In an age where getting noticed or receiving recognition within the music industry is a struggle, as soon as material is released, musicians enter a battlefield. For established musicians, those with a loyal fan base, recognition isn't necessarily a problem, but for musicians trying to "make it," it is. There are a number of ways in which an aspiring musician can increase their chances of being recognized and one of the most common attempts takes the form of remixing. Musicians, primarily working in the dance, electronic, or hip-hop genres, remix tracks by already established musicians in an attempt to target and gain recognition from the already established musician's audience. That's not to say that's the only reason for the remix; I will develop different reasons later. The term remix, for some, conjures up certain connotations and, too often, those connotations are bad ones, often centered around plagiarism and theft or perhaps more unnecessarily based on arguments of lack of originality. These arguments aside, publishing remixes is clearly an acceptable way for any emerging musician to gain notoriety, particularly in the blogosphere. If we look at previous musical generations, in an era before remix, in its place, we would have presented with the notion of recomposition. Most often, the recomposition of another composer's work took place to pay homage to the composer, although in some cases the recomposition was practiced as a form of analysis. This is not to say that modern remixes are never there to pay homage to the remixed artist, because in many cases they are. So, is there a difference between remix and recomposition? Isn't this pure nomenclature or terms for what is essential......middle of paper......mixture and recomposition being synonymous. I have the impression of having demonstrated that Four Tet, a musician who called his piece a remix, did not compose less than a musician who called his a recomposition. And secondarily, I hope to have demonstrated one of the main reasons why a musician reworks pieces from the past; the desire for a musician to explore the past and at the same time express himself. Even though the two musicians treated the existing pieces in infinitely different ways, I think it is obvious what both musicians were trying to achieve; self-acceptance. Both musicians sought to assert their own style. Looking at the musicians who came before them, they were able to satisfy their need to not only respect what others did, but at the same time develop their own style and, even subtly, push the boundaries..