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Originally posted by DJ RANN Yeah, it is about referencing the original though. I mean, it's a remix. How do you not listen to the original? Depending on what level of the parts you get (i.e. stems, or individual tracks etc) you have to know what the original is. Personally, I love to have everything, preferably the whole project file but that's the engineer in me. Next best is midi and audio tracks with a bounce of the each fx track, and then my least favourite is basic stems (really just becuase of the extra work you have to do to get the elements). Stems are fine for a "mix" but not really for a remix, and I've never understood those remix competition that let you download like 4 stems. great. I have the vox on a separate track, cheers for that. You basically want me to write a whole new song for you. That in my mind is re-composing the track.

To me, if you have everything from the original and you know or at least are somewhat familiar with the original then your brain will constantly recognize it as well. Meaning, it's imprinted and to easy to add the same type of elements of the original without you maybe even consciously knowing it.
At the very least I want to study the vocal stem and hum along to see if I am getting any kind of groove off it. I have even turned a vocal stem into midi and got a very cool arp arrangement from it.
But for me, I just want to create something different and that is how I approach it most of time.
Totally agree however, it IS a re COMPOSE,and to me always will be but in today's standards..it's a Remix for some reason.

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