DJ Music

DJ has its own language and slang, mashups and remixes form part of this and are used to describe the music, essentially they are the same thing, the result of a DJ mixing two tracks of music together. However whilst a Mashup, or indeed any mix can be a Remix, a remix isnt really a mashup. Heres why:

A remix, is really a new version of a song, kind of like a cover, it uses the bulk of one song and adds elements such as effects or loops from other music sources to remodel the track, some changes can be quite drastic, whilst others may be very subtle volume, pitch or EQ adjustments by the DJ.

A mashup is also known as a bootleg, this is a type of Remix, although its a bit more complex than this, as mashup literally combines two tracks into one, usually its the acapella, or vocals of one music track with the bassline and instrumentals of another track,  whilst considers a for of basterd pop music mashups are great fun and can result in fantastic tracks being created by the DJ, thundercats for example could be remixed with bach and a bassline.  Its this combination of tracks in this way that makes mashups a unique type of remix.

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