Vig

This is headed in the right direction. the groove is cool, the rhythm section is interesting, and the guitars playing off each other is interesting, even if the guitars sound really cheap. unfortunately after the first melody the song loses steam. from here you want to keep moving onward and upward rather than backward. after this buzzkill of an interlude the melody repeats. okay. so what you have here is pretty good so far, but you only have about 1:30 of actual arrangement. keep developing your ideas and this could be a good track. NO

The intro sounds exceptionally thin. the pads ought to have a wider frequency range. The frequency range of the mix improves greatly once the 4+on+floor beat comes in. At this point my main complaint is that the arrangement is unsatisfying. there are melodic interludes once in a while, but for the most part the song repeats and nothing about the instrumentation or dynamics change very much. Certainly qualifies as danceable, but not enough arrangement to be an OC ReMix. NO

Ah! the loudness and the harshness of teh instruments! somewhere around :45 it sounds like there's a lead guitar somewhere in the back but i can barely hear it. you seriously need to adjust the instrument balance, and you also ought to boost the low end. The track is very topheavy. as for arrangement, you've got a couple cool ideas, but i'd like to hear even more dynamic contrast. NO

the original is pretty cool, sounds like it might be tough to remix, though. hmm. after that hot live-instrumental original, these samples sound kind of tacky. the groove is fine, but nothing's particularly holding my interest. it sounds like the original played over teh hoppity groove thang with tacky samples. In no way painful to listen to, but from the original it just seems like a step in the wrong direction, and aside from the groove, there isnt too much new going on to make up for the decrease in sound quality. I've seen you improve a lot as an artist, but this has got to be a NO

the drums are kind of harsh, and they are unduly panned right. as it is the arrangement is too straightforward. however, the transition between the two sections is pretty cool. the feel shifts in a very interesting way. you've really got to do something about that snare drum. that and expand some ideas of your own. NO

the first minute or so is quite dull. there isnt enough going on. the vibes are busy but it's just too thin. this problem persists. there are a few busier sections, but there is a lot of space where there's very little going on harmonically and very little going on in the bottom end. fill it out please. NO

so this sounds like the original, slowed down, with a slightly altered instrumentation. this is all well and good, but it's not enough. another problem is that the bass part is actually dumbed-down from the original, i believe. it's not enough to change the instruments and drop the tempo. do something of your own. NO

the noise sounded much clearer than the actual music. the sound effects sounded very lo-fi. the live concert "ambience" just sucks. dont purposefully make your song sound like crap, plz. NO

good use of dynamics. well orchestrated in my opinion. arrangement is far too brief. GM makes things bad. NO

the samples are rough. it's the first thing i think when i hit play. the kakariko tracks are from ocarina of time, so maybe thats why larry didnt hear them. the composition of the themes are rather creative. unfortunately none of the themes are developed to any extent. you have a handful of themes in a short song. you dont give yourself room to explore any of them. i say make the track twice as long with half as many themes and develop those ideas. NO

damn near a rip, terrible samples, lots of conflicting notes in the places where it isnt exactly the same as the original. FROM LETR NO

Crap.

hmm..this track sounds somehow thin. the middle frequencies seem very empty. i would also suggest that the song takes entirely too long to get going. it's awfully repetitive. there are no real changeups. I like that you're building and adding slowly, but it's too slow. in 5 minutes, it doesnt build up enough, and then it just ends. build more, build faster, and then play around with dynamics. NO

i agree the piano is a bit loud. aside from that, JM is one of the only people in the community who can sequence jazz/funk/r&b comping well. The voicings he chooses are rich and textured. He is rhythmically interesting but unimposing. These are two qualities that will definately put you on the Rhodes to a solid rhythm section (har.) I've been consistently impressed by his recent material. my only other gripe is that the ending is weak. I'll give it a YES regardless, but lets ask josh if he'd be willing to drop the piano a decibel or two. shouldnt be too big of a deal.

right off the bat the beat sounds awfully clunky to me. The reverberated string hits sound tacky, and they go on waaaay too long (1:00) for a song that is only 2:30. ah...okay i see...there really is nothing else to this song. yeah, so there's really nothing here. arrange, develop plz. NO

Solid solid stuff. I want this on the site. Right now it's very topheavy. please please please Boost the low end and resubmit. This should not be very hard to do, so for the love of sushi, just do it. NO RESUB "R" ELSE

cool idea. there are also come interesting effects used. I want to hear more dynamically, though. The instrumentation and the mood stays the same throughout. i want to hear a little more tension at times. right now the song is fairly flat. there's no climax. add one. NO

again, a bit too straightforward. fairly constant groove/rhythm section, not too much changing at any point, and a greatly underexploited arrangement. develop your ideas. mix it up. NO

a little too straightforward. melody + simple drumgroove and rhythm section. repeat. There's just not very much going on here in terms of arrangement. make the song your own somehow. NO

ahk...what's with all the crunchyness? sooo much clipping. aside from that...it's repetitive? idunno Crunchy NO

I like this so far. the track is meaty. it's not quite ready yet. for the most part it stays in the same place for the first 2 minutes of the song. I'd like the song to be longer, and I'd like to hear you use more dynamic contrast and build to a more defined climax. just a little more direction, plz. NO

hmm...the rhythm section is quite repetitive. the structure is somewhat monotonous. low brass/string hits get quite tired. the form repeats a few times when the drums are the only thing that changes. there's very little going on harmonically. needs more depth and expansion. NO

okay. I play guitar. I will talk about the guitar. You have, rather, you are developing some decent chops. you play some riffs that sound pretty impressive. unfortunately you have a very bad habit of not holding notes for their full values, and of not landing the notes on the right rhythms; both very common beginner mistakes. this becomes more understandable when on closer inspection, most of the fast riffs played are simple hammer-on pull-off tricks, and dont actually demonstrate chops. at this point the guitar is too sloppy to pass. NO

the guitars arent sharp enough in the mix, and the drums are sequenced poorly. not only is the beat repetitive and boring, the cymbal hits arent quantized, and they clip. I cant really look beyond these points, but the arrangement appears to be repetitive too. NO