Remixes, Bootlegs, DJ Edits & Mashups Explained

Remix. Bootleg. Mashup. DJ Edit. VIP. All these terms can get confusing! Here's a quick guide to the types of remixes made by music producers and DJs – and how they differ.

[TygeauOfficial]

so all this time I have been making bootlegs... I feel robbed

[craigsurette]

I still remember when "bootleg"meant sneaking a tape recorder into the concert, and, if you were lucky, having the sound guy attach it to the mixer to record the whole concert illegaly

[orionone]

This is pretty good video, helping to know what you want to do with someones music

[inCTRL]

How do these videos not have millions of views? They teach me so much and its so handy as an ableton user.

[mohammadkanaan]

This channel is the my favorite of all time for music production tutorials

[muhdarif]

Yup, he explained mashup pretty well.

[raidel]

thanks really helpful especially nowadays, music producers are likely to remix a song even tho they're just starting to make music

[eetupoike]

thanks for this video man, it helped me a lot!

[C_Shaf]

What about Flips?
A Flip is a Bootleg, but made so that it suits another EDM genre. There's tons of Trap Flips made from popular House or Electronica tunes, for example.

[maxamillian]

And there is a flip, Rework, Remaster ...

[iNubble]

i always think of bootleg and flip as the same thing

[AzureNightsMusic]

If you have the stems because the original label/producer has put them up for purchase, is that still a remix? Or is it still a bootleg because you haven't had official consent to publish the changed track?

[tengkuefa]

First time hearing the term bootleg. Well i guess in order to learn how to remix i need to learn how to bootleg and it's currently what i'm doing

[StormbreakerYT]

For me an edit is the same track and same genre but remade with different sounds . I remade Strings Again from Matisse Sadko but used my own signature style but both are the same genre ( progressive house )

[ChiefTakinawa]

What would it be called if the original is bounced to MIDI and someone uses that to make a “remix”? Still bootleg?

[YourLocalCapybara]

never in my life ive known what the "vip" in song names actually meant

[percvvx]

So I'm basically remaking another persons song, but I'm not taking any sounds from it. I'm just using the main melody and general progression. It's basically the same thing, but the goal is to make it better. Would that be a VIP? All the sounds are my own.

[jjjohny_a]

if mash up a song or vip a song how do i check if it passes the dmca?

[tga-hzjf]

Lmao i thought it was for the vip section of the club

[laithellabban]

what about tracks where the vocals and the melodies/chord progressions are made into an almost entirely new track?