Most people immediately think of music when they hear the word remix, however this is only one type of remix. A remix can be anything that has been altered to give it a new meaning. You can basically remix anything. With the rise of sites such as YouTube, producers are easily able to get their work out to a large audience. This has led to a huge influx of remixes, both serious and parodies. The example below on YouTube is one of my favourites. It is a remix of the popular AC/DC song Thunderstruck but played on Cello’s.
In class we discussed whether remixes are classified as original and if originality is even important. In my opinion nothing is original. Everything has inspiration from somewhere and it is virtually impossible to be truly original. I also don’t believe that being original is important. The video above is clearly inspired by AC/DC so isn’t original, but it is definitely creative, which to me is a whole lot more important.
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Youtube Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk
Hayden Skates 
Hi Hayden! I really liked your post! The meme was great and related really well to the topic. It was good that you mentioned that remix’s don’t just apply to music, but to pretty much anything. For example, this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLYvZ5sX28 is a non-music example of a remix. I agree with you about how nothing is original, as when producers go to create content, they always get their inspiration or idea from something else, whether it’s a video, image, song etc.
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Hi Hayden,
I really like your simple but meaningful outline of the word remix! The video you linked as your featured image caught my attention, at first I thought it was your remediation. However, I do like your meme…so so true. I have to disagree with your point about originality. To me, anything original is anything creative. This is where I got my definition from: https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+of+original
It is a very hard concept to grapple with but hopefully by the end of this subject we all will be experts. Nice post!!
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