EforEclectic Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Remix of Donkey Kong Country 2's Stickerbrush Symphony Made in Ableton Live 8. On Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/eforeclectic/bramble-stage-therapy On YouTube: Original can be found .Thanks in advance for listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSim Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hey there, always nice to see a new attempt at one of my favourite sources! Also, yey for Ableton! Now then, the mix. Cool start with the xylophone and you have some nice textures going on there, but sadly they don't evolve throughout the piece, and that xylophone becomes quite annoying after a while. The off-beat style timing I think works well for the first minute at a push, and is actually very interesting, but I can't tell if it's intentional or not! You really need to change things up a bit and when the main melody comes in at 1 minute it sounds totally weak, and doesn't seem to fit with the underlying chords. There's something off about the timing throughout the piece as well - it's when the 2 high xylophone notes hit that it seems to go off track. Like I said before, I actually like this timing, but it has to resolve somehow, or at least tie in to the rest of the track without seeming accidental, and really help the track to evolve, as this source really wants to. You have a great start here, but I'd suggest chopping off everything after 1 minute and seriously changing it up. Add some dynamics to it - change up the instrumentation a bit, drop things out, add in your own flair there. Keep working on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukunetsu Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Horrah for Ableton indeed. : ) props E. Darksim pretty much summed it up nicely. However, if this is the sound you're going for - I would suggest cutting down the time (what took nearly 4 mins, could've been done in 2:30 imo) as it comes off as more of an "interlude" to me than a full fledged remix to me, due to it's static nature. That said, keep it up E. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 No dynamics, too loud (and boring) bass, deviations from the timing of the original (valid artistic choice when intentional... which they don't seem here). Newby stuff. Seems like you're fairly new at this. Study the original and its timing, study other music and how they change between parts. Study their rhythms, the loudness of different instruments at different times, how they're put together. Study and practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Myoku Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 ...I had to stop at 1:56. It was getting to be a chore to continue listening, unfortunately. I really can't say much, Rozovian pretty much got the nail...ya know, right there on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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