Photo: mixmag.net
Photo: mixmag.net

Who invented the remix? I really wanted to answer that question with the conversation ender “Who really cares?”

That’s not really a fair answer, though. The fact is that it’s important to know the roots of what we’re listening to now. Understanding where a style of music or an approach to a track came from adds depth to the work. Granted, not knowing any of that really doesn’t change how the music affects you. If you like a song, then you like it regardless of whether you get that the base line is influenced by 1970s funk or not.

The value, I think, of recognizing where music comes from is that knowing exposes us to more genres and musical styles than we otherwise might have found on our own.

Recently, Bill Brewster over at Mix Mag tried to answer the question of who invented the remix. Check it out here.