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There are a lot of elaborate pieces of equipment that are used to create these mixes. The soundboard is one of the most important one of them because it controls all the different sounds that go on in a song and you can manipulate it according to the sound that you want to produce. The same way DJ's do it on spot in clubs and in other places, artists do it in the studio to create an alternative sound and feel to the original song. Though the equipment is not always necessary, in modern times the equipment is used to create sounds that the artist is going for instead of calling an entire band back into the studio to replay the music.

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DJ's are people who make a living off of remixing music. Generally speaking, they take popular songs and mash them up with other songs or add beats and tempo changes to make the song more up beat and fun. A lot of the remixes that I've heard are remixes that pick up the tempo of a song and make the beat drop so that people are able to dance along to it. In the picture attached, we see a DJ promoting this exact idea in that there are people dancing and he's going to mix music for them to be able to dance to it. In dance culture, music that is remixed is very important because without beat drops and transitions,

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What do you think is more important, the creative process or the final product? 

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What do you think is more important, the creative process or the final product? 

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From the bottom of my heart, I believe that the creative process is much more important than the final product. The final product is evidence of the result of hard work, but the creative process is a testament to the journey and how much the artist learns to reach the final product. The creative process is whenever the most learning occurs and where learning happens there is growth. I appreciate the growth more because a person that's been through the process is one who will still be able to create a final product even if another 'final product' is taken away from them. There's a quote that says "you only see my success" the next line to that is "you don't know my struggle". This quote captures how what may be seen on the surface isn't the most accurate picture of what had to happen in order to get to that place.

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1) "In realizing our own identities, we tend to foreground aspects that are regarded as important by the people around us." (Turino, 102)
2) "....remixes allowed them to see and hear new possibilities." (Wissner)
3) "...a mash up. A fun and adventurous way to make something fresh out of something stale. (from RIP! A Remix Manifesto

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The song XO was originally created by contemporary R&B artist Beyonce. Attached here is John Mayer's remix to the song.
Mayer's version is different from Beyonce's because it is primarily an acoustic cover as opposed to Beyonce's which had a lot of background music with drums and cymbals which gives the song a completely different feel. Mayer take's Beyonce's song and makes it his own because the way his style is with a guitar and him singing the way the remix to XO is. By Mayer doing this, there is a completely different audience which may prefer more subtle and calm music that are able to both appreciate the lyrics of Beyonce's song and the style of John Mayer. It connects two different styles of music and also two generally different ethnic groups over music.

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Attached here is a song called Here as in Heaven by Elevation Worship. The song was redone by Tasha Cobbs who is an artist that primarily falls under the category of gospel music. The song is different in that the original has a lot more instruments playing in the background and the tempo is much quicker. The remixed version that is attached has the exact same lyrics but the music is slowed down a bit and the words that are sung are sung more powerfully and there is room for spontaneity in between the stanzas of the song. Despite being slower, the song uses the drums and angelic choir in the background to put emphasis on the build which gives the gospel version the powerful feel to it.
This is a remix to a Christian song, however by making the changes that they did to make it "gospel" the song not only compasses the Christian messages of the song and connects with that community, but connects with a completely different subgroup that may prefer gospel style music within the Christian community.

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Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Travis Greene & Israel Houghton - Here As In Heaven (LIVE)

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The true origins of remix culture is hard to put a date to because music has been around for generations and there is a belief that all music is just recycled from a different era and made popular again. The same way fashion trends and haircuts nowadays are going back to what was worn in the 1960's. This circular rotation of ideas are marginally modified and brought back to fit with the current culture as well. Music has done this by taking songs and styles that were done and remixing them to address a different crowd.
One way this has been done is by taking mainstream pop music and giving it a trap or techno beat to it and turning it into music that would be appropriate to get people hyped for the club scene.
Personally, I like remixes because they capture an element of the old and tie it in with the new to attempt to capture the attention of a larger audience. Music is definitely a way that people connect and by having music that crosses generations and styles, you're able to captivate a larger crowd and bring more people together.