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Madonna's DJ.


Miami-based out DJ Tracy Young is about as hot as you can get this summer. Hand-picked by Madonna to spin at the official Confessions Tour after-party, Tracy was also called on to remix re·mix  
tr.v. re·mixed, re·mix·ing, re·mix·es
To recombine (audio tracks or channels from a recording) to produce a new or modified audio recording:
 Paris Hilton's single "Stars Are Blind." Taking a break from all the current action, the affable af·fa·ble  
adj.
1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.

2. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.
 Tracy shared some confessions of her own.

What did you think when you were approached to do a remix for one of Paris Hilton's songs?

This always comes out wrong, but I was really surprised by how great the album is. I remember when Jennifer Lopez made this transition, I was like, Oh, please, but look at her now.

How did Paris's public persona persona /per·so·na/ (per-so´nah) [L.] in jungian psychology, the personality mask or facade presented by a person to the outside world, as opposed to the anima, the inner being.

per·so·na
n.
 influence your remix?

Originally I had done a really big-room anthem anthem [ultimately from antiphon], short nonliturgical choral composition used in Protestant services, usually accompanied and having an English text. The term is used in a broader sense for "national anthems" and for the Latin motets still used occasionally in  track, but it didn't work with Paris's style, so I did another version. I made it happy, summery, piano-y, and jazzy jazz·y  
adj. jazz·i·er, jazz·i·est
1. Resembling jazz in form or nature; rhythmical.

2. Slang Showy; flashy: a jazzy car.
, and it seemed to work a lot better.

Speaking of music matching personalities, what gets Madonna on the dance floor?

I beg her, but she never tells me. She has never told me what to play in any format in any party I've done for her. But she likes upbeat music, good vocals. She likes Goldfrapp; she likes an Ibiza sound.

Any plans to remix anything from Confessions?

There are several tracks I want to work on. I love "Jump" and "Push." I love the album; it's a remix heaven.

But no remixes are scheduled? Unfortunately, no. Nothing has been discussed.
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Title Annotation:SHORT ANSWERS: Tracy Young
Author:Gdula, Steve
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Interview
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 29, 2006
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