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Agreed with the others that the arrangement, while enjoyable, is too conservative. I love the source tune, but the arrangement here didn't do enough to distinguish itself from the original, IMO. The claps sounded super flimsy and stapled underneath the rest of the music with no synergy. It's a solid conservative cover, but there needs to be more personalization to the arrangement, whether it's interpreting the melody, changing the textures more, or other writing and production techniques to differentiate the presentation even further. I liked the strings at 4:16 as an idea, although that was so brief at the end. On the production side, the mixing was serviceable, but could have been cleaner/sharper; nothing a more interpretive arrangement couldn't have overcome though. Can't go wrong with this source tune, and again, this was an enjoyable listen, Dave, we just need more elements of interpretation/arrangement for the Submission Standards here. I hope we hear from you again, even if it isn't a resubmission of this piece, because you're already putting together solid-sounding work. NO (resubmit)

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Conditional on volume, baby! But otherwise YES. Cool arrangement with the focus on the vocals; dug the textures surrounding them. Enunciation didn't bother me. EDIT (6/10): Volume boosted. Vote boosted. YES

I immediately felt the mixing should be cleaner. Arrangement-wise, this is a nice sound upgrade, but I didn't feel this arrangement was personalized or interpretive enough to stand apart from the original, particularly until 1:54. If the structure is going to be this conservative, it needs even more interpretation via instrumentation and textural changes, and original writing additions. NO (resubmit)

I agreed with everything MindWanderer said; the big sound is ambitious, but not well executed; as long as you keep refining your execution though, Kouichi, you have the potential to sound great. This has sloppy timing and wrong notes with the guitar, and, especially during the densest sections, the mixing was sloppy and imbalanced. The choir sample used at 1:56 couldn't be deciphered and just got barreled over by the guitars and drums, which wouldn't make sense in a realistic setting. Lots of energy, but the timing, notes, and mixing all add up to needing to hear this redone or refined. NO

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15 years ago, this would have been a shoo-in for me. The core of this feels somewhat MIDI-rip-ish, but it's a very basic source tune. One thing that's not a dealbreaker but still hurt this was that the mixing of the bassline is too soft and subtle. The sound design is cool, but the "Vanilla Dome" melody only has one sound and relies on all of the instrumentation around it to provide the evolution; that's certainly a viable approach that's been done here before, but I didn't think this developed/evolve enough, even within a purposefully narrower dynamic curve like this track has. The changeup at 2:32 was very welcome, though it was only for 20 seconds. Back to the melody again at 2:58, but it was just repeating things from where the build up and textural density started peaking at 1:58. There were some additional scratchy/distorted sounds from 3:28 until the end that were worth nothing; arguably too abrasive (at least on headphones), but it's not a big deal and your mileage may vary. Not to make the track too gimmicky, but even other things like some minor/subtle variations in the lead and/or bassline sounds or writing, or playing around with the stereo field/panning could have also added to the development of the piece. I enjoy and appreciate what's there, Joey, and perhaps some other Js will feel this develops enough, so good luck with the rest of the vote. I'd say to other Js to give this a few listens to better appreciate how this builds in a low-key way. For me, I felt this needed a little more substance, but it was close and the creativity of the take here shouldn't be sold short. If this doesn't make it as is, it wouldn't take much more to nudge it over the line, IMO. NO (resubmit)

Hey folks, long-time/first-time here. The following is a link to my first submission to OC ReMix: My contact info: ReMixer name: Django Machete Real name: Joey Martell Email address: Website: https://soundcloud.com/djangomachete is about all I've got Userid: 36235 Submission info: Game arranged: Super Mario World Name of arrangement: Mario In Machina Name of song arranged: Map 3 (Vanilla Dome) The site has all the info on this track and game already Additional comments about my submission: I've always been surprised not to see any mixes of this track on the site, because it's the one that has always grabbed me the most from SMW since the game first came out. So I gave it a sort of factory-floor-coming-to-life spin. I hope you like it! - Joey Martell

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It's up to Jorito on if he'd want to offer an instrumental as the arranger, but as a matter of policy for the site itself, no, we would never repost a mix without the vocals (especially for negative reasons like that).

I haven't heard the first version that was voted on, so I'm hearing this fresh. As soon as this started, the structure, instrumentation, and tone were all super close to the original source tune, so I'm waiting to hear how this breaks out from that, since the opening just sounds like a sample upgrade. Immediately, you hear that the mixing's cluttered and muddy, so that would need to be cleaned up as well. It's more obvious at the chorus at 1:09. Also from the chorus, you can tell how rigid, static, and relatively soft the drumwork sounds. It wasn't until 1:47 that we hit anything resembling a higher level of interpretation with the jazzier section, which sounded nice and would have been a cool overall approach to go with instead of the sound upgrade from the first half. Back to more of the sound upgrade + SFX for the closing section at 3:19. In terms of what we're looking for with the Submission Standards, the whole arrangement should have been the jazzy section, which was pretty strong, then it would have been on solid ground in terms of personalizing the presentation of the theme. Beyond the arrangement not feeling creative or distinctive enough from the source for the first half, the mixing being so muddy and lacking high-end clarity also pulled this down below the bar. Not trying to browbeat any YES's, and no hate on Matt, but the bar's higher than this and I'm not seeing where this rises to the level of what's typically approved. NO (resubmit)

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