, and instead just treat it like there's some sense of remixer's entitlement there? I keep getting more and more PMs/emails from people essentially saying, "I like your track - send me the vocals, chords, MIDI files, and tempo so I can remix it." And, most of the time, they're from people I've never heard of, they don't provide a link to their music, etc. Like I'm really going to drop everything and send my hard work out to somebody who doesn't even have the decency or sensibility to ask? At any rate, I don't even bother responding to them anymore.

I'll admit that I'm a little guarded of my work because I've had people remix my tracks before and not credit me (no, not from TA), but what do you guys think? Ever experience this?

On the other hand, I got a request from a KVR member a few weeks ago, who spelled out exactly what he wanted to do with his remix, was implicit that he wasn't trying to "step on any toes", sent me a link to some of his tracks, etc. and was overall very cordial in his request. He got a remix pack from me within an hour (of course, it also helped that I've known him through the forums for quite some time).

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-25-2009 18:12:

Re: Remix Request Etiquette

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Originally posted by cryophonik
Here's my rant du jour. Why is it that people no longer know how to request an opportunity to remix someone else's work, and instead just treat it like there's some sense of remixer's entitlement there?

They feel entitled to everything and think it should all be free. They downloaded their music and cracked software through free file-sharing services, so why should remixes not be as easily available to everyone as well? ;-)

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-25-2009 18:14:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
They feel entitled to everything and think it should all be free. They downloaded their music and cracked software through free file-sharing services, so why should remixes not be as easily available to everyone as well? ;-)

That's a very good point MJBJ! I guess I hadn't really thought of it that way, but it definitely makes sense.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-25-2009 18:14:

take your email off your site. this way u can contact them. i deleted two of my email-adr that i had on my site beacuse of shit like this + spam. now i dont hear anything lol, only get spam now.

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-25-2009 18:18:

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Originally posted by palm
take your email off your site. this way u can contact them. i deleted two of my email-adr that i had on my site beacuse of shit like this + spam. now i dont hear anything lol, only get spam now.

I could do that, but I also get a lot of email from people who just have questions or comments or actual requests for remixes. I don't mind those at all, so I don't want to discourage it or make it harder. In other words, my rant isn't so much about email traffic as it is about the employing the simple courtesies that our mommas taught us.

Posted by Nightshift on Sep-25-2009 19:02:

DAVE SEND ME ALL YOUR TRACKS SO I CAN REMIX ALL UV THEM. VOCALS, CHORDS, MIDI FILES, TEMPO, THE WHOLE ENCHILADA.

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-25-2009 20:20:

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Originally posted by Nightshift
DAVE SEND ME ALL YOUR TRACKS SO I CAN REMIX ALL UV THEM. VOCALS, CHORDS, MIDI FILES, TEMPO, THE WHOLE ENCHILADA.

NOT UNTIL YOU TURN OFF CAPS-LOCK!

Posted by BshidoHEAT on Sep-25-2009 20:23:

Wait all I had to do is email you to get kick ass vocals?!?

DAVE PLZ SEND ME ESSENZE VOCALZ KTHNX!

Ok, in all seriousness, I find it quite rude that someone thinks they are entitled to work with your music just because they ask. Your a really nice person not to shoot them back with a steaming pile of hate email lol

Posted by MSZ on Sep-25-2009 20:38:

shut up and send me your remix packs

Posted by Nightshift on Sep-25-2009 21:48:

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Originally posted by cryophonik
NOT UNTIL YOU TURN OFF CAPS-LOCK!

Yeah thats right I have three thumbs

Posted by Nightshift on Sep-25-2009 21:50:

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Originally posted by msz
shut up and send me your remix packs

QUALOLTY POST!

Posted by Nightshift on Sep-25-2009 21:53:

p.s. on a real note, thats ridiculous when people act like you owe them something, especially if you've never even met them before in your life and don't know them from adam.

Posted by DigiNut on Sep-26-2009 16:51:

Re: Remix Request Etiquette

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Originally posted by cryophonik
"I like your track - send me the vocals, chords, MIDI files, and tempo so I can remix it."

"Sorry, but my track doesn't use any vocals, chords, MIDI files, or tempo, I actually produced it sample-by-sample using MSPaint and I don't think that there's any way to split that into parts."

Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-26-2009 18:14:

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