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Sort of at wits end with this one. Been that way for a year or so now. Tried to expand on it in a few ways but every time I do, I make it worse (in my mind) in one way or another. As a piece for me, the artist I'm actually fine with that. Not everything has to be... transformative. But as a ReMixer, I wish I had more so I could give this a puncher's chance for submission. Anyway, I think absent any new ideas, I'm ready to send it along it's way to the judges and let my journey with this song end. But before then I figure why not get another voice or two to help. PS: I promise to one day stop doing so many FFVIII tracks ? Edit: one thing I hadn't considered is possibly crossing it with another track to give it more length/development from an outside source https://youtu.be/1qnRrBmy9zU?si=eRwaG9qeiZWC5dQm

Gawt dayum that bass is wild

This is the way. Sometimes being faithful is what you want and no need to sacrifice your vision for it!

Oh this is such a groove right here! I love how you were able to make the song non-fatiguing. Like it has a lot of the same elements but the way you structure things keeps me feeling engaged

Thanks mate!

We're getting the band back together

One more for the road. @TheVideoGamer @Wassup Thunder @The Vodoú Queen@Souperion @APZX @HoboKa Y'all down?

Mmmmmm I'm pretty torn. To participate or not, that is the question. I don't know the music from these games very well.

The invite link is expired unfortunately. Can you post another?

I forgot how much I loved Chipp's GGXX theme. Its also cool how much DNA of that song is in Play the Hero from Strive. Super kudos to you for doing that song and all the others so much justice!

i love the jam session kind of vibe this has. It must have been really fun to do.

Jesus this is some commitment. Off the cuff, going through a couple tracks I will say given the depth of the project, it would be understandable that some tracks are relatively underdeveloped. While I think that is mostly true, many of the tracks have some interesting ideas that probably couldn't have been taken to their fullest because of time constraints etc. But the ideas that are there are pretty enjoyable! Some of them don't work for me but when they hit I'm like oh wow, that's something you could take and go deeper later. So I think in a way it comes across as a cool sketch book of ideas. That's not necessarily a bad thing though. On the contrary, I enjoy that about what's going on. It's inspirational in that way. I think if you had a smaller project you could go more in depth but it's like this big ol' thing was like a huge canvas for you to paint a whole city of cool sights and sounds. Nice job.

Welcome! Feel free to join the discord too and I look forward to hearing your work ?

Hey everyone is allowed to have their opinion. Maybe you are more a fan of conservative arrangements or even more classical approaches? Some of the tracks are definitely on the deeper end of the creative spectrum lol.

Oh I'm down

I don't have any qualms with anything because almost all the tracks don't link the original (I remember reading it wasn't like that before but after deliberation this was the best course of action). Concerning the track you linked, I was unfamiliar with the original so I went and listened to that (and other permutations of the theme that seem to exist). If I had to guess, a major aspect of why it wasn't accepted must have had to do with the composition effort. I don't think its wrong to simplify things but the original seems to have a lot more going in terms of writing and thematic structure. A lot of that appears lost here. What we get instead is a pretty straight forward lukewarm hard rock take with some pretty middling tonality too. I'm sure there are folks who do enjoy it but I think, even as hobbyists, the bar for creativity is much higher at OCR than is displayed in this piece. I would take that a step further personally and say that goes especially for anything pure rock. I think its both a blessing and a curse of a long lived community that continually has new contributions. As more and more people try to bring their take on it, the skill levels displayed and the attempts at creation become more, well, skillful and creative. I wasn't here in 2009 but I was listening to OC Remixes and I think maybe this wouldn't have met the bar then and I would say it definitely wouldn't meet it now. That being said, I'm not a judge, I'm also technically your junior here as a fellow ReMixer and while I respectfully disagree, I can also see why maybe you'd feel the way you do about this song. Maybe the thread is here somewhere and I can read their thoughts. edit: found the thread and (years later lol) I seem to have echoed some of the judges thoughts. Very much simplified and a bit (in the most neutral sense of the word) uninspired in terms of creativity. They loved the big ol' riffs though.

If your lead synth was an instrument, I'd buy it haha. That's how good it sounds!

Two decades later, still got it.

Hoh that's interesting. I watched Rebecca's awhile ago but wouldn't mind watching another

Let's go round 2!

I can't say this is my style of music per se but I can respect the composition and effort. Good work!

Thanks for the comments! Yeah I've tried different iterations to help at the 48-56s situation but not a lot has been effective. This is actually the second or third iteration you've made the same comment ?. It seems to be really objectionable, people don't mind it, or just a bit of a head scratcher. I'll try again but it may be one of those that I end up sticking with the original thing I did (which I liked personally, though it's odd) and saying it is what it is.

This is pretty close to the final version... may not even change anything to be honest. As such, I think it's ready for a review

Whoa, looks cool! Good luck with the event Ben.

PS bros let's goo