what i do is just get an idea from the samples and then go for it. I plan as far as if its gona be driving or wobbly and then as from that i just go with the flow
if the vocals are to slow i time stretch them or chop them up so they work dif
always be yourself if your asked to do a remix dont do it to their spec unless of course thats the kidna remixes u want to do … but if they want ur style … give them ur style … they asked for it so they like it
Agree with wonk. Try and pick out what the key parts of the tune are and incorporate them but always put your own spin on it rather than what you think they might want.
I done a remix of a techno tune a while back for Advanced recordings, it was quite a dark sounding techno track with a synthy bassline which was the focal part of the tune. It wasn’t inspiring me at all because I couldnt think of anything that would make it sound different to the original. I decided to make the bass sequence into a high lead line and ended up with quite an electroy version of the tune which was really different from the original and any of the other remixes but still had the main elements of the original in some way or form.
Check it out here and see what you think. Its the Le Doc remix
So retarded that they make you buy the whole album. Mark Knight is doing that too and it really pisses me off. Imagine this… You are an unknown producer and because of your remixing abilities, they sign you to a deal to make music for them. They are gonna make money off of you then too! Crazy I tell you!!!
it is the Mark Knight toolroom knights one that i am talking about, you have to pay £9.99 for an album that i don’t want just to get hold of the samples to remix a track by an artist i do like
its just another way to boost sales and profits, unfortunately its one of very few chances people like myself get to remix artist we like with out doing some dodgy bootleg mashup.
I wouldn’t say i’m really experienced but lets just say that i’ve had a reasonable amount of work over the last couple of years but if anyone wants to know anything then i’d be glad to help anyone out.
With my limited remix work that I’ve done (nothing offical or remotly aproaching releasable), I’ve always taken either the vocal or main riff (whichever is more prominent) and built whatever I please around that. It’s always ended up funky, but that’s just how most of my tracks end up.
When it comes to official remixes, aparently you get the record company/artist really sticking their beak in to make it sound a specific way, unless, I suppose, you’re someone like Deadmau5 who everyone wants to marry and probably gets away with anything!
True to a certain extent, when i got the Stoney Broke Weirdo’s to remix one of my tracks it turned out completely nothing like the original which was annoying. But, at the end of the day you have to cut the remixer some slack when remixing your track becasue at the end of the day its them thats puting in the work so you have to cut them some slack and let them do what they feel is there best work.