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I've spent the last month or so finishing up some remixes. A couple are covers of classic songs that I redid with a vocalist that I work with and a couple are originals that were in need of some new ideas.

As much as I love songwriting, I also love remixing. I think the reason being is because I look forward to taking something and putting a whole new slant on it. I like taking songs that are meant for one genre and remixing it for another. I think that when we think of remixes, we think of dance music but I tend to think remixes as rearranging in the biggest sense of the word. The word 'arranging' itself has many different connotations that I think is limiting. In this way I think of remixing, producing and arranging in the same terms.

Most of the originals that I have written have at least one remix; sometimes many. I try to write the best melody and lyric I can initially. Sometimes I have a general feel of the song when I start but then when I do the remix, I try to do something completely different.

If you've written some songs, I urge you to try a couple of remixes. Try to make a ambient piece out of a rock tune, or a sparse acoustic tune from a dance number. You may surprise yourself, I know I have. If remixing isn't your thing, giving your bare vocal tracks to another musician can sometimes result in some great sounding tracks. I know quite a few musicians out there are looking for material like this to hone their remixing chops and you'll

never know where it'll lead. At the least, you'll have some interesting new content to put on your site and may get some new fans in the meantime.