Have you ever taken a song and improved it?

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Contextualizer

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I just did.


My girlfriend couldn't stop laughing.

So, anyone else into remixing or making mashups (or listening to them)?
 

Flames66

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I found the instrumental (no voice) version of that kanye west redo of Daft Punk: Harder Better Faster Stronger. After that I filled in the gaps where west would have been rapping. The result is a vast improvement.
 

trog08

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I had to do it a few times in TAFE for assignments. We had to take a song and rework it into a different genre.
 

Contextualizer

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Flames66 said:
I found the instrumental (no voice) version of that kanye west redo of Daft Punk: Harder Better Faster Stronger. After that I filled in the gaps where west would have been rapping. The result is a vast improvement.
What did you fill it in with?
 

Earthmonger

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Twice, but I cannot provide either of them for demo.

1) In the late '90s I was playing a little game called Dark Earth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Earth_%28video_game%29], which none of you have likely ever heard of. The game sucked, but it had a ridiculous amount of voice acting, all of which was easily ripped from the files. These dialogues were innocent in their nature, such as "On your knees" (before the Provost), "He touched the snake" (opening a passage in a ruined temple), and "*mouth full* Oh wow, this is good!" (bribing a guard with a food item). Using these innocent files I set about creating a new, 4 minute dialogue, and backing it with a remix of Therapy's "Teethgrinder [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH_yivWallk]", made famous by Road Rash. I titled this piece of perversion "Prison Sex 44". You can deduce the rest. It was a hit among my friends, but that isn't saying much. The finished piece has been lost for eight for nine years now, sadly.

2) A friend of mine needed some music for a PVP video a couple years ago. For this I simply edited and spliced three tracks, added some violin, and agonized screams (mm.. I love me some anguished screams... can listen to them for hours). The mix began as ICP's "If I Was A Serial Killer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7BlY2Xa7E]" (first minute or so, piano), delved into Infected Mushroom's "Meduzz [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7C3OHQa0VU]", converged with Infected Mushroom's "Stretched [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTu_tU__Yg]", back into "Meduzz", and then finished with ICP's track again (ending verses, piano). I called that piece "The Trellis". Can't legally upload it, and I don't have or desire a Youtube account. So oh well.
 

Zac_Dai

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I don't think "improved" is the right word for that video.

Either way its good to show creative expression.
 

Cowabungaa

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I have not, but this thread wants to make me post this:
I friggin' love LittleKuriboh.

Sadly, I'm not creative enough to do that. Or at least not skilled enough with various editing programs and things to make something like that.
 

Flames66

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Contextualizer said:
Flames66 said:
I found the instrumental (no voice) version of that kanye west redo of Daft Punk: Harder Better Faster Stronger. After that I filled in the gaps where west would have been rapping. The result is a vast improvement.
What did you fill it in with?
I just reconstructed the sound that would have been there originally (copy and paste) and added a small percussion fill in places.
 

TimeLord

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I like re-scoring trailers for different things with better music that what was on them originally