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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Patski
That's something that always kind of made me think. At what point is a production a remix of another track, or it's own track that 'samples' another tune. |
That's a good point.
I think in the past 5 years a lot of producers have forgotten or disregarded the whole point of a remix.
There are a lot of remixes which are basically original, one-off tracks with the original vocal or drum beat slapped on top, which entirely defeats the purpose of the remix.
A great example of a remix for me is Fuzzy Hair's version of Mousse T's Right About Now, of which he has used almost every original element, twisted, mashed, filtered, chopped and distorted to produce something entirely reconisable as a derivative of the original, yet creative and unique at the same time.
Another example is his remix of that god-awful track Nasty Girls by Inaya Day, which he somehow made palatable.
To answer your question, the only real difference between sampling a remixing is:
a) Whether the "remixer" approaches the artist after using the sample to request clearance or whether the remixer is approached and asked to use a song for "remixing".
b) The amount of material used for the second track. If it's minimal, it's "sampled", but if it's a lot, it's a "remix". A "sampled" track generally only uses small snippets of one or two elements, i.e a bass line, vocal or drum loop, while a remix might use long sections of all elements of the track.
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