Remix

The term **Remix .**... derives from ... t//he dance hall culture of late-1960s/early-1970s Jamaica. The fluid evolution of music that encompassed ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub was embraced by local music mixers who deconstructed and rebuilt tracks to suit the tastes of their audience. Producers and engineers like Ruddy Redwood, King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry popularized stripped-down instrumental mixes (which they called "versions") of reggae tunes. [|Wikipedia Remix]//

Now it refers to: >
 * "//Modifying existing resources to create something new Identifying and using openly-licensed work Combining multimedia resources creating something new using existing resources//" adapted from the [|Mozilla Web Literacy Map]
 * " // Remix culture.... allows and encourages derivative works by combining or editing existing materials to produce a new product. // // Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_culture //

Remixing open content is a great way learn and understand more about about the resources you choose to work with. When using existing work to create something new remixers will have to look carefully and analyse the resources they are working with. These examples from the remixing page might provide inspiration or ideas.

This film by Kirby Ferguson gives another perspective on the remix concept media type="vimeo" key="36881035" height="281" width="500" Other videos in the series Everything is a Remix series
 * Everything is a Remix: Part 4**
 * 1) [|Part 1: The Song Remains the Same]
 * 2) [|Part 2: Remix Inc.]
 * 3) [|Part 3: The Elements of Creativity]
 * 4) [|Case Study: The iPhone]


 * Resources**

[|Repurposing content] Steve Wheeler
 * Further Reading **