PixelPanic

Due to lack of further criticism, I am ready to put this as a finished track! Finished version here

Being a teenager and major game fan, I often have to act as a guru when it comes to games in my school And let this be known. Everybody. Plays. Video games. The other day, a jock kid I have 2 classes with (I don't interact with him, I talk to other marching band kids) asked me if he should get Skyrim. I asked him what intrigued him about the game. He responded with "my brother had Morrowind and I really liked that," which blew my mind. I said sure, the game is endless fun and will keep his attention. Sure enough, a week later, I hear him talk on the other side of the room to the wrestlers and soccer players about Daedric princes. My friend in the grade below mine saw me playing Sonic CD on my iPod Touch, and asked me what I was playing (keep in mind, this kid mostly likes Fallout and Skyrim), to which I responded "Sonic CD, it's one of the originals." He told me he never got a Sega CD. I told him "it's a really good game" and let him play. He was cursing because of oddly placed badniks, but he laughed every time. A few days later, I get a text asking what Past and Future do. These two scenarios are from two different classes of people, playing two different classes of games, at the same rate of enjoyment. So remember this: 1) Hardcore/casual does not describe what kind of games, it describes how you play them, both kids playing casually, and 2) Everyone wants to play a game. They were made for fun.

I think this is pretty good! The bass was adjusted correctly and everything is in check! At 2:49, when the drum starts doing alternate rhythms, it kinda threw me off. The jazzy rhythm the section starts with kind took me out of the song. Probably a personal preference though, I am more used to songs with constant similar drum rhythm.

I've been thinking about a DCMC live performance.

Agreed. Lower other instruments, increase the master. I gotta feel dat bass.

Cmon guys, I need some opinions and criticism. I am shooting in the dark as of this point and I need some direction. With no further criticism I can only assume it's finished in it's current state.

oh my god I love this. Utterly. However, the "maybe Black Mesa" part of the song seems rushed. I think it might do better as a breakdown part before all the instrument rejoin for the ending.

I feel that due to genre and similar instruments, it comes a little too close to the original. It's a good start, but you could really expand. The first 2.5 minutes sound almost exactly like the original, but that instrumentation and drama you achieve between 2:20 and 2:50 definitely gives it hope. Not bad at all, especially with a more obscure song from a more modern game.

Revised edition again (Mk IV) This time around I worked on the composition itself. I realized everything was all mix-matchy and things popped out of nowhere. I discarded unnecessary syncopation and added more of a beginning. EDIT: Oh geez, in the original post of Mk IV, I uploaded a version missing a complete instrument track. That was pretty careless. And it was a track I muted for a few drafts so I almost completely forgot. It was close.

Revised edition With this I think I have a better intro, better synths and better mixing all around. Also, a countermelody to keep you from being bored The counter-melody was something I just kinda whipped together in English (making manuscript out of graph paper is pretty nifty) and threw in, with some tweaking to the rhythm of it. I think it keeps it coherent and locked in place, and also serves as a soft pairing for the harsh melody.

I like everything presented, except it seems a) dull in the intro. Pump it up, give it pizz-azz. Have the higher synth crescendo into the song, perhaps? and that clicking sound is gonna make me go crazy. Everything is so quiet except that staccato click. It might be the leveling in the mix or it might just be the accentuated nature of the instrument. In suffice, I don't like it.

*THREAD ABANDONED* The links and project files for this song were deleted.

See, I'm tone deaf to the point where I can do it, it just takes an hour to get about 8 measures. Music is an unfortunate interest for me in that case.

I've been wondering this for a while, in regards to remixes of more obscure songs. I usually look for sheet music, or, god help me, a tab, and recently I have taken up converting midi's, but that has it's flaws. So I wanted to know (I felt this could be more of a conversation topic than a 'help me' topic), how do YOU guys find YOUR music?

Thinkin instead for a Green Greens/Whispy Woods mix since Whispy Woods is outright short

Thanks brah!

It's almost a tie with Juese Belmont (because I love Double Ice Backfire), but Ska Buffet (All You Can Eat: Clean Version) wins. The quality of remix and general Ska song is astounding, also taking one of my FAVORITE songs ever and making it one of my FAVORITE genre ever is just good happiness all around. With a Streetlight Manifesto instrumentation and a Less Than Jake ending, how can't I love it? Full list: Ska Buffet (All You Can Eat: Clean Version) - Kirby Superstar - Gourmet Race Juese Belmont - Castlevania - Stalker/Vampire Killer A New Beginning - Mega Man 9 - Ending/Staff Credits Smooth As Honey - Mega Man 9 - Hornet Man Sound of Speed - Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone

The following was typed while listening on the second play through: -Sounds very nice, very good reverb synth playing lead -The kick drum sounds kinda fake (makes more of a thoop sound than a thump) -I think the drop at 2:56 can be a little more... devastating. Yeah, devastating is the right word. Gotta pump up the bass! -At the end, maybe hold out a note to tell the listener the song is finishing. It feels incomplete in that sense.

Criticism is much obliged! (links removed) Source: Source 2: This was originally just a fun little project in FL Studio until I thought of the name "Chill Out, Doc", at which point it became one of those "do it because you thought of a name" things. Not to say I don't have passion for the song, I love it to death. I'm hoping to get better response here, because Facebook has given me such criticisms as: "nice drop" "pretty neato" "whoaaaA"

I haven't seen anything about Kirby's Dreamland, anyone taken that? I was thinkin about a rave-esque Whispy Woods remix. EDIT: On second thought, a better question should be "can I still submit for this?" I saw on the google doc thingy that only 14 songs were in, and I wasn't sure, the WIP date says December 1.

my artist name is PixelPanic! I have recently started remixing and I am planning to submit some songs in the near future (not that good at mastering)! My favorite games are Mega Man X, Zelda: Wind Waker, and Earthbound, my favorite OST would have to be Chrono Trigger, though (can't beat Nobuo)! My real talents are in translation and transposition from sheet music (I'm not that good at playing by ear) and making synths. I also play bass, but not that well, or maybe that well, I listen to a lot of good bassists so I don't have much room for comparison. VGM is my favorite kind of music, and although I make primarily rave-style music, I lean toward rock remixes done by the likes of Entertainment System or Random Encounter.