There are many ways of determining this. You can Google the name of the song and BPM and key i. Stems are groups of the main tracks in a song. If you want to get the stems for a release, it frequently is as simple as emailing the artist or their manager and asking for them.
Many major remixes on your favorite EDM channels are bootlegs, made through careful techniques. You can workaround using the release for a remix by high-passing the lows, and using mid-side EQ to cut out a lot of the side information then building your remix around that. Frequently acoustic versions are released of popular songs.
These are generally less busy, and therefore easier to put your own layers over. I like to do this by playing a drum loop and looping several measures of the song. Some DAWs such as Logic have built-in aligning algorithms, which work quite well if there are transient information such as drums in the song it can work with. Before you start getting dirty with production, try to have an idea of where you will take the remix. Let your chord progression and melody come naturally.
Over-listening to the original can paint you into a corner creatively. What do you want people to feel from your remix? If you are working with a label or the original artist for an official remix, ask them if they had a style in mind. Being accommodating with your remixing will help you land more. Marshmello established a sound with his first remixes by pitching up the vocal.
You can instantly change the vibe of the song by messing with the pitch of the vocal. Is the original four on the floor? Maybe go half time. Nothing changes the vibes of a song quite by reharmonizing it and using your own chord progression. By changing the song to its relative key you can instantly switch up the feeling from melancholy to cheerful and vice versa.
The relative minor of a major key is 3 semitones down, and inversely the relative major of a minor key is 3 semitones up. You can quickly determine the relative key by using the circle of fifths, pictured above. The outside ring is the major, and its corollary key in the inner ring is the relative minor. You can create familiarity and interest in your remix by incorporating elements of the original song in unique ways.
Remake melody lines with other instruments, turn a vocal line into a synth line, etc. Use as much of the original vocal as possible, people usually want to hear it as the main part of the song. Check out how Crankdat uses parts of Post's vocal as fills in the drop to keep things tied together and interesting. This is an amazing example of how to remix a song in a way that the remix feels very tied to the original.
Vocal chops are an amazing way to turn parts of the song into fun elements that the listener can hang on to. I love using Serato Sample to make my vocal chops. Make a conscious decision if you want your remix to remain tied to the original, or be completely deviant.
Reverse and chop up acapellas, apply heavy distortion to bass sounds, the possibilities are endless. I find it helpful to think of a remix as an original track.
Sometimes, it can even be fun to take an existing original and incorporate a few of the main stems from a remix pack in. Creating your own chord progression or melody in a remix offers yet another level of originality and can often be a tasteful twist. This will force you to reinterpret the original stems, creating something that varies from the original.
Not only is it ultra fun, but you learn a lot about how other people work and often end up in a more motivated and creative state than you would working by yourself. Collaborating on a remix is just as fun, if not more fun than collaborating on an original. I once downloaded stems for a remix competition that I never finished and ended up with a 1GB file containing WAV files for every single track.
There was no way I was going to use everything. The best way to do this is to practice; remake a melody every day. You could also check out the music theory ear training exercises here. This also helps with Tip Learning music theory is important as well. Tip: It helps to know the key of the original track. Try to find the key online, or use a software such as Mixed in Key to determine the key of the original.
A great way to do this is to add your musical signature to the track. This helps add character to the remix, making it stand out amongst all others. Further, having your own musical signature is a great way to give the listener a sense of cohesion among all your tracks, making them more likely to remember you and your music. Not sure what I mean? Learn about how Pharrell Williams always has the same intro on all his songs.
Does the main idea in the original track not do it for you? Too weak? Too boring? Note: this can also be applied to original tracks if you have too many ideas. Whenever I get contracted to do a remix this is the first thing I ask for. A remix can be simple as changing the tones and textures or as radical as completely reimagining the harmony and rhythm. And even then you may struggle to find a way to distribute your remix to the major streaming platforms due to copyright issues.
One effective option is to choose remix material from an artist that you can feasibly get in contact with. This could be someone in your community or someone with a similar or slightly larger following online. For two producers with similar traction, this type of relationship can be mutually beneficial.
Keep an eye out for what artists just above your level of exposure are up to. The worst they can do is say no. Remix contests have become popular online because they show how different producers can create radically different results with the same source material. Contests can sometimes offer access to raw tracks from big name artists for free. Stems are bounced files of the individual elements of a session.
In some cases you might receive stems of every single file on the timeline, but more often stems will be exports of instrument groups with several tracks bounced down together. There are different ways to accomplish this depending which DAW you use.
Simply set the master tempo of your session to the detected tempo of your drum stem and unwarp the original clip to get it in sync. Finding the key of the song requires a little more musical knowledge. One easy way to do it is by playing along to the song with your instrument or MIDI controller.
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