how does remixing work...

[Phil rr]

you've got your original tune - hostile or something.

 

 

when you remix it, do you take the original "file" or whatever it is, and edit in in fruityloops or whatever it is

 

or do you start from scratch, but using the 12" as a reference for your sounds

 

and when u take a tune to remix, do you pay the author of the original, or ask them nicely and buy them a pint, or just nick the thing without telling them., knowing that you'll make it better and they'll thank you when you're done?

 

i'z just wonderin

 

edit: wrong forum init.

Edited May 4, 2004 by Phil rr

[Ian Cashman]

id say, basically... (without being too deep about it)

you take the core concept of the original, then make it how you would have done it (if its a dance track).

 

remixing a 'pop tune' you would just nick the vocal and set it to a background of 'your style'

 

payment wise... the usual agreement is you get a one off fee for remixing it.

 

all copyright is owned by the writer of the original as if they wrote it

 

example... tori amos 'professional widow' (armand van helden mix)

 

prolly her most famous tune... she prolly raked it in while mr. van helden made an original tune which just used a short vocal sample of hers, making himself just a set fee (but a lot of publicity and other work for himself, for which he could prolly up his 'set fee' quite dramatically)

Edited May 5, 2004 by Ian Cashman

[LiquidEyes]

When Record Company A pays Record Company B for one of their artists to remix a track, they usually send a CD / DAT with the main component parts of the tune in question, often "dry" (without effects like echo & reverb). Otherwise it's pretty tedious to try and reverse-engineer the best sounds, or to filter out parts of the original mix to get at the particular sounds you want.

[LiquidEyes]

P.S. In short, yes, you usually just write it from scratch, but incorporating some elements of the original track.

 

Unless you are a bouncy hard house artist, in which case you just press "demo" on your synthesiser to generate a generic bassline, then you cut and paste a really lame loop from the original track for 200 bars and stick a few snare rolls in.

[Phil rr]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ May 5 2004, 23:25)

P.S. In short, yes, you usually just write it from scratch, but incorporating some elements of the original track. Unless you are a bouncy hard house artist, in which case you just press "demo" on your synthesiser to generate a generic bassline, then you cut and paste a really lame loop from the original track for 200 bars and stick a few snare rolls in.

ykts

[Bushy]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ May 5 2004, 23:25)

P.S. In short, yes, you usually just write it from scratch, but incorporating some elements of the original track. Unless you are a bouncy hard house artist, in which case you just press "demo" on your synthesiser to generate a generic bassline, then you cut and paste a really lame loop from the original track for 200 bars and stick a few snare rolls in.

LMAO @ Liquid eyes.

 

 

A lot of the time artists are asked to remix for the original artist, and a nominal fee is agreed.

 

They receive core elements of the track (e.g riff, samples etc.) and then the remixer(s) set about making there mix of the track. Which i think 75% of the time is better than the original lol

[Guest]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ May 5 2004, 23:25)

P.S. In short, yes, you usually just write it from scratch, but incorporating some elements of the original track. Unless you are a bouncy hard house artist, in which case you just press "demo" on your synthesiser to generate a generic bassline, then you cut and paste a really lame loop from the original track for 200 bars and stick a few snare rolls in.

pmsl