Kevin North

I added a SoundCloud link in my first post. Here it is again for convenience: https://soundcloud.com/audiblade/do-what-you-want-sonic-2-remix-wip

I'm writing a house remix of the Chemical Plant Zone music in Sonic 2 called "Do What You Want." https://www.dropbox.com/s/63eabzfvw24cd9u/Do%20What%20You%20Want.mp3?dl=0 https://soundcloud.com/audiblade/do-what-you-want-sonic-2-remix-wip I know that there are a lot of Chemical Plant Zone remixes on OC Remix. What I think my remix does differently is, the original song has a classy sense of fun about it, and I tried to capture as much of that classiness in my song as I could. I'm planning on submitting the track to OC Remix after one more pass of editing. Do you have any criticism for me?

ARRANGEMENT / INTERPRETATION Great arragnement! PRODUCTION [X] Too quiet The mix looks slightly quiet. It sounds great relative to itself, but it might sound quiet if it was played alongside other tracks with a more typical mix. PERFORMANCE (live recorded audio/MIDI parts) Nothing to complain about here. Great use of delays and modulation effects to create a lush sound. STRUCTURE [X] Pace too plodding This is definitely a lot slower than the original. I think that's deliberate, though, so if you don't want to speed things up or give the song more energy, what you have is great. PERSONAL COMMENTS I really enjoyed this remix! Your even-keel arrangement gives it a reflective emotion. I noticed that there aren't any abrupt changes in the arrangement until about 1:09, when you switch the lead synth playing the melody. Keeping things that consistent and building up so slowly, along with the slower tempo, creates a relatively calming emotion for electronica and makes the arrangement very emotional. I'm really impressed by your production! The one thing I have to say is that the song seems a little quiet. Like I mentioned about, it doesn't sound quiet with itself, but when I listened to another song from a career artist right afterwards, I could tell that your song was a little quiet in comparison. I think that if I put your song in a playlist, I would find myself increasing my volume a little just for your track, then turning it back down afterwards. There's one moment at 3:12 where the song has levels more comparable to what I'm used to. On SoundCloud's visualization of your track, it's visibly the loudest point of the song. I don't think you want to remaster the song so that the whole track is that loud, but most of your song is significatnyl quieter.

Can I please change my username from Audiblade to Kevin North?

Thanks! =)

Looking over the submission guidelines for music, one of the required pieces of information is my remixer name. I'm considering deleting this account and creating a new one with my real name (Kevin North) and then submitting music under my name. Is this acceptable, or does OC Remix prefer I use a pseudonym?

Quick question: Is it considered kosher to play OC Remix music on turntable.fm?