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So as I was thinking about writing my genealogy, I thought it would be interesting to write about something that is meaningful to  me, which is music. I am a music major so this opens me up to a variety of melodies that have been remixed and one can even say stolen from their original versions. At first I thought about doing a remix on some 60's songs. Many great artist came around that time, such as The Beatles. Throughout the years we have been able to hear their compositions in many different mediums. Many of their songs have actually been converted to a completely different form style, such as going from a rock band concert style of playing to an orchestral mellow way. But then my oboe professor made play an excerpt from the planets and that's when it hit me. I remembered how the planets is the place how the whole Star Wars trilogy soundtrack got its main melody. So I went and started to even research more into that and found out that the "Imperial March" is actually almost a complete replica of the 2nd movement of Holst Symphony "The Planets"  the movement being "Mars." So this opened up a much larger window because it led me to songs that had sampled the imperial march. That led me to songs that had sampled songs that had sampled the Imperial March. This was obviously the best choice for me but I also came up with one more idea. My last idea was to use the conversion of fairy tales into real life movies with human actors. The plays went from being just an idea type of thing and more of an imagination past time, to a real life event where the princes acts in a real place such as New York. This was seen in the 2015 Cinderella remake where Ella (Cinderella) is doing everything she does in the real Cinderella but in real life events. Well those were all of my ideas I had for my genealogy project.

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"What is writing? What is remix? Is there a connection between the two?"

In my first blog post, I defined writing as the act of expressing and idea or sharing information through the use of written language. I defined remix as an imitation or transfomation or combination of different pieces of literature to create a new piece of literature; examples range from music, to books, movies, and more. I said the connection between writing and a remix is "that the idea can originate through writing it down, and writing can also be a part of the process to create a remix". I still think these are good definitions and an accurate description of the connection. However, I've learned that writing can also be a form of a remix. Not all writing is based on original ideas, in fact, almost everything in one way or another is a remix.

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       Writing is a method of representing language in visual or tactical form. it is also a way to use symbols to represent the sound of speech. A remix is anything that is not original or anything you take and change it slightly. Everything is a remix because everything steals something from something else. Every form of writing is a remix because every word or sentence or even thought came from something else which makes it a remix.  

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In my first blog post I said writing is a form of communication for others to read, translate, and learn. While I guess that is still correct, my view of writing has grown since being in this class. I now think of writing as different types of modes that are made up of letter and punctuation. I used to think of writing as just an essay but writing is everywhere. Writing is an essay but also texts, books, letters, emails, posters, signs many things in everyday life. A remix is everything in this world, from words to songs, movies, books, literally almost anything you can think of is a remix. Everything derived from something or is here because of something else. People find ideas and inspiration from other things and then change and transform those things into a remix. I can't think of anything that isn't a remix. Both of my views on these two subjects have changed since being in this class and learning a new perspective.

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As stated before in my premier blog post, different people have their own interpretation on what writing is to be. Some say it's a profession while others say it’s a process of using the alphabetical letters to create desired words and texts to express an idea or personal thoughts. I would however like to add a small component to my first blog post idea. Writing is the use of modes (i.e. letters, punctuation and words) that are used to convey a certain idea to a specific audience most likely, which are knowledgeable to the topic at hand.

Previously I defined a remix as the reformation/remodeling of an existing piece of media or an individual’s original idea/work. It is impossible to have a remix without first having some existing form of media/work. Remixing has been going on since the beginning of recorded sound in the 1940's and the 1950's. This mainly coming from online sources, as I did not have much prior knowledge of the term at the onset of this course. Now I can tell you that a remix is essentially everything that there is in this world. Books, movies, computer and electronic software... you name it. Once there a process of copying, combining and transforming an original idea to get a more "improved" product you have created yourself a remix.

I believe the connection between the two is simple. Whenever you produce a form of text you have also produced a remix. Whatever you chose to write about was an idea that popped up in your head from some pre-existing text. You then basically combined that pre-existing text with some of your ideas and transformed it into you own piece of work hence it being a remix. The same way i took my first blog post and incorporated my initial responses of the topic into this blog post and transformed them into more in-depth answers in this blog post very well makes this one. Justifying my point that everything is a remix.

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Writing is the use of modes such as text, letters, words, all pieced together to communicate an idea or thought to an audience. My answer has changed a little since the first blog post, but I still think that writing is more than just the words that go into a novel, but in a different way than I first thought. Writing yes can be an essay, art form, all of that but writing also falls under the letters used to send a text message, email, or flyer. Remix is everything we see and know in life. I first thought remix as a song from a playlist, but sitting through this class I have learned my words, other peoples words, movies, everything is a remix. We are gaining ideas from past ideas everyday in life and that defines what remixing is. I think the connection between writing and remix is what I just said. Phrases people use are remixes from past phrases changed or perhaps cut down for twenty first century use. The movies we watch are often times remixes of old ideas or genres that have been past created. I have a new outlook on remix and writing and the correlation between the two now. 

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Writing (as stated in my previous blog post) is a form of communication. Letters, spaces and punctuation is used to communicate your thoughts and ideas in a formation that can be read and studied. Although my basic definition for writing has somewhat not changed since the beginning of the semester, I have learned about the many different conventions of writing and how to apply this knowledge to genres (as every genre has its own conventions).

Everything is essentially a remix. Everything (from songs, movies, and literature to technologies, buildings and even cars) can be analysed and simplified to have been created through the process of copying, combining and transforming. When you adjust or improve something from its original form through the use of these three processes, the new form is considered to be a remix of its original. You start by copying other original ideas and then adding and combining these ideas and eventually transforming them, you create a remix.

To write is to make a remix. Editing is a way of improving and bettering your previous work, therefore you are creating a remix of your old work. When producing a new piece of writing, one uses the three key processes to create your remix. Consequently, all pieces of writing-I can now confidently say- are remixes.

Whilst writing my first blog post for this class, I was unsure of the definition of a remix and just how broad this term stretches. Like most students, I thought the term only applied to music. The connection between writing and remixes is evident- they are one and the same.