Some bands only play cover tunes, others record them, and still others play, record, and remix them! I recently finished producing a band know as The Ineloquent who did exactly that. They wrote a new arrangement of a popular theme song and thereby created a remix.

The greatest advantage of creating this type of remix for the indie artist can be boiled down to one thing – exposure. Record a cover version (and preferably a remix (a version with your own flair added) of a popular tune and publish it in places that are highly indexible by search engines.

Here is a link to the download.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire Theme Song

Tanacea is The Music Spazz and you can follow him @tanacea.

This weeks Free Beat Friday #fbf is a simple little ditty made with two turntables and little creative liberty. I recently resurrected this remix (I did it about 14 year ago using two Technique SL-1200MK2, a.k.a. The Wheels of Steel and a crappy recorder) and thought it would be a great example of how remix is a mash up of musical ideas. Sometimes remix elements are intentionally created for one another. Other times, such as with this remix, two completely separate musical ideas, born autonomous of each other, are brought together to create something altogether different – something new.

While listening to this track you will not only hear the cherished pop and fuzz that only comes from vinyl, but you will also hear, especially at the end, a horrible buzz generated from compute/recorder noise. Please listen through the buzz as I was a total recording nOOb at the time of this remix. I did the remix using Stevie Wonder’s Past Time Paradise and a Jungle Break album I picked up while living and DJing in Germany. I have no idea who did the breakbeat, as I no longer have the vinyl. I hope you enjoy.


Past Time Paradise

Tanacea is The Music Spazz and you can follow him @tanacea.

What To Expect at a Band Photoshoot.

If you happen to be one of the select few bands that I let grace the front of my camera, here are some of the things you should expect/should bring/should think about. Continue reading →