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Remix service
A remix service is a company that provides remixed music to disc jockeys.
In the United States, the disco craze of the late 1970s led to the release of extended "disco" versions of songs, typically released as 12" vinyl singles. Many of these were not easily beatmixed, so DJs started to edit songs by splicing reel-to-reel tape copies, making their own versions better structured for a live DJ set.
Disconet, the first remix service, launched in 1977. Similar companies gathered DJs and producers together to create monthly, promotional-only compilation albums containing re-edits, remixes, or medleys that were intended specifically for club DJs.
By 1994 there was a saturation of remix services, most of which typically remixed the same tracks as their competitors. The RIAA began notifying remix services of their obligations regarding permission from music publishers, or else face litigation. Many of the services that survived this period, such as Ultimix, X-mix, Hot Tracks, and Wicked Mix, featured remixers that had radio mix-shows. In exchange for granting a remix of certain tracks, remixers could help labels promote new songs they were releasing by featuring them heavily in their mix-show.
Although some services ultimately ceased operations, mixes began to appear at most DJ record shops. One of the larger services[which?] attempted to establish a system for all services to become legal, by either paying a flat fee or a percentage of sales to a commission who would then allocate the money to the publishers whose tracks were used. This idea was rejected by the labels.
Over the years the remixes featured on DJ compilations have varied from simple edits (adding a mixable intro and outro to a song) to digital, multi-track remixes that differ substantially from the original track. Many remix services have focused on a specific style of music (such as hip-hop or rock) or type of remix (such as house mixes of pop hits).
Most remix-services companies (including Disconet) have folded for financial or legal reasons; remix services are required to work with the original record label or artist to get permission to edit and release a track, although various bootleg services do not.
Most remix-service companies required a DJ subscription agreement to buy the records or CDs, with each issue typically limited in quantity. As a result, many such compilations have become collector's items. While a remix-service version of a song might be released commercially by the artist's record label, the vast majority are limited to DJ subscribers.
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Remix service
A remix service is a company that provides remixed music to disc jockeys.
In the United States, the disco craze of the late 1970s led to the release of extended "disco" versions of songs, typically released as 12" vinyl singles. Many of these were not easily beatmixed, so DJs started to edit songs by splicing reel-to-reel tape copies, making their own versions better structured for a live DJ set.
Disconet, the first remix service, launched in 1977. Similar companies gathered DJs and producers together to create monthly, promotional-only compilation albums containing re-edits, remixes, or medleys that were intended specifically for club DJs.
By 1994 there was a saturation of remix services, most of which typically remixed the same tracks as their competitors. The RIAA began notifying remix services of their obligations regarding permission from music publishers, or else face litigation. Many of the services that survived this period, such as Ultimix, X-mix, Hot Tracks, and Wicked Mix, featured remixers that had radio mix-shows. In exchange for granting a remix of certain tracks, remixers could help labels promote new songs they were releasing by featuring them heavily in their mix-show.
Although some services ultimately ceased operations, mixes began to appear at most DJ record shops. One of the larger services[which?] attempted to establish a system for all services to become legal, by either paying a flat fee or a percentage of sales to a commission who would then allocate the money to the publishers whose tracks were used. This idea was rejected by the labels.
Over the years the remixes featured on DJ compilations have varied from simple edits (adding a mixable intro and outro to a song) to digital, multi-track remixes that differ substantially from the original track. Many remix services have focused on a specific style of music (such as hip-hop or rock) or type of remix (such as house mixes of pop hits).
Most remix-services companies (including Disconet) have folded for financial or legal reasons; remix services are required to work with the original record label or artist to get permission to edit and release a track, although various bootleg services do not.
Most remix-service companies required a DJ subscription agreement to buy the records or CDs, with each issue typically limited in quantity. As a result, many such compilations have become collector's items. While a remix-service version of a song might be released commercially by the artist's record label, the vast majority are limited to DJ subscribers.