I love how the author starts out the article by defining the meaning of remix, and how it is found in music but not typically in art. He then defines different genres of music such as pop, rhythm and blues and heavy metal. After wards, he gives two definitions of remixes, one as a condition for a robust and democratic culture and a status as a new form of writing.
The "Read Only" culture talks of the consumption of professionally produced artifacts. The "Read Write" culture is those who read resources of culture that they have accumulated around them. He then uses Sousa, an American conductor and composer, as an example for why we need a "Read Write" culture in music. Sousa fears that his audience would be less connected to the music if it was not recreated to be cohesive with a democratic culture. The article then goes on to talk about remixes in media relating to the web, as well as music history to current music albums, and how the internet benefits meme culture and photoshop, which can also be seen as a form of remix.
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