What do you consider a remix?

[Gurnumsbug]

Hey guys I have this new song i'm working on and i'm using a pretty popular female singer's acapella.
But the thing is I chopped it & glitched it to the point of being hardly recognizable, so should it be considered an original track or what?

[ketamine]

What would Burial do?

[Shum]

It won't be an original track if you decide to release it lol.

[kikaruu]

It depends on your intent. If the idea was just looking for vocals to add something to your track or fill it in a little, it's not a remix, as you're not intending to build onto a pre-existing work. I'd say that you can claim the track as your own, as you've built something entirely creative. I don't know how extensive your sampling is, and how you cut phrases, etc., but as you say it's hardly recognizable, I'd say it isn't a remix, then. Especially if your track has little melodically or rhythmically in common with the song the acapella is sourced from.

[blinx]

Id say it is a remix.

Now if the vocals have never been released as another track, then it could be a collaboration/original i suppose.

[wormcode]

IMO a remix is a reinterpretation of an original work. If you layed the vocals over it, or built the tune around the vocals, then I would say it's a remix/bootleg. If you just sampled them, then it's up for debate but I would say it's an original tune with sampled vocals.

[zerbaman]

If they can't recognize it. It's mine.

[willman161]

Well Rusko used a line or two cut straight out of All The Right Moves by OneRepublic and then pitched them up for his track Everyday. So I'd say your clear.