>Which brings me to a question regarding edits. Now this may not be familiar to >those not intimated with "edit culture", but there is/was a kind of code among >the edit heads that:
eww you got intimated with edit culture? gross man! >2] dope tracks that have a spoiler section or are hard to mix (so you just cut >the wackness or add intro beats to facilitate longer mixes, etc) >3] weak tracks that could use an axe. (chop, chop, chop...loop) these two are my favorite. i want hot edit's of gary low - you are a danger (keep the female chorus!), and change - angel in my pocket. i think i mean angel in my pocket...what's the one that has that sick kinda sinister italo-y lead near the beginning, before breaking into discocheeze? i'm away from home. >4] dope tracks that can be taken to the cosmic level with an axe. (see number >three) this is the rarest, the biggest challenge tho right? it seems everybody is trying this right now, and usually falling flat. >Is it now acceptable to chop an otherwise kicking track for the sake of having >done an edit? it depends on how much you chop it! and soup-up the beats? sometimes even if its not as good as the original, it's kinda nice just having a different arrangement, or some thumpier beats...even tho in the end, it's all about the original. a friend of mine has some bumblebee unltd clubby-house re-edit coming on bumpin city or some typical label like that, like the original track doesnt need any re-editing, but it's kinda nice just to have this other arrangment, with house beats, to play with. i think the definition of edit/re-edit (uh what?) is changing a bit, i mean there's so much stuff that you might otherwise call a remix, or a sample-house track, except it relies so much on samples from a particular song, you really just have to call it an edit. or a rip-off, my other favorite word for "edit", i use it with a sense of humor tho. hey speaking of, what's that stereo people record that is essentially a rip/edit of massara - margherita? is it that first tweekin ? Stereo (Stereo People Theme)? i want that so bad, have for ages.
