Stars In Autumn wrote:Two people working together on a remix is very limiting. Since you are already working with an already established melody and structure, typically the things that get changed are rearranging structure, altering sounds, and possibly adding/removing new sections. Remixes are much easier to do than original works and I don't see why a collaborative process is required.
Saying that, if you are intent on collabing on a remix, I won't stop you, but you're limiting to what you can contribute to the event.
I'm gonna quickly agree that this is a really bad view to take on remixes in general. The best remixes are ones that genuinely re-imagine the original, rather than just re-arranging it. Re-arrangement is easy - certain artists can literally crank out a typical re-arrangement in a couple hours. I presume that isn't really what anyone is looking for in a remix war.