Remix takes already existing images, music, then re-mixes those with new images, similar visuals, and brings them closer to our lives.
A remix might be built upon a famous song or scenes from a movie. Then, ordinary people remix those elements using new images, or new sounds.
You'll see examples of how movie scenes have been reproduced by everyday people on Brooklyn rooftops or San Francisco Bay area streets.
This first video walks you through some of these ideas and some sample remixes.
Wikipedia describes remix:
Aremixis an alternative version of a song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song (film, literature etc.).
A remixer uses audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, pitch, tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of the various musical components. Some remixes involve substantial changes to the arrangement of a recorded work, but many are harmonic, such as creating a "vocal up" version of an album cut that emphasizes the lead singer's voice.
Songs are remixed for a variety of reasons:
to give a formerly popular song a second chance at radio and club play
to create a stereo or surround sound version of a recording where none was previously available
to improve the fidelity of an older recording in which the original mixdown tape has been lost or degraded
Remixes should not be confused with edits, which usually involve shortening a final stereo master for marketing or broadcasting purposes.
and adds... Some industrial groups allow, and often encourage, their fans to remix their music, notably Nine Inch Nails, whose website contains a list of downloadable songs that can be remixed using Apple's GarageBand software. Some artists have started releasing their songs in the U-MYX format, which allows the buyers to mix songs and share them on the U-MYX website.
Lawrence Lessig gave a series of about 100 talks on ideas about freeing ideas and creative work. Here's a sample flash version.
Here are some of Lessig's core ideas:
"Creativity and innovation always builds on the past.
The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it.
Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society."
The point is, top down controllers have historically tried to prevent the open access to ideas, the open remixing of them. Remix culture takes the concept of remixing ideas to a new level, enabling anyone with a flip camera or even a cellphone and a computer with garageband to create a remix that can entertain and connect.
This posting was inspired by Timothy B. Lee and his Bottom Up Blog
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