Remixing

[Led]

Hi Butch, I've always loved your remixes.
How much 'loyalty' to the original do you think a remix should have? Do you feel it should have some thread back to the original for the listener to relate to, or is it a case of "if it's not different, why bother"?
Do you want to keep doing remixes, or is producing pretty much your focus now? I loved your remix of "Last"
Thanks.

[RollrCoastr]

I love the remix you did for "House of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans" (Boom Shalock Boom)!

Especially how you cut the music to an acapella "I KICKS THE FLAVOUR LIKE STEVEN KINGS WRITES HORROR" ..... and BOOM everything back again

Same with the distorted "Breaker, Breaker here comes the ... "
What did you use to distort that vocal?

Saw the "Classic Albums" episode on VH1 the other night with your Nirvana work, loved it.

[ButchVig]

Originally Posted by Led

Hi Butch, I've always loved your remixes.
How much 'loyalty' to the original do you think a remix should have? Do you feel it should have some thread back to the original for the listener to relate to, or is it a case of "if it's not different, why bother"?
Do you want to keep doing remixes, or is producing pretty much your focus now? I loved your remix of "Last"
Thanks.

I always like doing remixes where the artist lets you do your own thing, rather than trying to do a slightly different take on the original. I usually transfer just the vocal to a new tape or session, then start jamming, trying different beat, riffs, etc until something starts to grab hold. It's fun!

The last remix I did was Against Me's "White People For Peace"...i think it turned out pretty cool, the band used it in a video!

FYI: I LOVE Against Me! I doing pre-production with them right now. We hope to start in August.

[ButchVig]

Originally Posted by RollrCoastr

I love the remix you did for "House of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans" (Boom Shalock Boom)!

Especially how you cut the music to an acapella "I KICKS THE FLAVOUR LIKE STEVEN KINGS WRITES HORROR" ..... and BOOM everything back again

Same with the distorted "Breaker, Breaker here comes the ... "
What did you use to distort that vocal?

Saw the "Classic Albums" episode on VH1 the other night with your Nirvana work, loved it.

I think that efx on "Breaker, breaker" was a Nady guitar pedal...we used it on a bunch of Garbage songs...Vow being one of them.