In an age where getting noticed or receiving recognition in the music industry is a struggle, musicians enter a battlefield after releasing material. 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 several ways a budding musician can increase their chances of gaining recognition, and one of the most common attempts comes in the form of remixes. Musicians, working primarily in the dance, electronic, or hip-hop genres, remix songs 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 this is the only motif of the remix; I will delve into the different reasons later. The term remix, for some, evokes certain connotations and too often these connotations are negative, often centered on plagiarism and theft or perhaps more unnecessarily based on arguments of unoriginality. These arguments aside, releasing remixes is clearly an acceptable way for any emerging musician to gain notoriety, particularly in the blogosphere. Looking back to previous generations of music, to a time before the remix, one with the notion of recomposition would be presented in its place. Most often the recomposition of another composer's work was done to pay homage to the composer, although in some cases the recomposition was practiced as a form of analysis. This isn't to say that modern remixes are never there to pay homage to the artist being remixed, because in many cases they are. So, is there a difference between remixing and recomposing? They are not purely nomenclature or terms for what is essential... middle of the paper... mixing and recomposition are synonymous. I feel I have demonstrated that Four Tet, a musician who dubbed his song a remix, has composed no less than a musician who dubbed his, a recomposition. And secondly to this I hope to have demonstrated one of the main reasons why a musician reworks songs from the past; a musician's desire to explore the past and at the same time express himself. Even though both musicians treated the existing pieces in infinitely different ways, I think it's clear what both musicians were trying to achieve; self-acceptance. Both musicians were looking for the affirmation of their individual style. Looking back 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, however subtly, push themselves further...