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I love the way it takes a song I previously hated and makes it sound good. And I also love the reference to McVaffe's Gemini Salsa (though people tell me it's not actually "Salsa"). In any case, this fits right in with McVaffe's equally flawless mix (though I have to admit that I like McVaffe's a little better since I prefer Gemini Man over Needle Man).

Wow, nice to know that putting the DBP link in the ID Tag wasn't in vain! Those are some awesome CD's eh? The DBP CD's can be downloaded from the Castlevania Dungeon and come highly recommended for fans of rock and Castlevania: http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/cd/dracbat1.htm and http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/cd/dracbat2.htm Also, I suggest exploring the rest of the Castlevania Dungeon for a ton of other cool stuff for/about Castlevania. For example on this page of weirdness ( http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/weird.htm ), there is a link where you can download a song by a guitarist with a penchant for writing fantastic instrumentals one of which happens to sound a lot like the Battle Perfect CD's and even has some riffs which are similar to the Castlevania 2 Mansion theme ( http://dl.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?classicgaming/castlevania/mp3/farbeyondthesun.zip ) In other news... I think I've finally decided on the exact song I'm going to remix next. It'll probably take some time since I'm trying to break some new personal ground. What song you ask? Well, it's not from a game that I was considering above. Here are some hints: it's from an SNES Konami game that is part of a franchise (not Castlevania). And naturally, the series has awesome music

The general lack of attention those two games have recieved is rather shocking itself. However, I can see why. They don't strike me as particularly remixable songs (not easily anyway). Not from a rock guitar perspective, but I'm going to consider it. Even if not for this time, there's always next time. I'm seriously considering a collage of two songs from Mega Man X at the moment... I have to finish that last final tomorrow and find some free time to really explore it though.

Ailsean clearly sets the standard by which all other guitar remixers follow. His back up synth (and drums) might need a little work now and then, but his guitars are always the star of the show.

Well, I was *thinking* about doing Metroid Prime because the game rocks so much, but I'm not sure if that's going to fly. We'll see. If not, I'll likely had back to the land of 8-bit. Games I'm considering: Blaster Master Bionic Commando Castlevanias Contra Mega Mans Ninja Gaidens Snake's Revenge I really have no good ideas at the moment, but I'm not thinking too hard. First I'm going to graduate, then on Monday afternoon I'll give it some serious thought.

I think that this mix loses some of the harmony of the original song, but it replaces it with some of the most interesting electronic melodies I've heard in a while. I'm usually not a big fan of mixes that remove the harmonies from a song, but this one is a lot of fun and it's a nice change of pace from my Rude Awakening version which I've worn completely out

Thanks, And I probably would have gotten around to doing this song eventually since it was just screaming to be remixed (I've yet to find a song that is as easily rock-remixed as that one; but I've also been extremely busy). and uh... tech on

Technomancy is what first inspired me to do this mix. Shael Riley uploaded an incomplete version to VGMix by accident. I heard it and decided that he had befouled a good song so I set out to do better. I've since heard his final version, and it's quite good. Especially after beating mine own to death in the mixing stages. By the way... if you got this song off of VGMix previously, download the OCR Version too. It has a slightly different EQ which you may prefer.

Man, OCR is taking a beating right now. JTD: does your player support variable bitrate songs? My MP3 is variable bitrate (unless DJP doesn't allow them and resampled it into a fixed bitrate). Ryan: I've been playing guitar for 9 years now, but I really stopped progressing after about five years and have only marginally perfected what abilities I had then since. I've been playing drums for about the same, which is why my drums are rather distinct (not saying they're great, but I think they're kinda fun to listen to at least). I love a good metal/rock remix, so it's only natural that this is what I intend to do next. It's possible I may throw a little synth in from time to time, but that's not really my thing and I probably wouldn't be very good at it. Goat: glad to here I inspired someone. I would think that Ailsean's Bloody Hell or Terra in Black would be more inspiring to guitarists, but I suppose my tracks are a little heavier.

It's fun to play! Use the NSF to learn the parts. I followed that almost note for note for the dual leads (with a few audible exceptions). You should note that the low guitar in the "chorus" portion of the first half was played on a D tuned guitar since it wouldn't quite fit on a normal one. I had to drop the entire song an octave because the the high notes in that part went off the end of the neck.

I originally intended to close with more of the level four music, but it wasn't working out. Then I realized the game over tune fit perfectly with the overall theme!

Yes, this was very minibossesque in that I didn't really expound or add much to the original music in the way of composition (though the backup metal chords in the last portion aren't generally heard in the mini-bosses stuff). My followup remix changes that dramatically though because it isn't based on 8 bit music Number 3 (LS being number 2) should be on OCR within a month. As for number 1... that one wasn't submitted to OCR. Perhaps I'll fix it up and submit it now that I have my rig straightened out.

I'm certainly not expecting a lot of love from the OCR community since LS is guitar-centric and based on an obscure game. But thanks all the same