[Sonic the Hedgehog - Spring Yard Zone (Remix)]

Made a remix to Spring Yard Zone!  Not sure if it's a hiphop or funky remix, or something else.  Eitherway, would love your overall feedback on the song.  What you enjoy, and what you'd recommend for modifications to make it better.

 

https://youtu.be/DOxI9B8pq8

[Sonic CD - Tidal Tempest Present JP/EU (Lofi Remix)]

Hey ya'll!  I'd love your honest feedback on this -- things you like, and opportunities you feel for me.  I'd like to get better

 

[Sonic CD - Quartz Quadrant Good Future JP/EU (Lofi Remix)]

Made a lofi remix to Quartz Quadrant from Sonic CD. I'd love your honest thoughts on the structure and mixing. 

And let me know if you enjoy!

 

[Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill Zone (Chillhop Remix)]

Here's a remix I made for Emerald Hill Zone. After hearing it in the trailer for Sonic 2 movie, I had to play with it.  I'd love your overall honest feedback on the song, especially the mixing as that's what I'm working on improving!

 

[Sonic CD - Quartz Quadrant JP/EU Past (Jazz Remix)]

On 1/21/2021 at 4:42 PM, Wassup Thunder said:

Soothingly chill, I enjoyed this piece. Percussion and rhythm keeps a good pulse, that distorted piano is atmospheric, and rounded off with a whistle-like synth with that sounds beautifully almost eerie. The bass seemed a tad quiet to me, though it might be my headphones. It may help to take a look at the bass, unless the desired effect is for it to sound a bit muted. Very nice piece. But the abrupt ending jarred me outta the good vibes I had! It may be a good effect to have it fade out, or perhaps end with a breath for reverb. Try some stuff out.

Very nice remix.

Thanks yo!  I appreciate the feedback on what you enjoyed and what it could use more of.  I agree on the ending, it could end smoother.  Thanks for sharing how it specifically impacted you as that lets me know I need to close out songs smoothly in the future, especially if I'm going for the chill feel.

Good thought on the bass, I'll relisten to it in different settings. I know I'm playing some of the lowest notes on a 5 string bass which will come across as quiet depending on the sound system so I may need to bump it up a bit extra.  Thanks for commenting on the mixing, it's something I've been trying to improve on as its what I always get the most critical feedback on.  

[Sonic CD - Quartz Quadrant JP/EU Past (Jazz Remix)]

Hello, just was curious if anyone had any general feedback to this song I made, especially in the mixing category. 

 

[Sonic Mega Collection - Credits (Chillhop Remix)]

Hey everyone!  Would love anyone who has a minute to provide feedback on this.  I'm very open to feedback, loving or critical.  No worries on hurting my feelings, I just want to get better. 

Here's the remix I created: 

 

I would love overall feedback, especially on the mixing/production (I'm working on improving at mixing so would love thoughts on this).

Here's the original in comparison: 

 

[How do I improve at critiquing music?]

1 hour ago, Rozovian said:

I wrote a bit on feedback in my remixing guide, back when. It's less about giving good feedback and more about identifying it among the feedback you get, but it might still be useful to you.

The checklist mentioned above.

I think good feedback comes from good listening. This means understanding what you're listening to, understanding the artist's intention but also a typical listener's reaction and negotiating some kind of useful response out of that. Knowledge, whether music theory, audio engineering, performance, sound design, mixing, music history or anything else is also useful, so learning any of that will help.

Be aware of the artist's intention. On this site you might come across releases, works-in-progress, experiments and all kinds of things, and some of it is made with to suit ocr's standards and some of it isn't. And elsewhere on the internet ocr's standards aren't relevant (the vgm interpretation stuff anyway).

Then comes the psychology of how to actually deliver the feedback in a way that's constructive. I've screwed up on this a few times (apparently the word mediocre means bad), and you will too, probably. Don't tell the artist what to do. Offer your perspective. Suggestions are fine, but be more descriptive than prescriptive. There's a saying about how usually when people say something's wrong they're right, and when they say what's wrong they're not. I try to offer multiple solutions when I identify a problem, as in "you might be able to solve this by EQ-carving some space in the other instruments, or side-chain compressing them out of the way". That gives the artist options to consider rather than directives to obey.

If you make music (I haven't seen you around), think about the feedback you'd want on your mixes, and how you'd want it delivered. And then write it a little softer, a little nicer than that, because tone is difficult to convey in text.

I'm not exactly in my best head space right now, so this might not be entirely coherent. I hope it's still useful.

This is beautifully written, thank you for taking the time to go to this level of depth. I'll definitely start using the checklist. I am new here, and I do create remixes -- I think I can grow better if I grow in critiquing as well, so thank you!

[How do I improve at critiquing music?]

I feel like the better I am with supporting others, the better I'll be with supporting myself as a musician. 

Outside of simply critiquing others more consistently now, what are some other sources or ways that I can quickly improve?  Anything that's helped anyone here?

I've been reading some of the critique reviews from the "Judges Decision" section, and I'd love to be at that kind of level.  I love the attention to details.

[Music and remixes constantly sounds repetitive.]

Something that's changed the game for me, when I do it, is completely changing up the drums or bass for a section.  I find that it adds a breath of fresh air to things because when the harmony changes, it's like the ground underneath you completely changes.

[Sonic & Knuckles - Death Egg Zone (Funk Remix)]

Hey everyone, this is my first post here!

I made a remix to Sonic & Knuckles' Death Egg Zone.  I am a bassist first, and keyboardist second. I really enjoyed playing the bass line to this song in a more funkified manner, and I was curious if I could funk-up the whole song.  To be honest, I almost gave up on this project because I didn't feel I had the creativity to make it possible, then after playing around with new ideas I found a sound that I liked and kept it going from there.

I REALLY want to grow as a videogame remixer, and I'd love any critical feedback that you can think of.  If you have none, I'd value if you mentioned what you enjoy instead!  

Here is the original song for those who haven't heard it before:

Here is my remix: