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Larry is getting senile in his old age ;) This is a good arrangement, it's a great mix for the genre, and I've got no beef. MOAR WALLZ OF SOUND PLZ KTHX YES

I realized I didn't share my reference track in the original submission, that's on me. Here's the track I was referencing here - the whole structure/dynamic curve of the arrangement is followed but specifically from about the 4 minute mark onward was what I was intending to go for here. I know I'm not going to have the same resources or experiences as a band with a full budget for studio engineering, but I think I got reasonably close. Accolades aren't everything, but this album has been consistently highly acclaimed and influential within its genre. It uses wall-of-sound as a deliberate arrangement and production technique to create catharsis and contrast, where clarity of the individual instruments isn't the point during that part of the song. If I missed the mark on executing that or it somehow conflicts with the submission standards because of its inherent nature, that is a different story and a conversation I'm totally open to having! But I'm not just making this shit up to be difficult, there are real artists doing this :) We've always been about trying to understand the conventions and approaches of unfamiliar genres, even if they seem unpleasant or obtuse at first. Here's just a few tracks that have been posted that undeniably require a change in perspective on what makes a "proper" song to appreciate, from a mixing, arrangement or conceptual perspective. I think our catalog is stronger because each and every one of these songs is included in it. https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02443 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04429 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04689 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03970 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03109 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04347 If all of these remixes are a-okay but a minute and a half of not being able to hear every instrument distinctly is a bridge too far, that's disappointing but I'll make my peace with it. We've had this same discussion on other songs before so I don't really expect to change any minds at this point, but consider it my last attempt to justify the validity of a production technique that doesn't seem to get the same benefit of the doubt as all of the other unorthodox techniques that have found a place in our site before.