Remix culture is fascinating. A remix is separate media elements coming together to form a new piece of media that has a different meaning than the original pieces. Lawrence Lessig states that a remix “succeeds by leveraging the meaning created by the reference to create something new”. Anything can be remixed, and anyone can do it. They can be purely humorous or make social commentary. It’s an important aspect of RW culture because it allows people to talk back to their media and critique using the same language. The fact that amateurs can participate is essential to RW culture as it prevents professionals from dominating society and allows more creative flow. In the music world when we think of remixes, we often think of famous DJs sampling popular songs, but this isn’t always the case. A music project on Youtube called Thru-you uses clips of average Youtubers playing instruments or singing in order to create something new and original. That is the most essential aspect of remix culture; the remix must be something entirely original. Otherwise …