just a quick random-ish question…
lets say i wud like to remix a song in the charts at the moment into something dancey!!
how on earth wud i go about that??
or wud it not be possible??
E.G remixing the script ’ for the 1st time’ into something with a dance beat…
as an example
I need the same explanation. Im confused about remixing!!
Like how these Dj’s get big with there Remixes.
This is such a difficult question to answer, there’s literally millions of ways you can do it and it all boils down to your skills, genre preference, whether you like vocals or not, how much you’re being paid 
etc
Ok here’s how I’ve done remixes in the past:
I take the vocal and I listen to it and try to work out what kind of genre it would suit. For example a big funky house Jocelyn brown style vocal quite often wont play well over a dubstep beat (well not strictly true but I certainly don’t have the skills to do it). Similarly I’d stuggle to make a high pitched happy hardcore vocal fit over a soulful house track.
Once I’ve decided on that I start to create the track.
This is the bit that’s impossible for me to explain. It’s like saying “What instruments go well together”. Put a harp and a reese bass together and it might sound crap. tweak it a bit and it might sound groundbreaking.
You need to use your own creativity to decide what what aspects of the original track go with your potential new remix sounds. If they sound crap then don’t use them. As phil would say, “use your ears”.
If there was a formula for creating remixes then everyone would be doing it.
The remixes that always blow me away are the ones that are so far from the original that they might as well be other tunes, but they still retain the essence of the original.
This is one of the best remixes I’ve EVER heard.
Paul Diello - Crime Scene (LuQas Remix) by LuQas
Buggered if I can find the original though, shame.
but were do u actually get the vocals from???
If youre a big name producer, they will probably just give it to you if you asked. But you’re not. Im not either. So you cant. You have to work your way up the ranks in order to get that kind of special treatment. Because in the end, they think that because you put your hands on it, it will equal higher record sales for the original artist.
You ever see a track that the remix is bigger than the original? The reason they do that in the first place is because it will gain notoriety for the original artist as well. Good for all parties.
I think there are two options.
The first is that you are a famous DJ/Producer and the record label ask you to do a remix and they provide you individual stems (drums, vocals, synth).
The second is that you are an unknown producer and you catch the song you want to remix and then try to experiment with it. Slice it up, chop it up, etc.
hey george. you are not alone.
I have been looking for an answer to this for some time now.
I have a dozen songs that I wanna remix but am stuck regarding vocals.
Its easy enough 2 recreate instruments but getting a clean vocal is damn near impossible.
A buddy of mine did this remix recently. He chopped the **** out of it. EQ and filters.
John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare ($pecial K Club Mix) by $pecial K
[quote]UnitedVision (30/09/2010)[hr]hey george. you are not alone.
I have been looking for an answer to this for some time now.
I have a dozen songs that I wanna remix but am stuck regarding vocals.
Its easy enough 2 recreate instruments but getting a clean vocal is damn near impossible.
A buddy of mine did this remix recently. He chopped the **** out of it. EQ and filters.
John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare ($pecial K Club Mix) by $pecial K[/quote]
There’s a bunch of tutorials out there about ripping vocals out of tracks - only thing is that it always sounds crap.
I guess you could EQ the hell out of it, then put so many effects on it that you can’t here the left over artifacts in the background but then you need the vibe of the track to mirror the vocal sound (ie if you vocoder it the track needs to work with those kind of vocals).
There is quite simply no alternative, most times, to the raw vocal recording.
Take a peek at acapellas4u.co.uk for a bunch of acapellas
We did this remix of wheatus as a DJ tool :
If its a rock track you can use eq to get rid of the bassline and add your own behind it, we didn’t in this case. Then find sample to match drums etc. You can also use a lot of FX samples to “hide” some mistakes or grey areas in what you have EQ’d out.
Ableton is great for this as rock drummers are never the tightest!
It depends the level you want to do the remix but this is enough for a DJ reedit in a set.