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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).
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