Sometimes I really find it difficult to respond to the remix culture. Almost everyone I meet has found the entire remix business an evil empire. The general opinion remains that they have no originality and are literally screwing up some of the best stuff Music Industry ever churned out. Be it hindi , be Nepali. Well, my opinion kinda differs. I am totally with the remix revolution and I think the question of originality should not even be asked when the album has "REMIX" written on it in caps and bolds. Coming to the "screwing up" part of it, I think some of the remixes we've had in recent times have been simply amazing. You won't ever realize that if you listen to them on the TV for the obvious reason that the videos are so umm, distracting (took a while to find the correct adjective) that you don't concentrate on the audio of it. The real creativity out there in not in making few scantily clad women dance. It is in fact in the audio part of it. You have to admit that people like DJ Aqeel, Suketu and Harry haven't become celebs just like that. All these people did was to play some songs at most ordinary places in Mumbai and today they attract crowds and play at some of the finest and most elite places in India. The same goes with Nepalese DJs who have dedicated their life to remix and produce those melodious beats to touch our hears and tamper our feet. Their story is not very different from that of say, Prashant Tamang, who, from a most ordinary boy, became a youth icon. His new album has almost all remixes, and he's rising high. They have worked hard for the success that they enjoy today. So, if they adhere to the copyrights act, noone has any right whatsoever to point fingers at them. And just like movies and songs, some remixes are good, some are not so good and some are pathetic too. If we give that freedom (to be bad) to movies and songs, remixes deserve it too.
Well then, if you don't have the talent to do it, then be professional and don't degrade someone else's hardwork. :Thats my bottom line.
suggestions appreciated:
-sp
