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The “Everything is a Remix” series talks about, believe it or not, how everything is a remix. They say that music, films and many other things are based off of other things that came before them. First they talk about music. A lot of times, musicians will takes lyrics, melody’s, or audio clips from a song and use it in their songs. The series focuses on Led Zeppelin and how many of their songs are just “remixes” of older songs. One newer song guilty of this that comes to mind is Drake’s “Nice for What.” The chorus of the songs is Lauryn Hill. Instead of getting Lauryn Hill to sing in his song, he just edited, or “remixed” a part of her song “Ex-Factor” and put it into his song. Next, the series shifts its focus towards movies. It focuses on Star Wars and discusses how many elements of the series are based of of things or scenes in different films. They are basically saying that Star Wars is just a bunch of films put into one. Yes, Star Wars took idea from other films, but they made a series that is completely their own. Nowadays, it is hard to come up with complexly original ideas because so many things have been created. No matter how original an idea it, there is most likely always going to be something that it can be traced back to. This is not a bad thing. When people keep editing and changing something, it has the opportunity to keep getting better. This is what has lead to so many advances in technology. People testing and changing a previous invention to make it the best that it can be. This also happens when idea are combined. If everything in the world was original, then the world would be a very boring place.