Mel Decision

Hey, this is sound rad! One thing I noticed is that your drums sound pretty mechanical — I'd recommend varying the note length, moving some slightly off the grid, and changing the velocity to accent certain hits. You could also try varying up the rhythm a little bit more, even if it's just changing the pattern of the hi-hats. When your double bass drum comes in at the end, it might be good to lead into so many kicks, instead of going straight from your looser kick rhythm into the face-crushing kicks. Let me know if this makes sense! This article has some good tips on programming drums: https://audient.com/tutorial/programming-realistic-drums/

Really loving this! Is that the ending you're going for, or do you think you'll add on another section? Wondering because it feels like it gains so much power and then kind of fizzles out.

Hi folks! I've been working on a remix to Suikoden's "Rock Rockland." Remix title still TBD (ideas always welcome!). I'm relatively new to composition; I started learning at the beginning of the pandemic, when I needed to transition my drum lessons online. Since it's hard to play drums over Zoom, my instructor pivoted to teaching me music theory and composing in DAWs. I recently finished a Chrono Cross lofi EP, but it's not up to the quality expected here. Since then I've been working on another remix hoping to polish it enough to submit. Kind of dorky, but I've been wanting to make vg remixes since I started listening to OC Remix in high school. I started this remix earlier in the year and then dropped it; I'm glad that I did, because I like this direction much more (and have since moved from Garageband into Ableton Live). Remix: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fnr0xc489jaskhv/rock-rockland.mp3?dl=0 I'm hoping to get feedback on... How's the mix? Anything standing out too much, or anything fading too much into the background? Is there enough variety between each section to keep it interesting? Does the mix vary enough from the original arrangement? Does anything seem technically incorrect? General thoughts/feedback? Worth submitting? Thanks in advance! Original: