Donkey Kong Country 2 'Brambles Forever' (Right direction?)

[SurpaDarky]

Yeah ok, ANOTHER Stickerbrush Symphony remix. The thing is, I've been doing some remixes for a while now but never really thought about OCremix since this place is filled with wonderful remixes. I guess I'm just not confident enough and I really feel like an amateur still. Even now as I'm typing this, I'm wondering if this is even worth it lol.

So here's one of my remixes, and I'd like to know if I'm headed in the right direction. Are there any problems with it? A lot of people told me to show it to OCR, but I feel it's too close to the original. Is it the case? I'd love to get feedback so I know what to do for my next remixes.

Here it is: http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6481669&q=hi

[Skrypnyk]

Incredibly close to the original. It doesn't sound that bad (then again, the original was incredibly awesome........incredibly), but you never developed this into your own thing, style, sound, etc.

So yea, not really worth submitting if you don't like getting rejected.

[SurpaDarky]

Hmm ok ok, so then I need to start adding more liberal stuff in my remixes. Is it alright if I add completely invented melodies here and there that blend well with the original one?

[Xenon Odyssey]

Hmm ok ok, so then I need to start adding more liberal stuff in my remixes. Is it alright if I add completely invented melodies here and there that blend well with the original one?

That's what a "ReMix" does

Might also be smart to break away from the original structure of the song as well; I've gotten slammed by the judges for that as well.