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*facepalm*

Thanks, you spelled out the little nagging doubt I had in the back of my head after I submitted my post, and I'm afraid you're right ;) I'm probably just miserable about the general lack of creativity that's going on in 95% of the electronic music business.

*heart* revival

dojoe: well, I'd argue that if you are listening to _remixes_ looking for out-of-the-box content, you're probably looking in the wrong place. Typically, a remix is wanted for dancefloor or radio-plays, and not for wildly original compositions. That's what the original music is for. :) And: if you're listening to remixes for songs already in the popular genres of the day, then it becomes even more of a void exercise. :)

Collecting votes is so 1992..
(you got my Vote!;)

These days, any song meant for the radio and to have a strong release EP/single typically needs at least one dubstep and one electro house remix. This is how the tunes are marketed.

Again, cold wash of reality, sorry. :)

I voted for a norwegian guy allegedly making the best mashed potatoes, I voted for Nosfe in some art-stuff I know absolutely nothing about. I vote for the oldschool-entries at parties, not knowing the clever coding behind it. Hell - I'd vote for practically anything that helps out people, as long as I don't have to register for spam :D

gloom: I'm aware that's how the music-making machine works -- doesn't mean I have to like it ;) My rant about creativity was not limited to remixes; even in genres I like a lot (and so am less prone to say "it all sounds the same to me"), there's a buttload of tunes, remix or not, that sound generic to me, with nothing sticking out that would make the track special.

I'm also not sure if what you say about remixes is true for genres with a very active remixing culture, like Trance -- why, then, should there be a bajillion different mixes of the same track, all the same basic genre? Are all those just made upon label request to market the original tune? You're the musician, you probably know this better than I. Go ahead and shatter my world view ;)

That sounds like a crazy norwegian TV-show to me :D

dojoe: when you release a track, you (or your label, depending on who's actually running the show) usually want a few remixes to pad the release. This is to make sure that DJs, radio-hosts and podcasters find at least one version of your track appealing enough to play, giving you exposure. That's pretty much all there is to it. I've had songs of mine become the B-side on its own release, because the label liked a remix better and put that as a 45 A-side on the vinyl release. Fine by me, because the song was still mine.

A lot of songs (especially within the trance genre) do have a lot of remixes, and this is both related to what I said above, as well as simple marketing: if you get a well-known act, DJ or artist to remix you, you'll get exposure that way, as in: they "approved you", and therefore you can get some traction using their remix and name to push you along.

There are also re-releases, and it's not uncommon to release the same track multiple times, like two or three EPs, with the original, and three or four new remixes each time, over a period of 6 months or something.

punqtured: I've gotten his recipe and can confirm: the world's best mashed potatoes. Now part of my kitchen repertoire :)

gloom: do share.

preacher: (In Norwegian) http://matjakt.blogspot.no/2012/10/potetmosen.html

Thanks. It looks a bit different from my recipe, I'll try it out next time :)

Butter. It ALWAYS come down to the butter!

puryx: more butter. Always. :) Actually, what makes this work really well is the combination of how to actually mash the potatoes (I have the OXO potato ricer - this one: http://tinyurl.com/d5mrxpy, with heating the milk in the potato leftovers. That really brings out the flavor of the potatoes. The downside of doing it this way compared to a regular recipe is that if you have bad or bland potatoes, the result will suffer accordingly.

Norway doesn't fuck around with their potatoes.

that's why I like it

Oh Idaho..

norwegian spud&bass

spudcore

What is a good potato without quality meat?

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