Mackenzie Greene, Tripp Brown, Riley Ouellette & Chris Zdyrski Remix Mackenzie Greene, Tripp Brown, Riley Ouellette & Chris Zdyrski

Important things to do when you remix Three Techniques: 1)Copy 2)Transform 3)Combine Ex: “You take existing songs, you chop them up, you transform the pieces, you combine them back together again, and you’ve got a new song, but that new song is clearly comprised of old songs.”

Remix Related to Genre? Remixes are used in every type of genre Songs - lyrics, ideas, and beats can be used from previous artists Movies - plot, characters, and themes can be remixed (Everything’s a Remix) Books - similar to movies, ideas, plot, and ending can be remixed from previous authors Inventions - improvements upon previous ideas

Remix Related to Audience? Remix can be very influential in regards to audience. It may both introduce a piece to a new audience and remove it from a previous audience. For example, country artist Brantley Gilbert did a remix of his song, “Bottoms Up,” with rap artist T.I.. This collaboration brought Brantley’s music into an entirely new light with an audience as drastically different from country as T.I.’s.

Remix Related to Purpose? -Remixing has many purposes -To entertain: movies, songs, books, musicals. Ex) “Mean Girls” (2004) is a remix of “Clueless” (1995) which is a remix of “Heathers” (1988) -To Inform: Multiple updated versions of textbooks to keep us educated. -To Revise/Fix Work (Chpt. 9): Turning our “Shitty first draft” into a 2nd draft is a form of remixing our compositions to improve our own work.

Example of Remix (Entertainment)

Effects of Remix? -If you choose to remix you need to make sure it is done correctly, or it will ruin the effectiveness of your composition. -In reference to the video “Everything’s a Remix”, Led Zeppelin gave up their credibility and were even called “Ripoffs” by remixing various artists without consent. -Ethos: Credibility to the audience. While remixing it is important to have credibility which can include giving credit to the composers before you. -While some “Remixes” like Lep Zepplin failed, other have thrived. -The series of films “Scary Movie” for example is the epitome of a successful remix because it was all with consent.

Summary Remix- to mix something again, redo it Used in all cultures and genres Many books/movies/songs borrow ideas from previously published material Artists must be careful when remixing to make sure they combine enough of their new ideas with borrowed ideas