As a DJ, and eventually, a remixer, there was (and is) always a passion to 1) make great mixes, 2) improve with experience, and 3) get recognized.  Recognition is human nature, and a drive to continue doing whatever your passion is.  These three elements helped create Remixers United.

For me, DonnyO'Bryan, I was always impressed by the remixes of Madonna and other artists.  I started DJ-ing at clubs in the mid 1980s and enjoyed watching people dance on the floor to the music I spun.  Back in the 1980s, the remixes available (via vinyl 12-inch singles) were more than not "extended" versions, based off the original album tracks.  "Dub Mixes" started surfacing, and eventually, entirely new sounds and music styles were created for remixes (now in CD-format).  I, like other remixers, started finding extreme interest in not just playing the music, but in the remixes themselves.  Admittedly, legal DJ remix services helped pave my way to making my own mixes.  Hell, I thought, if they could edit mixes, why can't I?

So the remix experience began.  I, like many other remixers, began editing my own mixes.  At first was tape to tape editing, including an infamous "pause button" edit on cassette.  Then in the late 1990s, with the popularity of home computers and music editing programs, the remixing world for fan mixers was popular everywhere you turned.

I mixed Madonna usually, as she was (is) my favorite singer.  All hail the queen!  By 2010, I had remixed God only knows how many remixes and wanted to share them with the world.  It was in 2010, that I was experiencing all three elements: making mixes, improving with experience, and wanting to get recognized.  Without truly knowing it, I had already developed a fan base.  But I wanted the next step.  I wanted to move beyond the fans - I wanted to be recognized by my remixing peers.

In the years before, I was involved in a MIRC forum for Madonna.  The subject of remixing a song appeared.  It was a contest.  There was no prize - other than recognition.  A Madonna song was chosen, and whoever wanted to remix the song could enter.  The song was "Die Another Day" (that should help you determine the year, as it had just came out).  I submitted 2 remixes to the song.  After DAD, a second contest happened, this time with the song "Amazing."

THOSE were the days.  The experience of making remixes alongside other fan remixers/peers was simply...amazing.  And it was those experiences that helped me create Remixers United in 2010.  I recall it was the last few months of 2010, and I said to myself, "Why can't I do that again?  Why not find a format where other remixrs can work together?  To unite with each other on a Madonna project?  We would be, simply, remixers united.

So there it was, late 2010, a fantastic idea sitting there waiting to happen.  I started to reach out to other Madonna remixers around the world, finding them through the internet, specifically Madonna forums and blogs (primarily madonnachille, Holiday Share, and Madonna Unusual MPAP).  By Christmas, I had contacted a small handful of remixers and told them I wanted them to make a mix for a free compilation called "Remixers United."  Everyone agreed, and a date was set: February 2011.  This gave the remixers 3 months or more to create a mix.  REMIXERS UNITED was born.