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A now out-dated video...got rid of the bandcamp, as I won't be sharing my remixes on bandcamp anymore.

If a pass-along can toss in his two cents: A lot of good things have already been said on one's style. I reckon one can have their style endure across a wide range of musical genres. Looking back on the stuff I've worked over the past couple years, I've dabbled in a lot of approaches. Pure orchestral, orchestral with synth accompaniment, metal/rockin' stuff, attempts at symphonic metal, electronic music, even poked at some stuff with eastern instruments. If you find yourself in a rut with instrumentation, I'd recommend trying new ways to use what you got, or branch out (I'm an Eastwest user, the stuff is expensive if you don't catch it on sale, but I'd recommend the Symphonic Orchestra, Ministry of Rock 2, Silk, and Ra.) As my bud pointed out, I find myself gravitating towards sounds I like: violins, violas, cellos, double basses, etc. Heck, I made a song for the OHC using just those, a piano, an erhu, and a little pad. Because it's stuff I enjoy listening to and (sorta) know how to use. Sometimes it's nice to fall back to familiar territory. My general principle is this: make music you would wanna listen to. Enjoy your musical roots! But sometimes it's good to try things we aren't familiar with. For over two years, I've done co-op projects with Wassup Thunder. He enjoys doing the percussion, so I often let him have at it. But a while back, we wanted to both try our own takes on Ridley's theme (Super Metroid). I took the opportunity to force myself to take a percussion-heavy approach. It was rough, and I wasn't confident, but I think that every piece you work on teaches you something. Give it a shot! Start a project to focus on some beats, study the kind of music you like with beats, and make-a-some beats! You'll love it! Probably.

I'm a simple man. I see collection of Metroid Remixes, I like. I'm recognizing the Super Metroid intro from the MnP compo! Beautiful work all over.

MOD REVIEW Honestly, I didn't have much to say, but let's see. Arrangement Seems to stick to the structure of the original for the most part, and is almost note-for-note the same on the piano and some of the choir. The main distinguishing features are the additional atmospheric elements and the elevation of sound quality. On the first listen, I do hear a good sense of progression, and a clear dynamic curve, so I think this does separate itself from the original enough, despite that. Mixing/Production Mostly very enjoyable. The only thing I'd say is at 2:38 - 2:43 you have some clipping due to the sub bass being dominated there. A suggestion I have is that the reversed sounds could take more advantage of the stereo field; they feel narrow, so maybe you could use some automation clips to pan them left and right. Overall I think this is actually really good already, and can just use a few final polishing touches. In terms of a stereo image, I think this would be good to compare to. END OF MOD REVIEW

There's such a eclectic collection in this round, it's taking a while for me to settle on votes. I likely won't have time to give much analysis for each song, but I'll try.

Got a book from my secret santa, so it arrived safely. I didn't read that book, so thanks for finding something i didn't read. (yes i have a pretty extensive sci-fi book collection)

Lol you are too kind. I don't know much Metroid music so I wouldn't have been able to connect!