by Navron » 14 Dec 2013 14:38
The purpose of a remix is to reimagine the song in a different light, while still keeping true to the original. The only one I've done that's close to that definition is my, "This Day Aria," remix. All my other remixes are complete genre/key changes that change the song entirely.
When it comes to show remixes quickly after an episode, I absolutely despise them. The norm seems to be 12-24hrs before the first remix, and often times it's a very generic genre like house or trance. Not knocking the genre, but let's agree it doesn't take much talent to create a four to the floor drum pattern, load up some nexus presets to follow the chord progression, and add in the song vocals.
The other reason I despise show remixes is because it's generally an attention grabbing move by a lot of musicians, and part of that reason is because the fans will generally listen to the first remixes that come out, and ignore the ones later on. It's quite sad to see the musicians putting the least amount of work into their remix getting all the attention, and getting sick of the song by the time the musicians who put a good week or two into their song release theirs.
This rush also causes people to pretty much get entirely sick of the song, which means it doesn't matter if you waited a full year to do a, "Babs Seed," remix. The only thing people will think is, "Sheesh, another Babs Seed remix?" The initial spam of remixes pretty much forces you into a week long window to do your remix if you want any chance of it being heard by a good number of fans, and if you're outside that window, it's likely going to be ignored.
Plus, even if you aren't doing a remix of a show song, good luck trying to get an original song featured in the 2 weeks following a show song's debut.
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Preferred Genre: Industrial/Trance
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