"Attention Economy" is a nice term. FWIW I both love and hate remixes; sometimes they bring out an aspect of the track that artist didn't emphasize enough in t

"Attention Economy" is a nice term. FWIW I both love and hate remixes; sometimes they bring out an aspect of the track that artist didn't emphasize enough in the original mix. Sometimes the remixer makes an entire new song from the skeleton of the original using only one symbolic sample. Sometimes remixers do a poor job and are uncreative and just want to be famous. In that way it's not too different from music generally, just lowers the bar for effort involved.