I've done a few mixes from commercially released tracks and find that the best starting point is to find ever existing mix of the track in question and see if the phrase (musical or vocal) that you wish to include in your new mix is included in any introduction or breakdown section. I find that with most tracks that have been released, there is enough variety in different mixes to allow flexibility in remixing and create your own private idaho... I personally use cooledit pro and start with .wavs of all existing mixes, isolate potential loops and phrases and save them as individual .wavs. After stockpiling enough raw material, have at it with the mixing and have fun! Cheers, Lysergic Oh and look for my mixes of depeche mode, new order, the orb, klf, mission giant, britney spears, butthole surfers and more! -----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chris Peel Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:01 PM To: 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.' Subject: RE: AW: [KLF] OT: bootlegmixing 2. Don't forget how tracks are recorded - the backing will be put down, then the rest of the melody, then the singer (in the case of high profile performers such as Madonna, etc. they may not even go into the recording studio, rather they'll use a satellite one near wherever they are at the time) will sing the vocals. All these are recording on different tracks so the engineer can then cut them up, clean them up and tweak them as necessary. All you need to do is get hold of the DAT (or, nowadays, hard disk) which contains the indivdual tracks, bingo - an accapella (or anti-accapella)... Rgds Chris