That Headband Guy

Hello all! I personally wouldn't mind taking on "Vampire Killer" and doing a typical "That Headband Guy" job on it, but obviously there's vocals in mind for that one, so that's not something I can facilitate, sadly! Happy to take "Bloodlines" though!

Appareciated, man. Thank you!

I'm back!

Haha, awesome! Thanks for the reply, dude. Appreciated.

Here's Moon Beach done Metal!

I have returned, with more madness. Aquatic Ruin Zone this time. Hope you guys like it!

Hello! After speaking with Odai, I'm happy to claim "Dungeon", assuming it's still available. THG

Here's another video from me. This time tackling FF7. Quite a different arrangement than usual...I think! Enjoy folks!

Thanks, ACO! Yeah! They are great sounding samples, man. Believe it or not, I actually triple tracked the guitars (except during the solo - those are doubled). Left, right and centre (albeit a good few db's down. A Metallica trick allegedly! Glad you liked it and thanks again!

2016 version of an old arrangement that I did 4 years ago. Re-recorded/wrote everything from scratch. Enjoy!

Re-wrote all the drums and bass from scratch. Turned out quite good...I think! Enjoy,

Cheers for the tips, ACO! I know, my mixes are somewhat lacking. Still getting used to these Yamaha HS5's that I got a couple of months back. Definitely not the greatest monitor, I can tell you that! Decent enough. The blame is on me!

Apologies for the belated reply guys. Been away from home the past couple of days. Firstly, thanks! Really, really glad you both enjoyed it! Flex - I've removed the "eval" tag. I'm just happy to share and I'm still learning the ropes of the forum. I'll get there! Zorrakh - Agreed about some of the transitions. A little clunky at points. I was aware of time and I didn't want to spend too long on each section, although, some turned out a bit longer than others. The whole thing actually started years ago when I used to drum along on pillows to OST's and I always thought, "I should do a Sonic medley in the vein of Metallica". Few years later, I finally got a semi-decent setup and started doing these things from home. For the rhythm guitar, I generally just followed the bass - something that's very common in metal. However, in the Sonic OST, the bass lines moves around quite a bit, rather than grooving on root notes - for the most part. You could probably tell I was a little bit stumped in "Labyrinth Zone", as I played it safe with chord stabs and dead notes . Something I found when playing the main melodies on this particular medley was that they sound quite thin - not tonally speaking. I don't know how to explain it very well. It just lacked emphasis. So, that's why a lot of the melodies are double tracked and/or harmonizing using an octave down/up effect. On my guitar, I have 21 frets (high C#) so, I was lacking a higher range on some parts - such as the secondary melodies on Scrap Brain Zone. That was done tracking 2 guitars, each an octave up, and one detuned a few cents, for that real nasty kinda' demented violin/metallic synth sound! I rewrote all the drums from scratch and used Addictive Drums (with the metal kit) for samples. Definitely got more up my sleeve! ...and thanks again

Hey guys. This is my first contribution to the OCRemix community. Hopefully I've done things correctly in terms of posting etiquette! Also posted on the "Newbie" thread, if you want to check out my lil' introduction. Cheers!

Greetings! Mike (That Headband Guy) here. Very new to the VGM community in general, albeit being a fan since as long as I can remember. I'm a guitar player of 15 years and I've taught for 7 of those. After playing in many bands throughout the years (and fought with various personalities and egos), I've very recently ventured into working solely, uploading regular content via my re-branded YouTube channel (still in the infant stage), where I can finally share my passion for VGM...as well as your typical rock/metal et al covers. As like most people here (from what I've read on this particular page) I'd LOVE to work on a professional level! My nephew recommended this particular community as THE place to mingle with fellow enthusiasts! Cheers guys! Mike - That Headband Guy