Can you remix a remixed version of an original track, or can you only remix the original version? Thanks for any help.

Mike

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery You can do whatever you want.

that was deep. something my mom use to tell me as a kid

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 that was deep. something my mom use to tell me as a kid

I bet he also told you you were special.

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The purpose of doing a remix is to do your own... uh... mix. I don't think it even makes any sense to talk about which mix of the track you remixed, because if that's evident to the listener, then it's not really a remix and more like a ripoff.

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i know they say "there are no dumb questions", but...seriously, come on...

you have to go thru the original producer though, right? Just looking for a little help on the steps to take to do this legally. I am new to this, so I am not going to have every answer.

Mike

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Ah, I think I see what you mean; you're talking about where to get the material, not what it sounds like.

First thing you have to do is find out if the track is exclusive to a label. If it is, you *have* to go through the label it was released on (good luck with that). If not, you can go to the original producer. If you're not sure, you can probably ask the original producer, if he's not an idiot he'll know.

You definitely can't get samples of the original track from a remixer and stay within the copyright laws. You can get samples that the remixer himself created, but those are obviously going to exclude the vocals or any other hooks that were copied into the remixes.

Mind you, if you're not actually planning on submitting or releasing/distributing your remix, you can sorta do whatever you want without getting into trouble - just don't ask us where to get bootleg material.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I bet he also told you you were special.

nope but everytime i got on the school bus as a kid i knew it (our bus was extra small)

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Originally posted by DigiNut Ah, I think I see what you mean; you're talking about where to get the material, not what it sounds like. First thing you have to do is find out if the track is exclusive to a label. If it is, you *have* to go through the label it was released on (good luck with that). If not, you can go to the original producer. If you're not sure, you can probably ask the original producer, if he's not an idiot he'll know. You definitely can't get samples of the original track from a remixer and stay within the copyright laws. You can get samples that the remixer himself created, but those are obviously going to exclude the vocals or any other hooks that were copied into the remixes. Mind you, if you're not actually planning on submitting or releasing/distributing your remix, you can sorta do whatever you want without getting into trouble - just don't ask us where to get bootleg material.

That was exactly what I was talking about. Thanks for the helpfull information.

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