Remixing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of taking an existing musical composition and creatively changing its elements to form a new rendition
2. The act of modifying an original musical track by rearranging its components or incorporating new sounds to create a distinctive version
3. Changing the structure or elements of a song to produce a new interpretation that differs from the original recording

Etymology: "Remixing" is simply the present participle and gerund of "remix", so the history belongs to the verb itself. The word is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "mix", which came into English from Old French and ultimately from Latin. Put together, a remix is a mixing done again, a fresh blend of materials that already existed. The prefix does most of the work here. "Re-" is one of the most productive elements in English, and it has long been attached to verbs that describe reworking something: reshape, rebuild, reorder. "Remix" follows that pattern exactly, applying the familiar idea of doing something a second time to the act of blending existing recordings into something new.

Synonyms: rearranging, altering