Antonio Pizza Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Ok, this is the second time. Its been about 1 month 2 weeks now since I sent my remix, and i thought now would be an ok time to contact someone. If you could do something about this, that would be great. Here is the info. Name of Mix: DreamsOfIce Video Game: Donkey Kong Country System: SNES Website: Song mixed: Ice Cave Theme Other: Mixed for the winter season. Thanks again, for helpin me out. ~nex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Pizza Posted January 6, 2003 Author Share Posted January 6, 2003 I'm gonna wild guess Fruity Loops on this one. Why? It sounds like something I'd have put together. The bassline, the beatdrop, the stereo separation...it all has a very "ap" feel to it. So it's a given that I like it okay. What's NOT a given is that despite my efforts, I've yet to be posted because my songs are always missing something. It's a cool interpretation, no doubts. But that's all it is. It's more of an interpretation of the original using new instruments instead of a remix/rearrangement. The part from 1:27-2:02 toys with some subtracting of notes and an original string flow in the background, but I don't know if that's enough. It'dve been nice to see this one posted, but it seems like it needs just a biiit more. Sorry, gotta say no to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkCecil13 Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Okay, this mix shows off some really cool ideas. However, as Antonio Pizza mentioned, it does need a bit more. It's missing something. I don't know what else to say other than that there simply needs to be more. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saunders Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 - Fun, happy. - Nice and simple. Vote: Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protricity Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 A cool mood mix that attacks repetitivity (?) in some interesting ways. I like how the beat and melody are mixed up to make the song flow and not get annoying. Also, nex managed to make it longer than 17 seconds like some other recent submissions. 3 minutes ! GOOD ACCEPTABLE YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dan Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 I had this at one point, but it is no longer on my HD. Anyone have a working link? D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Pizza Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 (link) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dan Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 NO Too much DKC. Honestly, the arrangement of the layers follows nearly the same identical pattern from the game. That part between 2:00 and 2:05. Never isolate weak parts. Transitions are pretty sudden and iffy. And what's this transition to a good beat near the end only to end the song? Seems way to sloppy for my tastes. Sounds like patterns were randomly put in the order they were "oh, this might sound good here" without much thought to development or transitions. N... oh, I already said no. My bad. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Anyone else? This one's been here awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orkybash Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Well, Rob's link doesn't work anymore either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Coma Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Like Daniel said, there's little to no rearrangement of the melody, the breaks in between, or the transitions. It's basically the same tune with an added drumline. The samples are also too close to the original instruments, and lack any depth to them. And on top of that, the volume on the bass is too high, at the point where it's close to ruining the chirpy, uppity feel that this piece was intended to convey. The "je n'sais quoi" that the others have said this lacks is probably an original interpretation and sense of singularity. Make it your own. NO As a special note to Nex, I apologize on behalf of the panel for the immense amount of time this mix has taken to get a decision after getting through the queue (almost two months on the panel). Because the judges couldn't access the Angelfire URL you gave us, Rob Saunders hosted this while he was still a judge, but after he resigned he accidentally took it down before we could make the final decision. However, this wasn't something that couldn't have been helped; one of the judges could have contacted you to acquire the mix. These things happen, but in the future, I myself will try my best to make sure that this sort of unnecessary delay in the judging process won't occur again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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