fxsnowy Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Hello guys I've been working on this remix for quite some time now, and it is almost done. It is an upbeat hip hop/electro rendition of Hot Head Hop from Donkey Kong Country 2. original song: Any feedback and criticism is greatly appreciated. Quote
Skrypnyk Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Mmm, interesting, I seem to be lacking a download button, yet it's been downloaded 8 times. I kinda like this. I like what you've done to the melody in the intro. I'm digging the vibe. My beef through most of this song though is there are parts in which you have too much going on for my liking. Less can certainly be more and could make the overall song less heavy sounding. Weak ending, forget the fadeout and just cut it after the end of a pattern, let the delays ride it out. Sorry for not getting too technical with the critique, but what did you use to produce this, and would you be interested in collaborating? I'm thinking rather than typing out all the little areas in which the tune could improve I could go over the project and smooth things out myself. If you're not interested I'll try and find some time to list the suggestions in more details. Quote
fxsnowy Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Mmm, interesting, I seem to be lacking a download button, yet it's been downloaded 8 times.I kinda like this. I like what you've done to the melody in the intro. I'm digging the vibe. My beef through most of this song though is there are parts in which you have too much going on for my liking. Less can certainly be more and could make the overall song less heavy sounding. Weak ending, forget the fadeout and just cut it after the end of a pattern, let the delays ride it out. Sorry for not getting too technical with the critique, but what did you use to produce this, and would you be interested in collaborating? I'm thinking rather than typing out all the little areas in which the tune could improve I could go over the project and smooth things out myself. If you're not interested I'll try and find some time to list the suggestions in more details. Wow I just realized you are Skrypnyk, Exit Row from the DKC2 Serious Monkey Business album is one of my favorite remixes ever. The drums of that track are out of this world... Tindeck is weird like that, I think it counts each play as a download. Anyways I agree that there is too much going on in the song, and I would love to collab so you can smooth it out. I used Logic Pro. Quote
Skrypnyk Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Wow I just realized you are Skrypnyk, Exit Row from the DKC2 Serious Monkey Business album is one of my favorite remixes ever. The drums of that track are out of this world...Tindeck is weird like that, I think it counts each play as a download. Anyways I agree that there is too much going on in the song, and I would love to collab so you can smooth it out. I used Logic Pro. Cheers. FL user here, so a project file wouldn't work, you'd have to create stems of all your instrumentation and upload a .zip file somewhere. Quote
fxsnowy Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Cheers. FL user here, so a project file wouldn't work, you'd have to create stems of all your instrumentation and upload a .zip file somewhere. Should I include automation when I export all the tracks? also should I break down the drum track into separate tracks, one for hi hat, snare, etc? Quote
Skrypnyk Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Include all the automation, and keep all the drums in one track. I'll try and work around issues if needed, or I'll ask for a re-render of something if I can't. Quote
fxsnowy Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 Include all the automation, and keep all the drums in one track. I'll try and work around issues if needed, or I'll ask for a re-render of something if I can't. Ok I sent you a pm Quote
Schematist Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 This is such a strong start in my opinion. The first half of the song was on point for my ears. I may not be able to give greatest critique, so I won't take that route. I see you are about to collab, so I will just wait patiently until you release an updated version. Great work so far! Quote
fxsnowy Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 This is such a strong start in my opinion. The first half of the song was on point for my ears. I may not be able to give greatest critique, so I won't take that route. I see you are about to collab, so I will just wait patiently until you release an updated version. Great work so far! thanks a lot man! Quote
Emunator ⚖️ Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 You're in good hands with Skrypnyk He's a master of glitchy stuff like this and should be able to do some nice polishing work on this to help it shine a bit more. Really love the groove you're working with, can't wait to see what comes of this collab! Quote
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